Position: SALES & MARKETING MANAGER - TYRE RETREAD.
Deadline: 10 Dec 2021.
Date posted: 25 Nov 2021.
Location:Dar es Salaam.
Description:
Job Summary
On behalf of our esteemed client from tyre retread manufacturing sector, we are seeking to employ a Sales and Marketing Manager to accomplish business development activities for the company by researching, developing and executing marketing opportunities and plans. The successful candidate will also be responsible for implementing sales plans, meeting sales targets as set by the company as well as developing the brand in the tyre industry both locally and regionally.
Retreading is a process through which we can use our old tyres. In this method, a worn casing of a tyre that has a good structural quality is taken off and put through a process in which it gets a completely renewed tread and sidewall rubber. After that, the revamped tyre is taken forward for a curing process in which the new rubber is vulcanized to the original casing and hence, the tyre gets a newly made tread pattern.
Responsibilities
- Achieve marketing and sales operational objectives by contributing marketing and sales information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change
- Meet marketing and sales financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions
- Determine annual and gross-profit plans by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas for regions; projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products; analyzing trends and results; establishing pricing strategies; recommending selling prices; monitoring costs, competition, supply, and demand
- Accomplish marketing and sales objectives by planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating advertising, merchandising, and trade promotion programs; developing field sales action plans
- Identify marketing opportunities by identifying consumer requirements; defining market, competitor’s share, and competitor’s strengths and weaknesses; forecasting projected business; establishing targeted market share
- Improve product marketability and profitability by researching, identifying, and capitalizing on market opportunities; improving product packaging; coordinating new product development
- Sustain rapport with key accounts by making periodic visits; exploring specific needs; anticipating new opportunities
- Provide information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends
- Protect company’s value by keeping information confidential
- Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business or any related field. MBA is a plus
- Minimum 7 years in Tyre sales and marketing/ business
- The desired candidate must possess verifiable Financial Planning and Strategy Skills, Marketing Concepts, Positioning, People Management, Territory Management, Sales Planning, Competitive Analysis, Understanding the Customer, Product Development, Client Relationships, Creative Services
- Fluent in both Swahili and English
- Must have a valid driving license