Ongoing Recruitment: British American Tobacco.
The British American Tobacco is currently recruiting qualified and interested applicants for the position of The Trade Marketing Representative.
Location: Although not specified, but the location is quite flexible.
Type of Employment: Full Time.
Company’s Description (British American Tobacco)
The British American Tobacco commenced the business of tobacco sales over ten (10) decades ago. We presently attest to over two hundred (200+) brands under our auspice with each strategically positioned in different regional markets. Our innovative and business development spirit has so far been a propelling force for the groundbreaking successes we have recorded overtime and there is no gainsaying that the future of the brand looks equally ravishingly beautiful. Our flexible environment and workforce are pointers that we are after the freedom and comfort of our staff, products and consumers.
Job Description of the Trade Marketing Representative
Below is the job description of the Trade Marketing Representative
*Brand Building: the Trade Marketing Representative will build interest-stimulating and spectacular brands that will satisfy the needs of consumers and customers in an environment that is vigorously competitive.
*Business/Brand Management: The Trade Marketing Representative will manage the tobacco business for a collection of accounts in a geographical area by implementing corporate plans,
negotiating strategies and meeting business objectives.
*Retailers’ Partnership: the Trade Marketing Representative will join the team and act as a strategic partner to retailers by providing business-related advice, product-based knowledge, pricing and a variety of other areas of interest as put forward by the retailers.
*Skill Honing: The Trade Marketing Representative is expected to hone his skills and showcase his level of business acumen as the organization and role attest to quite a number of challenges backed up by the needed support and opportunity from the company.
*Coaching and Mentorship: in line with the challenges of the role, the company had some mouthwatering benefits for the Trade Marketing Representative which include:
- Investment in the learning and development of the Trade Marketing Representative
- Giving of continuous feedback as required and needed by the Trade Marketing Representative
- Several coaching sessions to help the Trade Marketing Representative maximize his or her full potential and deliver excellently well on the job.
Duties and Responsibilities of the Trade Marketing Representative
*Market Sphere Relationship: As the Trade Marketing Representative, you own the performances across your territory and also expected to maintain a healthy and strong retailer relationships.
*Retailers’ Contract Monitor: Your responsibility also includes planning of visits to the retailers, cultivation of a healthy and working business relationship with the retailers, analysis of questions, matters arising, issues and concerns that stem from the retailers as well as the monitoring of contract compliance.
*Implementation of Regional Activities: Applicant will be required to carry out an implementation of cycles and regional activities with the aim of achieving national, regional and local- level goals.
*Meeting of Market Demands: Applicant must ensure that Market Demands are timely and thoroughly met for the company’s products through the maintenance of inventory levels and meeting of brand distribution targets.
*The Trade Marketing Representative will work collaboratively with a team of trade marketing account representatives on special projects.
*Academic Qualifications and Requirements
*Applicants applying for the position of Trade Marketing Representative must have a degree or a similitude of a degree in either Business or Marketing.
*Applicant must possess an outstanding marketing and sales experience supported by a convincing negotiation skill which must have been ascertained across different work outlets.
*Applicant for this opening is expected to come with a valid driver’s license.
*Applicant should be a strategic thinker that possesses a tenacious business acumen which will enable him or her to work independently with little or minimal supervision and meet deadlines accurately.
*Applicant should be an altruistic leader with the ability to create close working relationships with a wide variety of trade partners in a trans-cultural working environment
*The position of the Trade Market Representative comes with a lot of traveling responsibilities. Applicant should rest assured that to effectively function in this role attract a lot of traveling and should be willing to embark on them as most journeys will be beyond the applicant’s territory
Closing Date of Application
Not Disclosed.
Method of Application
Candidates that are interested and qualified for the opening should
