Saro Agro-Allied is a leading agricultural commodities exporting company that started in 1996 as a cocoa trading company and today trades both locally and internationally. Our operations over time have covered sesame seeds, cashew and cocoa- producing communities in Nigeria. The business has been repositioned to become a Consumer driven sustainable Agric. & Food business Company that will play in the multi seed oil crushing, value added export and marketing of branded food products in Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Territory Sales Representative

Location: Jos, Plateau
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Territory Sales Representative for Jos will be in charge of developing Customer base in Jos, Benue, Nasarawa, Bauchi, Gombe and environs and translating potentials into Sales revenue in the market.
• He will cover all key customer and markets within Jos and environs to create demand and handle all other marketing and sales related activities for Saro Agro-Allied brands.

Customer Recruitment:

• Responsible for identifying key customers for Soybean Oil (RSO/CSO/BSO), Head Rice and SBM to target
• Ensure understanding of their local needs, behaviours & buying patterns.
• Enumerate all open market and HSM within territory, and develop a customer database within them for Refined consumer soya oil and Rice.
• Develop a journey plan with the database to ensure daily customer visits.

Sales Revenue:

• Apply sales and marketing skills in converting potential customers/sales lead to paying customers/demand
• Responsible for depletion of all inventory of Rice & SBM in Makurdi warehouse to drive territory target
• Understand how to retain customers through good customer relationship management.
• Ensure all Sales Payment is made into SAA bank account by customers.

Market Activations:

• Implement all tactical plans geared towards upselling, including promotions and branding activations
• Executing appropriate programmes and obtaining consumers’ feedback for all new solutions.

Market Intelligence Gathering:

• Scan the environment weekly to understand the existing and emerging competitors play, dynamics, vulnerabilities and opportunities and report same to line manager.

Payment:

• Follow up with customer payment for both cash and credit customers, within stipulated leadtimes

CRM, Internal Collaboration & Others:

• Manage all customer issues towards building a sustainable relationship for growth.
• Collaborate with Logistics and Accounts & QA to ensure delivery of quality products to customers and handling all customer complaints, where necessary.
• Any other job that may be assigned by the team line manager

Reporting:

• Provides reports of functions on daily and weekly basis to line manager, Ilorin procurement mgr & other Interested parties.

Qualifications / Experience

• Minimum of a B.Sc.
• Applicant must have a minimum of 5 years with at least 3 years in commodity business, preferably Soybean and Rice value chain.
• Age: 25 – 32.

Competencies Required:

• Proactive self-starter
• Integrity & independent mind, and able to work under pressure.
• Highly organized and significant ability to multi-task effectively.
• Ability to work with all levels of the team with minimal and reasonable conflicts.

Application Closing Date
2nd January, 2023.