Recent Vacancies in Nigeria

Our client, a conglomerate into manufacturing and sales of fast moving consumer goods wishes to strengthen its’ team for the emerging opportunities and therefore wishes to recruit the following positions:

1.) Position: Brand Manager
Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to develop new products
• Monitoring the competitive landscape of the category in which the brand resides.
• Developing strategies to exploit market opportunities.
• Executing those strategies with the help of a cross-fimctional team.
• Delivering the sales volume, market share, and profit projections for the business.

Requirements

• Enthusiastic self-motivated personalities with good organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• A degree in Pharmacy or any related field
• MBA or Masters degree in marketing
• 2-4 years of experience in product management.
• Must be very creative and ability to think out of the box
•  Must have excellent IT skills
• Willingness to travel and work in a global team of professionals.
• Strong understanding of customer and market dynamics and requirements.
• Proven leadership and ability to drive sales teams.
• Strong analytical skill and computer proficiency
• Ability to manage changing environmental factors
• Results oriented and creative
• Have entrepreneurial leanings
• Able to operate in a fast-paced and changing market environment

2.) Export Manager
Qualification

• A minimum of first degree/ HND in marketing or related discipline
• Export Experience: Minimum 5 years or 10 years preferably
• Experience of products in the Western Sub Saharan-countries is an advantage.
• Proficiency in communicating in French is an added advantage.
• The ideal candidate should be between the age of 35 -45 years

3.) Sales Representatives
Locations: Jos & Benin

Responsibilities

• The ideal candidates will be responsible for conducting clinical meetings, Merchandising, Detailing of products to healthcare professionals.

Requirements

• A bachelors degree in any of the biological sciences from a reputable university
• Should have a valid driver’s license
• Candidate should not be more than 30 years old
• Two or three years relevant working experience with a company into Fast moving consumer goods and ability to work in a team will be an advantage.
• Also candidate must be ready to work in any part of Nigeria.
• The ideal candidates should be target driven, smart and energetic, with strong potential for speed and ability to work under pressure.

4.) Position: National Sales Manager
Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, direct and control your sales staff to meet set objectives,
• Establish a sales objective for the department.
• Recruiting, hiring and training your people.
• Developing the most well trained, professional sales force possible.
• Review the performance of your salespeople and to motivate and stimulate them to even greater achievements.
• Achieve forecasted sales by following (and, if necessary, adjusting) your written plan of action.
• Monitor each salesperson’s daily performance and compare it with that month’s objective.
• Making every effort to maximize both present and long term sales and gross profits
• Offer the sales team coaching, counseling, advice, support, motivation or information they need in order to help them meet their sales objectives.
• Review the entire inventory daily.
• Maximizing merchandising efforts by seeing that units are attractive and attention getting. Use effective displays, and select appropriate options and accessories.
• Ensure that the sales floor operations functions smoothly.

Requirements

• A degree in Pharmacy or any related field
• MBA or Masters degree in marketing
• 5-7 years of experience in sales management.
• Must have excellent IT skills
• Willingness to travel and work in a global team of professionals.
• Extensive experience in all aspects of Supplier Relationship Management.
• Proven track record in managing and directing a highly skilled, motivated, successful and results- oriented sales force.
• Strong understanding of customer and market dynamics and requirements.
• Proven leadership and ability to drive sales teams.
• Able to operate in a fast-paced and changing market environment

Application Closing Date
2 October, 2012

Method of Application
Interested and qualified applicants should forward a well written application and detailed curriculum vitae. Applicants should state position applied for on the top right side of the envelope to:

The Advertiser,
Advert No: 2036
The Guardian Newspapers Limited
Rutam House, Oshodi - Apapa, Expressway,
P.M.B. 1217, Oshodi, Lagos.