Job Summary

• The Market Operation team is looking to hire a Processing Sales Manager professional who will be responsible for selling production equipment and solutions for Diary /Cheese production to our costumers in South Europe. This role is based in Lagos, Nigeria. 

Responsibilities
As Processing Sales Manager, you will be responsible for: 

• Driving opportunity management  and sales of equipment or lines in different food categories (e.g. Dairy Processing, Powder and Ice Cream) including responsibility for sales budget and margins
• Building a strong relationship with assigned customers
• Providing inputs to the development of the new products and participate in industrialization of new products
• Coordinating Business Intelligence with continuous studies and support ad hoc studies development
• Reporting of the market situation: won and lost orders, forecast, ongoing and planned activities
• Securing a seamless and transparent collaboration with other functions in the company

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering / Technology (preferred)
• Commercial experience: minimum 4 years experience in Sales of capital equipment for liquid food processing
• Experience of key account management is preferred
• Ability to travel within and outside of Lagos
• Fluency in English and French
• Excellent communications skills
• Good presentation skills
• Positive, can do attitude, open for a long-term opportunity with an international mindset
• Ability to work individually and a good team player
• Excellent sales and negotiation skills.

As a person, you are:

• Dynamic, self-determined, independent decision maker, business-driven, have a proactive vs reactive approach
• Able to adapt and change of directions fast
• Deal with uncertainty and can view different perspectives to problem solving
• Analytical and strategic thinking professional.