Field Sales Manager at Sonia Foods Industries

Sonia Foods Industries is one of the leading tomato products processing factories in West Africa. Its headquarter is located in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, KM 39. The company produces Tomato Mix, Peppe & Onion Tomato Seasoning Mix, Curry Powder and Thyme Leaves, under the brand name Sonia.
The factory is located in Ikorodu Shagamu Express Road, Onigbagbe/Sotubo Village, Shagamu Ogun State, Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Field Sales Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Brief

• We seeking to hire an experienced FMCG Field Sales Manager (FSM) to spearhead our company sales strategy, train and supervise our Field Sales Executives.
• The ideal FSM sales manager should outline and communicate sales targets, delegate tasks, and ensure that staff performance meets our standards of excellence. The individual should also conduct regular and extensive research to consolidate our spot in the market.

Responsibilities

• Determining and conveying sales targets that facilitate the actualization of our company's broader objectives.
• Assigning work to Field Sales Executives in an equitable manner.
• Maintaining contact with clients to better understand and fulfill their needs.
• Using insights derived from performance reviews and market research to tweak systems as needed.
• Hosting ongoing training to ensure that employees are familiar with our product releases.
• Supervising team to ensure that they perform the correct tasks to prescribed standards
• Monitoring random negotiations to discern whether employees are adopting effective sales techniques.
• Partaking in staff recruitment and ad hoc disciplinary processes.

Requirements

• HND or B.Sc in Marketing or Business-related field.
• Proven experience as a Field Sales Manager or similar.
• Ability to develop and administer insightful market research protocols
• Great leadership skills with the ability to organize teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability of building & maintaining excellentrelationship with the customers.
• Good knowledge on SFA
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Capacity to sustain consequential working relationships
• Cautiously optimistic, personable and resolute.
• At least 3 years’ experience in FMCG Sales with milk sales background
• Excellent understanding of merchandising.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications and updated CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail

Application Deadline  5th March, 2023.