PZ Cussons: Customer/Trade Marketing Manager

PZ Cussons is an international producer of consumer products, looking to recruit Customer/Trade Marketing Manager.

Job Location - Lagos

The Role:
Customer/Trade Marketing Manager
The successful candidates will be required to:

* Support the overall sales function to deliver agreed sales, profit and distribution levels.
* Align brand and customer strategies to deliver the company’s brand objectives through customers.
* Work with the commercial team to convert insights into actions that deliver a competitive advantage & optimal in market execution to maximise business potential.
* Develop effective promotional brand strategic plan by channel and drive the improvement in visibility through the deployment of the right POS materials.
* Co-ordinate and facilitate NPD launches and re-launches of brands.
* Drive the use of data in the business (Nielsen, etc.).
* Communicate & manage successful in-market execution for the responsible brands (or channels) through driving the sales force & continuous on the field health checks.
* Be an expert in understanding trade channels & be able to advise sales/business of changes in trends/promotional mechanics/customer, trade & competitor activities.

The Person:
The right candidates must:

· Possess a good university degree in
any discipline.
· Have three to five (3 to 5) years
relevant working experience FMCG sales.
· Possess first class numeric and
communication skills.
· Have membership of the Nigerian
Institute of Marketing (CIMN).
· Have computer expertise especially in
MS Word, MS Excel and PowerPoint.
* Have excellent customer relations skills.
* Have excellent oral and written communication skills.
* Typically have progressed through a broad business with exposure to Sales, Consumer & Trade Marketing.
* Experience of working in & influencing cross functional teams.
* Have a CAN DO attitude, exhibiting our core values – COURAGE, ACCOUNTABILITY, NETWORKING, DRIVE and ONENESS.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Closing date: 15 March, 2010

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