GRADUATE ENTRY LEVEL SALES EXECUTIVES AT UNITED BISCUITS (UB)

JOB TITLE: SALES EXECUTIVES

JOB LOCATION: LAGOS

JOB DESCRIPTION
United Biscuits (UB) is one of the worlds pre-eminent branded snacks businesses. We produce some of the best known and loved sweet and savoury snacks, with products ranging from biscuits and crackers to cakes and savoury snacks. Our unrivalled portfolio of brands has been meeting consumer needs for well over 100 years and includes such favourites as McVities, Jacob, Carr, McCoy, Hula Hoops, McVities Jaffa Cakes, KP, Mini Cheddars, go ahead!, Verkade, Sultana, BN, and Delacre. UB holds leading or strong number two positions in its core markets of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Ireland. Moreover our brands and products have global appeal. We have a rapidly growing international business unit serving consumers from North America to the Middle East, Africa, and Australia.


The role reports to the Nigeria Regional Manager, you will be responsible for growing McVities’s brand in Lagos from availability & visibility perspectives, with the support of the UB team and the local distributor. The key area of focus is in the retail environment.

Most of the products are locally made but some of them are imported from the UK. The brand is highly important to our distributor, but currently lacks UB field support . The purpose of this role is to give McVities’s this required support in the field.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Defining Visibility Standards, planograms and pos material
Assisting the RM in setting must stock lists by channel.
Contributing in the brand’s sku planning
Following up stock availability
Identifying with the distributors Sales Managers opportunities and new untapped potential channels of distribution.
Recommend to RM Incentives to sales force or to the trade
Makes decisions regarding implementation of sales plan and trade marketing activities to be in line with the agreed plans
Be a key channel of communication from management to field force and vice versa and main contact with UB local marketing team.
Exchange best practices within Lagos markets and in some occasions at Nigeria level


SKILLS

Be Passionate, dynamic, self motivated and innovative with solid commercial acumen.
Have as strong customer focus
Demonstrate the ablility to lead and influence.
Bilingual, very good written & spoken English is essential. French or Portuguese would be useful.
Computer literate to include Excel and Word
Strong communication and analytical skills
Flexible to travel domestically regularly and periodically internationally and have a local Driving Licence.

SOURCE
http://jobsearchng.org/job.php?job_id=483

Closing Date: 22 /12 / 2012