Job Description
Area Coverage Location: Kano, Kano North, Daura, Hadejia, Sokoto, Kebbi, Zuru
About the role:
The State Business Manager is a senior professional for the massive EasyBuy channel who will oversee sales and distribution operations in a particular region assigned. This is a position which takes full operational responsibility for all market-side functions of the direct sales business.
What you would be expected to do
Sales Management
- Achieve Easy Buy Direct & Retail Sales revenue targets.
- Ensure Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly reports are accurate and submitted within agreed timelines.
- Ensuring that reports are prepared and submitted on time to the Management.
- Strategic planning.
- Proper management of default rates to agreeable set limits by overseeing quality customer registration, collection and repossession.
Team Management
- Recruitment and Retention of state sales teams through proper training, management and performance review.
- Proper recruitment of teams following set guidelines and policies by GLP HR.
- Document review process and set time for subsequent reviews without biaise.
- Maintain optimum headcount as agreed from time to time
- Ensure that all teams have the required tools and materials for trade execution
Trade Management
- Develop and Propose incentives to motivate the channel and Team to ensure high levels of motivation and performance.
- Develop and Implement action plans for trade with clear corrective measure where required.
- Ensure that all competitor activities are countered with effective responses to avoid loss of market share.
- Ensure Visibility in the trade is high and as per agreed picture of success at all outlets.
Resource Management
- Management, Development and Supervision of Direct Reports and resources assigned to self.
- Ensure that all cost and expenses are kept within acceptable levels and within budget.
You might be a strong candidate if you
- Have a degree in a Business-related field OR equivalent and at least 6 years hands on experience in Sales.
- Have excellent Computer knowledge with comprehensive knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
- Can motivate a high performing sales team and ensure performance
- Have high innovative skills, thinking out of the box, cost conscious
- Are excellently skilled in Planning, Organizing, Prioritizing, maximizing value and see the big picture
- Are able to skillfully build relations, works on internal & external relationships
- Listen well, coaches’ others and is disciplined in their learning practice
- Have Operation Excellence (Keeps promise, detail-oriented, seeks to be informed and gives excellent Customer Satisfaction)