Sales and Marketing Jobs at Erisco Foods Limited

Erisco Foods Limited, a leading manufacturer of Tomato paste and other made in Nigeria drinks and food products and the 4th largest tomato paste producing company in the world, is hereby seeking to employ the services of qualified individuals to fill the position below:

Sales & Marketing Executive

• Job TypeFull Time  
• QualificationBA/BSc/HND  
• Experience 2 years
• Location Ekiti, Kogi, Ondo, Rivers
• Job Field Sales / Marketing / Retail / Business Development  

Locations: Lokoja/ Okene, Kogi /Ondo /Port Harcourt / Ekiti

Key Responsibilities

• Serves customers by selling products; meeting customer needs
• Service existing accounts, obtains orders and establishes new accounts by planning and organizing daily work schedule to call on existing or potential sales outlet or trade factor.
• Adjust content of sales presentations by studying the type of sales outlet or trade factor.
• Focuses sales efforts by studying existing and potential volume of dealers.
• Submits orders by referring to price lists and product literature.
• Keeps management informed by submitting activity and results report, such as daily call reports, weekly work plans, and monthly and annual territory analyses.
• Monitoring competition by gathering current market place information on pricing products, new products, delivery schedules, merchandising techniques, etc.
• Recommends changes in products, services and policy by evaluating results and competitive developments.
• Resolves customer complaints by investigating problems, developing solutions; preparing reports, recommendations to management.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviving professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Provides historical records by maintaining records on area and customer sales.

Educational Qualifications & Experience Required

• Work Experience - Minimum of 2 years quality experience selling FMCG products. Preferably candidates with experience in the sale of Food products
• B.Sc in Business Administration or its equivalent
• Willing to travel from time to time and to embark on working transfer as the case maybe.

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Corporate and Modern Trade Executive

• Job TypeFull Time  
• QualificationBA/BSc/HND  
• Experience 3 years
• Location Lagos
• Job Field Sales / Marketing / Retail / Business Development  

Key Responsibilities

• Will be responsible for overseeing sales operation of your company in a particular geographical area. This could well include several countries, so expect to be fairly busy.
• Maintaining and increasing sales of your company’s products.
• Reaching the targets and goals set for your area.
• Establishing, maintaining and expanding your customer base.
• Servicing the needs of your existing customers.
• Increasing business opportunities through various routes to market
• Setting sales target for individuals reps and your team as a whole.
• Recruiting and training sales staff.
• Allocating areas to sales representatives.
• Developing sales strategies and setting targets.
• Monitoring your team’s performance and motivating them to reach targets.
• Compiling and analysing sales figures.
• Possibly dealing with some major customer accounts.
• Collecting customer feedback and market research.
• Reporting to senior managers.
• Keeping up to date with products and competitors.
• In some locations, the candidate may also be involved with marketing.

Educational Qualifications & Experience Required

• B.Sc in Business Administration/ Marketing /Economics its equivalent or other related courses.
• Work Experience - Minimum of 3 years quality experience selling FMCG products. Preferably candidates with experience in the sale of Food products
• Willing to travel from time to time and to embark on working transfer as the case maybe. Applicant must be resident in Lagos.

Method of Application

Applicants should submit their application letters and resume as one attachment in MS Word or PDF format to: jobs@eriscofoodsltd.com.ng indicating the position title as the subject of email only.