Commercial Sales, Beverage - Lagos at Vendease

Job Summary

You will work directly with our Head of Revenue to figure out exactly how to drive business development, revenue, and profit to achieve our goals. As a Sales Associate, you’ll drive the Vendease growth engine by building relationships with prospective clients and turning them into happy customers. You’ll actively prepare and deliver appropriate presentations on our products and services. As a Sales Associate at Vendease, you’ll manage communications between key clients and internal teams.

Job Details

• Follow and achieve departmental sales goals on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis. Implement strategies to drive sales growth and meet or exceed targets.
• Partnership with Brands to drive distribution of products in the on-trade/off-trade channel.
• Actively seek out new sales opportunities through methods such as cold calling, networking, and leveraging social media platforms.
•  Identify and engage with potential clients to generate leads and expand the customer base.
• Preparing and delivering appropriate presentations on products and services.
• Strengthen relationships with existing clients and contacts, exploring opportunities for upselling or cross-selling.
•  Proactively seek out potential clients, establish new business relationships, and nurture them to generate future sales.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, communication, or related fields with a minimum of 2 years of experience in sales, preferably in the food and/or hospitality industry.
• Experience working with a farm is mandatory for success on the role
• Experience working with a CRM tool for sales lead generation, tracking and forecasting
• Proven track record in b2b sales and conversion.
• Must have existing good relationships with distributors or restaurants that are easily convertible.
• Excellent numerical, interpersonal, communication and people management skills