- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Experience
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldSales / Marketing / Retail / Business Development
- We are looking for an absolutely exceptional, top 5% Head of Sales, to develop and implement a comprehensive growth strategy, build a high performing team (approx. 24 FTE), and drive sales.
- Kenpoly is East Africa’s leading consumer plastics brand, and is presently undergoing a transformation from a manufacturing organisation, to becoming a world class consumer company, which is values led, process driven, has a high performing organisation and is focussed on growth.
- Reporting to the CEO, this role is a mission-critical role for the organisation and will be a member of the senior management team.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Drive revenue & growth by developing and executing a sales strategy which is transformative.
- Develop and own a consumer research programme, and capture actionable market insights.
- Together with the CEO, define the Kenpoly brand promise and execute a communication strategy which clearly articulates this in the mind of the customer / consumer.
- Manage ongoing customer relationships, satisfaction levels, and volume.
- Build scalable sales systems & processes.
- Overall responsibility for merchandising and field sales.
- Build a highly capable sales team, which is constantly looking for better ways to do things and courageous enough to take calculated risks.
- Act as the voice of the customer in new product development and launch planning.
- As a member of the senior management team, develop company strategy and lead cross-functional projects.
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
- A track record of high-performance in a related role.
- Experience designing, implementing, and managing a sales growth strategy.
- Track record of generating high performance from an office and field based sales force.
- Comfortable analysing data sets and inferring meaningful information from both structured and unstructured data.
- A growth mindset – we won’t be immediate experts in everything we set out to do, but that’s ok, as long as we’re learning and making progress while managing our risk.
- You are a change agent, constantly pushing for better ways of doing things.
- FMCG, or other mass-market consumer knowledge and experience preferred.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to Kenpoly Manufacturers Limited on www.linkedin.com to apply.