Job description
◦Assisting with conducting market research to identify opportunities for increased channel partnerships and sales.
◦ Developing promotional strategies for customers and channels to achieve increased placement of promotions and other marketing/merchandising plans resulting in incremental sales.
◦Coordinating customer product line reviews and gather market data, as needed.
◦Managing cross functional efforts in developing promotions, merchandising, and Point of Purchase materials for key customers
◦Be the company expert on channels to improve our ability to efficiently meet needs of marketplace.
◦Designing policies and objectives for channel partner contracts and programs. Providing input for forecasting and formulating program development budgets.
◦Acting as a liaison to ensure that channel programs, organizational marketing, field marketing and sales activities coincide.
◦Assisting in analyzing channel programs and making suggestions to increase effectiveness.
◦Coordinates the involvement of company personnel, including support, service, and management resources, in order to meet partner performance objectives and partners’ expectations.
◦Meets assigned targets for profitable sales volume and strategic objectives in assigned partner accounts.
◦Proactively leads a joint partner planning process that develops mutual performance objectives, financial targets, and critical milestones associated with a productive partner relationship.
◦Proactively assesses, clarifies, and validates partner needs on an ongoing basis.
◦Manages potential channel conflict with other firm sales channels by fostering excellent communication internally and externally, and through strict adherence to channel rules of engagement.
◦Leads solution development efforts that best address end-user needs, while coordinating the involvement of all necessary company and partner personnel.
◦Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment essential, with a high degree of flexibility and tolerance of change.
QUALIFICATION

◦Bachelor’s degree in Business Management or Marketing (or equivalent) with 3 – 5 years experience in sales, product marketing, and/or channel management.
◦Ability to communicate effectively with customers, vendors, and internal departments (sales, consumer marketing, finance, operations, etc.).
◦Demonstrated ability to implement tactical business plans in a Consumer Products environment to support corporate strategies.
◦Microsoft Office proficiency; Excel experience a must with excellent analytical and organizational skills.

Desired Skills and Experience
◦Strategic influencing
◦Market/competitive intelligence
◦Broad outlook with a focus and passion for driving service excellence
◦Ability to lead and work with cross functional team
◦Measuring and Managing Performance
◦Customer service Best Practices
◦Strong negotiating skills
◦Industry knowledge
◦Good oral and writing skills
◦Multitasking Ability
◦Extremely detailed oriented
◦Project Management.
Candidates are expected to forward CV/Resume to info@elmiragroups.com on or before 15/07/2015. Note,only candidates residing in Lagos and Ogun state stand the chance of being shortlisted