CATEGORY SALES DEVELOPMENT MANAGER VACANCY

PZ CUSSON currently has a vacancy for a Category sales development manager.
Location - Abuja Fct

PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc, the largest subsidiary of PZ Cussons, has enjoyed tremendous business success in Nigeria for over a century.

No other consumer goods company possesses our heritage in Nigeria or understands its customers better than we do. Our approach to Nigeria, our customers, our consumers and to our business is designed to sustain us far into the future.

By combining our financial strength and the commercial acumen encouraged at all levels amongst our people, we are positioning ourselves to seize profitable new opportunities within our chosen sectors.
We firmly believe that our people are our greatest asset. As we strive for world-class standards in every aspect of our enterprise, our employees are encouraged to manage and delegate appropriately, to accept responsibility and to recognise that they are both empowered to act and accountable for their actions.

The Role:   CATEGORY SALES DEVELOPMENT MANAGER  

The successful candidate will be required to:
•    Push emerging categories & NPD products.
•    Identify channel opportunities & support frontline sales.
•    Carry out specific market analysis & penetration strategy.
•    Phase & phase out SKUs.
•    Activate consumer promotions.
•    Train & develop trade personnel for technical selling.
•    Execute competition analysis and report findings.

The Person:   The right candidate must:
•    Have a minimum of first degree in Science or Engineering
•    Have between six(6) to seven(7) years working experience in Engineering, Consumer durable products like generators, freezers, fridges, inverters, cars etc.
•    Have good analytical skills to analyse trade data.
•    Have good communication skills.
•    Love travelling & be willing to travel extensively.
•    Be an extrovert with excellent interpersonal skills.
•    Be willing to take up higher level of responsibilities and work under pressure.
•    Posses a CAN DO attitude, exhibiting our core values – COURAGE, ACCOUNTABILITY, NETWORKING, DRIVE and ONENESS.
•    Good Microsoft office computer skills especially in Ms Word, Excel and Power point. 

Please note that only short listed candidates would be contacted.     

Closing date: 28 Feb 2011

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