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Wasoko Partnership Manager in Kigali, Rwanda
About us
Maxsoko is transforming communities across Africa by revolutionizing access to essential goods and services. By connecting small merchants to the digital economy, we fix inefficient supply chains and provide services previously unavailable to informal businesses. Maxsoko aims to provide everything a retailer needs, no distributors, or banks necessary.
Thousands of retailers across Egypt, Morocco, Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda use Maxsoko's mobile ordering and delivery platform to receive the goods they need as quickly and cheaply as possible while also accessing growth financing for the first time. We're looking to grow our team with highly talented and motivated employees who are excited to work in a fast-paced and dynamic startup environment
Role: Partnership Manager
Location: Rwanda, Kigali
Role:
Your role is to assist in building and maintaining a strong supplier partnerships for an ambitious Pan-African company. You are responsible for driving company supplier term negotiations, by ensuring we receive the best margins, payment terms and build strong partnerships across the country operations.
Key Responsibilities
Organizational:
Act as the first point of contact for newly onboarded and existing suppliers
Negotiate terms and conditions of supplier partnerships
Schedule regular reports and meetings
Actively monitor organizational sales growth to ensure KPIs are being met and revised regularly
Managing Supplier Relations team at a country level
Monitor and manage all distribution agreement contracts
Proactively identify opportunities which will align supplier needs with the organizational goals
Advise, train and mentor junior supplier team members
Key Skills and Competencies
Preferred 3 years of experience in a similar role
Bachelor degree, preferably in Business Management
Ability to work efficiently and independently in a fast-paced sales environment
Strong selling, negotiating and consulting skills
Effective interpersonal and analytical abilities
Strong oral, written communication & presentation skills
Willingness to travel for work within country
Must love working with people and cross cultural teams