Rossland Group since the year 2000 provides market research and management consulting services to clients in the private and public sectors within and outside Nigeria.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Trading Manager
Location: Abuja
Job Descriptions
- Position will be responsible for executing the physical catalogue trade strategy across key retailers including pricing, promotions and product configurations.
- The manager will work closely with marketing, sales and retail planning to develop programs and activity to ensure delivery of the physical catalogue budget while maintaining a delicate balance between in year revenue and longevity of the physical business.
Responsibilities
- Managing physical product lifecycle (re-works; cutouts; reactivations; exclusives; product configurations; inventory builds; SMI; liquidation; destruction; etc.) Recommending permanent reprice cadence based upon retail performance & placement.
- Coordinating drafting, seasonal and other opportunistic promotional programs to maximize distribution, close revenue gaps and maintain profit margins to achieve annual financial goals.
- Developing and maintaining master promotional calendar to track activity across all clients to prevent conflicts and drive revenue.
- Assisting in the preparation of presentations and/or create analyses for sales teams’ use in monthly pitches, key account planning/ review meetings. Providing ad hoc reporting to support film business unit.
- Review post-mortems to refine and inform future promotional programs.
- Monitoring competitive activity to refine strategy and preserve market share.
Job Requirements
What do we require from you?
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 5+ years professional experience required in trading, trade agency, retail or consumer marketing /or consumer goods industry with a track record of advancement.
- Prior experience with product lifecycle management; pricing and promotional strategy.
- Experienced in developing/refining work flow processes and excels at managing multiple simultaneous projects.
- Ability to synthesize historical data, post-mortems with marketing research and other information sources to develop go-to-market strategies that align with organizational goals.
- Ability to masterfully create and develop proposals and presentations.
- High proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint
- Ability to prepare ongoing activity and status reports regarding title release activities.
- Ability to utilize analysis/data and apply it strategically to promotional planning, budgeting, and promotional development.
Application Closing Date
20th December, 2018.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV:
[email protected]
Note: Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.