Fastizers Food and Confectionery Limited Job Vacancies in Nigeria

Fastizers Food and Confectionery Limited started with its first production of cookies 5 years ago, desiring to cater to its immediate community. This first batch of home-made Fastizers Cookies,
produced with less than N1,000,  got so much positive feedback it inspired the production of subsequent batches, however still on a small scale from a home-kitchen.

Fastizers Food and Confectionery Limited is recruiting to fill the position below:


Job Title: Sales Representative
Job Code: SM 16/102
Location: Ogun
Job Functions

• Creating demand for the distributors and sub distributors in the allocated territory.
• Selling and redistributing of the company’s products in the territory.
• Effective penetration and coverage of the supermarkets, specifies, chain stores, corporate organizations, etc.
• Effective customer relationship management and retention.
• Monitoring, evaluating and supervision of distributors and sub distributors performances in the assigned territory.
• Enhancement of customers’ payment and re-ordering of the products.
• Plan the use of resources efficiently and effectively to maximize return on investment.
• Feedback to the management on competitors’ activities, market situations and customer’s complaint.
• Liaising with the distributors and sub distributors to organize, control and supervise Merchandisers and as well maintain their database.
• Developing sales strategies/plans and achieve performance target.
• Achieving sales target, growth and market share objective within the territory.

• B.Sc/HND in Marketing, Business Administration, Social Sciences or a related discipline.
• Minimum of 3-4 years relevant work experience.
• Determination and the drive to work towards targets.
• Good customer service and possession of people management skills
• Good attention to details and must be timely.
• Flexible and persistent
• Applicants MUST be resident on the Island and Ikeja.
• Proven excellence of sales and target meeting skills.

• Generating new product ideas and recipes/Modifying and improving existing recipes
• Staying up-to-date with industry technological developments
• Prepares reports on progress of research and development work, and recommends the addition, expansion or discontinuance of projects.
• Responsible for implementation of new products into the field.
• Liaising with marketing staff
• Responsible for project management of new product development, and new process development.
• Ensuring that stringent hygiene food safety standards are met
• Identifying and choosing products from suppliers
• Monitoring the use of additives
• Writing reports.
• Designing processes and machinery for the production of recipes on a large scale.
• Working with operations to develop new processes / procedures and ensure that product development efforts are compatible and beneficial to the manufacturing capabilities.
• Conducting research on new product development possibilities and consumer tastes.
• Conducts pre-launch productions of these new products and processes in collaboration with the production team.

• B.Sc/HND/B.Tech in related field
• Minimum of 4years proven experience in Research/Development in similar industry.
• Thorough knowledge of R&D, and Manufacturing
• A logical and investigative mind
• Written and oral communication skills
• Good technical skills
• IT skills
• Strong R&D background in Food Science industry
• Technical expertise in research and development and proven accomplishments in leading a highly skilled R&D team