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Assistant Sales Manager at Watanmal Group


Welcome to Watanmal, a company that holds 100 years of expertise in the FMCG segment. Started as a general merchandise trading company at the turn of the 20th century, Watanmal, adapting itself to the changing times, has constantly moved up the value chain.

With a vision of being the market leader in the FMCG segment, the company concentrates on Sales and Distribution Management, Brand Building, Market Dynamics and Consumer Knowledge and considers these the pillars of its future growth. The company strives to provide products of the highest quality that give maximum value for money.

Today, Watanmal has gained a strong foothold in all the markets it operates in and has managed to edge out the existing competition. The company, whose turnover is in excess of US$ 492 million, continues to spread its wings and grow, everyday.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Deputy Manager / Assistant Manager - Sales

Location:
 Nigeria

Job Description

  • To ensure management of sale programs for overall products in Nigeria & Benin region pertaining to third party sales and achievement of Sales objective.

Key Accountabilities

  • Plans and is responsible for achieving sales objectives in the area category wise / channel wise.
  • Responsible for customer account management in the identified market and building long term relationships with the customers
  • Identifying new customers in the identified market
  • Responsible for the entire process of enquiry generation to collection from the customer
  • Increasing customer base and retention of existing customers
  • Documentation of information on the customers (brands and market trends)

Desired Skills and Experience

  • We are looking for someone with  good to moderate Fresh writing and Speaking skill.
  • Key Account Management & Selling Skills are required.
  • Min 2-3 years’ experience in Nigeria market.
  • Additional exposure to Benin market would be a