Job Opportunity at Cactus School Supplies

Title: Sales and Marketing Executive

Cactus School Supplies is looking for a Sales and Marketing executive to help build up our business by identifying new business prospects and selling our products to them. The sales and marketing executive should be able to maintain relationships with current clients and build and maintain relationships with new clients.

Cactus School Supplies is a company that specializes in the sale of school materials such as textbooks, children storybooks, novels, school stationery, school bags, school shoes, etc.

Duties and responsibilities

• Research and recommend prospects for new business opportunities
• Research and analyze sales options
• Build and maintain relationships with clients and prospects
• Stay updated with trends and competitors to identify improvements or recommend new products
• Collect and analyze information and prepare data and sales reports
• Attend workshops to learn more technical and professional skills for the job
• Build and maintain professional networks
• Meet with potential clients to determine their needs
• Reply to clients’ email, telephone or face to face enquiries;
• Identify strategic exhibition, pop up, and selling points;
• Develop and maintain a filing system;

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Sales, Marketing, Economics, Management or any other business-related areas.
• Experience in Sales
• Ability to negotiate and strong marketing skills
• Self-motivated, goal-oriented and desire to deliver results
• Ability to create and deliver presentations
• Fast learner and quick thinker
• Passionate about sales
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Strong organizational and planning skills;
• Computer skills (especially MS Office software and CRM software)
• Fluent in both English and Kinyarwanda (knowledge of French/or Swahili is an added advantage);
• Ability to adapt and grow in a competitive environment
• Having a driving license category B would be an added advantage.