Job Summary
- Provide administrative support to drive and manage the sales function to ensure timely initiation, confirmation, documentation and reporting of all sales-related transactions.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- .Participate in the development of country-wide plans for sales regions and representatives.
- Design and oversee the implementation of a strategic plan for the Sales Admin unit.
- Manage timely processing of customers’ sales orders to ensure promptness of service delivery.
- Oversee documentation for export transactions and provide guidance where required.
- Monitor to ensure the right information is provided on sales orders, invoices and receipts to customers for all transactions.
- Track credit-based sale transactions stay up-to-date on due payment dates and prompt relevant Sales representatives to follow up for payment.
- Oversee maintenance of accurate and up-to-date sales records/ documentation.
- Continuously monitor and report on sales performance across the country.
- Oversee provision of support to sales and marketing end-users on SAP or other applications and escalate to IT help desk where necessary.
- Oversee the preparation of annual budget for the department and monitor its implementation.
- Authorize expenses for the department in line with approved budget and manual of authority.
- Collate periodic reports from relevant offices for review and submission, for DCP Management’s information and decision.
- Perform any other duties assigned by the Director of Sales and Marketing.
Requirements
Educations and work Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in sales, business administration or related discipline.
- Minimum of ten (10) years relevant work experience with at least five (5) years in a middle management position.
Skills and Behaviours
- Good understanding of trends, challenges, opportunities, regulations and legislations relating to the cement manufacturing industry.
- Good knowledge of DCP’s product and service offerings.
- Very good understanding of sales planning, monitoring and reporting approaches.
- Ability to think strategically and holistically to appreciate the impact of various policies and issues on the organisation’s business.
- Very strong information management skills.
- Very good leadership and people management skills.
- Very good relationship management skills.
- Excellent communication, presentation and facilitation skills.
- Very good project management and organisational skills.
Benefits
- Private Health Insurance
- Training & Development
