Newsroom Production Engineer

Ref: 25 Location: Nairobi

Opportunity

An exciting and challenging position has arisen in The East African office in Rwanda and we wish to fill the position competitively .Applicants that wish to be considered must be performance driven and posses excellent transferable skills. They should demonstrate a track record of achievement in roles.

The Role

Reporting to General Manager NHRL, the incumbent will be responsible for planning, coordinating, motivating and supervising Business Executives to generate and meet the agreed individual and team’s set advertising volume and revenue targets, and, newpspaepr distribution sales targets as well as offering overall coaching and guidance.

Responsibilities
  • Ensuring the overall responsibility of delivering advertising sales and newspaper distribution sales targets for The EastAfrican newspaper
  • Identify and develop various newspaper sales and distribution channels and manage their performance to ensure maximum copy sales, while ensuring timely deliveries and controlling returns
  • Planning, coordinating, motivating and managing a team of Business Executives to deliver agreed sales volume and revenue
  • Maintaining and fostering business relationships with all clients of the company
  • Initiating, developing and executing annual strategic partnerships that will yield revenues to the business
  • Managing and monitoring debt status on respective ledgers to achieve set payment collection targets
  • Leading weekly planning and review meetings with the sales team
  • Managing deadlines and processes to ensure maximum efficiency is attained
  • Identifying new business leads and opportunities with intention of recruitment new clients
  • Managing client service experience to meet customer satisfaction
  • Managing performance and coaching sales team

Qualifications
  • University degree
  • 4 years’ sales experience with at least2 at management/supervisory level
  • Knowledge of Rwanda media market
  • Solution provider with the ability to adapt and innovate
  • Planning and budgeting and budgeting skills
  • Project management ,interpersonal and leadership skills
  • Superior communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to cultivate and maintain client relationships

How to apply

Interested candidates who meet the above criteria should apply online at careers.nationmedia.com, or email the application letters and cv to careers@rw.nationmedia.com before 26th November, 2016.