Vacancy title:
Product Manager- Food Additives
Jobs at:
Grant Thornton KenyaDeadline of this Job:
07 June 2022
Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, May 26, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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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