Job Description

• Category: Agro-processing
• Job Status: Permanent after successful probation
• Salary: Attractive
• Education: Bachelors/HND
• Experience 3 Years
• Job Expires: Rolling basis until a suitable candidate is hired.

Company Profile

The company with its operations in Ghana in the 3 regions mentioned above has a project to Support and empower women and youth in Ghana to increase production of certified organic and fair-trade shea butter and artisanal hand-woven baskets for the growing global natural products market.

Job Description

• Reports to: Regional Coordinator and/or Project/Operations Manager

Job Summary

The Sales/Marketing Officer will be responsible for global bulk sales and follow up as well as provide guidance about products to clients and ensure a seamless balance between production, sales and supply.  

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with existing partners/clients. 
• Identify and locate potential and new partners/clients through networking.
• Develop and implement strategies for sales to existing and potential partners/clients.
• Application of knowledge of the field and products features to match products to the needs of partners/clients.  
• Answers inquiries from partners/clients concerning products and product specifications.
• Provides information, quotes, credit terms, and other bid specifications to partners/clients.
• Negotiates prices, terms of sales, and/or service agreements; prepares contracts and submits orders.
• Shall research domestic production, marketing and sales cycles, locations and logistics for the Company’s products locally and internationally.  
• Shall help identify local marketing and sales opportunities and recommending outcome to management.
• Creating and developing new innovative ways to communicate the Company’s message to partner centres.
• Collaborates with production centers, managers, and other staff to confirm that orders are processed with accuracy and efficiency and that products are distributed properly. 
• Ensure a partnership framework agreement that meets Fair for Life standards is established and maintained between buyers and the company.
• Implementing day to day marketing activities of the Company.
• Plan, develop and deliver campaigns as agreed within timescales for new products of the Company. 
• Contributing to the annual sales and marketing plan.
• Planning and project managing marketing events and evaluating their success.
• Monitoring and Evaluation of effective marketing and sales activities in Ghana, Togo and other countries.
• Developing and implementing internal marketing and sales programmes for new products of the Company.
• Liaise with production and Certification staff to ensure sales contracts are in accordance with Fair for Life//Organic certification supply chain management requirements.
• Periodically prepares and reports results, status of accounts to Grants Coordinator or Project Manager/Operations Manager.
• Collaborating with clients or management to determine the goals of advertising projects and strategizing plans to meet those goals. 
• Running campaigns to introduce prospective customers to new product releases and build brand awareness.
• Consistently managing and overseeing advertising campaigns to ensure they’re engaging customers and bringing in results. 
• Analyzing results from each campaign to determine what was successful and what to improve for the next campaign. 
• Leading brainstorming sessions with team members and management of the Company to cultivate ideas for new advertising campaign concepts, including content and design elements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Skills or Experience