District Manager

Ethiopost
Full time Posted: Oct 21, 2026
Career Level
Senior(5-8 years)
Location
Mizan Aman, South West Ethiopia People's Region
Salary
Deadline
Oct 29, 2026
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About This Role

This is a field-based leadership role at Ethiopost, one of Ethiopia's oldest and largest public service institutions, now pushing to expand its commercial footprint beyond traditional mail into financial and logistics-adjacent services. The District Manager effectively runs a sales operation in Mizan Aman — coaching a team, building a customer pipeline, and representing the organization in the community. It suits someone who is comfortable splitting time between the office and the field, and who can translate head-office sales targets into daily routines for a regional team.

What the Requirements Say About This Role

The seniority band signals that Ethiopost wants someone who has already managed people and carried a sales number, not a strong individual seller stepping up for the first time. The emphasis on supervision, training, and performance monitoring suggests the organization is investing in building regional sales capacity and needs a manager who can develop less-experienced staff rather than simply direct them. The customer-relationship and after-sales elements point to a service culture where retention and trust matter as much as closing new business — typical of a public institution entering competitive markets.

How to Approach This Application

Frame your experience around team outcomes: how you coached people, how you structured field visits, and what happened to sales or retention as a result. Ethiopost is a public institution, so demonstrate comfort operating within structured reporting and accountability systems while still showing initiative. Because the role is in Mizan Aman, make your connection to the area or willingness to relocate explicit — regional postings often struggle to attract senior candidates, and addressing this directly strengthens your case.

Best Fit

Who This Role Suits

Best suited to an experienced sales supervisor or branch-level manager with a proven record of leading field teams in a regional setting. Competition is likely moderate — the location narrows the pool, but candidates with strong people-management evidence will stand out.

  1. surveys to gather customer feedback and inform sales strategies.
  2. Strengthened profit opportunities by managing time and resources to meet sales objectives.
  3. The position holder supervises and supports the workers Monitoring sales team performance and providing training to help reach targets.
  4. proactive visits to loyal Created customers to maintain long-lasting relationships and increase sales.
  5. Visiting potential customers to build relationships and present sales pitches on products.
  6. Providing excellent after-sales service by conducting tasks such as product training, scheduling maintenance, and acting as the main point of contact.
  7. Delivering product demonstrations for customers to develop an understanding of product functions.
  8. Promoting product promotions, sales, and offers throughout interactions to increase order value and sales.
  9. Using a competitive nature, motivation, and dedication to increase sales and customer base.
  10. Generating monthly and annual sales reports to determine growth and areas requiring improvement.
  11. Creating strategic sales plans, designed to increase sales, customer loyalty, and market awareness.
  12. Educating customers on available processes and services to increase sales.
  13. Retaining existing customers and substantially growing customer base, product line, and sales volume.
  14. Forecasting product sales and achieving quarterly and annual sales objectives.
  15. Maintaining friendly and professional customer interactions.
  1. : BA/BSC degree with 4 years of experience.
  2. Excellent leadership skills, including the ability to motivate and inspire employees, make tough decisions and manage conflicts.
  3. Strong communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate with a variety of stakeholders.

How To Apply

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