Category Manager At Wasoko

Role:
Your role is to assist in building and maintaining a strong supplier partnerships for an ambitious Pan-African company. You are responsible for driving company supplier term negotiations, by ensuring we receive the best margins, payment terms and build strong partnerships across the country operations.
Key Responsibilities
Organizational:
Act as the first point of contact for newly onboarded and existing suppliers
Negotiate terms and conditions of supplier partnerships
Schedule regular reports and meetings
Actively monitor organizational sales growth to ensure KPIs are being met and revised regularly
Managing Supplier Relations team at a country level
Monitor and manage all distribution agreement contracts
Proactively identify opportunities which will align supplier needs with the organizational goals
Advise, train and mentor junior supplier team members

Key Skills and Competencies
Preferred 3 years of experience in a similar role
Bachelor degree, preferably in Business Management
Ability to work efficiently and independently in a fast-paced sales environment
Strong selling, negotiating and consulting skills
Effective interpersonal and analytical abilities
Strong oral, written communication & presentation skills
Willingness to travel for work within country
Must love working with people and cross cultural teams