Vacancy at United Biscuits International

Job Description

• United Biscuits Internation is recruiting within is sales team in Nigeria. 
• The role is responsible for planning, executing and monitoring the growth of McVities in the South eastern part of Nigeria.
• You will be responsible for driving availability and visibility in coordination with the local distributors.
• McVities is a brand of high quality biscuits and cookies and most of the products are made locally or imported from the UK.
• This brand is still at a relatively low base in a large market and this role is accountable for driving that growth and visibility in an important strategic market for us.
• This is an exciting time for the team as we drive and invest in the area with great rewards to be had.

Desired Skills and Experience

•     Following up stock availability (in market and at distributor level) to prevent Out of stock
•     Identifying opportunities and untapped potential channels of distribution
•     Recommend visibility enhancement, promotions and trade activity plans that best suit the assigned territory
•     Ensure physical presence of the must list items in each type of outlets
•     Ensure proper execution of stock and must stock list guidelines
•     Following up on the execution of monthly promotion
•     Measuring ROI of Trade Promotion by channel
•     Plan and conduct weekly meetings with the distributor sales force
•     Conduct and analyse Retail Audits, identifying opportunities and taking action with the distributor.
•     Reporting weekly market visit findings internally and following up corrective actions.
•     Submitting best practice initiatives to marketing department.
•     Please only apply if you speak Ido and have a full driving license. 
•     You must also have expereince of working within FMCG sales.