Area Sales Supervisor-South 1

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 JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsible for Modern Trade sales within a specified area He/she will be required to grow the assigned territory in Both Volume and Value of Sales.  Establish and manage winning trading relationships with the key contacts in the allocated portfolio for the overall benefit of the business.

Main Responsibilities / Tasks

• Grow the sales volumes within the assigned territories for all modern trade Outlets
• Generate orders and drive prompt delivery with prudent management of all documentations
• Lead and manage merchandisers to ensure that they meet key performance indicators
• Expand customer base through new outlets recruitment in the territory with 100% coverage of all MT outlets
• Draw JBP for key accounts outlets to deliver sales target Volume, value
• Ensure requisite product portfolio mix to deliver GP Value
• Follow-up on Receivables and Overdue Invoices, thereby improving business opportunities within the accounts.
• Provide interface between customers with the relevant stakeholders (marketing, finance, supply chain) to guarantee growth and customer satisfaction.
• Ensure price compliance in all modern trade outlets within assigned territory.
• POSM deployment and data base management to ensure a maximum instore visibility all time
• Propose and execute promotion initiatives within assigned accounts to achieve target sales revenue in a profitable manner.
• Achieve product availability in all modern trade point of sales at all time
• Identify and negotiate listings and on shelf facings preferably at eye level for strategic focus brands for optimum off take
• Drive and maintain numeric distribution by product category in the modern trade channel
• Brief customers on price changes and new products launch
• Solve customer complaints and challenges where possible
• Provide Competitor Market Intelligence: Monitor all relevant marketing activities in the area – competitor price matrix, sales activation, new product launch, visibility campaign, trial, sales promotion, competitors price reduction and any other.
• Category Management: respect and follow the planogram. On a monthly basis he/she will measure and monitor the KPI’s of share of shelf for BIC and competitors

Key Performance Indicators / Key Figures

• Achieve sales targets Volume, Value and GP Value
• New Outlet Recruitments and New Product listing
• Frequency of orders and delivery
• POS coverage and numeric distribution in MT
• Coverage and numeric distribution of all focus products

Previous / Professional Experience

• Work Experience of Minimum 3-5 years in a Modern Trade Sales Team Set up

• Good Knowledge of Sales and Marketing
• Previous experience working with an FMCG company is a Must.
• Highly developed customer management skills
• Passionate about cross merchandising and in store impactful visibility
• Relevant experience in sales and modern trade management.

Additional Information

• BTS or bachelor’s degree in marketing or related field
• Proficient in the use of French language
• Good knowledge of English Language
• Valid driving license 

BIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly commit to hiring people with different backgrounds and experiences to help us build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our customers. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or similar characteristics. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

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