Job Title: Account Manager
Job summary
You will be in charge of facilitating business growth through identifying, exploiting and closing new business opportunities.
Developing, implementing and maintaining business strategies that meet organizational objectives.
Key duties
- Developing new accounts by planning and organizing daily work schedule to call on potential clients.
- Business and market planning, ensuring customer satisfaction, market research.
- Report on sales progress and achieve set targets.
- Build and maintain client relationships.
- Respond to request for quotes on time.
- Maintain articulate records.
- Take minutes during meetings and prepare the same for future reference.
- Capable of meeting strict deadlines.
- Establish new accounts
- Service existing accounts while maintaining or increasing the company’s wallet share of the clients business.
- Keep management informed by submitting activity and results reports, such as daily call reports, weekly and monthly work plans.
- Monitor competition by gathering current marketplace information on pricing, products, new products, delivery schedules, merchandising techniques, etc.
- Prospecting and Negotiation skills, Self Confidence, Presentation Skills and good in Client Relationships.
Job Qualification and competences
- Minimum business or marketing-related degree; At least 1 year experience.
- Ability to communicate well with people of all levels.
- Willing and available to work outside the 8-5, and to travel outside of Nairobi at a moment’s notice
- Added advantage to those experienced in marketing agencies or media buying / selling market.
Job Title: Accounts and Administration Clerk
Job summary
You will be in charge of day to day running of the office, basic accounting and supporting sales or account managers in their roles.
You should be flexible enough to be utilized in sales and hr roles.
Key duties
- Managing all office and customer documents and records.
- Making sure all payments (outgoing or incoming) are executed in good time.
- Preparing daily and monthly account reports (ETR summary and reports).
- Assume director’s PA role when needed.
- Respond to customers queries and requests on time.
- Take minutes during meetings and prepare the same for future reference.
- Preparation of various documents as requested.
- Ensuring office environment is clean and well organized.
- Assist account manager with projects planning and implementation.
- Assisting other staff with other responsibilities as requested.
Job Qualification and competencies
- University degree (preferably marketing or business courses). Any CPA certification will be an added advantage.
- At least 1 year office experience.
- Social networks (Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn) knowledge for daily business updates.
- Computer literacy with good skills in excel and PowerPoint.
- Excellent work ethics and able to work under no supervision.
- Ability to communicate well with people of all levels.
- Flexible enough to handle jobs outside JD scope.
- sales experience will be an added advantage.
Willing and available to work outside the 8-5, and to travel outside of Nairobi at a moment’s notice.
Added advantage to those experienced in marketing agencies or media buying / selling market.
Interested and qualified candidates are invited to submit their application letters and detailed CV to info@m-africa.com on or before 17th September 2011