Job Vacancies at Jiji Cars

Locations includes; Akute, Lagos // Ogba, Lagos // Omole, Lagos // Sangotedo, Lagos // Port Harcourt // Benin

JOB SUMMARY 
The successful candidate will manage the daily operations of the center, coordinating resources and  growing sales in the assigned center. He or she is primarily responsible for converting prospective 
customers to paid customers and will co-ordinate and serve as a main point of contact for all matters  related to the Centre; ensuring all customers are treated fairly and given excellent customer service.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Manage the inspection center assigned 
• Manage customers' expectations and grow profitable relationships in assigned centers
• Create a network base for sales and generate leads for the Center
• Grow and develop sales in the assigned center
• Maintain end to-end relationship with customers
• Responsible for the process of procurement of cars from customers at the center. 
• This will be a role based in one of our centers in Lagos, where you will close auto sales with customers directly
• Must have general knowledge about cars
• Must be presentable
• Must have the ability to negotiate and close sales
• Must be able to give excellent Customer Service
• Ability to multitask
• Must be target-driven (Job is target based)
• Must have excellent communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment; be able to work in pressured environments.

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JijiCars is one of Africa's leading tech-enabled automotive companies, and we are looking to hire a HEAD OF OFFLINE SOURCING AND REFERRALS.

Are you a sales coach with a technical mind & passion for building projects and people? Then keep reading! We’re looking for a dynamic person who ticks these boxes:  

• A sales ninja with a strong bias for action and coaching for building great teams

• Strategic thinker and a knack for recruitment

• Stellar communication skills

• Self-driven

• Result-oriented

Our success is powered by our people & our culture. The ideal candidate will:

• Have a work hard, play hard attitude

• Be driven to deliver the best

• Be prepared always to go the extra mile

• Have an unquestionable work ethic

• Work well under pressure

You will have a challenging but exciting role in hiring, growing, building and leading the offline sales and referral team. As the lead for offline sales and referral operations, you will be responsible for ensuring that we successfully grow our inspection numbers through a referral network using different reliable strategies.

You would be managing a team of offline agents responsible for sourcing car sellers and growing our inspection numbers while working closely with Retail leads, Documentation, Financing, QA & HR teams.

You will perform such duties as organizing, training, coaching, setting goals and driving them in order to achieve the overall business objectives and you will have all the support you need.

As a Head of offline sales and referral channels, you will be in charge of growing this offline channel, oversee the entire sales agents and develop a sustainable funnel to maximize inspections, sales and referrals results but also the size of your sales agents to meet the business objectives.

Head of referral and offline sales is one of the most important ways we can  grow our inspection number, through building a referral network. 

You will have complete autonomy and execute at a high level. In addition, you will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic and international team who are ready to support you.

What you will be doing:

• Formulate all sales policies, inspection strategies and procedures of this project

• Build a hiring funnel and the talent management cycle to ensure proper recruitment, onboarding, engagement and retention of sales agents

• Coach the offline sales team on sales execution, prospecting & closing new business, leading to consistent inspection quota achievement

• Manage the day-to-day performance of your teams to deliver best-in-class service, meeting or exceeding all KPIs and within budget

• Create & improve scripts, negotiation strategies, and sales techniques; implement technical solutions required to achieve sales and inspection targets

• Build teams’ capabilities with constant control of execution

• Innovate, develop and manage a CRM platform to retain customers and seek out new prospective sales

• Any other role as assigned by the supervisor.

Who we’re looking for:

• 6-8 years of managerial experience in building sales team, referrals, partnerships roles in service, consumer and/or business sales organizations (e.g. FMCG, insurance, fintech, e-commerce) with a proven track record of scaling up business operations

• Outstanding sales skills with proven ability to convert prospects into active clients

• Strong knowledge of performance evaluation techniques and customer service metrics.

• Hands-on leader with the desire to get hands dirty with day-to-day operations in a bid to scale up the overall business 

• Stakeholder management - the art of getting work done from multiple support functions

• Ability to adapt quickly to fast-changing business requirements and unpredictability

• Knowledge of management principles and familiarity with company products, services, and policies.

• Strong people management skills: coaching and leadership skills; ability to motivate employees.

Would be a plus:

• Knowledge of the used car business

• Experience in business development

• Experience in a tech-enabled retail business