Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, November 02, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Purpose of the role:
To generate and manage the profitable sales of Storymoja products in other countries and to recommend products and manage foreign partnerships that help the company meets its objectives.

Storymoja is a 14-year old Kenyan company that has published over 400 titles for ages 4-17 years, including storybooks, textbooks and supplementary materials in digital and physical formats. Our vision is to ‘get a book in every hand’.

Key Responsibilities of the Export Manager
• Collect and analyse information about customers, distributors, publishers and foreign competitors in different export markets.
• Attend relevant trade shows, exhibitions and exploit other export business promotion activities, and keep abreast of developments that affect the sector/markets.
• Identify and rank business opportunities in the export markets as per the key criteria provided.
• Recommend appropriate Storymoja products to meet the needs for each export market.
• Recommend most appropriate partners for Storymoja to work with in different markets.
• Propose and negotiate contractual terms, processes and timelines.
• Prepare and then implement agreed strategies and marketing plans within the agreed budgets and agreed timelines.
• Liaise with Storymoja team to avail the products within agreed quality parameters and timelines.
• Be proactive in anticipating and coming up with effective solutions to any issues that slow or hamper export procedures and activities.
• Monitor distributor's performance and monitor their work and provide relevant information and recommendations to management.

Be ready to demonstrate that you:
• Have export experience at a senior management level
• Are willing to travel frequently
• Have strong interpersonal communication skills
• Have excellent negotiation skills
• Are self-motivated
• Have strong time management and organization skills
• Proficiency in French would be an advantage

Remuneration
Salary will be commensurate with experience and will include a commission scheme.

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
Apply by 12th November to HR@storymojaafrica.coke 
• With a brief cover letter in the body of the email showing why you’d be the ideal candidate for this role.
• Attach a CV /Resume

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