Head of Sales at Unlimit

About the job:

• Great opportunity to join an international team and to be working with fast-growing companies, looking for new customers in Nigeria, to approach, pitch and continue to follow up and close deals.

Job responsibilities:

• Represent Unlimit serving as a brand ambassador, with a comprehensive understanding of our product offerings.
• Qualify, develop, and maintain thorough company and product knowledge, research consumer needs, and identify how our solutions can meet them.
• Maximize the sales performance by establishing strong relationships and gaining insight into the needs and lifestyle of the client.
• Generate leads and commit to excellent customer service throughout the whole sales cycle.
• Adjust sales techniques based on interactions and results in the field and provide valuable feedback to Unlimit.
• Perform incisive and insightful market and competitive research based on Unlimit’s global expansion plans.
• Collaboration: Work with individuals and teams across Unlimit to ensure the best possible merchant experience and to develop yourself and your colleagues professionally.
• Commercial Growth: By focusing on meeting merchant needs and strategic targets and KPIs for personal growth and development. Meeting sales projections, generate ongoing sales opportunities, and achieve company and individual KPI goals.

Your experience and mindset:

• Pro-active in finding new business opportunities- the success will depend on you.
• Commercially driven individual with a goal-oriented attitude and excellent negotiations skills.
• Proven track record of performance, you will need to demonstrate examples of major deals closed in the region
• Relevant business network with Nigerian merchants.
• Relevant strategic connections & partnerships with the various banks and payment providers.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in sales (specifically payments).
• Experience in the payments industry, specifically in a recognized payments company or from an enterprise level sales role within a financial institution.
• Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, + other languages will be an advantage.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to develop strong working relationships at all levels of management, both inside and outside Unlimit.
• Driven by the results and capacity for innovation in the payments space, and passionate in your willingness to create value.
• Experienced in B2B environment from either payment service provider/acquirer (or similar complex enterprise software) or merchant side.
• A self-standing associate with the ability to lead and manage time-sensitive, cross-functional initiatives in a fast-paced, highly entrepreneurial environment with little supervision.