About this role
Job title: Sales Manager
Job Description
Warehouse Site Selection and Operational Launch (Key Focus in the Initial Stage):
- Responsible for inspecting and selecting warehouse locations in the Badagry area that meet the company’s requirements, evaluating location safety, transportation convenience, rental costs, and surrounding facilities and services.
- Coordinate the completion of local compliance procedures for the warehouse to ensure that warehouse operations are legal and compliant.
Team Building and Management:
- Recruit and build a local sales team according to business plans.
- Improve the team’s product knowledge, sales skills, and cross-border business service capabilities through daily training, accompanying sales visits, review meetings, and other methods.
- Responsible for team attendance, performance evaluation, and daily management to ensure that sales targets are achieved.
Sales and Market Development:
- Responsible for developing and maintaining customers for steel products, including construction steel, and textile products, including fabrics and home textiles, in the Badagry and Benin border areas.
- Develop monthly and quarterly sales plans and lead the team to achieve the sales performance targets set by the company.
- Establish and maintain customer records and follow up on quotations, orders, and shipments.
Cross-Border Business Coordination:
- Assist customers with common issues arising during the exit process from Nigeria and entry process into Benin, improving the customer experience with cross-border self-pickup services.
Market Information Feedback:
- Regularly collect and provide feedback on competitors’ prices, promotional activities, changes in border trade policies, and other relevant market information.
- Based on frontline market feedback, assist the company in adjusting its product portfolio and pricing strategies and provide practical recommendations.
Job Requirements
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree or above, with more than 5 years of sales experience and more than 2 years of experience as a Sales Supervisor or in an equivalent or higher management position.
Industry Background:
- Sales experience with both steel products such as reinforcing bars, iron nails, and binding wire, and textile products such as mattresses, non-glued cotton, and pillows.
- Familiarity with customer groups in the building materials and textile industries is required.
Market Knowledge:
- Familiarity with the local market in Badagry and surrounding areas, including Alaba, Trad