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Sonia Foods Industries Limited is a wholly owned private limited liability Nigerian indigenous Company with multinational outlook being one of the nation's leading manufacturers of tomato pastes and seasoning cubes. We are also the market leaders of various range of baking inputs/ingredients including baking powder, margarine, yeast, dough improver, and preservative. We are licensed producer of popular Sonia Tomato Pastes and Sonia seasoning Cubes brands which are SON and NAFDAC certified with national and international acceptance.
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We are recruiting suitable and upward mobile candidates to fill the position below:
Sonia Foods Industries Limited Job Recruitment
Job Title: Area Sales Manager
Location: Akure, Ondo
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Brief
- We are looking to employ a driven and experienced Area Sales Manager to increase sales within an assigned geographical area and guide a team of Field Sales Executives.
Responsibilities
- Maintaining and increasing sales of your company’s products
- Good experience in Sell-in and Sell-out
- Reaching the targets and goals set for your area
- Establishing, maintaining and expanding your customer base
- Servicing the needs of your existing customers
- Increasing business opportunities through various routes to market
- Setting sales targets for individual reps and your team as a whole
- Recruiting and training sales staff
- Allocating areas to sales representatives
- Developing sales strategies and setting targets
- Monitoring your team’s performance and motivating them to reach targets
- Compiling and analysing sales figures
- Possibly dealing with some major customer accounts yourself
- Collecting customer feedback and market research
- Reporting to senior managers
- Initiating and executing primary and secondary sales plans
- Keeping up to date with products and competitors
- Developing and sustaining long-term relationships with customers.
- Implementing a sales management process to assist the sales team in identifying and prioritizing key customers and prospects.
Requirements
- B.Sc., HND or MBA in Marketing, Communications, Business Management, or related field is preferred.
- Minimum of 8 years related experience
- Proven sales experience; sector-specific sales experience is preferred.
- Proven track record of meeting sales quotas.
- Proficient in all Microsoft Office applications.
- Excellent management, leadership, and organizational skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Outstanding negotiation and consultative sales skills.
- Effective communication skills.
- Exceptional customer service skills.
- Experience in a reputable FMCG is added advantage
- Experience in Van sales and sales promoters’ management
- Must be residing within the state or have previous work experience in the state to be eligible for this job position.
Job Title: Sales Officer
Location: Osogbo, Osun
Employment Type: Full-time
Description
- We are looking to employ a sales-driven and customer-oriented sales officer to oversee our sales team and determine the most effective solutions to increase company sales.
Responsibilities
- Developing and sustaining long-lasting relationships with customers.
- Calling potential customers to explain company products and encourage purchases.
- Answered customers’ questions and escalated complex issues to the relevant departments as needed.
- Developing in-depth knowledge of company products.
- Maintaining an accurate record of all sales, scheduled customer appointments, and customer complaints.
- Collaborating with the marketing department to ensure that the company is reaching its target audience.
- Informing product developers of possible product improvements and changes to ensure that company products meet current market needs.
- Preparing cost-benefit analyses for prospective and existing customers to determine the most suitable purchase options.
- Analyzing competitors’ products to determine product features, benefits, shortfalls, and market success.
Requirements
- BSc or HND in Business Administration, Business Management, Marketing, or a related field is preferred.
- Proven sales experience in FMCG.
- Sound knowledge of sales strategies and industry regulations
- Proven track record of achieving sales targets
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent negotiation and consultative sales skills
- Effective communication skills.
- Exceptional customer service skills.
- The ability to develop in-depth knowledge about your products and markets
- Good business sense and a professional manner
- Confidence, motivation and determination
- 4 to 7 years of working experience in a related role in FCMG
- Experience in Osun State is required
- Most be residing within the state
Application Closing Date
20th December, 2023.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: careers@blumedistribution.com CC: oluchi.sunday@blumedistribution.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
To apply for this job email your details to careers@blumedistribution.com