Category Manager at Wasoko

Wasoko is transforming communities across Africa by revolutionizing access to essential goods and services. By connecting small shops to the digital economy, we fix inefficient supply chains and provide services that were previously unavailable. Wasoko aims to provide everything a retailer needs, no wholesalers or banks necessary. Thousands of retailers a...

 

Category Manager

  • Job TypeFull Time
  • QualificationBA/BSc/HND
  • Experience3 years
  • LocationNairobi
  • Job FieldProcurement / Store-keeping / Supply Chain 

Role:

Your role is to assist in building and maintaining a strong supplier partnerships for an ambitious Pan-African company. You are responsible for driving company supplier term negotiations, by ensuring we receive the best margins, payment terms and build strong partnerships across the country operations.

Key Responsibilities

Organizational:

  • Act as the first point of contact for newly onboarded and existing suppliers
  • Negotiate terms and conditions of supplier partnerships
  • Schedule regular reports and meetings
  • Actively monitor organizational sales growth to ensure KPIs are being met and revised regularly
  • Managing Supplier Relations team at a country level
  • Monitor and manage all distribution agreement contracts
  • Proactively identify opportunities which will align supplier needs with the organizational goals
  • Advise, train and mentor junior supplier team members

Key Skills and Competencies

  • Preferred 3 years of experience in a similar role
  • Bachelor degree, preferably in Business Management
  • Ability to work efficiently and independently in a fast-paced sales environment
  • Strong selling, negotiating and consulting skills
  • Effective interpersonal and analytical abilities
  • Strong oral, written communication & presentation skills
  • Willingness to travel for work within country
  • Must love working with people and cross cultural teams

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to Wasoko on wasoko.breezy.hr to apply

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