Sales Technicians (2 Posts)

Sales Technicians (2)

Location: Nairobi

Our client, an established and fast growing retail brand whose core business is providing Purified water solutions for residential, commercial and industrial clients is looking for Sales Technicians.

The ideal candidate should have strong sales skills and a mature personality.

Key Responsibilities

• Promote and sell all the company products under specified categories.
• Create awareness of the company’s products & services to key target groups
• Coordinate the sales activities to satisfy customer needs and Maximize revenues.
• Provide technical Support to Sales including site visits, diagnosis, solution design, equipment sizing, quotations, filter and lamp replacements, etc.
• Develop, design and calculate attractive offers and promotions based on market Feedback or established demand.
• Implement sales promotion actions in-house.
• Prepare quotes and tenders as well as follow up on leads and repeat orders
• Planning, coordination and implementing of all sales trips in the country by agreement with the Head of Sales and Managing Director.
• Represent the client at specialist trade fairs and workshops, agreed by the Head of Sales and Managing Director.
• Regular visits and agreements with large corporates and other organizations
• Identifying the potential new accounts and assuring the corresponding sales activities to win these clients.
• Organizing and managing promotions, competitions, demos and exhibitions.
• Organize comprehensive information to existing and potential customers regarding the product range offered by client, with the aid of the relevant sales resources and sales channels.
• Maintaining permanent observation of the market and competitors and participating in drawing up analyses of competitors and statistics.

Qualifications

• Degree/ Diploma in Analytical chemistry.
• Technical training in water treatment technology and design, water chemistry, pump sizing, plumbing systems design and related studies an added advantage
• Age 20-35 years of age.
• At least 2 years experience in a Sales environment preferably in the water industry.
• Contracting and Negotiation Experience.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer care skills.

If you have the skills and competence for this role, send your CV ONLY to recruits@flexi-personnel.com by Tuesday 10th January 2012.

Clearly indicate the position applied for and the minimum salary expectation on the subject

Petro Oil Kenya Limited - Human Resources Officer Job

Company Description:

Petro Oil Kenya Limited is a medium sized oil marketing company based in Mombasa engaged in the importation, distribution and marketing of petroleum products throughout Kenya.

Human Resources Officer

Job Description:

This position covers the administration of the full range of HR activities including

• recruiting and staffing;
• disciplinary action and separations;
• performance management and improvement systems;
• organization development;
• employment and compliance to regulatory concerns;
• employee orientation, development, and training;
• policy development and documentation;
• employee and union relations;
• health schemes;
• company employee and communication;
• compensation, leave and benefits administration;
• employee safety and welfare;
• employee services and counselling; and
• insurance matters involving employees as well as the general business.

Requirements:

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates.

The right candidate should possess the following

• A bachelors degree or diploma in any of the social sciences
• A post graduate diploma in Human Resource Management
• Minimum five years working experience in a busy organization
• Good knowledge of Kenyan labour laws and industrial relations practices
• Good communication skills
• Ability to deliver under pressure in a team environment
• Good organization skills

Those interested and qualified should send their resume indicating their expected remuneration, daytime telephone contacts and three referees.

Only qualified candidates will be contacted.

Applications should be sent to jobs@petrogrp.com to be received no later than the 16th of January 2012

Sage Pastel Business Solutions Kenya - Business Development Executive, Software / Support Consultant and Technical Support Consultant

Sage Pastel Business Solutions Kenya - Future Kenya, a Sage Pastel Business Partner, is a professionally managed Software Consulting, Services and Business Process Re-Engineering Company supported by a team of Expert & Qualified Software Professionals, Development Professionals and IT Trained Industrial Experts to cater to customer needs.

Business Development Executive

Graduate or Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing, Communications or Public Relations or equivalent qualification

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Consultative & Idea Selling
• Software Sales
• Business Development
• Sales and Marketing - Communication and Activities
• Client Care and Account Management

Key Performance Areas

• Increase Customer base
• Customer Satisfaction
• Respond to Customer Queries
• Extend Territory Coverage
• Communications - Analytical and Interpersonal skills
• Quality Service - Zeal, Passion and Commitment
• Evincing - Verbal and Written communication
• Ability to meet stringent targets within defined deadlines
• Provide regular Sales Report and Work with Defined Deadlines

Software / Support Consultant

This is a career defining opportunity.The ideal candidate should have a CPA/ACCA/Finance/Accounting option qualification from a well-recognized institution.

