Living Goods USA Jobs - Branch Manager
Living Goods is a non-profit organization headquartered in the United States and currently operating in Uganda. Its goal is to build a sustainable distribution platform for products designed to fight poverty and disease in the developing world. Specifically, Living Goods operates networks of independent entrepreneurs who make a living by selling cheap products to poor people that can help improve their health, wealth, and productivity. One of the selling techniques used by Living Goods entrepreneurs is door-to-door selling, and Living Goods has been likened to Avon Products in terms of its marketing style. The project aims to be fully self-funded at scale.Job Summary: The Living Goods Branch Manager will play a key role in supporting Community Health Promoters reach the community with health information and sell health and better living products. Key Duties and Responsibilities: 1. Agent Support and Motivation: Motivate agents to achieve health and sales targets. Work to support strong performers, to increase effectiveness of medium performers, and increase or remove poor performers.Make sure that all agents are maintaining target inventory levels month to month.Ensure all agents know and follow health protocols (esp. diagnosis and treatment)Implement marketing and promotional efforts to support agents sales goals.Assist in ensuring all agents are in compliance with regulations set by health authorities including compliance with standard treatment guidelines.2. Financial Management: Oversee all Branch financial operations and ensure that the books balance: cash matches sales on a daily basis.3. Operations: Ensure branch is clean, neat and welcoming to CHPs.Ensure that all inventory is received with appropriate Delivery Notes.Ensure inventory is managed on a First in/First Out basis.Ensure no stock-outs occur at the branch for key productsManage operations to keep costs as low as possible.Manage relations between the implementing partner organizations.Qualifications, Skills and Experience: The applicant should ideally possess a Diploma in Business or Management or Health related areas. Past experience managing products or inventory.Prior working experience managing a sales team or field force.High entrepreneurial spirit and drive for results.The applicant must be able to motivate others, possess strong business skills, and want to be part of a cutting edge team that is setting the mark for a how a social enterprise can improve health impacts in a sustainable wayExceptional natural teacher, strong interpersonal skillsExcellent written and verbal communications skills in English and Luo or Kiswahili.The candidate should also be highly flexible, and willing to be based in and travel across Lira district.All suitably qualified candidates should send Cover Letters and CVs via email to work@livinggoods.org, or hand deliver to our office at Plot 8, Spring Road, Bugolobi, Kampala, Uganda. NB: Successful candidates will be contacted for an interview. For More Ugandan Jobs, Please Visit http://www.theugandanjobline.com or find us on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/UgandanJobline
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