Assistant Marketing Manager(Roofings Rolling Mills)-Job vacancies in Uganda

Job Title: Assistant Marketing Manager
Organization: Roofings Rolling Mills
Job Location: Kampala, Uganda
Deadline: 7th January 2014
Reports to: Senior Marketing Manager

About Roofings:
Roofings Rolling Mills envisions becoming one of East Africa's largest supplier of international quality steel raw materials for galvanized/pre-painted sheets, steel bars, rods, angles, beams, channels, round bars, flats and galvanised wires all in a variety of sizes. As a sister company to leading steel products manufacturer, Roofings Ltd, the two companies together will provide a large portion of the region's steel requirements.

Job Summary:
The Assistant Marketing Manager will primarily assist the Senior Marketing Manager in the day today sales and marketing activities, customer care including moving to the field to the to examine and handle customers’ queries. He/she must assure the best service to the customers.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Will be acting on behalf of outlet manager, in his/her absence.
• Authorizing sales orders in ERP system in head office.
• Authorizing cash and credit invoices for loading and production orders.
• Credit control; follow up on payment & debt collection.
• Evaluate debtor’s credit limit and period, process credit application for new customers.
• Prepare report comparing selling price of products of competitors.
• Ensuring proper utilization of marketing executives, get daily market visit report and after analyzing make summary report.
• Maintain and build good working relationships with all clients.
• Ensure smooth operation in absence of Senior Marketing Manager.
• Perform any other tasks as assigned by Senior Marketing Manager related to sales and marketing.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant should hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing or related discipline
• At least four years’ experience in steel and PVC manufacturing and/or sales and marketing or field.
• Possess extensive product knowledge in steel and /or PVC marketing
• Excellent computer literacy skills

How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should send their hand-written applications accompanied by relevant testimonials, curriculum vitae with recent photograph, with names and contact details of three (3) referees should be addressed to:
Human Resources Manager, Roofings Limited, 
Plot 126 Lubowa Estate Entebbe Road, 
P. O. Box 7169 Kampala, Uganda 
Or hr@roofings.co.ug.