Vacancy title:
Sales Manager

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Consulting, Category: Sales & Retail]

Jobs at:
Talent House

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, July 18 2025

Duty Station:
Lusaka | Lusaka | Zambia

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, July 14 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

We are a leading recruitment and HR consulting firm that links people and companies to achieve a shared purpose. We offer creative, effective, and flexible solutions that not only help individuals discover their career paths but provide organizations with talent they can recruit, develop, and retain.

About the role:

Our Client who is in the Distribution and Trading business is looking for a Sales Manager to join their team. The Sales Manager is a key leadership position responsible for driving the company’s sales performance and revenue growth. This role involves applying effective sales strategies, managing customer relationships, and overseeing a team of sales and distribution representatives to ensure consistent execution of sales activities. The Sales Manager will work closely with the General Manager to implement strategic business plans, expand the customer base, and enhance the company’s market presence. A critical component of the role includes managing distributors, analyzing market trends and competitor activity, and identifying new business opportunities. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with strong leadership skills, a strategic mindset, and a passion for achieving measurable results in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• To lead, coach and motivate a team of sales representatives to achieve revenue expectations
• Achieve growth and sales targets
• Design and implement strategic business plans that expand the company’s customer base and ensure its strong presence
• Build and promote strong, long-lasting customer relationships by partnering with them and understanding their needs
• Manage distributors
• Analyse competitor activities.
• Identity and pursue opportunities for business development
• Estimate, negotiate, and quote prices, credit or contract terms, and delivery dates.
• Ensure completed delivery of products in the projected timeline.
• Prepare reports, budgets, and maintain records to measure productivity and efficiency.
• Present sales, revenue and expenses reports and realistic forecasts to the management team
• Arrange transportation for distribution of goods.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Grade 12 Certificate
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Economics, Business Administration or related field.
• Driving Licence – Minimum 2 years
• Computer literacy
• Selling & Negotiating skills
• People Skills – Friendly & Courteous (Team Player)
• Creative thinker
• Self-Starter
• Integrity
• Effective communication
• Decision making
• Business acumen
• Leadership

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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