Summary
Date Posted: Monday, November 21, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Key Responsibilities
• Analytical approach to sales and sourcing.
• Gather market information from sales team.
• Understanding economic factors affecting demand and supply of commodities
• Basic demand and supply concepts.
• Determinants of demand and supply.
• Analysing import data to understand market trends – origins, pricing, local logistics, lead times.
• Identifying trends in the market – global and local.
• Global trends by analysing raw material costs and how it impacts overall.
• Keen interest on numbers – problem solving skills (qualitative and quantitative).
• Provide management with reports specifying and comparing factors affecting prices and profitability of products.
• Costing – Understanding basic accounting aspects.
• Pricing strategies – Minimizing on losses based on forecast.
• Maximizing on profit supported by data.
• Basic Understanding of depreciation and interest.
• Developing cost structures/templates to best understand how we can achieve our results.
• Developing of budgets forecasts.
• Analysing product cost and recommending changes.
• Produce and maintain regular reports on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Manage records and supplier documents.
• Work with internal stakeholders to determine procurement needs, quality, and delivery requirements.

Key Qualifications
• Degree/ Diploma in procurement and Supply Chain management.
• Over 4 years of experience in the same or related role.
• Preferably have Manufacturing /FMCG experience
• Experienced in Advance Excel and systems in general (ERP)
• Import requirements (will be a plus) – Import process – documentation, costings etc.
• Export process – documentation, costings etc.
• Knowledge in commodity pricing and demand.
• Good data gathering and analysis skills.
• Knowledge of market survey process.
• Knowledge of imports, purchasing principles and practices.
• Knowledge of local laws, regulations and policies governing imports and exports.
• Ability to organize receipts, documents, and information from multiple sources.
• Systematic and methodological thinking.
• Commercial acumen
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 48

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
If you are up to the challenge, and possess the necessary qualification and experience; please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Associate Director Sales – Agriculture) to vacancies@corporatestaffing.co.ke  before 30th November 2022.


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