Vacancy in a Fast Growing FMCG/Snack Company

Person's Specification:

• A Nigerian or Expatriate (with good communication skills).
• Must have lunched new products to the market successfully.
• Should posses a minimum of bachelors Degree from a reputable university in business operations, Sales, Technical or any other related discipline.
• Possession of Master degree oriand related professional qualifications will be an added advantage.
• 10-15 years of relevant experience to include sales and marketing with exposure to general management.
• Strong knowledge of FMCG/Snack industry and experience in all the associated areas including technical, general management, finance, people management etc
• Sound commercial business understanding and good knowledge of health and safety.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and get results through others
• Strong problem solving and analytical abilities at a strategic and functional level
• Must be familiar with current trends, practices and metrics in the industry
• Ambitious and driven by results, should be ready to take on the challenge of growing and building up a business and a brand.
• A strong strategic thinker and team leader.
• A creative person who will bring new ideas of business to top management team.

Responsibilities:

• Formulate and execute company's strategic plan;
• Introduce new products to the market
• Establish and lead execution of operation strategy
• Set and achieve key performance targets for: sales, delivery, cost, expenses and other measurements of operational performance;
• Support and lead company products sales, growth and continuous cost & quality improvements in the business;
• Manage all sales related activities covering, setting and strictly monitoring of sales targets and ensure accurate delivery of products in all sales channels;
• Ensure timely collection of company's money from the market.
• Develop plan to minimize expired products from the market;
• Understand the risk associated with business including sales, operations, finance and people.
• Able to devise and implement plans to mitigate the risk for smooth process.
• Timely presentation of competitors' activities and provision of market feed-back on new products, price changes, new launches, etc to top management.
• Communicate operationalfsales results, activities, etc. to the Management Board and provide recommendations and plans for ongoing improvement
• Work closely with HR department on recruitment, training and developing people and their business skills and the agility and commercial acumen to adapt to a diverse range of business challenges

Required Skills:

• Good Sales, Technical and Management skills    
• Strategic Thinking skill    
• Good communication skill
• Creative skill    
• Interpersonal skill    
• Good problem-solving skills    
• Ability to manage a varied workload