Area Sales Manager (North Central 1) at Erisco Foods Limited

Erisco Foods Limited, a leading manufacturer of Tomato paste and other made in Nigeria drinks and food products and the 4th largest tomato paste producing company in the world, is hereby seeking to employ the services of qualified individuals to fill the position below:

Job Title: Area Sales Manager (North Central 1)

Job Code: EFL/ASM/NC001
Locations: Benue, Kogi

Key Responsibilities

• Will be responsible for overseeing sales operation of your company in a particular geographical area. This could well include several countries, so expect to be fairly busy.
• Maintaining and increasing sales of your company’s products.
• Reaching the targets and goals set for your area.
• Establishing, maintaining and expanding your customer base.
• Servicing the needs of your existing customers.
• Increasing business opportunities through various routes to market
• Setting sales target for individuals reps and your team as a whole.
• Recruiting and training sales staff.
• Allocating areas to sales representatives.
• Developing sales strategies and setting targets.
• Monitoring your team’s performance and motivating them to reach targets.
• Compiling and analysing sales figures.
• Possibly dealing with some major customer accounts.
• Collecting customer feedback and market research.
• Reporting to senior managers.
• Keeping up to date with products and competitors.
• In some locations, the candidate may also be involved with marketing.

Educational Qualifications & Experience Required

• Work Experience - Minimum of 5 years quality experience selling FMCG products. Preferably candidates with experience in the sale of Food products
• Bsc in Business Administration/ Marketing /Economics its equivalent
• Masters Degree in any Arts or Social science course and Membership of any recognized & registered professional chartered body will be an advantage
• Ability to handle presentations and facilitation of sales and direct marketing trainings
• Willing to travel from time to time and to embark on working transfer as the case maybe

Application Closing Date
23rd August, 2016.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their application letters and resume as one attachment in MS Word or PDF format to: [email protected] indicating the position title and job code as the subject of email only.