Product Manager- Food Additives job at Grant Thornton Kenya
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Vacancy title:
Product Manager- Food Additives

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Science & Engineering ]

Jobs at:

Grant Thornton Kenya

Deadline of this Job:
07 June 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, May 26, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Product Manager- Food Additives

Main Responsibilities of Job
• Provide sales assistance to the team on the ground, daily follow up, supervise and design customer’s visits;
• Address business inquiries from customers and follow up on customer
• invoicing and ensuring deliveries are prompt;
• Coordinate with the organizations’ headquarters on direct orders, shipments,
• clearance and consignment delivery to our customers;
• Appoint distributors who are capable of holding stocks and sell it to small manufacturers;
• Introduce new products to identified markets;
• Present new nutrition and home care products to new suppliers in the market;
• Coordinate with management on new suppliers in the region;
• Prepare sales records;
• Motivate the sales staff to achieve more and to follow up with existing clients in
• Kenya, and to introduce organizations’ product to new clients in Kenya;
• Prepare and follow up on monthly and quarterly sales forecasts and compare
• sales forecasts to actual sales achieved on a monthly base;
• Maintain and build key customer relationships;
• Drive and achieve sales orders/numbers and achieve gross profit margin goals;
• Uncover and develop new business: new customers/new products;
• Serve as the link between customer/base market needs and the organization;
• Uncover customer needs and translate to Management;
• Contribute to product management tasks namely pricing, order processing,
• customer service, competitive activity, forecasting/planning etc. as needed and;
• Perform any other duties as entrusted from time to time.

Required Skills and Qualifications
• Minimum of a Diploma in Chemical engineering or any other relevant field;
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar role;
• Food processing qualification is an added advantage;
• Experience in product or project management;
• Great analytical and problem-solving skills;
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills;
• Good organization and multitasking abilities;
• Attention to detail;
• High level of integrity.

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education:
Associate Degree

Job application procedure
Interested candidates are requested to forward their updated CVs to recruitment@ke.gt .com by 7th June 2022, stating the subject heading,clearly indicating their current and expected remuneration (MUST), daytime telephone contacts, and addresses of three referees. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted


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Job Info
Job Category: Engineering jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 07 June 2022
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 26-05-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 26-05-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 26-05-2065
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