Area Sales Manager – Golden Sugar Company at Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc

Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc has been a part of the lives of Nigerians at home and abroad. Our global vision is to be a leading foods company in Africa providing high quality and affordable products in the most convenient ways to consumers through world class brands like Golden Penny Flour, Golden Penny Semovita, Goldenvita, Golden Pasta and Golden Noodles. The Company’s flagship brand, Golden Penny, remains one of the best known and the preferred brands amongst bakers, confectioneries and consumers in Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Area Sales Manager – Golden Sugar Company

Location: North

The Job

To coordinate and drive Sugar sales within an assigned area in accordance with the current sales strategy and ensure that company’s sales targets and objectives are met
Develop, manage and improve customers’ relationships to ensure customer retention & loyalty.
Provide back up support to trade and resolve all customer complaints.
Facilitate sales expansion within assigned area.
Act as the company’s image and manage contractual relationships.
Provide customer feedback and market research information for business decisions.
Ensure effective coverage of the assigned area.

Person Specification
The person must:

Possess a strong understanding of our product, competition in the industry and our positioning.
Have good interpersonal and communication skills.
Be fluent in Hausa Language.
Be familiar with the Northern terrain

Educational Qualification

First Degree in Sales and Marketing, or any other Social Science discipline.
Five (5) O’ Level Credits including English and Mathematics, in not more than two sittings.
Professional membership with Chartered Institute of Marketing Nigeria an added advantage

Minimum Experience: