About The Role.
As a city manager your role will be twofold. On the one hand you will work as a member of our sales and account management team and be responsible for identifying, approaching and signing contracts with restaurant partners. You will help develop our offering to restaurants and manage key accounts and help to grow existing businesses by leveraging your sales and relationship management skills. In addition to this, the role will have an operational component and you will manage the local rider base and have to ensure that local operations are handled effectively.
After closing the contract you will continue your relationship with restaurant partners and identify and conduct initiatives to activate them. We are looking for a generalist who is passionate about Jumia Food and enjoys interacting and negotiating with partners. You’ll l everage your skills in emailing, cold-calling, and driving internal processes to set up our partnerships for success.
Roles And Responsibilities
Be responsible for the entire sales process with new partners to source and negotiate the best products in your city to deliver it to our customers
Drive expansion of existing clients as well as generating new business at prospect chains
Manage contract negotiations aimed at establishing the foundation of a strong working relationship with our restaurant partners, including sustainable economics for both parties
Meet monthly targets set out by the management team
Daily report with the tasks executed (calls and visits)
Help us identify and build best practices for your sales team and others
Ensure end-to-end operational excellence with partners, customers, customer service agents and riders
Maintains city staff (riders) by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training riders.
Recommends programs and services by identifying and anticipating new trends
Requirements
Fluency in English is a must
Willing to relocate in Kenya
Minimum 1-2 years of experience in Sales – preferably in a startup environment
Proactive, organized, and obsessed with detail and accuracy
Know how to negotiate your way into a super deal through sales techniques and persuasion
Have excellent communication skills. Eloquent, with good grammar and writing skills
Autonomous and self-starter who is able to work in a highly demanding environment
Computer literate; good knowledge of Google Docs and MS Office.
Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing or Public Relations is a plus
What We Offer
A unique opportunity in implementing and executing new ideas for a thriving e-commerce business
The opportunity to work with professional and dynamic teams in and outside your local country
An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation
Apply via :
africainternetgroup.peoplehr.net
