About Colorcrest Paints Limited

Colorcrest Paints Limited is a leading manufacturer and supplier of high-quality decorative and protective coatings in Tanzania. Committed to innovation, sustainability, and superior product performance, we provide top-tier architectural paints, emulsions, primers, and finishes for professional contractors, hardware stockists, commercial real estate developers, and retail customers across the country.

Key Responsibilities

• Hardware & Stockist Expansion: Onboard, manage, and grow relationships with hardware store owners (maduka ya hardwari), paint stockists, and building material distributors.
• Contractor & B2B Sales: Pitch directly to painting contractors, architects, site engineers, real estate developers, and painters’ associations (Vyama vya Mafundi Rangi).
• Technical Product Advice: Demonstrate paint product features (coverage rates, washability, surface prep, primers, topcoats, and tinting systems) to resolve customer queries on site.
• Market Intelligence: Monitor competitor pricing, trade schemes, and new coating products in the Tanzanian market.
• Target Achievement: Consistently achieve monthly sales revenue, volume targets (liters sold), and new account acquisition metrics.

Key Requirements & Qualifications

• Paint Sales Experience (Mandatory): 2+ years of active field sales experience specifically selling paints, decorative coatings, waterproofing, or hardware products.
• Product Literacy: Solid, practical knowledge of paint types, coating application methods, surface preparation, and color matching/tinting solutions.
• Network & Territory Management: Strong existing network of hardware store stockists, painting contractors, and project managers in Dar es Salaam and upcountry regions.
• Mobility & Flexibility: Willingness to operate in the field and travel to any assigned region within Tanzania as needed.
• Personal Attributes: Exceptional communication skills, field negotiation ability, high integrity, self-driven work ethic, and results-oriented mindset.
• Age: Must be 18 years old or older.

• Onboard, manage, and grow relationships with hardware store owners (maduka ya hardwari), paint stockists, and building material distributors.
• Pitch directly to painting contractors, architects, site engineers, real estate developers, and painters’ associations (Vyama vya Mafundi Rangi).
• Demonstrate paint product features (coverage rates, washability, surface prep, primers, topcoats, and tinting systems) to resolve customer queries on site.
• Monitor competitor pricing, trade schemes, and new coating products in the Tanzanian market.
• Consistently achieve monthly sales revenue, volume targets (liters sold), and new account acquisition metrics.

• Sales & Marketing
• Paint Product Knowledge
• Hardware/Contractor Networks
• Technical Product Advice
• Market Intelligence
• Territory Management
• Communication Skills
• Negotiation Ability

• Minimum of 2+ years of direct experience in Sales & Marketing within the Paints, Coatings, or Hardware Building Materials sector.
• Demonstrated paint product knowledge.
• Existing hardware/contractor networks.
• Solid, practical knowledge of paint types, coating application methods, surface preparation, and color matching/tinting solutions.
• Strong existing network of hardware store stockists, painting contractors, and project managers in Dar es Salaam and upcountry regions.
• Willingness to operate in the field and travel to any assigned region within Tanzania as needed.
• Exceptional communication skills, field negotiation ability, high integrity, self-driven work ethic, and results-oriented mindset.
• Must be 18 years old or older.