Sales Manager (Ingredients for Personal Care, Cosmetics, Soap and Detergent ingredients)

Job Responsibilities:

Adheres to all company policies, procedures, and business ethics codes and ensures that they are communicated and implemented within the team.

Duties include the following, measurable in terms of time, cost, quality, or quantity.

Sales  Strategy - Prepare a sales plan with a road map to achieve the planned business objectives through identification and tapping new business opportunities; with profit responsibility.

Day to Day Management - To make regular customer visits for sales, business development and to facilitate customers for various projects and probabilities to boost sales.

To acquire a thorough understanding of key customers' needs and requirements.

To deal with customer grievances and follow-up with technical team for resolution and various customer trials analysis and support.

To coordinate with internal and external parties at the appropriate levels to ensure a smooth flow of interaction and transaction.

To do project tracking on a continuous basis to Judge the market potential for key products and striving to widen the customer base through extensive research.

Customer Relationship - To develop confidence and comfort with the customer to ensure they do not turn to competitors.

To expand the relationship with the customer by continuously proposing solutions that meet their objective.

Sales Targets - To ensure Sales Targets are achieved as per assigned product and region/key accounts wise through managing the effective sales strategy and follow-up to ensure accomplishment of sales operational plans.

To prepare and update customer profiles on a continuous basis and build the database for all key accounts.

To assess the various information tools, identify business opportunities, and pinpoint bottleneck areas to further increase sales volume, market share and profitability.

Budget - To prepare and recommend sales budget and monitor financial performance versus the budget to ensure business alignment.

Reporting - To prepare all applicable reports in time for accuracy and in order to ensure that they match the functional requirements, policies and standards.

Related Assignment - To perform other related duties or assignments as and when assigned.

Job Requirements:

1. Well exposed to B2B Sales in specialty chemicals.
2. Minimum of 10 – 12 years of experience in sales.
3. Must be a chemistry graduate or chemical engineer, handling sales of similar products
4. Excessive traveling is required in and around Nigeria/West Africa.
5. As per the need of the business, the job is transferrable and posting can be made anywhere in Nigeria/West Africa.