Sales Assistant

Malawi Catering Services Limited

Malawi Catering Services Limited wishes to invite applications from suitably qualified individuals of Malawian origin to fill the following vacant positions tenable at its Head Offices at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe.

MCSL is looking for dynamic and independent professionals to work in various positions that have fallen vacant. The candidates should be experienced, flexible, enthusiastic, and with an “I can-do attitude” to join our team as follows: –

SALES ASSISTANT (1 Position)

Duties

  • Driving sales van to established routes of delivery within Malawi
  • Selling company products to all customers
  • Identify and pitch new markets and customers Servicing existing accounts, obtaining orders,
  • Establish new accounts by planning and organizing daily work schedules for all potential sales routes
  • Keep management informed by submitting activity and results reports on a daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis
  • Resolving customer complaints by investigating problems, developing solutions, preparing reports, and making recommendations to management
  • Debt collection, reconciling debtors accounts

Qualifications/Attributes

  • Diploma in Sales and Marketing with a recognized and accredited institution
  • MSCE
  • 2 to 3 years work experience in a similar position
  • Physically fit and of sober habits

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities/Attributes

  • Ability to reconcile figures
  • Customer care service and good communication skills
  • Meeting sales goals
  • Negotiation
  • Self-confidence
  • Product knowledge
  • Presentation skills
  • Motivation for sales
  • Ability to handle customer complaints
  • Ability to pay attention to detail.
    Excellent analytical skills.
  • Interpersonal skills

Interested persons who meet the above required qualifications and/ or experience should submit their applications preferably by 28th September 2024 together with their detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) which should include two traceable referees to: –

The General Manager,
Malawi Catering Services Limited,
P.O. Box 30236,
Lilongwe 3