Our client is a food tech agriculture company dedicated to the sustainable practice of farming edible insects. With a farm in Kumasi, they seek to rapidly scale its production, co-develop packaged products, take advantage of export opportunities to other West African countries while building a conscious company.

Position: Sales Account Officer/ Sales Channels Supervisor M/F

Location: Kumasi, Ghana

You must be a passionate individual to have a significant & highly impactful contribution to the organization’s sales function, drive sales growth and direct sales strategy.

The candidate should have the ability and willingness to ride a motorbike

Note:  DO NOT APPLY IF YOU NOT ABLE AND WILLING TO RIDE A MOTORBIKE

must have circa 4-5 yrs sales experience, ideally both in B2B & B2C

Minimum an HND degree is required ideally in sales/ marketing/business/food/agriculture/something similar

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Tasks/duties:

Engage in Active Selling

  • Pitch products within designated channels.
  • Strategically identifying potential B2C and B2B clients to grow small to large business accounts through initiating and closing the sales on products
  • Maintaining a professional network of potential clients/customers and business opportunities.
  • Generate sales by prospecting leads,and negotiating advantageous deals.
  • Execute sales strategy and provide feedback to pivot sales strategy with sales managers
  • Assess and implement a methodology to increase B2C & B2B sales
  • Coordinate deliveries
  • Door to door selling
  • Product education with individual & business customers

Manage Customers + Customer Feedback

  • Resolve product or service problems by clarifying the customer’s complaint; determining the cause of the problem; selecting and explaining the best solution to solve the problem; expediting correction or adjustment; following up to ensure resolution.
  • Liaising with field sales, retailers, and wholesalers to understand product requirements and limitations
  • Additional‎ responsibilities upon request.
  • The candidate should be adaptable and flexible with the understanding that Legendary Foods is a quickly growing company and it is a start-up environment. This means that all people may occasionally have to do things outside of their strict department or role responsibilities.
  • Must be highly organized, have a positive attitude, be highly energetic, and willing to engage in active field sales activities

Requisite Skills:

  • Ability and willingness to ride a motorcycle
  • Customer Relationships, Customer Retention, Market Research.
  • Ability to multi-task (not in a given moment but over days and weeks), prioritize and manage time effectively.
  • Customer orientation and ability to adapt/respond to different types of characters
  • Proven customer support experience
  • Excellent communication skills (oral)
  • Ability to work in a fast paced environment
  • Ability to pivot & adapt, mobilize resources quickly
  • Driven by results and sales
  • Must be willing to move around and travel to hot and congested areas
  • High level of integrity
  • Conform to a results-driven, target-based role

Reports to: Business Development Manager

Supported by: sales team, business analyst, accounting team & processing team

Compensation: Compensation commensurate with experience. Compensation will be part base + part bonus based on targets. Health insurance is available after the probation period ends.

Start Date: As soon as possible

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How-to Apply

As a  professional, we expect you to properly follow these instructions please:

  • Apply only if you really qualify – must have ideally a University Degree as mentioned above and 3+ yrs hands-on B2B & B2C sales experience -and willing to ride a motorbike of course
  • Make sure that the above is reflected throughout your CV:  your CV should have accomplishments and not a mere list of tasks/duties per role – convince us that you are a really hands-on person

  • You are a sales-person- mention your personally achieved revenue per year per job

  • Please ensure your CV includes
    • A description of the business activities of each former employer.
    • Where applicable, a description/samples of the tasks performed at a former employer(s) that are relevant to the Core Competencies.
  • Send us your highly customized 2-4 page  CV (longer CVs will be rejected since they do not reflect an ability to communicate with brief focused clear sentences)  CV in Word (so NO PDF files please)  to: CV @ HIREgh . com (remove empty spaces) with the appropriate heading: ‘ Kumasi Channel Sales’  in your email’s subject/ Title line.
  • Ideally, use Arial font No 10 for all of your CV and Arial font No 12 and capitals for your headings please
  • Also, please indicate when is the earlier that you can start
  • Once again: DO NOT SEND a CV that is 4 pages long nor a CV in PDF format or as GoogleDoc –our ATS is set to ignore CVs longer than 3 pages
  • Please: No Google Docs either – we do not have permission to open them and getting one from you is too complex

Indicate which number is your whatsapp number please.

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We are looking forward to receiving your CV and meeting with you this week.

Thank you,

HIREghana

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