A vacancy exists for a Supplier Growth Manager within the Micro Merchant Division, Sales, in Cape Town.

The purpose of this role is to increase Kazang’s partnership with key FMCG (or related) partners in the region: to engage, sell, negotiate, onboard, and manage key suppliers.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Onboarding of new Suppliers onto the Kazang platform.
• Managing existing supplier relationships.
• Co-operating with Kazang sales structures to maximise volumes to suppliers.
• Building Kazang cashless payments ecosystem.
• Managing a team of Supplier and Vault Reps

In order to be considered for this position, the following requirements must be met:

• 5 years experience in Sales, Account Management, or Business Development in FMCG or Payments company.
• Experience in the per-urban/rural ‘Informal’ economy would be advantageous.
• Skilled in sales and negotiation at the informal level as well as well as semi-corporate partners.
• Well networked within ‘informal’ Business value chains particularly large wholesalers and FMCG suppliers (or the ability to rapidly grow network).

Technical Competencies:

• Computer literacy – MS Office Suite.

Behavioural Competencies:

• High-growth mindset and self-motivated.
• Strong communication skills.
• Works well with multiple teams/structures.