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• Accomplish marketing and sales human resource
  objectives by selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling,
  coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job
  expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job
  contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing
  policies and procedures.
• Achieve marketing and sales operational objectives
  by contributing marketing and sales information and recommendations to
  strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans;
  implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service
  standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends;
  determining system improvements; implementing change.
• Meet marketing and sales financial objectives
  by forecasting requirements; meeting daily and monthly targets, preparing
  an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating
  corrective actions.
• Determine annual and gross-profit plans by
  forecasting and developing annual sales quotas for regions; projecting
  expected sales volume and profit; analyzing trends and results; monitoring
  competition, supply, and demand.
• Accomplish marketing and sales objectives by
  planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating advertising,
  merchandising, and trade promotion programs; developing field sales action
  plans.
• Identify marketing opportunities by
  identifying consumer requirements; defining market, competitor’s share,
  and competitor’s strengths and weaknesses; forecasting projected business;
  establishing targeted market share.
• Improve product marketability and
  profitability by researching, identifying, and capitalizing on market
  opportunities.
• Sustain rapport with key suppliers by making
  periodic visits; exploring specific needs; anticipating new opportunities.
• Provide information by collecting, analyzing,
  and summarizing data and trends.
• Protect organization’s value by keeping
  information confidential.
• Update job knowledge by reading professional
  publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional
  organizations.
• Accomplish marketing and organization mission
  by completing related reports as needed.
• Ensure that all official communication is in
  writing whether it is in house communication or with suppliers or partner
  companies.
• Respond to all incoming and outgoing enquiries
  through all official means of communication in a professional and timely
  fashion.
• The incumbent will act as a contact between
  Be Forward.JP/Cadam Ent and customers in a professional and timely
  fashion.
• Negotiate the terms of an agreement and close
  the sale.
• Represent the company at presentations, trade
  exhibitions, events, demonstrations and any other such activities where
  the company requires representation.
• Recording and updating the Google sheets in
  Google Drive.
• Review your own performance, aiming to meet
  or exceed targets through logging in work sheets.
• Phone, online messages and any other forms of
  communication from superiors must be answered and addressed in a
  professional and timely manner.
• There must be reasonable decorum for
  customers, colleagues and superiors at all times at the work place and
  outside the work environment.
• Share current buying trends with Managers /
  Team Heads.
• Attend team meetings and share best practice
  with colleagues.
• Response to messages, phone calls and emails
  MUST be immediate and accurate, As soon as any correspondence is received
  it should be attended to at that very time, in a case where one is
  pre-disposed (maybe attending to another client) the correspondence should
  be assigned to the nearest available team member or manager.
• Carry out all functions and duties as are
  from time to time assigned to you within set deadlines in a professional
  and timely manner.
• Comply with all instructions given to you by
  your Managers.
• Be loyal to the Company, assist the
  management of the Company and promote the business and reputation of the
  Company.
• Behave decorously at all times, whether
  during your hours of work or after hours, in order to protect the
  Company’s reputation as an importer and warehousing company and so as not,
  by association, to bring the Company’s name into disrepute.
• Immediately inform the Company of any changes
  to your status or circumstances such as change of address, marital status,
  dependents or qualifications.
• If for any reason you fail to perform  the duties and roles assigned to you
  whether during or out of standard working hours and this results in the
  company making a loss, you will be accountable for the loss accrued which
  will summarily be deducted from your monthly salary / bonus.
• Take proper care of any Company property placed
  in your possession or custody from time to time, and return such property
  when expected or requested to do so by the Company,

• The applicant should preferably hold a Bachelor’s
  Degree in Business Administration or an equivalent from a recognized
  Institution.
• Professional Qualifications in marketing from
  a recognized institution
• At least three years’ progressive experience,
  as a sales and marketing manager in a reputable organization.
• Excellent written and oral communication
  skills.
• Leadership abilities
• Strategic thinking: Experienced in developing marketing
  strategies
• Decisive: Capable of delivering quick
  solutions to the marketing troubles.
• Strong sales support and project management,
  leadership and training skills.
• Excellent analytical skills:
  Expert in forwarding thinking & market research
• Sound expertise in development processes and
  product marketing.
• Excellence presentation skills
• Effective listening skills

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