Director of Sales & Marketing
Location: Nairobi
Job Description
The candidate we seek has experience designing and executing sales and marketing efforts. He/she has negotiated high level partnerships, recruited and trained high performance teams, continually outperformed sales targets and developed and executed marketing campaigns.
He/she
is able to perform high-level strategic work and enjoys working in the field
and building success one customer at a time.
Above all, this person must be a passionate believer in our vision and devoted to improving global maternal healthcare.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Executing
Company’s vision to become one of the fastest growing health care
organizations in the history of East Africa
- Establishing
and growing national and regional demand-side partnerships
- Building
a high performance sales and marketing organization, primarily consisting
of community health workers
- Engaging
and managing community organizations
- Managing
suppliers, designers, consultants and other marketing resources
- Developing
and implementing a clear, innovative and creative marketing and sales
strategy
- Establishing
a culture that is continually testing new concepts for sales and marketing
in a rapid way
- Managing
Jacaranda’s online presence and advertising
- Collecting
feedback from customers, encouraging them to invite others, and ensuring
high levels of customer satisfaction
- Other
responsibilities as per the needs of a start-up company
Desired
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
degree (or higher) in a relevant field
- 5+
years of management experience in sales, marketing, or business
development
- Preference
given to experience in marketing services versus products, and marketing
to lower income communities
- Preference
given to experience in health care, particularly service providers such as
hospitals.
- Pharmaceutical
sales experience is relevant only if holding a high-level management
position.
- Hands-on
approach to getting things done
- Strong
worth ethic and a sense of urgency in solving problems
- Can
manage many tasks with a high level of independence
- Strong
computer and office skills. Must be able to design and execute partnership
agreements, presentations, proposals, etc.
- Excellent
verbal and written communications skills in English and Swahili
- Fervent
passion for improving the health and well-being of all mothers and
children in East Africa
- Loves
people. You must be outgoing, friendly and able to relate to people well,
including expecting mothers
- Must
be a strategic thinker and a person who takes initiative
- Has
good contacts and relationships in the healthcare, insurance and
government sectors (preferred but not necessary)
To
Apply
Interested candidates should submit a CV recruit@odumont.com.
Please
include a brief cover letter, your current (or most recent) comprehensive
salary in gross monthly KSH, expected salary, and notice period required before
beginning employment.
Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications received, we will be unable to confirm all submissions