{"id":104886,"date":"2026-07-30T11:18:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T11:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/uncategorized\/sales-executive-steel-trading-nairobi-2\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T11:18:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T11:18:47","slug":"sales-executive-steel-trading-nairobi-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/jobs\/nairobi\/sales-executive-steel-trading-nairobi-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales Executive (Steel Trading) \u2013 Nairobi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Sales Executive (Steel Trading) \u2013 Nairobi\", \"description\": \"Key Responsibilities\\nBuild and maintain strong, long-term relationships with steel buyers across East Africa.\\nPromote the company\u2019s steel products and commercial offers to existing and prospective customers.\\nIdentify sales opportunities, prepare competitive offers, follow up with customers, and close orders.\\nServe as the main local point of contact for customers, managing communication, meetings, visits, and ongoing account relationships.\\nMonitor customer accounts and follow up on outstanding payments and collections.\\nConduct customer KYC checks and monitor account standing, payment history, and creditworthiness.\\nCoordinate orders, shipments, and logistics with headquarters, steel mills\u2019 local offices, and logistics partners.\\nSupport import and port-clearance processes to ensure timely delivery of customer orders.\\nMonitor market conditions, customer activity, competitor developments, pricing, and new business opportunities.\\nProvide regular updates to headquarters on sales activity, customer requirements, market developments, and potential risks.\\nMaintain accurate records of customer interactions, quotations, orders, payments, and sales activities.\\nTravel regularly within East Africa to meet customers and develop new business opportunities.\\nKey Qualifications\\nBachelor\u2019s degree in Business, Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field.\\nAt least four years of experience in steel trading, steel sales, or steel procurement.\\nGood working knowledge of steel products and their applications.\\nUnderstanding of international trade and import processes, including CFR, CIF, letters of credit, open-account payments, and port clearance.\\nStrong sales, negotiation, communication, and relationship-management skills.\\nExperience in customer account management, credit control, and payment follow-up.\\nExisting relationships with steel buyers across East Africa will be an added advantage.\\nAbility to communicate in Gujarati or Hindi will be an added advantage.\\nWillingness to travel frequently within the East African region.\\nStrong organisational skills, integrity, accountability, and the ability to work independently.\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-07-29\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"Summit Recruitment and Search\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Nairobi\", \"addressCountry\": \"KE\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-08-28T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> Summit Recruitment and Search<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Nairobi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Full Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-08-28<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>Key Responsibilities<br \/>Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with steel buyers across East Africa.<br \/>Promote the company\u2019s steel products and commercial offers to existing and prospective customers.<br \/>Identify sales opportunities, prepare competitive offers, follow up with customers, and close orders.<br \/>Serve as the main local point of contact for customers, managing communication, meetings, visits, and ongoing account relationships.<br \/>Monitor customer accounts and follow up on outstanding payments and collections.<br \/>Conduct customer KYC checks and monitor account standing, payment history, and creditworthiness.<br \/>Coordinate orders, shipments, and logistics with headquarters, steel mills\u2019 local offices, and logistics partners.<br \/>Support import and port-clearance processes to ensure timely delivery of customer orders.<br \/>Monitor market conditions, customer activity, competitor developments, pricing, and new business opportunities.<br \/>Provide regular updates to headquarters on sales activity, customer requirements, market developments, and potential risks.<br \/>Maintain accurate records of customer interactions, quotations, orders, payments, and sales activities.<br \/>Travel regularly within East Africa to meet customers and develop new business opportunities.<br \/>Key Qualifications<br \/>Bachelor\u2019s degree in Business, Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field.<br \/>At least four years of experience in steel trading, steel sales, or steel procurement.<br \/>Good working knowledge of steel products and their applications.<br \/>Understanding of international trade and import processes, including CFR, CIF, letters of credit, open-account payments, and port clearance.<br \/>Strong sales, negotiation, communication, and relationship-management skills.<br \/>Experience in customer account management, credit control, and payment follow-up.<br \/>Existing relationships with steel buyers across East Africa will be an added advantage.<br \/>Ability to communicate in Gujarati or Hindi will be an added advantage.<br \/>Willingness to travel frequently within the East African region.<br \/>Strong organisational skills, integrity, accountability, and the ability to work independently.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Interested and qualified? Go to Summit Recruitment and Search on summitrecruitment-search.com to apply<br \/>Build your CV for free. Download in different templates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjobmag.co.ke\/apply-now\/1291934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:10px 20px;background:#2271b1;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\">Apply Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Source: MyJobMag<\/small><\/p>\n<p><!-- job-expiry: 2026-08-28 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company: Summit Recruitment and Search Location: Nairobi Job Type: Full Time Apply Before: 2026-08-28 Job Description Key ResponsibilitiesBuild and maintain strong, long-term relationships with steel buyers across East Africa.Promote the company\u2019s steel products and commercial offers to existing and prospective customers.Identify sales opportunities, prepare competitive offers, follow up with customers, and close orders.Serve as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1408,1409],"tags":[1425,1413,1412,1459],"class_list":["post-104886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs","category-nairobi","tag-full-time","tag-job-listing","tag-myjobmag","tag-summit-recruitment-and-search"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}