Job Title: Managing Director – Steel Division
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Employer: Leading Manufacturing and Trading Company
Core Business/Activities/Products: Manufacturing of Corrugated Zinc Roofing Sheets, ERW Mild Steel Tubes, Steel Mesh, and MS Wire & Nails.
Position reports to: Group CEO.
Summary: Person will be responsible to maximize sales for the entire range of steel products with the informal trade channel at the given market price without breaching the credit limits & keeping stock levels low to avoid piling financial costs while ensuring Zero stock-outs and Zero bad debts. The person will be part of the Steel Division. Will need to manage a team of Regional Sales Managers, Production & Maintenance Managers under him.
Key Objectives:
• Present a Sales & Distribution Strategy
• Complete competitor analysis and set targets for the sales team to re-capture market share
• Achieve sales for steel division ,roofing, pipe
• Conduct Major Customers' Forum
• Handle all administrative responsibilities and coordination with government bodies to ensure the plant functions smoothly and is compliant with Nigeria regulations.
• Present feasibility for launch of new products into the market
Desired Skills and Experience:
Critical skills and competencies:
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Resourceful and well organized
• Ability to motivate and supervise a sales team while demonstrating high level of integrity
• Result driven with a track record of past achievements
• Ability to work effectively in a fast paced multicultural environment
Personality and cultural values:
• Should be down to earth, low profile and not let title inflate ego
• Participative in team meetings
• Should respect colleagues and maintain healthy professional relations
• Should not be overly sensitive, especially towards enquiry & questioning from other departments
• Should focus on execution and completion of important activities first
• Should work with a sense of urgency
• Should work independently without engaging top management needlessly
• Should possess excellent English speaking and writing skills
• Should be clear in expressing, easily understood by all
Ideal Industry background: Candidate must have sales experience in Africa in the building material industry with a background in Production. Experience in Steel industry and in Nigeria is highly desirable.
Ideal Age range and Educational background:
• Age Range: 40-48 years
• Educational background (preferably metallurgical or mechanical): An engineer with an MBA with computer literacy and the ability to understand and use the full fleet of MS Office products (Word, Power Point, Excel etc.) is a must.
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