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About the job
Job Title: Sales Promoters (3 positions)
Career Level: Mid-Level
Reporting to: Promoter Supervisor, dotted line to Zonal Sales Representative.
Job Locations: Within Tanzania
Employment Category: Permanent
Employment Type: Full-Time
JOB SUMMARY: SALES PROMOTERS
The
employee should be responsible for the Promotion of East-West Seed
Tanzania products in the whole country of Tanzania (the region/ regions
of the assignment will be determined by the Sales & Marketing
Manager) by means of demonstration to increase awareness of the brand
name of each product and increase sales of vegetable seed in the
respective area of assignment.
Locate farmers groups and make an
inventory of the growing areas, crops, season, contact village leaders,
find key farmers, train/ advise farmers and customers.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Responsible for promoting & introducing company products & technology (veg. seeds & new varieties)
- Organize
farmer’s meetings, farm demo, field days, harvest festival, invite
dealers, farmers, traders, LGU (local gov. units), and other
stakeholders. - Plan and establish a demo depending on the area;
thus through demonstration, you will introduce new technologies to
farmers-especially in your trial like raised beds, spacing,
fertilization, a spraying method, drenching, etc. - Implement PDS
trials depending on the PDS plan for the year; as well as working in
close cooperation and under supervision of PDS Supervisor and Associate
Breeder. - Make an agreement with the farmer concerning field demo
(techno. & commercial demos) varieties to be tested/promoted and
possible arrangement/ sharing of cost. - Submit the reports on
time: (a) Weekly reports every end of the week or as decided otherwise
(reports regarding your field activities, farms visit, planning,
upcoming meetings, demo update, cost, and other related concerns. (b)
Propose demo plan, area, sowing dates, cost, and projected field days
based on areas of coverage in respective regions of assignment. (c )
Semester plan & Market Survey Data. - Submit a budget, a
request cash advance(CA) for the monthly activities, and liquidate the
expenses 4 days before making a new request for cash for the next
activities. - Work & comply based on annual targets on-field
activities (based on your monthly bonus): Farmer’s Meeting, Techno-Demo,
Field Day’s/ Harvest Festival. - Visit trading posts,
agro-dealers, veg. dealers/traders, and stockists to discuss
introduction, performance, feedback of our product, and
availability/posting of promotional materials like posters, brochures,
and availability of our seeds in the shops. - Take responsibility
for company property issued under your custody (eg. cell phones,
tablets, flipcharts, marketing materials, etc..) - Keep watch of
our competitors on what, when, where & how are they doing in the
field, and report of new variety introductions. - Close coordination & open communication with EWTZ employees in the field ( Salesman) in assigned respective areas.
Are we looking for you?
- Must have Bachelor Degree in Agriculture
- Ability to communicate with all levels; particularly smallholder farmers
- Must have technical competence in all aspects of crop management
- Experience in technical training (farmer extension)
- Ability to transfer improved farm management practices through key farmers
- Able to build trust in farming communities
- Good time management and organization skills
- Able to coordinate with input dealer, collector, and relevant partner
- Ability to solve problems(analytical thinking) and share relevant information
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in the Swahili language, and proficiency in English a plus
- Computer literacy is a plus
East-West Seed has competitive packages on offer for outperformers
Application Deadline: March 25th, 2022
Email:[email protected]