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JOB OPPORTUNITY: Commercial Manager
Sector: Telecommunication
Job Location: Kampala, Uganda
Swift Minds: is a fully fledged consultancy firm based in Kampala, Uganda that provides cutting edge
talent solutions to clients in Various sectors including Agriculture, Telecommunication, Construction,
Manufacturing, Mining, Banking, Oil and Gas and the services sector.
services include: Recruitment, Payroll Management, Outsourcing, capacity development and
Management Consulting:
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure customer intimacy by building and nurturing vital business relationships with
influencers within named accounts in line with strategic account plans
• Develop a pipeline of opportunities which are systematically qualified, by managing the
accounts decision-making process to ensure closed sales
• Prepare, present and negotiate, solutions, specifications, and proposals in a professional
format in order to secure value accretive deals. This includes building business cases and
pricing in support of the proposals.
• Consistently achieve quarterly and annual sales objectives through securing signed tenant
licenses, contract renewals and additional business
• Provide accurate and timely account pipeline reports forecasts and inputs for the budgeting
process.
• Exercise thought leadership at company level to demonstrate an understanding of the
customers’ business strategies
• Develop and coordinate a contact strategy, primed by self, between the client and the
customer
• Advocate on behalf of the customer with the client account team and relevant cross
functional departments
• Proactively resolve all issues and disputes internally and externally to drive completion of
customer collocations and build to suits
• Effectively position us in the mind of the influencers to achieve long term business growth
through appropriate engagements and thought leadership
• Ensure effective cross functional teamwork in a multinational matrix environment

Qualifications and Experience

• University degree required
• Valid driver’s license
• 7 years consultative selling and account management
• Technical, ICT knowledge or wireless networking preferred
• Computer literate (MS Office)
• understanding of the needs of telecommunications business in Uganda
 • Ability to exercise "thought leadership" throughout customer organizations, us and to lead
and manage a virtual account team, while motivating others to achieve targets
• Experience in interfacing with internal and external customers at all levels
• An understanding of the key links between reporting data, forecasting, business development
and customer satisfaction.
• Excellent customer service, organizational, written and verbal communication skills
• Proactive, detail orientated, self-motivated, able to work in a team and independently
• Able to influence and motivate others and work with the utmost integrity

Send y CV to: recruitment@swiftminds.org Deadline: Rolling basis NB: Selection is on rolling basis, due
high volumes of applications, only selected candidates shall be contacted, All applicants’ CVs are kept on file for future
opportunities.