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Wasoko Partnership Associate in Kigali, Rwanda
About Us:
Wasoko (“people of the market” in Swahili) is transforming communities across Africa by revolutionizing access to essential goods and services. We are East Africa's biggest digitized retail distribution platform powered by our own in-house logistics network. Tens of thousands of informal retailers across East Africa use Wasoko to order everyday essential goods and receive working capital financing.
The informal retailers of Africa today are the primary if not the only channel used by consumers to purchase essential goods worth over $600 billion per year. The fragmented infrastructure across large land mass, distributed but diverse population and rather a smaller basket size spend does not yet lend themselves to big basket retail or mass consumer ecommerce. Instead, the informal retail ecosystem is THE channel for building the plumbing for digital and consumer
commerce across Africa.
This is Wasoko's opportunity. Wasoko with its brand, scale and logistics network is best positioned to build the technology-leveraged rails to serve the 1+ billion African consumers through informal retailers. We are building a digital-first operating system for informal retailers, focusing initially on B2B distribution but quickly incorporating a host of other tools and services to help communities across Africa get more for less.
Role: Partnership Associate
Responsibilities
Act as the first point of contact for the operations team to share market pricing/ and or field related issues
Conduct extensive market research and acquiring accurate trade insights
Schedule regular reports and meetings with direct manager
Actively monitor organizational sales growth to ensure KPI's are being met and revised regularly as a support function to the country manager
Support in managing supplier relations team at a country level
Compile and file all distribution agreement contracts in both hard and soft copy
Proactively identify new product onboarding opportunities across the country through field level research
Desired Skills
Preferred 1-2 years experience in a similar role
Bachelors degree preferably in Business Management
Ability to work efficiently and independently in a fast paced sales environment
Strong research , reporting and documenting skills
Effective interpersonal and analytical abilities
Strong oral , written communication & presentation skills
Willingness to travel
Must love working with people and cross cultural teams
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