Abrasives Sales Manager

Location: Nationwide Job Purpose

Main responsibility is to achieve company’s strategy in relation to maximising sales and profit, by securing sales growth and building sustainable long term trading relationships with our new customers in Nigeria.

Key Accountabilities

Identify importers (by market: Hardware products, Construction, Automobile, Oil & Gas) and convince them to import company’s products in the whole territory
Accelerate our presence in different territories in Nigeria, by :

Better knowledge of our competitor built price policy linked to the market
Identify distribution channels
Identify the main sectors/fields to sell abrasives products
Create networking in the different markets

Deliver the accounts’ annual budgets, growth and other KPIs
Understand and support the customer’s business and objectives. Use this knowledge to contribute to the delivery of company’s objectives.
Customer Identification: Develop new business / sales from the existing customer base and new customers.
Relationship building: Develop and grow breadth of contact base within the customer organization, and reciprocate this with company’s contacts known to the customer.
Customer Understanding/Strategy: Obtain insight and feedback from customers about new and future solutions / opportunities for company’s products and services, and support
Marketing to meet these needs, under the umbrella of a true Category Management Approach.
Provide clear price and margin management in accounts.
Manage chain margin in accounts by finding and delivering projects which will increase the overall profitability of the businessIncrease customer knowledge / awareness of company’s products / solutions through visits to key decision makers, training, and supporting marketing initiatives.
Report on all competitor activities and other market intelligence.

Requirements

Minimum of 8 years experience in the sales of equipment ,handling tools and abrasives especially to the oil and gas.
Experience from a multinational equipment manufaturing / handling tools is required.
Previous commercial sales role at National / Regional account level.
Understanding of the retail market and its drivers.
Proven relationship building skills.
Commercial awareness, to understand the customer’s business needs and identify plans to deliver them.
Effective influencing and communication skills, with the ability to understand and explain technical concepts to different levels.
Negotiation skills.

Applicants should send their Applications and CV’s to: boluwatife.akinyemi@aldelia.com

Apply via :

boluwatife.akinyemi@aldelia.com