Jobs in Nigeria for CCNA Country Manager – Nigeria, B2B at Canon Europe

Canon Europe is a subsidiary of Canon Inc. of Japan, a world-leading innovator and provider of imaging solutions. 

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: CCNA Country Manager – Nigeria, B2B

Position ID #: 6907
Location: Nigeria (all locations)
Job Category: Sales
Job Level: Manager
Employment Type: Full-time Permanent 

Job Purpose and Summary

  • The purpose of this role is to represent Canon in the country for enhancement of business, improvement of distribution coverage and improved brand visibility in the Channel.
  • This role is based in Nigeria and is covering Nigeria B2B.

Required Skills and Qualifications
Interpersonal Requirements:

  • Excellent diplomatic/negotiation skills. – essential
  • High level of presentation skills for internal and external customers.
  • Excellent Market knowledge and willingness to be “Closer to Market.
  • Excellent Analytical & reporting skills
  • Highly driven and results oriented, aggressive approach to winning business

Previous Experience/ Education:

  • Relevant recognized formal qualifications (university level) – desirable
  • Strong B2B sales experience with proven track record and success- essential
  • Minimum of 6 to 10 years’ experience in a similar international or regional sales role (with a similar company, national distributor ) – very desirable
  • Background and knowledge of local market environments – essential
  • Fluency in written and spoken English and local language – essential
  • Familiarity with MS Office applications, i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint – essential

Competencies:

  • Customer focus – develop relationship with the distributor and the channel in the market.
  • Ability to deliver results through proper planning and execution of strategies as discussed with line manager, team and partners.
  • Good communication skills in order to represent CME strategies in the market from time to time.
  • Ability to negotiate and influence T2 partners in line with company direction.
  • Ability to collect and analyze market information and work on action plans derived from this data.
  • Should also possess the ability to think out of the box and look for new opportunities to enhance business.

Responsibilities and Tasks
Tier-1 Management:

  • Monthly purchase, sales and stock (PSS) exercise with the partners
  • Partner/ area performance reporting to sales manager
  • Providing weekly sales forecast to SPM/SM in line with the agreed budget
  • Developing N+2 sales forecast with partners
  • Developing and analyzing competition price map
  • Developing country product MASH

Tier-2 Management:

  • Relationship building with Tier-2 dealers
  • Branding and display at shop floor
  • Promotion plan, deals and offers
  • Estimating market size and product MASH
  • Channel and account mapping
  • Sell-out data collection and analysis
  • Channel/ account sales strategy
  • Any other relevant competition information in the market
  • Training to Tier-1 and Tier-2 sales staff
  • Merchandiser training
  • Channel and dealer seminars
  • Channel and account wise marketing activity calendar
  • Liaise with CME Marketing/Corporate communication to ensure all activities at Tier 2 to be in line with the Canon’s corporate guidelines.
  • Contribute to creation of localized POS by participating in POS creation meetings with Product Managers and Marketing.
  • Co-ordinate the execution of projects assigned by the Line Manager, within company policy, in order to meet the agreed quality standards and time line





How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online


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