COUNTRY SALES MANAGER – NIGERIA-VACANCY AT

Responsibilities

•  Achieve assigned Financial Sales targets for the designated territory
•  Assign target to sales/presales teams and distributors
• Develop a targets achievement strategy for the Sales/presales team
•  Proactively seeking out new business opportunities both in the Central Bank of Nigeria and in Commercials.
•  Liaise and negotiate with high-ranking public and private sector staff
•  Close deals and sign sales and maintenance contracts with direct customers and Distributors
•  Drive the Sales Target achievement of Channel Distributors
•  Monitor and report competitor activities
• Collaboratively work with MEA sales/ pre-sales functions as Nigeria sales lead
• Active engagement with MEA product management to ensure market needs are understood and addressed to drive business growth
•  Travel extensively within the sales area to build up and maintain customer relationship

• Advanced Degree in Engineering or Economics (or related courses)
• Minimum of 10 years overall sales hardware and Software sales Management of which 5 years in a Leadership role
•  Experience in Pipeline Development and Go-to-market planning and execution
•  Ideally a Key Account Management Experience with the Central Bank of Nigeria for a Minimum of 5 years
•  High level of Decision-Making Skill
• Ability to develop, coach, and motivate the sales team
•  A pro-active result-driven self-starter who can operate both individually and as part of a team
•  Hausa and French Languages are advantageous
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
•  Experience with direct sales and distributor management, ideally in banking related field
• Candidate must be willing to travel extensively within the sales region

Location: Lagos, Nigeria.

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