Authentix Vacancies 2018

The Commercial Assistant will support the Vice President, West & Central Africa in the pursuit of new deals and management of existing base business with a specific focus on the collection of receivables. The role will require a bilingual (English/French), enthusiastic, solution-oriented and highly motivated individual who can work autonomously.

Job Description

Job Title: Commercial Assistant

The Commercial Assistant will assist the Vice President, West & Central Africa in the day-to-day sales and customer account management activities ensuring all activities necessary to build and progress sales opportunities are executed on time and a regular follow up mechanism is implemented to collect receivables in a timely manner.

This position will require traveling, non-traditional work hours and successful passing of a background check.

Key Skills:

• Teaming and collaboration
• Planning and Forecasting
• Effective communication (must be proficient in English and French)
• Customer relationship
• Effective organization skills and ability to prioritize workload effectively
• Computer literacy
• Able to maintain a high level of confidentiality

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Communicates account statement to agreed customers and follows up on a regular basis to ensure payment is effected
• Execute administrative tasks in support of debt recovery and sales pursuit
• Build and maintain good relationship with all customer key personnel involved in the treatment and payment of our invoices
• Assists with the planning and execution of sales priority activities
• Ensures monthly reports are completed and submitted to agreed customers
• Coordinate and facilitate arrangements for study tours and sales visits within the territory or to the headquarters

Education and Experience:

• Must have prior experience in a similar client facing role (2+ years)
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• Proficiency in the use of all Microsoft programs with a specific requirement of intermediate to advanced skills in the use of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

Additional Factors Resulting in Added Consideration:

• Sales or Customer care experience
• Working experience within UEMOA
• Marketing experience