Agricultural Sales officer

•    Location: MT Kenya Region
•    Salary scale: KES 100,000-110,000

Roles and Responsibilities
•    Present company products and sell them to both current regular customers and potential new customers to evaluate needs or promote products.
•    Answer client questions about credit terms, products, prices and availability.
•    Engage customers by finding their needs and resolves any complaints that a customer may have.
•    Obtain deposits and payment due from clients.
•    Establish relationships with potential clients and maintain relationships with current clients in order to garner success for the company.
•    Analyse the territory/market’s potential, track sales and status reports.
•    Monitor competition by gathering current marketplace information on pricing, products, new products, techniques, etc.
•    Recommend changes in products, service, and policy by evaluating results and competitive developments.
•    Reconcile the customer’s statement of account weekly, make sure that all customers transactions are properly recorded, and let the customer sign on the confirmed statement of account.
•    Prepare goods I.O.U and forward it to the sales coordination department in order to prepare the sales order for goods loading.
•    Return the remaining items to the warehouse and make sure that the storekeeper fills the goods I.O.U sheet.
•    Fill the travel expenses sheet in order to close the trip balance.

Skills and Qualifications
•    Bachelor’s degree/ diploma in relevant field.
•    5 to 7 years of experience with agriculture sales
•    Exposure handling agricultural sales within Mount Kenya area is desired
•    Desire to learn, constantly improve, and act on feedback
•    Creativity when problem solving
•    Excellent communication skills
•    Goal driven and self-motivated when working independently