- Company: Vending Technologies Zambia Ltd
- Location: Zambia
- State: Copperbelt
- Job type: Full-Time
- Job category: Sales/Marketing Jobs in Zambia
Designation: Trade Marketing Manager
Reporting to: Head –Sales & Distribution
Department: Sales & Distribution
Company: Vending Technologies Zambia Limited
Location: Lusaka Head Office
Job Purpose
The trade marketing manager will specialize in assisting distributors with their marketing strategy, including message development, marketing materials, and brand awareness.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborates with the Head of Sales and Distribution for the ideation, planning & budgeting, production, and implementation of all in-store activities, including point of sales materials and promotions
- Manages the point of sales material (including a budget, logistics, distribution, assortment…) by finding the most efficient solutions
- Collaborates with product managers and marketing team to build sales promotions and product communication
- Collaborates with sales teams to turn the “selling stories” into sales tools to effectively present the brands, the products and the marketing initiatives to their customers
- Collaborates with marketing intelligence resource to read and report results of activities and to provide recommendations and forecasts
- Supports local teams in the execution of the activities and in achieving their sales and budget objectives, while ensuring the desired product benefits and brand values/equity are properly communicated
- Supports local teams in the execution of their training programs;
- Ensures that the local feedback is taken into account by regularly visiting sales teams, customers and stores.
- Ensures efficient spending of central budget and supervises the trade marketing spending in the subsidiaries
Key Requirements
- University degree in marketing or comparable is needed
- Minimum 3-5 years of trade marketing management experience in a fintech would be ideal
- Knowledge of marketing and trade marketing activities, tools and techniques is needed –
Closing Date
The closing date for receiving applications is Monday, 21st March 2022.
Suitable candidates are requested to apply by sending through only their application letter & CV combined into one pdf document to mmutinta@opay-inc.com. The academic or professional qualification papers will only be requested from shortlisted candidates. The title of the email should be the designation of the job role and the name of the candidate.
