Overview
Cifek International Limited is a Nigerian-based nutritional company, duly registered and operating across all the Nigerian states and West African sub-region. We started the business with the distribution of a few single ingredients for food and feed applications. But as we promptly responded to our customers’ needs with innovative and cost-saving solutions, leading to increased trust and mutual dependency, we gained our customers’ loyalty and referrals.
Today we have grown our customer base, product portfolios, and international supplier partnership. As a result, we supply a wide range of quality feed additives, veterinary medicaments, feed concentrates, Vitamins and Minerals, special performance products, and nutritional supplements.
Job Position: Business Development Executive
Job Location: Lagos
Job Description
- We are looking for a result-driven Business Development Executive to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for defining, deploying, and managing targeted sales activities with specific customer-centric value propositions translating into smarter, safer, more efficient business decisions for our customers.
- You will develop sales assets, processes, and tools capable of supporting Business Development and maintaining customer satisfaction.
- You will engage with all levels of the customer and act as their trusted advisor.
Job Responsibilities
- Responsible for achieving monthly, quarterly and annual sales targets while following established pricing policies.
- Regular meeting with new and existing customers within the livestock industry to evaluate needs and makes product/service suggestions
- Maintain a high degree of awareness of customer’s next best alternatives and communicate competitive challenges in a timely manner to sales management and technology teams.
- Follow company standard sales procedure designed to sell value of solutions to the market
- Ensure the customer is satisfied during the initial stages of the product implementation
- Build relationships with stakeholders and influencers at assigned account
- Provide timely and accurate sales forecasts and reports to inform management’s strategic decision-making
- Continuously strives to learn about the products and influencing theories
Job Requirements
- A combination of advanced education and experience preferably in Animal Nutrition or Veterinary
- DVM / B.Sc / HND in Veterinary Medicine / Animal Science / Animal Nutrition
- 3-5 years experience in Veterinary /Animal Health products
- Detail-oriented, organized, skilled at prioritizing, and motivated by accomplishment
- Must be able to work independently in a fast-paced multidisciplinary environment.
- Ability to interact well with others in a team environment.
- Strong planning, problem-solving, and analytic skills.
- Good written and oral communication skills.
- Advanced computer knowledge (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, etc.)
Core Competencies:
- Ready to travel at short notices
- Effectively communicates differentiated value propositions and product applications to customers
- Utilizes value selling approach to differentiate and demonstrate Cifek’s desire to maximize customer growth and profitability
- Prioritizes opportunities and utilizes necessary resources to conclude sales
- Passionate about livestock
- Understands customer needs to create unique value propositions that generate cross sell opportunities
- Demonstrates the ability to engage and establish trust/credibility with key stakeholders across all levels of the customer organization
- Develops reference customers and applies use cases and knowledge to similar client scenarios to advance the sales process
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Note
- If this is your dream role, then we’d love to hear from you.
- We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate based on religion, state of origin, gender, ethnicity, age, or marital status
