Sales & Marketing Officer at Crafts Village Nigeria

Crafts Village Nigeria™ is a creative brand that proffers solutions in the creative industry in Nigeria by offering a multidisciplinary platform to BUY, SELL, PROMOTE & LEARN all things Arts, Crafts.

Amongst our services, we offer the Crafts Village® Marketplace; a Local & Online marketplace/art store in Nigeria to buy & sell products that cuts across all categories of Arts & Crafts such as Art Supplies, Art Tools, African Crafts, Afro Fashion, Household Crafts, Paintings, Sculptures and more on the go.

Operating from the Crafts Village® Studio; our creative space in Lagos that offers a Handicrafts Training Centre and an event space available for rent to hold Art Events, Trainings, Talk Shows & Workshops, Paint Parties & Game Nights as well as photo-shoots. Our mission is to become Nigeria’s No.1 Art & Crafts Shopping Destination & Online Marketplace for indigenous art products and services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Sales & Marketing Officer

Location: Surulere - Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• A Sales & Marketing Officer is one who accomplishes marketing and sales objectives by planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating advertising, merchandising, and trade promotion programs.
• They present and sell our products or services to individuals or businesses. They contact potential buyers, present products and services, answer questions and discuss pricing.
• We’re looking for a results-driven Sales & Marketing Officer to actively seek out and engage customer prospects.

Key Responsibilities

• Promote and sell products/services of the Crafts Village® Marketplace to existing and prospective customers
• Find new ways to build and grow both our online/offline sales and create incentive plans to achieve marketing goals.
• Establish, develop and maintain positive business and customer relationships.
• Reach out to customer leads through cold calling.
• Receive & attend to customer inquiries/orders via all available channels.
• Achieve agreed upon sales targets and outcomes within schedule
• Coordinate sales effort with team members and Director
• Process both online/offline orders by arranging pick up of products from all vendors.
• Manage, schedule & work with the Crafts Village dispatch riders/delivery partners to ensure prompt delivery nationwide.
• Supply management with reports on customer needs, problems, interests, competitive activities, and potential for new products and services.
• Analyze track sales & produce regular sales & status reports highlighting successes and failures and to showcase areas for improvement.

Requirements

• OND, HND, BSc degree or equivalent.
• 1-2 years work experience.
• Proven work experience as a Sales Representative is an added advantage.
• Good knowledge of MS Office (Word & Excel)
• Must be internet savvy; i.e. a thorough understanding of social media as a marketing tool, web content management techniques & online business practices.
• Highly motivated and target driven with a proven track record in sales.
• Excellent selling, communication and negotiation skills.
• Prioritizing, time management and organizational skills.
• Relationship management skills and openness to feedback.

Application Closing Date
12th March, 2021.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the "Job Title" as the subject of the email.