Channel Sales Officer - Modern Trade

Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc has been a part of the lives of Nigerians at home and abroad. Our global vision is to be a leading foods company in Africa providing high quality and affordable products in the most convenient ways to consumers through world class brands like Golden Penny Flour, Golden Penny Semovita, Goldenvita, Golden Pasta and Golden Noodles. The Company's flagship brand, Golden Penny, remains one of the best known and the preferred brands amongst bakers, confectioneries and consumers in Nigeria.
We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:
Job Title: Channel Sales Officer - Modern Trade
Location: Nigeria
The Job

• Manage and develop FMN’s business in existing Modern Trade outlets in a defined territory .
• Identify opportunities to expand our business relationship into selected local supermarkets in the territory
• Negotiate and start business relationship with identified outlets
• Manage all merchandisers deployed in existing national chain outlets and ensure that they are working according to the agreed procedures and delivering the results expected

Qualification

• 5 ‘O’ level credit including Mathematics and English in not more than 2 sitting
• Bachelors Degree

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years experience in FMCG sales in Nigeria
• Minimum of one year managing Modern Trade outlets in similar role

The person must:

• Be self-motivated
• Have good interpersonal skills
• Be a “people-person”
• Be a good negotiator