Sales & Marketing Officer (Plastic, Chemicals, Polymer) at Proten

Job Summary

• The Marketing Officer will support the development and execution of sales and marketing strategies for polymer products in the Nigerian markets.   
• This role requires close interaction with customers, distributors, logistics, and internal commercial teams to drive volume growth, improve market share, and strengthen customer relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage assigned customer accounts, ensuring timely order booking, delivery coordination, and high-level after-sales/complaint resolution.
• Identify and develop new customers/distributors in target sectors (packaging, plastics converters, blow molding, injection molding). Promote new grades, applications, and product trials.
• Conduct regular market visits to track competitor activities, pricing trends, and segment-wise usage. Assist in organizing promotional campaigns, exhibitions, and customer seminars.
• Provide regular sales performance updates, pipelines, and forecasts. Assist in preparing monthly marketing MIS reports and presentations for internal reviews.
• Work closely with the supply chain and logistics teams to ensure timely deliveries and resolve supply bottlenecks.

Requirements
Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Chemistry, or a related field.

Experiences:

• 4 - 6 years of relevant experience in polymer sales, industrial marketing, or B2B commercial roles.
• High proficiency in MS Office (Excel & PowerPoint) for compiling sales data and presentations.

Skills:

• Smart, presentable, self-driven, energetic, and highly willing to travel extensively across the region.
• Familiarity with packaging/plastics manufacturing downstream sectors is a major plus.