Keep IT Cool
Agriculture + 2 more
Description
Requirements
- Bachelor's Diploma/Degree.
- Minimum 5 years sales experience.
- Minimum 3 years managing field teams.
Key Responsibilities
Sales Leadership
- Lead, coach, mentor, and develop Field Sales Associates across assigned hubs.
- Build a high-performing sales culture focused on accountability, customer satisfaction, collaboration, and results.
- Conduct regular field visits, coaching sessions, performance reviews, and sales meetings.
- Recruit, onboard, train, and continuously develop Field Sales Associates.
- Foster a performance-driven environment that encourages learning, ownership, and continuous improvement.
Revenue Growth
- Deliver monthly, quarterly, and annual sales, revenue, and gross margin targets.
- Drive sales growth across fresh fish, chicken, cold chain services, cooling solutions, value-added products, and the Markiti marketplace.
- Monitor sales performance and implement corrective actions to achieve commercial targets.
- Improve sales productivity, profitability, and territory performance across all assigned hubs.
- Support the achievement of company growth objectives through disciplined sales execution.
Customer Acquisition
- Develop territory plans that maximize customer acquisition and market coverage.
- Identify, prospect, and convert new customers across restaurants, hotels, cafés, retailers, supermarkets, butcheries, institutions, wholesalers, SMEs, corporate clients, and residential communities.
- Build and maintain a healthy sales pipeline that supports sustainable business growth.
- Increase market penetration by expanding Keep IT Cool's customer base and strengthening relationships with existing customers.
New Hub Expansion
- Lead the commercial planning and successful launch of new hubs and territories.
- Develop go-to-market strategies in collaboration with the Commercial Manager and Marketing Lead.
- Conduct market assessments to identify customer opportunities, competitors, and priority sales channels.
- Recruit, onboard, and coach Field Sales Associates supporting new hubs.
- Build customer pipelines before and after hub launches to accelerate customer acquisition and revenue generation.
- Coordinate commercial activations, roadshows, product demonstrations, and community engagement activities during new hub launches.
- Monitor commercial performance of new hubs and implement improvement plans to achieve growth and profitability targets.
Customer Relationship Management
- Build and maintain strong relationships with strategic customers, distributors, and channel partners.
- Drive customer retention, repeat purchases, and long-term account growth.
- Identify opportunities for upselling and cross-selling across Keep IT Cool's products and services.
- Work closely with the Customer Success team to resolve customer issues and deliver an exceptional customer experience.
- Ensure customer feedback is captured and translated into service improvements.
Sales Operations
- Monitor and manage regional sales pipelines, forecasts, and territory performance.
- Ensure accurate and timely CRM updates by all Field Sales Associates.
- Analyse sales performance, customer trends, and conversion rates to support data-driven decision-making.
- Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly sales reports for the Commercial Manager.
- Ensure compliance with company sales processes, reporting standards, and commercial policies.
Trade Marketing & Activations
- Coordinate trade marketing activities, product demonstrations, exhibitions, roadshows, and community activations.
- Support promotional campaigns and product launches in collaboration with the Marketing team.
- Increase brand visibility and customer engagement across assigned territories.
- Measure the effectiveness of commercial activations and recommend improvements to maximize impact.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with the Marketing team to generate qualified leads and execute integrated commercial campaigns.
- Partner with Operations, Dispatch, and Supply Chain teams to ensure timely order fulfilment and excellent service delivery.
- Collaborate with Customer Success to improve customer satisfaction, retention, and repeat business.
- Coordinate with Finance on collections, customer account reconciliations, and commercial reporting.
- Work with Production and Procurement teams to align product availability with customer demand and sales forecasts.
Market Intelligence
- Monitor competitor activities, pricing, promotions, and emerging market trends.
- Gather customer feedback and recommend improvements to products, pricing, and service delivery.
- Identify new commercial opportunities, partnerships, and distribution channels.
- Provide regular market intelligence and commercial insights to support strategic decision-making and business growth.
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