Real Jobs Quick: Retail Sales Executive - Northern Nigeria at Diageo

External Job Title             Retail Sales Executive - Northern Nigeria

Auto Req Id        48130BR

Function              Sales

Type of Job         Full Time - Exempt

Country                Nigeria

               

Level:  L7 (G7)

Reports To:  RETAIL SALES MANAGER

Context

Guinness Nigeria operates a Total Beverage Business (TBB). A key contributor to the success of the GNPLC strategic plan is an effective & flexible field sales force demonstrating industry leadership in both volume driving & brand building activity.

This role is based in Northeast Nigeria.

Purpose of Role:

To support GNPLC’s business objectives through the effective management of designated sales territory with a focus on low value outlets including implementation of all sales activities/programmes in the retail sales territory and activation of Basic sales drivers (price compliance, distribution, basic visibility)

Top Accountabilities:

·         Responsible for the account management and activation of low value outlets and hypermarkets

·         Listing of innovations and ability to pre-sell

·         Ensure achievement of Basic sales drivers (price compliance, distribution, basic visibility) for Territory

·         Ensures sales out of distributors/market share growth are achieved via monitoring the RRS scheme, excellent execution of promotions. Ensures promotional activity is in the right outlets and well managed. Has to keep and update a database of outlets within the territory.

·         Ensure effective customer/ business development to counter competitive activities in these outlet.

Qualifications and Experience Required:

·         Candidate must be a graduate (HND/Bachelor’s Degree).

·          Good communication skills in –written and verbal. Suitable candidate must also be fluent in Hausa and conversant with the northeast region of Nigeria.

·         Candidate must have good IT skills and knowledge of Microsoft office packages.

·         High degree of integrity

·         Good inter personal skills

·         Geographically mobile.

·         Healthy and physically fit.

·         Experienced driver with valid license

Barriers to Success in Role

·         Limited knowledge of the Northeast region.

·         Essential to spend time in the Field with customers and consumers-essential to stay in touch with the market and the competition

·         Unwillingness to flex schedule to align with business hours of retailers and distributors

·          Low level of drive or personal leadership.

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