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Job Title:
Sales Admin Intern
Employer:
Uzima Chicken Uganda
Location:
Country:
Contract Type:
Full-time
Job Category:
Administrative jobs
Number of Positions:
1
Deadline:
Monday, 12 August 2024

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Sales Admin Intern job at Uzima Chicken Uganda | Apply Now

Kampala, Uganda

Uzima Chicken is a prominent company in Uganda’s poultry industry, committed to providing high-quality, fresh, and nutritious chicken products to its customers while supporting sustainable farming practices. The company’s mission is to improve food security and enhance the livelihoods of local farmers through the production and distribution of affordable and healthy chicken.

Uzima Chicken has built a strong reputation for its commitment to excellence, reliability, and consumer satisfaction, earning recognition as a trusted brand in Uganda and across East Africa. The company fosters a collaborative and inclusive work culture, focusing on employee growth, skill development, and creating a positive environment where innovation thrives. Employees benefit from a supportive workplace with opportunities for advancement and professional growth.

Established with a vision to transform the local poultry industry, Uzima Chicken has evolved from a small farm into a significant player in the sector, employing advanced farming techniques and efficient production processes. The company’s business model emphasizes sustainability, including the use of renewable resources, ethical farming, and community involvement. Uzima Chicken has expanded its reach across Uganda, with plans to scale its operations further within East Africa.

The company’s core values—integrity, sustainability, and quality—are central to its operations. Uzima Chicken is also dedicated to corporate social responsibility, investing in education, environmental conservation, and community welfare. For more details, visit www.uzima.com.

Are you looking for Administrative jobs in Uganda 2024? If yes, then you might be interested in Sales Admin Intern job at Uzima Chicken Uganda

Full-time

Deadline: 

12 Aug 2024

Sales Admin Intern job at Uzima Chicken Uganda

Uzima Chicken Uganda

Job Description

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

Qualifications, Education and Competencies

Uzima Chicken Uganda is a social enterprise focused on making smallholder farmers healthier and wealthier. Uzima Chicken distributes an improved breed of chicken that is 4x more productive than local breeds in terms of egg and meat production while requiring the same level of management and care as the local chicken. Rearing a flock of 10 improved breed chickens can generate a 270,000 UGX net profit uplift for a smallholder family. With Uzima’s bird, rural households in Uganda can build income resilience, confidently pay for their children’s school fees, and introduce larger volumes of animal protein into their daily diets.
Uzima Chicken seeks to reach every rural household by 2025 and aims to be the leading smallholder-focused poultry enterprise in East Africa. In the past 2 years of operations, Uzima Chicken has attracted investments from AgDevCo, Acumen, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Uzima Chicken Uganda prioritizes hiring and developing Ugandan talent and offers significant professional growth opportunities and leadership development. Further, Uzima is committed to female empowerment across the company and is proud that 40% of staff are women.

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  • Creating sales quotes of orders from the sales team using Uzima’s order collection process daily; liaise with the Finance team to confirm payment for orders on chicks and feed in a timely and accurate manner.

  • Transferring orders from form responses to orders in the order trucker

  • Organizing dispatch list in line with the waiting period of 2-3 weeks

  • Timely submission of orders to operations to ensure timely organization of dispatch

  • Contact clients to obtain missing information concerning their orders

  • Improving Sales order process Via sales team Relations with Guidance from the Supervisor.

  • Any other activity assigned by the supervisor.

Key Characteristics

  • Uzima Chicken Uganda is seeking a candidate who has the following characteristics:

  • Demonstrated strong and effective communication skills.

  • Adequate computer skills with some knowledge of Google Suite (sheets, DOC

  • Strong team and time management skills: You know and understand your role, welcome collaboration and are willing to be coached to success. You bring a positive attitude to the department to help your team hit deadlines.

  • Self-driven: You’re an independent worker who can complete tasks assigned to you with limited follow-up

  • Passionate and excited about positively impacting smallholder farmers and customers in rural areas: You are excited by the possibility of directly impacting millions of Ugandans, helping them build sustainable livelihoods and improving nutritional outcomes.

  • Entrepreneurial and Growth mindset: You are energized to generate ideas, learn and grow, proactively seeking feedback from your managers or proposing new ideas and seeking out learning opportunities.

Sales Admin Intern job at Uzima Chicken Uganda

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  • Degree in Marketing, Business Admin, Office administration, Record management or any related field.

  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to engage with the sales team in a friendly and professional manner

  • Very good interpersonal skills.

  • Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint) or Google Suite (Google Docs, Google Slide, Google Sheets)

  • Highly detail-oriented and process-oriented, with a highly developed sense of reliability and responsibility

  • Time Management / Multi-tasking Skills: Handling multiple Customers and several Job Duties while Providing a timely service to the Demanding company needs

APPLICATION FOR THIS POSITION MUST BE DONE ONLINE:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their updated CVs via Email to: careers.ug@uzimachicken.com with job title as Subject

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