Peoplesource Consulting - Our client is the world’s specialist in complete solutions for the processing, packaging and distribution of food products. We are looking to help our client fill the role of:
Job Title: Processing Sales Manager
Location: Lagos.
Job Description
The incumbent will be required to deliver sales targets, champion partnership with strategic accounts, application of the industry value chain model, contributing to the company’s relationship management strategy and mobilizing internal and external resources to implement growth objectives.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
Sales Growth:
- Required to drive sales in line with agreed targets. Identify the opportunities to increase customer profitability for a sustainable and profitable mutual growth.
Budgeting and Planning:
- Participate in the budgeting process to define the annual sales budget and medium targets for the areas of responsibility
Customer Management:
- Develop, at different levels, a transverse relationship with the customer and ensure the strategic alignment. Understand the Customer activity (competitive environment, growth strategy, productivity, profitability). Identify the Customer needs and drive opportunities in agreement with the processing sales strategy.
Strategy Execution:
- Develop and execute the local strategies for the food categories, cosmetic and E &D
Drive Productivity:
- Utilize the mandatory global processes and tools
- He/she must have knowledge in Food processing, technical and system expertise.
Knowledge and Skills
- Selling skills.
- Strategic planning.
- Customer relationship.
- Commercial awareness.
- Food processing knowledge dairy and beverage focus.
- Technical and System expertise.
Behaviour and Attitude
- Accurate
- Self Driven
- Analytical and Logical Thinking.
- Communication (verbal and written)
- Pro-active
- Assertive
- Team Player
- Calm under pressure
- Logical
- Cost conscious
Experience/Qualification
- B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering or Bachelors Degree in Business related major
- Masters in Business Administration
- Computer Literate.
Working Relationships
Internal:
- Processing Director
- Pre-project engineering Manager and Technical Service and Sales Manager
- Carton Technical Service Technicians, Engineers.
- Managerial and sales contacts in the cluster
- Automation and technical support staff internationally
External:
- Customer operations staff, from production manager to machine operators
- Customer engineering and maintenance staff
- Sub-contractors
- Suppliers
Application Closing Date
Not Specified
How to apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to:
[email protected]