Coca-Cola Beverages

East Africa Bottling S.C. has an external vacancy for the following position and is looking for passionate and competent candidates who are prepared to work with passion and focus.

An exciting vacant position has arisen at East Africa Bottling Share Company – Ethiopia for the role of Area Sales Manager -Key Account  . East Africa Bottling Share Company works with the world’s most cherished trademark; invests in the most sophisticated production system in the world and employ people who are prepared to work with passion and focus.

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Vacancy, Read Below:

Position: Area Sales Manager

Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing management, or related field.            
• 3 years front line sales in FMCG business
• Area Sales Manager Key Accounts requires in addition 1-2 years proven experience as Key Accounts Rep
• Proven experience Proven sales experience; sector-specific sales experience is preferred, with a track record of meeting sales quotas.

Skills

• Active and energetic Can think on their feet
• Can execute with Focus and discipline to achieve stretch goals
• Excellent management, leadership, and organizational skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Takes the knock for things that can go wrong with customers and resolves these where sales team require support and decision
• Can build customer relationships and motivate and lift subordinates
• Innovative and creative to identify opportunities and solutions that are not easy to see
• Ability to lead, motivate, inspire and manage performance of front-line staff
• Exceptional hands-on coaching skills
• The ability to build collaborative customer relationships and to coach sales team on how to do so through role modelling
• Thorough knowledge of customer’s business drivers to translate into beverage growth opportunities
• Store level negotiations and ability to teach sales team tools and skills to achieve this
• Masters of execution and identifying opportunities
• Ability to set targets, read trends and read and interpret sales reports (analytical)
• Expert sales skills and ability to build technical sales skills in team members
• Digital capability – Demonstrated ability to use digital platforms for sales

Place of Work: Addis Ababa

Deadline: 2026/09/22