Adexen Recruitment Agency is mandated by a multi-national, best selling Spirit Company with premium brands to recruit an Area Manager for its operations in Nigeria.
Our client is a multi-national best selling spirit company with premium brands, is recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Area Manager
Job Reference: 804
Location: Nigeria
Industry: Food and Beverages
Job Descriptions
- Build strong, mutually rewarding relationship and foster team spirit with distributors and partners.
- Drive and manage growth across the Nigerian market.
- Deliver Financials for brand portfolio EFO, NSV and Brand volumes.
- Effective Management of A&P within allocations.
- Drive Shipments & Depletions based on annual plans.
- Drive and monitor depletion with distributors to ensure shipment and depletions are reflective of each other.
- Forecasting, financial planning, periodic reviews and management across all business indicators.
- Build brand plans and activation along with partners keeping global positioning and local marketing..
- Maintain and grow brand visibility in off trade and other channels.
- Work closely with marketing manager and distributors, business managers to implement high quality brand plans.
- Project the company as marketing driven and sales focused organization.
- Motivate and drive performance to win in the market.
- Develop talent and capability; facilitate implementation of functional and individual capability for everyone in the team.
- Implement price updates with distributors based on norms by the company and industry.
- In value chain to ensure margins of the company and distributors are market prevalent.
- Management of Discount Budgets within allocations & prescribed pricing strategies.
- Quarterly Review of Shipment / Depletions and KPI and signed agreements.
Requirements
- First Degree in a relevant Social Science course.
- MBA or equivalent will be an added advantage.
- Minimum 12 to 15 years sales & marketing experience in FMCG.
- Experience in finance, budgeting, profit & loss account required.
- Local legal knowledge.
- Knowledge of Alcohol business in the Nigerian market required.
- Strong Analytical capability to work with figures.
- Ability to communicate across diverse levels and culture.
- Be organized, self motivated and confident.
- Experience of working across and building effective working relationships between functions.
- Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills.
Remuneration
Attractive package
Application Closing Date
Not Stated.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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