Regional Sales Director at Dangote Cement Plc

Dangote Cement Plc is the biggest quoted ,company in West Africa and the first Nigerian company listed among Forbes Global 2000 companies. The company currently has several cement production plants in Nigeria in addition to presence in 14 other African countries.

To consolidate its current strategic expansion drive and as part of our growing vision, Dangote Cement Plc is seeking to recruit candidates for the below position in its Sales and Marketing Team:

Job Title: Regional Sales Director

Location: Nigeria

Job Descriptions

• Successful candidates will be fully responsible for all the sales activities within the assigned region.
• This role is responsible for defining the marketing strategy and leading the execution of marketing campaigns throughout the company.
• The Regional Sales Director of marketing is responsible for the work of the marketing communications team to implement marketing activities on time and within budget.
• This person will also develop strategic and long-term relationship with key stakeholders.

Responsible
The candidate, in his/her respective region would be responsible for:

• Directing the overall sales activity in the region.
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with key customers, increasing the market share of the company's products and providing directions and information on the product and related service.
• Advising the company on the market strategy, building the brand and achieving the defined goals.
• Tracking the business goals across the organisation and developing a strategic market plan consistent with the company's goals.
• Analysing the sales records and trends in relations to our objectives and with reference to competitor's activities.
• Developing a business plan for his/her area of responsibility that is consistent with the short-range and long-range company objectives, forcasting projections on a monthly basis.
• Maintaining excellent customer relationship and providing superb customer service.
• Building a strong and successful sales force in his/her region.

Requirements
Person Specification:

• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing or related field.
• Master's Degree with specialization in Marketing/Sales.
• Minimum of 25 years of related experience with at least 15 years specific experience in Direct Sales/Marketing.
• Strong understanding of current Sales and Marketing concepts, strategy and best practice.
• Experience in managing a Sales/Marketing team in a fast paced environment.
• Strong marketing and communications acumen with high proficiency in branding, message development and marketing campaign strategy.
• Proven efficacy in designing, delivering and measures marketing campaigns.
• Strong public speaking and collaboration abilities to work with diverse groups of people at various levels and drive awareness, consensus, and partnership for the success of projects and campaigns.
• Strong public speaking and collaboration abilities to work with diverse groups of people at various levels and drive awareness, consensus, and partnership for the success of projects and campaigns.
• Strong organising and time management skills.
• Good interpersonal relationship skills and communication, presentation and facilitation skills.
• In-depth understanding of the trends, challenges opportunities, regulations and legislations relating to the cement manufacturing industry.
• in-depth knowledge and understanding of the macro and micro environmental trends and their impact on the organisation.
• Excellent knowledge of the products and service offerings of Dangote Cement Plc.
• Excellent leadership, problem solving decison-making and people management skills.
• Very good negotiation and relationship management skills.
• Demonstrated sales ability and technical aptitude.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Must be "total" team player and look at the constant "big" picture for success.
• Previous experience working in a manufacturing industry.

Application Closing Date
25th November, 2014

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to: [email protected]