Territory Development Manager at Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited

Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Nigeria, producing and distributing some of the nation’s most- loved beverages in the country like; Pepsi, 7Up, Mirinda, Teem, Mountain Dew, H2oH!, Lipton Ice Tea and Aquafina premium drinking water. SBC has recently entered into Home & Personal Care category with the 2SURE brand and launched its first product, a Hand & Surface Sanitizer. Seven Up boasts of nine bottling plants with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities strategically located across various regions in the country.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Territory Development Manager

Locations: Umuahia - Abia; Uyo - Akwa Ibom; Ekete, Calabar - Cross River
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Brief

• We are currently recruiting for a Territory Development Manager who'll be responsible for selling the company products to customers.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop relationships with existing/new customers.
• Conduct market research to identify selling possibilities and evaluate customer needs.
• Set up meetings with potential clients to negotiate and close deals.
• Gather feedback from customers or prospects and share with internal teams and ensure prompt resolutions to such feedback
• Submit daily sales reviews and reports to the line manager
• Ensure the availability of stock for sale.
• Execute the route to market strategy.
• Promote our business success by implementing the cascaded annual business strategy.
• Execute sales and trade marketing product display and merchandising techniques to ensure efficiency.
• Ensure direct report covers the assigned route and report daily.
• Monitor direct reports sales Performance
• Stay up to date with the latest sales trends and best practices.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Marketing course, or any relevant field.
• Must have 5+ years beverage sales experience as a sales supervisor or sales manager.
• Membership of relevant professional bodies.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@sevenup.org using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note: Only qualified candidates will be contacted

Application Deadline  5th May, 2025.