Job Vacancies at The Dangote Group

Organization: NASCON Allied Industries Plc.
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• Responsible for overseeing sales operations, meeting targets and managing the sales team in the region.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensuring product visibility and market availability
• Managing existing customer relationships while prospecting new customers
• Pro-sell to high volume outlets and ensure that stocks are delivered within required timeline
• Submit weekly/monthly activity report to Regional Commercial Manager
• Establish coverage plan for distributor in assigned territory
• Ensure distributor operates within the assigned territory and sell at recommended prices
• Proper route planning for the distributor sales forces
• Regular updates of relevant outlets as captured by Secondary salesmen
• Communicate cycle objectives and merchandising priorities to all operational field sales force
• Manage the relationships between retailers and wholesalers with NASCON and distributors
• Responsible for the selection/recruitment of secondary salesmen
• Organizing and supervision of trade marketing activities
• Management and on the job training of Area sales team.

Qualifications/Experience

• B.Sc Degree, or M.Sc degree in Marketing or Business Administration is preferred
• 4 years’ experience in Sales & Distribution role
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment and multi-task effectively
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Environmental/Industry analysis
• Relevant professional certification in Membership of Nigeria Institute of Marketing is an advantage.

Competence Requirements:

• Ability to plan, monitor and coordinate personals
• Team player with excellent communication and negotiation skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to working at multiple locations
• Good negotiation skills
• Ability to maintain composure and have good listening skills.

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Organization: NASCON Allied industries Plc
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• Responsible for designing and developing new products and driving innovation to enhance existing products according to NASCON product roadmap
• Development of growth strategies that increase market share and the brands reputation.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for developing new products and driving innovation to enhance existing product
• Maximizes product profitability and improve product performance
• Assure competitiveness and innovation of products and processes from a technological and design standpoint
• Comply with all relevant and required regulations/norms/standards
• Work closely with product managers to ensure customer focus and target costing; co-develop product roadmaps
• Coordinate with product development managers in defining the right allocation of the resources
• Conduct market surveys and analyze report
• Deploy strategies in testing and assessing product’s acceptability
• Keeps abreast of current trends, practices, development and regulatory changes which would impact product or formulation.

Qualification/Experience

• B.Sc Degree, or M.Sc Degree in Food Science, Food Technology. Food Chemistry or equivalent Degree.
• Minimum of 5-8 years cognate experience in Research & Development within the food industry.
• Experience with retail or food science manufacturer.
• Extensive experience in working directly with manufacturing facilities.
• Relevant professional certification in Food Science is an added advantage.

Competence Requirements

• Strong intellectual and analytical skills
• Excellent influencing and communication skills
• Project management skill
• Problem Solving & Analysis
• Proficiency in the use of basic Microsoft Office Suite Applications.

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Organization: NASCON Allied Industries Plc.
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• Develop and integrate measures that will detect and prevent mistakes and defects in the chain of our manufacturing processes.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for setting, maintaining and improving quality specification for raw materials, work in progress and finished products
• Receive and attend to customers’ complaints in a prompt and timely manner
• Ensure consistent product quality within a frame work of good manufacturing practice
• Account for process materials, monitoring of key operating parameters and evaluation of technical performance
• Liaise with Government regulation agencies for example NAFDAC, SON etc. to ensure compliance with quality standards
• Follow up on the implementation of ISO 9001: 2001 QMS, ISO 2200: 2005 food safety management system, Occupational Health and Safety HSAS, 8001: 2007
• Discuss inspection results with product development team and recommend necessary corrective actions
• Responsible to accept or reject finished products as the case maybe.
• Maintain good housekeeping in the laboratory.
• Keep custody of all laboratory materials including chemicals, measuring devices, documents and equipment.

Qualifications/Experience

• B.Sc or M.Sc. Degree in Food Science & Technology, Microbiology, Biochemistry or Business Administration is preferred
• Minimum of 5-7 years’ direct experience in overseeing the design, development, and implementation of quality assurance standards for software testing
• Minimum of 5-7 years’ direct experience as a QA Manager for major application integration and/or major application product release
• Experience in leading a successful intemship program
• Strong knowledge of system testing metrics, best practices and methodologies.

Competence Requirements:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent listening, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws
• Able to work with minimal supervision and keeping management appraised of status of team goals
• Proficiency in ERP e.g. SAP modules.

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Organisation: NASCON Allied Industries Plc
Employment type: Full-time

Job Summary

• Responsible for the overall implementation of plans and strategies for the achievement of the company’s sales objectives across regions, through effective management of the sales force, distributor and wholesalers network

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage operational field sales force in line with the performance management plan
• Drive distributor and territory management best practice across the region
• Prepare accurate forecast for the region
• Effective management and control of allocated trade funds (Total Trade Spent)
• Accountable for implementing company-based plans for greater market penetration and numeric distribution across regions
• Coordinate with product development managers in defining the right allocation of the resources
• Efficiently Manage selling and other General Administration Expenses (MOGE)
• Prepare monthly regional report with all essential elements and conducting market research
• Foster strong customer relationships. resolving complaints and building trust with the brand
• Managing sales team.
• Coordinate training for the regional sales team

Qualification/Experience

• B.Sc or M.Sc degree in Marketing or Business Administration is preferred
• 8 years’ experience in sales & distribution management role
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment and multi-task effectively
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word. Excel, PowerPoint)
• Relevant professional certification in Membership of Nigeria Institute of Marketing is an advantage.

Competence Requirements:

• Knowledge of relevant country and regional market indices and trends affecting sales
• Effective sates drive strategies and ability to plan, monitor and coordinate sales team
• Team Player
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (written and verbal)
• Good listening and negotiation skills
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Project management skills
• Proficiency in the use of basic Microsoft Office Suite applications.

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Organization: Nascon Allied Industries Plc
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• Achieve primary/secondary sales target in the territory and ensure 100% customer satisfaction at all times.

Job Responsibilities

• Managing relationships with existing customer base while prospecting for new customers
• Perform district outlet census and classification, providing coverage of outlet universe in line with district coverage strategy
• Direct selling to ensure availability and visibility of NASCON products in all retail outlets
• Rendering a full range of customer support services to promote customer satisfaction and motivation
• Effective monitoring of market practices by retailers to ensure compliance with NASCON sales policy guidelines and agreed selling prices
• Carrying out qualitative and quantitative market survey on NASCON and competitive products (including new entrants)
• Accurate and timely information- dissemination and reports- administration
• Effective implementation of all trade and consumer promotional activities
• Preparation of districts sales forecast and periodic reviews of sales objectives.

Qualification/Experience

• B.Sc Degree, or M.Sc degree in Marketing or Business Administration is preferred
• 3+ years’ experience in sales & distribution role
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and multi-task effectively
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
• Environmental/Industry analysis
• Relevant professional certification in Membership of Nigeria Institute of Marketing is an advantage.

Competence Requirements:

• Working Knowledge of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint packages
• Ability to plan: monitor and coordinate personals
• Excellent Presentation skills
• Team player with excellent communication and negotiation skills (written and verbal).