Duties/ Responsibilities:

• Accounting and Software Consultancy
• Implementation, Training and Support of Software
• Client Care and Account Management
• Team Building and Recruitment

Personal Qualities:

• Inclined to a Software Based Accounting & IT Environment. Where applicable, indicate experience of having worked on an Accounting software system implementation.
• Confident Computer and MS Officeusage skills
• Experience in Software setup, Implementation, Training and support will be of added advantage
• Possess operational knowledge of Accounting Software. In depth knowledge in Sage, Pastel, Sage Pastel, TALLY or equivalent will boost your application

Candidates with IT and Database knowledge will have an added advantage.

Technical Support Consultant

The Ideal candidate should possess either or a combination of:

• Microsoft Certified Professional or equivalent (Server, SQL, Exchange, Networking Essentials)

1. Degree/Diploma-Computer maintenance and installation
2. Degree/Diploma in- A+ Hardware Maintenance,
3. Degree/Diploma- N+ Networking

• CCNA/CCNDor similar is good but not pre-requisite.

Duties/ Responsibilities

• Consulting and Support in Technical areas relating to hardware, software and networking
• Installation, Configuration and Troubleshooting in Windows Server, MS SQL, MS Exchange, MS Windows
• Network Architecture Design, Installation and Configuration - Cabling and Networking - WAN and LAN management
• Operating systems, Hardware Installation and Maintenance
• Knowledge of programming will be of added advantage
• Web Designing

Email your CV/application to info@futurekenya.com    

Leader, Business Development (East Africa & Indian Ocean)

Leader, Business Development (East Africa & Indian Ocean)

Primary Responsibilities:

The job holder will carry out responsibilities detailed below in the assigned location within East Africa & Indian Ocean markets

• Develop sales pipeline leveraging all available resources in coordination with the product development and account management teams
• Work with Customer Account Managers and Country Managers to identify opportunities to sell new products to existing customers
• Participate in high-level, interactive conversations with key decision makers around new or emerging product opportunities
• Analyze customers’ existing business through profitability modeling, financial forecasting and competitive analysis and recommend opportunities for additional revenue
• Develop long-term growth strategies to optimize mutual profitability across debit and credit business lines
• Work with virtual team of the organization’s subject matter experts to strategically articulate value propositions to close new business opportunities
• Develop financial modeling and business cases for identified opportunities
• Execute and manage the customer contract agreement process, ensuring global linkage of resources and information sharing
• Be the responsible “face of the organization” to the prospect/customer through high level interactions with key stakeholders such as senior bank executives, country regulatory contacts, representatives of marketing and card vendors as well as third party processing companies.

Major Accountabilities:

This individual is the 'Go To' person for Business Development across the assigned location within East Africa & Indian Ocean ensuring alignment between the location’s 'go-to-market' approaches and the overall MEA Business Development strategy, taking into account the region's longer term strategic initiatives.

Establish new partner / vendor/ enabler / joint venture integration with capabilities to sustain the organization’s competitive advantage and tracking performance against key objectives.

This individual will have responsibility for establishing and maintaining strong business relationships with Issuers, vendors, the banking industry and the regulators across the assigned location.

Fundamental to accelerating the development of the business in the allocated location, is a backbone of strong issuance strategy in partnership with key Banks.

The individual will be responsible for developing a dedicated Issuance plan and strategy across the assigned location.

In addition, the successful candidate must have a sound knowledge of the payments industry P&L and how to maximize revenue through an effective issuance strategy.

The individual will support in the development of the allocated location’s Interchange strategies, in collaboration with all regional cross functional teams.

The successful candidate will be required to support in the assigned location’s Regulatory dialogue and support Country Management, on all matters relating to national and regional interests.

Qualifications

• BComm required, MBA preferred.
• 10 years experience in the financial services and payments business
• Deep business development and marketing experience
• Strong project management, problem solving, analytical and organizational experience
• Experience in merchant acquiring, retailing and / or corporate transactional banking will be advantageous
• Demonstrated experience in managing multiple stakeholders in a multicultural environment across multiple geographic locations
• Excellent writing and presentation skills, extensive experience in communicating in international environment at senior management level
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills
• Organization and time management skills; ability to multi-task
• Exceptional business judgment and strategic planning skills
• Business Case development, including financial analytics
• Budget preparation and management
• Ability to work collaboratively
• Solid solution development skills and effective working both independently and in a team environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills
• Strong client management skills
• Strong teamwork skills

Please send your CV and remuneration details: therecexpert@gmail.com