Summary
Date Posted: Friday, January 19 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Title – Batteries Product Manager
Job Location – Dar es Salaam

Summary
Lead, coach, manage and motivate the Batteries’ Sales Team to achieve maximum sales profitability, growth, and account penetration within the Battries Market by effectively selling the company’s products and value-added services and providing technical support to customers. The employee will report direct to GSM Spare Parts company.

Responsibilities
Main responsibilities:
Strategy:
• Establishing strategic plans and sales objectives in line with company’s targets.
• Developing and implementing sales action-plans within different channels: key accounts, distributors, resellers, export & retail network.
• Surveying consumer needs & trends, as well as, tracking our competitors.
• Analysing country market trends and discovering innovative opportunities for growth.
• Identifying new product prospects, and/or product, tire types, and service improvements.
• Sales/business development:
• Forecasting annual, quarterly, and monthly sales goals.
• Responsible for developing sales to customers (battery dealers, networks, fleets, etc.).
• Managing prospective clients and determining the frequency to solicit them to build a sustainable base for growth.
• Achieve all budget targets.
Management:
• Overall commercial responsibility of batteries business.
• Managing, training, coaching, setting goals and monitoring performance of sales representatives.

Operations:
• Preparing and reviewing annual budgets for batteries.
• Interacting with colleagues from the LOB (line of business) to discuss products strategy, technical support, value-added solutions as well as Sales & Operations processes.
• Interact with operations department to guarantee maximum service level to customers.
• Liaise closely with procurement department for stock required to meet customer demand.
• Reviewing expenses and recommending improvement.
• Ensuring regular reliable and transparent reporting.

Marketing:
• Work with marketing team to prepare marketing budgets in line with business objectives.
• Carry out promotion and marketing campaigns activities supporting business growth and brand awareness, in liaison with group marketing team.
• Monitor customer satisfaction regarding quality of products and services and solve/report immediately any issues that may compromise quality of products and services.

Other responsibilities:
• Accountability is part of your leadership role. You are entrusted to implement the strategy and to manage the department.
• Being proactive and innovative, you are expected to be highly reliable, promote excellence, good governance and HSSEQ.
• principles across the company and consider the company’s reputation at all times in particular respecting the Code of Conduct.
• Being a role model, you are responsible for your personal results, along with the results of the department with a particular.
• commitment to the development of the members of your team.

Education & Qualifications
Degree in Business, Mechanical Engineering, or any related subject.

Requirements
Experience required:
1. Minimum of 5 Years’ working experience in the similar roles or industry.
2. Computer Literacy (Ms Office) Excel, Word, Power Point.
3. Detailed understanding of batteries, market, and logistics.
4. Knowledge on tires application, batteries maintenance and Exposure on sales and marketing procedures.
5. Fluent in Swahili and English.
6. Negotiation and presentation skills.
7. Leadership personality and high level of self-drive.
8. Detailed understanding of the planning and budget process methodology.
9. Excellent analytical skills at all levels.
10. Excellent comprehension skills to understand and interpret financial data and economics trends.
11. Should have written and interpersonal skills as well as excellent presentation.
12. Effective communication and reporting skills across the business.
13. Attention to detail is required.
14. Integrity, rigor and respect of governance principles.
15. Autonomy & responsibility.
16. Risk awareness.
17. Use of synergies, search for efficiency & performance.

Industry
• Spare Parts

Employment Type
Full-time


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
Do you qualify and have what it takes to be a product manager?

Please send your Resume at recruitment@gsmgroup.africa not later than 25th January 2024.


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