Current Vacancies in a leading Furniture Company based in Nigeria

A leading Furniture Company based in Nigeria, is recruiting to fill the position below:


Job Title: Marketing Manager

Location: Nigeria

Job Description

• Prepare action plans and schedules to identify specific targets
• Effectively MANAGE the client database
• Follow up on new leads and referrals resulting from field activity
• Provide MARKET intelligence reports on competitor's activities
• Establish, maintain and follow up on current client and potential client relationships
• Develop new ACCOUNTS
• Identity and resolve client complaints and enquires promptly
• Prepare a variety of status reports, including sales activity, follow up and adherence to goals
• Communicate new product and service opportunities, special development, information or feedback gathered through field activity to the Unit Head
• Participate in marketing events such as trade fair and sales exhibition
• Ensuring payment and debt recovery
• Develop and implement special sales activities to reduce stock.
• Prepare presentation and proposals.

• Minimum Qualification: Degree with 5 Years Experience.

• The General Manager is responsible for leading business and managing various aspects of planning and daily operations.
• He/She must have good leadership and innovative marketing skills , and ability to deal with complex issues tactfully.

• Coordinates the selection, shipment, delivery and installation of furniture and equipment at projects.
• Coordinates and participates in the development of specifications, estimates, bid documents, and purchase order requests for furniture and equipment needed for renovations and new construction.
• Plans, organizes, and coordinates activities of designated project to ensure occupancy progresses on schedule.
• Develops and maintains furniture and equipment standards.
• Develops and maintains a database and computerized system for estimating, specifying and ordering furniture and equipment.
• Develops criteria for evaluating new furniture and equipment products for compliance with specifications.
• Develops criteria and procedures for evaluating and replacing furniture.
• Oversee the management of the distribution center operations, inventory.
• Identify profitable customers and lead the sales team to build the business with these customers.
• Develop the sales team by reinforcing sales training and utilizing proven sales processes.
• Personally manage key relationships with senior level people in select targeted customers.
• Reinforce a continual process improvement culture in sales and distribution to improve profitability.
• Framing of policies and norms for daily operations
• Establish long term goals and Coordinate with distributors for business deals and expansion
• Analyze market trends for new opportunities
• Study competitor's products and plan for framing new strategies
• Manpower planning
• Analyze annual and monthly reports for corrective measures, in case of discrepancies
• Responsible for over all performance of the organization
• Guide and lead the team of managers in achieving the set targets and goals.

• Must have experience in Manufacturing within Interiors - ie furniture/ interior design/ joinery/ carpentry/ wood
• Proven executive level leadership skills that are self-motivated and results driven.
• Ability to motivate a multi-functional, diverse team to collaborate effectively around a common vision.
• Extremely strong sales & sales management skills focused on managing sales people, training and motivating them to sell “value” more effectively.
• Discipline process and execution skills, to strengthen the processes and routines across the business in distribution and in sales.
• Solid numeric and financial skills to be successful .
• Ability to successfully navigate in customer, field sales, operations, office and distribution environments.