• Application Deadline:
• Position: Chief Sales Officer


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA


• Experience 15 - 20 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Sales / Marketing / Retail / Business Development 
  

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee the articulation and execution of the organization's sales strategies and ensure alignment with SIMS’ corporate strategy, goals, and objectives


• Stay abreast of sales trends, customer needs and competitor initiatives and devise strategies to optimally utilize opportunities across sales channels and regions


• Oversee periodic sales planning and budgeting including sales targets for existing and new products across channels and regions; monitor sales performance and develop strategies to address shortfall in targets


• Advise on product mix and selling price per channel and region by keeping current with supply and demand, changing trends, economic indicators, and competitors


• Ensure ongoing collaboration with marketing, operations, and support functions to determine effective pricing of products and services


• Monitor and ensure the provision of the highest quality services to the company’s customers and ensure the adherence of the various sales channels to the defined sales service charter


• Liaise with the National Marketing Manager to develop and establish effective channel strategies to promote sales and ensure the implementation of promotional activities across the Country


• Drive business development effort to identify and convert strategic customers


• Build and maintain a healthy relationship with key customers Review the department’s performance against set targets on a periodic basis, and define action plans for improvement


• Monitor and prepare and submit periodic activity/management reports to the MD/CEO on the activities of the department


• Be an ambassador of the organization's values of customer centricity, integrity, innovation, positivity, and passion; and work with the Strategy & Corporate Development Lead to drive adoption across the department

Requirements

• The requirements listed below are representative of the Knowledge, Skill and/or ability required to perform this job satisfactorily


• Bachelor’s degree in marketing or business management


• Post-graduate degree in a relevant discipline


• Minimum of fifteen to twenty (15-20) years relevant work experience with at least five (5) years in a senior management position


• Experience in the consumer electronics industry


• Ability to think strategically and holistically and to appreciate the systematic impact of various policies, issues, and solutions


• Strong business acumen and ability to identify opportunities


• Excellent leadership and people management skills


• Excellent negotiation and relationship management skills


• Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills


• High sense of responsibility and accountability


• High ethical standards