Merchandising Manager Jobs in Kenya (200-300K)

Merchandising Manager Jobs at Corporate Staffing Services, Kenya
Job Title: Merchandising Manager 200 – 300k
Industry: e-commerce
Reports to: Sales & Marketing Director
Location: Nairobi
Salary: 200 – 300k

Our Client is an e-commerce company with over 100 agents (Shopkeepers) across the outskirts of Nairobi. These agents are responsible for taking orders and making payments for any catalogue item that the customer wishes to purchase.

The goods are then delivered to the customer within the shortest time possible through the agent. The goods range from food stuff, personal hygiene products, household items, renewable energy systems, automotive e.t.c.

Merchandising Manager Job Purpose

Lead the company’s merchandising effort, creating and running a high margin productivity portfolio of products that enables the short and long term growth of the company.

This position requires a keen knowledge of product merchandizing to achieve maximum margin results. It is essential that one is results driven, have a good business sense and can work in an unstructured environment.

One should also possess the creative problem solving abilities of an entrepreneur, and the desire to roll up their sleeves in the start-up stage of a company’s development.

Duties & Responsibilities

Understand, analyze and help anticipate competitive retail landscape, changing, trends and potential impacts on the business

Create and build a profitable merchandising strategy with complete accountability for product selection and planning

Promoting best selling items in order to maximize profits

Oversee Merchandising P&L by managing day-to-day operations and lead all merchandising functions including assortment planning and inventory management

Create and build comprehensive marketing and communications strategy to facilitate growth, sales and marketing strategies in a multi-channel environment.

Ensure current Point of Sales partners (Agents) in various locations are maximizing their financial performance

Develop and execute point of sales growth strategies to determine new markets, oversee the roll-out to new markets and ensure new markets deliver financial goals
Qualifications for Merchandizing Manager Jobs in Kenya


Degree in Marketing/ Sales

Minimum of 3-5 years experience as a merchandising manager;

3 – 5 years experience in areas related to merchandising and marketing including but not limited to trend analysis and recognition, buying, sourcing merchandising, consumer marketing/research

Have a proven success in product promotion, product planning and pricing;

Previous Merchandising with an e-commerce background would be preferable;

Be a leader with regards to developing and executing on new opportunities to grow product lines;

Must have trend analysis and recognition, buying, sourcing merchandising, consumer marketing/research skills

Passionate, self-confident individual that is professional and result driven;

Strong integrity and ability to work within a team;

Able to work independently within set parameters;

Good negotiation and customer relationship management skills;

Good interpersonal skills both with internal and external relationships;

Great oral and written communication skills;

Good at planning and organizing to ensure priority task management; and

Knowledge of nutrition will be an added advantage.

If you are up to the challenge, posses the necessary qualification and experience, please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Merchandising Manager 200 – 300k) to jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke before Friday 8th May, 2015

Kindly indicate current/last salary on your CV

N.B: We do not charge any fee for receiving your CV or for interviewing
Only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted.

The Recruiting Manager
Corporate staffing Services
Nabui House, 3rd floor, Westlands. (Next to Unga House)

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