Educational Business Advisor: Western Block - Kenya
Oxford University Press
- Kenya
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Review priority school listing, follow up on school orders, facilitate workshops, and work closely with entire team to develop value proposition for OUP titles.
- Spearhead expansion of adoptions of front list and backlist titles and maintain existing adoptions while working smart to grow sales and ensure the entire region is covered.
- Collect data, gather, confirm, and utilize market intelligence and research findings to capture sales opportunities and grow market share.
- Work to attain set sales targets, offering solutions to market needs and respond to customer issues.
- Prepare daily, weekly, and special reports highlighting key issues, opportunities, and challenges, and proposing the way forward.
- As the Relationship Manager for several bookshops, implement the overall distribution strategy for their region to generate sales as per the set budget.
- The position requires a Bachelor’s degree or Higher Diploma in Education, Sales or Marketing.
- Three (3) or more years in educational sales, and a proven track record of consistent high performance. Teaching experience will be an added advantage.
- The appropriate candidates must demonstrate knowledge, skill and experience in sales processes, market research, business account management and training.
- Time-management skills, relationship-building skills, report writing, product knowledge, educational publishing industry, education, and teaching.
- He/she will abide by all OUP policies and procedures and ensure that tools of trade are used appropriately and kept in good working condition.
- The appropriate candidates will demonstrate a spirit of competitiveness, display ethical behaviour, promote a healthy working culture, support teamwork, communicate effectively, be innovative and open to learn.