The Kampala Sun ,Sales Supervisor Job Vacancy in Uganda

arch 1986. It is a multimedia business housing newspaper, magazines,
internet publishing, television, radio broadcasting, commercial printing,
advertising and distribution services. NVPPCL is listed on the Uganda Stock
Exchange, with an expected turnover of over UGX 60 billion (FY 2010/2011).

• Generate sales plans,
  projections and strategies for The Kampala Sun in order to achieve the
  target sales and wastage levels
• Identify, prioritize and set
  performance targets for all channel opportunities that maximize copy sales
  of The Kampala Sun at budgeted returns of vendor numbers, display levels
  and subscription innovations.
• Responsible for daily channel
  interactions with at a minimum of 95% of points of sale (vendor, stand,
  shop and retail stores) through daily sales visits/calls to people manning
  these points to achieve eye level display, reader and vendor feedback,
  retailer relationships and motivations and relocation of stocks from low
  demand points to high demand points through the product shelf life of The
  Kampala Sun.
• Actively engage distributors on
  daily basis to ensure they actively do field supervision and generate
  daily sales performance reports accurate enough to inform the next
  editions’ order.
• Oversee distributor performance
  and loyalty by documenting their performance successes and failures in
  relation to set targets in order to generate evidenced performance
  evaluation reports on each of the Distributors for The Kampala Sun.
• Compile and submit daily,
  weekly, monthly and quarterly market and intelligence feedback reports for
  The Kampala Sun in order to provide factors for market and sales growth
  action points.
• Compile and continuously update
  contact data bank in order to effectively manage network relationship and
  strengthen their loyalty to The Kampala Sun

• The ideal candidate for the
  Sales Supervisor Job Opportunity should hold an honors degree graduate of
  Marketing, Business Administration, Statistics or any other relevant
  discipline.
• Excellent sales and negotiation
  skills
• Initiative and enthusiasm
• Possess excellent communication
  and people skills
• Good planning and
  organizational skills
• The ability to work calmly
  under pressure
• Possess a valid and clean
  riding permit
• Willing to work long hours
  without supervision including on public holidays and weekends