A vacancy exists for a Supplier Growth Manager within Kazang – Micro Merchant Division, Sales, in Western Cape.   

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: 

• Matric/Grade 12.
• 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 an informal level as well as with semi-corporate partners.
• Well networked within ‘informal’ Business value chains particularly large wholesalers and FMCG suppliers (or the ability to rapidly grow network).

Technical Skills: 

• Computer literacy – MS Office Suite.
• MS Teams or any other real-time communication apps.
• Basic working knowledge of PowerBI (advantage).