Sales and Marketing Manager 28 views

Who we are

Ethio Star is an international group of companies specialized in automotive business, procurement solutions and brand representation.

Our core business is supplying brand new vehicles to GOs, NGOs, diplomatic missions and private companies.

Role

Accomplishes business development activities by researching and developing marketing opportunities and plans; implementing sales plans, doing actual sales.

Duties

• Achieves 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.
• Meets marketing and sales financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• 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.
• Accomplishes marketing and sales objectives by planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating advertising, merchandising, and trade promotion programs; developing field sales action plans.
• Identifies marketing opportunities by identifying consumer requirements; defining market, competitor’s share, and competitor’s strengths and weaknesses; forecasting projected business; establishing targeted market share.
• Improves product marketability and profitability by researching, identifying, and capitalizing on market opportunities; coordinating new product development.
• Sustains rapport with key accounts by making periodic visits; exploring specific needs; anticipating new opportunities.
• Provides information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
• Protects organization’s value by keeping information confidential.
• Accomplishes marketing and organization mission by completing related results as needed.

Department/Program: 

• Sales

Level:

• AII

Reports to:

• Shareholders

Job Requirements

Background

• BA/MA in Engineering, Sales, Marketing or similar
• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in sales with international trade companies or similar
• Advance in spoken and written English, ideally also knowledge of other languages like French, Arabic etc.
• Good working knowledge of ITC technologies (phone, fax, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office), web panel
• Knowledge in Photoshop, designing or similar software programs
• Other knowledge, additional competences
• Broad experience of sales and marketing
• Knowledge of automotive business

Strictly Required Personal Qualifications

• Hard Working
• Self-Confident
• Loyal
• Honest
• Creative
• Solution Oriented
• Ambitious
• Dynamic
• Persuasive
• Practical
• Team worker

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their motivation letter along with their non-returnable recent CV via to Email: [email protected]

Note:

Please make sure you mention the Sales and Marketing Manager  in the subject line of your email application. Due to large number of applications only short-listed candidates will be contacted.