Sales Admin Intern job at Uzima Chicken Uganda
About the Organization
Job Description
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.
Duties and Responsibilities
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.
Qualification, Experiences and Competencies
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
How to Apply
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