Area Sales Manager

Multipro Consumer Products Limited is the largest company in Nigeria dealing in Sales, Haulage and Logistics. MCPL was founded in 1996 as a fully owned company of the Tolaram Group. The first product sold by MCPL in 1996 was Indomie and since then it has played a seminal role in making Indomie a household brand in Nigeria. MCPL over the years has grown adding 13 brands in various categories comprising of Noodle, Snacks, Milk, Cereal, Oil, Homecare and Personal Hygiene.

Job Title: Area Sales Manager

Location: Yola, Adamawa

Employment Type: Full-time

Core Deliverables

• Plan and deliver the monthly sales targets for his territory.
• Achieve availability of our products at the Distributors’ outlets.
• Identify, create, and execute opportunities with Distributors to increase sell-in/sell-out.
• Effectively Manage the resources allocated for Sales operations of his assigned territory.
• Ensure optimization of team effort towards the achievement of territory objective.
• Supervise, coach, and train his team on the job to better sell and merchandize our products.

Other Job Functions

• Make periodic plan for the territory with clear KPIs
• Responsible for Distributor management and effective use of allocated resources.
• Performance and guideent and customers for effective delivery of our products.
• Market supervision – Price Check, Competition check, new development affecting the business, etc.
• Provide weekly/monthly sales forecasts for the assigned territory.
• Execute the sales and marketing plan for the territory as agreed with the Branch Manager.
• Monitor Distributors’ turnover and stocks on a weekly basis and ensure that the various SKUs are available and that the Distributors meet their monthly targets.
• Develop and execute action plans in case the distributor falls short on his/her monthly target.
• Develop and execute a training plan for the team (together with the Region Training Manager).
• Monitor the team’s performance and provide feedback to them on a regular basis.
• Work together with the marketing team to execute and track activities in the territory.

Requirements

• Minimum of HND with 3 – 7 years’ experience in similar role; preferably in FMCG industry.
• Territory Management Skills (customer/outlet mapping, call/route plan, volume planning, NND, Market Analysis).
• Proficiency in building and maintaining strong customer relationship.
• Must possess good analytical and computing skills.
• Proficiency in information tracking, sales analytics, and power point presentation.
• Decision-making and demonstrating self-confidence.
• Ability to use smartphone and tech-savvy.