{"id":31683,"date":"2026-04-20T09:34:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T06:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beleqet.com\/vacancy\/?post_type=job_listing&#038;p=31683"},"modified":"2026-04-20T10:05:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:05:39","slug":"area-sales-manager-jimma","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/beleqet.com\/vacancy\/job\/area-sales-manager-jimma\/","title":{"rendered":"Area Sales Manager &#8211; Jimma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Roles &amp; Responsibilities<\/p>\n<p>Follow up &amp; manage mainly secondary sales (sales from distributor to the general trade)<br \/>\nClearly Communicate the sales performance report to sales team and distributors<br \/>\nSupporting the distributor on sell out on the daily basis &amp; follow up on time delivery of the primary orders<br \/>\nClosely working with sales coordinator<br \/>\nAchieves the Areas&#8217; revenue and SKU target for all products by every distributor<br \/>\nConduct weekly and month sales performance review with the distributor and the sales staff<br \/>\nManages a team of distributor sales representative (DSR) to optimize the performance in their assigned territory.<br \/>\nWorks closely with the Retail Distributor help them &amp; manage: stock &amp; order management, demand forecasting, credit management, profitability, sales team KPIs.<br \/>\nDevelops productive relationships with key retailers and wholesalers in the area to support the distributor\u2019s business<br \/>\nManage the key account customers found under every distributor<br \/>\nHelp build RTM database based on market nature &amp; support the distributor sales team with account development and maintenance<br \/>\nFollow up secondary sales reports and make necessary adjustment and actions (Call Rate, Success rate and strike rate)<br \/>\nAnalyze other KPI reports and take proper support and action<br \/>\nProvide competitor activity related inputs to the RSM &amp; Trade marketing<br \/>\nBased on the market audit and analysis make sure the distributor to carry all stocks and fill gap accordingly<br \/>\nConduct competitor related analysis with the help of marketing department<br \/>\nConduct weekly and monthly meeting with DSR &amp; Distributor Staff<br \/>\nManaging e-mails and other communication mediums (telegram)<br \/>\nMake sure all the resources are fulfilled by the distributor as per the standard<br \/>\nProvide downtime and undelivered orders on daily and weekly basis<br \/>\nResponsible usage of company resource. 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