General Manager – Lubricant at Whitfield Ventures Limited

Whitfield Ventures Limited is a global trading company with an active presence in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia.We have pioneered and specialized in supplying Nigeria and West African clients with globally sourced products and services that are critical to laying the foundations for a modern economy. Inversely, we also distribute locally sourced raw and processed agricultural products from West Africa to the world.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: General Manager – Lubricant

Location: Lagos
Reporting Line: The Job holder will report to the MD/CEO

Job Description

We are currently sourcing for a General Manager Lubricant for one of our business unit.
A high-performing GM (sales & Marketing) for Lubricant products to help us meet our customer acquisition and revenue growth targets by keeping our company competitive and innovative.
You will be responsible for maximizing our sales team potential, crafting sales plans and justifying those plans to the upper management.

Responsibilities

Achieve growth and hit sales targets by successfully managing the sales branches
Design and implement a strategic business plan that expands company’s customer base and ensure its strong presence.
Build and promote strong, long-lasting customer relationships by partnering with them and understanding their needs.
Present sales, revenue and expenses reports and realistic forecasts to the BOD
Identify emerging markets and market shifts while being fully aware of new products and competition status.
Exercising Budgetary controls.
Develop group wide lubricant strategy that utilizes the enormous resources and the infrastructure of the group – People, brand name and network of assets
Authorization of Sales and marketing activities.
Strengthening relationship with customers and bringing in new clients.
Develop a network of distributors
Liaison with Blender and Packaging supplier for timely deliveries.
Visit overseas customers / distributors and develop sales promotional schemes to promote the company.

Requirements
The ideal Candidates should possess:

First Degree in Business Administration, Marketing or any related discipline.
More preferable with MBA
At least 10 years experiences in Sales and Marketing & Managerial position in a Lubricant field.
Leadership and negotiation skills
Proactive and positive working attitude
Fluent in English and computer literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc)
Strong Business Development in Lubricants products
Excellent in Sales Planning and Managing Operations and Marketing, well known in BD.
Excellent handle of B2B, B2C and B2G sales team
Have good communication managing, organizing, negotiation, Creative thinking and problem solving skill.
Strong business sense and industry expertise
Basic knowledge and exposure to Lubricants blending will be an added advantage.