Job Purpose
A leader in the poultry products industry (fresh, frozen, and cut products) is seeking a professional Sales Manager to lead and develop the sales team and achieve growth and expansion objectives in the Iraqi market.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement sales plans and strategies in alignment with the company's objectives
- Manage and motivate the sales team (supervisors, sales representatives, promoters), ensuring improved performance
- Build strong relationships with key clients, distributors, and markets
- Study and analyse the market and competitors, and implement effective pricing policies
- Provide regular reports to senior management on sales performance, opportunities, and challenges
- Coordinate with other departments, especially production, to ensure order fulfilment efficiency
- Monitor and follow up on receivables, ensuring timely collections from clients
- Represent the company at relevant trade shows and business events
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or a related field (preferred)
- At least 10 years of experience in poultry sales with knowledge of the Iraqi market
- Experience in sales planning based on daily production capacity and coordinating between sales, production, and warehouse teams to ensure product availability and balance supply and demand
- Proficiency in preparing regular analytical reports, including sales, growth rates, performance comparisons, market movement, competitors, pricing, returns, and collections)
- Experience in managing daily orders and distributing them by coverage areas, handling field customer issues when necessary
- Advanced skills in communication, negotiation, and closing sales, with the ability to resolve customer conflicts professionally
- Ability to design a monthly incentive system for the sales team to ensure productivity and revenue goals are met
- Good knowledge of manual and electronic sales and collection systems, with the ability to use Odoo software and advanced Excel reports
- Strong leadership skills, committed, organized, and able to work long hours under pressure while managing the team’s daily operations and sales performance
- Ability to meet ambitious sales targets under pressure
*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.