Dealfish Uganda Area Manager

Dealfish is a Pan-African online classifieds business that is a division of MIH Internet Africa (MIHIA).

Dealfish Uganda has exciting opportunities for a talented and passionate Area Manager to market our Real Estate, Recruitment, Automotive and General online classifieds to Businesses and who excel at working in a competitive landscape, can deliver outstanding sales, customer service, data collection, data entry and maintain important business relationships.

The successful candidates will report to the Dealfish East Africa Regional Manager and will be responsible for prospecting, developing and managing accounts with businesses to list their products/services to generate online leads via Dealfish Uganda.

We are looking for an Area Manager with at least four years work experience. The Area Manager will be responsible for prospecting, developing and managing new accounts as well as maintaining those accounts on a day-to-day basis.

Job Outputs/Responsibilities

• Secure product/service listings for Dealfish Uganda for the defined categories assigned (i.e Automotive, Real Estate, Recruitment and General Listings).
• Data entry for data/listings secured from the field.
• Builds a defined working territory according to guidelines.
• Sets appointments and cold calls; makes sales calls and sales presentations to new and existing business accounts.
• Provides on-going account management ensuring that business customers are happy with the services offered by Dealfish Uganda.
• Processes customer paperwork and listing requirements.
• Sets up business accounts on the Dealfish Uganda web site and tracks utilization.
• Shares revenue generating ideas.
• Produces weekly activity reports and monthly activity plans.
• Responsible for providing business customer listing content in a timely and organized manner.
• Participates in sales and category meetings.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.

Context
(External factors which influence the work environment, taking future conditions and strategic requirements into account)

• Dynamic start up culture/expanding company
• Global organization
• Fast paced working environment.
• Leading edge internet focused company

Customers
(External and internal individuals or groups to whom products, services, programs and information must be provided)

• Dealfish Uganda users (businesses and consumers)
• Employees of MIHIA and other subsidiaries
• Internal and external service providers

Competencies
(Personal capabilities which are critical to the production of quality outputs)

• You are passionate about what you do
• You have integrity
• What you do you do well
• With can do attitude

Core Qualifications

• Bachelors in marketing, advertising, sales, or related field
• 4+ years of online and sales/account management experience
• Innovative out of the box skills
• Highly organized team player who can multitask
• Has proofreading, verbal and written communication skills
• Good data collection and data entry skills.

If you meet the above requirements and would like to be part of the Dealfish Uganda team, please forward a comprehensive CV listing relevant skills and experience by Friday the 9th April 2011 for the attention of:

The Regional Manager
Dealfish East Africa
Email: hr@dealfish.co.ke

Should you not hear from us within 1 month of the closing date, you may assume that your application was unsuccessful.