Sales Manager -Trading Co. in Nigeria (Chemical, fertilizer, poultry)

Purpose of the role:



The role is to develop market for existing chemical, fertilizer, poultry products and new products, expand clients, increase distribution to new territories.



Duties & Responsibility

• To ensure the orders are delivered to the customer by coordinating the communication.


• To promote the new products in the market and amongst the customers.


• To maintain track, follow and collect the outstanding payments with the customers.


• To understand the issues of the dealers and customers and give them a long-term solution,


• To engage in onboarding of customers and arriving to order.


• To prepare and present the Weekly/ Monthly/ Quarterly/ Half-yearly and annual sales reports.


• To close the deal by taking intelligent decision by ensuring driven by analyzing the preventing huge loss and ensure the customers are retained.


• To do marker analysis and forecast the market demand for our existing and new products,


• To work collaboratively will the wear house team and over see the inventory management and strategic means to clear the stocks.

To strengthen the relationship with the customers to expand the social network to raise new prospects.



To identify platform for new market through social medial and digital networks.

• To build the brand of our products in the market by participating in exhibitions, seminars and business meetings.


• To guide, mentor and develop the sales team and address their issues diplomatically.


• To develop successor.

Required Skills

• Product knowledge,


• Thorough geographical insight,


• Industrial knowledge and their requirements,


• Sturdy in decision-making,


• Strong negotiator,


• Self-driven and enthusiastic person,


• Social in personality,

Multi linguistic skill to handle clients of diversified terrain will be a plus.



Company Profile :



Our client, based in Lagos Nigeria is a global trading company with an active presence in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia, specialized in supplying Nigeria and West African clients with globally sourced products and services that are critical to laying the foundations for a modern economy. They deal in Steel ,Chemicals, Grains, Foodstuffs (salt, sugar, rice etc.) and Animal feed to its various clients on request, agricultural inputs from fertilizers to tractors and Agriculture -Contract farming. The company has an extensive partnership network to ensure accurate, on-time and cost effective delivery. A strong growth outlook for the area will result in substantial expansion in years to come.