Commercial Capability Lead at Guinness Nigeria Plc

Guinness Nigeria Plc is a major market for Diageo: Guinness Nigeria operates in the unique and fast-growing alcohol industry of over 15mhl beer potential. It is the only company that does Total Beverage Alcohol (TBA) in Nigeria. It’s an on-trade-dominated market but with a fast-growing off-trade channel.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Commercial Capability Lead

Identification: JR1109818
Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Role Responsibilities
The role is responsible for capability build of internal Diageo and the 3rd party sales resources at Distributors or third party level Develop a well-rounded capability vision and strategy that underpins an advantaged Route to Consumers in West and Central

• Inspire the commercial organisation around the capability vision for W&C and ensure the sales leaders drive and implement the plan and target improvements required
• Develop & align the W&C Commercial Leadership team around the annual Commercial Capability Programme that creates focus and a step changed performance against the capability roadmap
• Partner with Global and engage externally with subject matter experts to ensure that all solutions are “fit for purpose” for the W&C market and RTC model; content areas will focus on License to Sell, License to Coach, Distributor development, and Leadership development.
• Training/facilitation support, predominantly ‘train the trainer’ model.

Experience / Skills Required

• 12+ years in senior commercial roles within multinational companies including field sales and commercial capability
• Strong commercial experience and skills around building capability and developing commercial teams – passionate about building high performing teams & can clearly articulate what a strategy into great execution looks like
• Ability to move between strategic thought leadership and operation/project delivery detail as well as an ability to manage and influence a range of in-country and regional collaborators
• An individual who understands how to get things done has the ability to influence across a broad network of the organisation – there is some ‘thinking’ involved’ but much of this will be about simply ‘decide’ and ‘act’
• Proven track record of performance delivery, and leading ground-breaking change
• Standout colleague and team coach
• Able to identify and understand both the employees and the business needs and drive the vital capability interventions
• Needs to be able to translate strategy into execution
• Continuous improvement mind-set Ability to move between strategic thought leadership and operation/project delivery detail, as well as an ability to manage and influence a range of local and global collaborators.

Application Closing Date
28th February, 2025; 12:00 PM.