Territory Development Manager at Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited

Seven-Up Bottling Company Ltd is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Nigeria, producing and distributing some of the nation’s most- loved beverages in the country like; Pepsi, 7Up, Mirinda, Teem, Mountain Dew, H2oH!, Lipton Ice Tea and Aquafina premium drinking water. SBC has recently entered into Home & Personal Care category with the 2SURE brand and launched its first product, a Hand & Surface Sanitizer. Seven Up boasts of nine bottling plants with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities strategically located across various regions in the country.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Territory Development Manager

Location: Kaduna
Employment Type: Full-time
Sector: Food and Beverage (FMCG)

Job Brief

• Seven-Up Bottling Company is currently recruiting for Territory Development Manager who will be accountable for the daily sales execution and management of TDOs /TDEs within assigned territory towards the actualization of the overall sales target.

Responsibilities

• Ensure sustained growth of SBC’s market share in key SKUs within assigned territory.
• Recognize opportunities to continually increase SBC’s market share through identification of untapped channels and new routes, understanding of customer business drivers, and new product launch.
• Activate local and national marketplace initiatives and promotions to continuously build brand development and maximise brand performance.
• Identify potential sales risks, opportunities, and misses for the distributor(s), communicate accordingly, and recommend solutions.
• Responsible for the territory’s sales tracking and numeric distribution to achieve planned objectives.
• Implement quality & control measures at distributor outlets - FIFO, stock numbers, through the assigned direct report.
• Organise, guide, and motivate direct reports to achieve sales targets within the agreed profit margins.
• Submit market trend reports received to the line manager on a monthly basis.
• Conduct regular fieldwork with the direct report to ensure all agreed sales initiatives are properly executed; provide feedback to the distributor and the sales team for improvement.
• Partner with product supply team, logistics, and warehouse to ensure product availability.
• Coach direct reports on selling skills.
• Encourages direct reports to attend scheduled learning and development programmes.
• Ability to use mobile sales force automation applications to drive sales and improve customer experience.

Requirements

• B.Sc / HND in a Management course or any relevant field.
• 5 years+ sales experience in route to market and sales management with a proven track record of sales of beverage.
• A postgraduate degree in a relevant field will be an advantage.
• Leads prospecting
• Customer relationship management
• Excellent leadership/coaching Skill
• Good communication skills
• Negotiation skill
• Goal oriented and target driven.

Application Closing Date
11th April, 2024.