Sales Representative at Tomato Jos Farming and Processing Limited

Tomato Jos is a private equity-backed, fast-growing social enterprise located in Kaduna, Nigeria, that believes in the power of local production for local consumption. Our company aims to supply 10% of the processed tomato market in Nigeria within the next 5 years. We source tomatoes from smallholder farmers within our network and make high-quality branded consumer products for Nigeria and West Africa. We currently operate a 500Ha commercial farm and run a successful smallholder program with over 500 farmers. In 2020, the company built a tomato processing facility and we will conduct our first production run in Q1/Q2 2021, with an aim to launch our first retail packaged product later this year.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Sales Representative

Location: Zaria, Kafanchan - Kaduna
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Achieve growth and hit sales targets by successfully managing distributors needs
• Build and promote strong, long-lasting customer relationships by partnering with them and understanding their needs
• Identify emerging markets and market shifts while being fully aware of new products and competition status
• Provide a daily recap of daily, weekly, and monthly results and accomplishments to the sales supervisor.
• Managing schedules, filing important documents, and communicating relevant information to the sales supervisor
• Respond to complaints from customers and give after-sales support when requested
• Communicate customer and prospect product pain points to the sales supervisor
• Support in facilitating the processing of all orders from distributors with accuracy and timeliness
• Achieve growth and hit sales targets by successfully

Minimum Qualifications and Experience Required for the Job

• Candidates should possess an SSCE / NCE / OND / HND / Bachelor's Degree qualification
• 0 - 3 years of work experience.
• Successful previous experience as a sales representative or sales manager, consistently meeting or exceeding targets
• Strong business sense and industry expertise
• Ability to speak Hausa fluently

Additional Qualifications and Experience That Will Set You Apart:

• Strong interpersonal skills, demonstrated by the ability to develop and maintain relationships with other team members
• Proven result in driving sales process from plan to close
• Ability to meet and/or exceed sales target.

Expected Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies:

• Ability to troubleshoot and solve problems
• Customer relationship management
• Ability to work in an extremely high-pressure high accountability environment.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate, present and influence credibly and effectively to costumers
• Excellent mentoring, coaching, and people management skills
• Good interpersonal and effective communication skills.
• Stamina to work round the clock during the peak of the project

Application Closing Date
10th February, 2022.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover Letter and current Resume to: jobs@tomatojos.net using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.