Sales Manager - Pharma at Azelis Nigeria

Azelis is a leading global innovation service provider in the specialty chemical and food ingredients industry, present in 63 countries across the globe with over 3,800 employees. Our knowledgeable teams of industry, market and technical experts are each dedicated to a specific market within Life Sciences and Industrial Chemicals. We offer a lateral value chain of complementary products to more than 59,000 customers, supported by +2,700 principal relationships, creating a turnover of €4.1 billion (2022). Azelis Group NV is listed on Euronext Brussels under ticker AZE.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Sales Manager - Pharma

Job Requisition ID: R4929
Location: Oba Akran, Lagos
Job type: Full-time

Main Accountabilities

• To manage, develop and understand the needs of a growing customer base, making regular visits to these accounts and building, maintaining and managing relationships with key contacts at all levels.
• Negotiating prices and volumes with customers in order to maximize returns to the business
• Seek out, analyse and develop new accounts, promoting sales of the product portfolio in line with business growth strategies.
• To agree annual sales budgets with the Commercial Manager and Business Manager
• Gather, analyse, interpret and present market, product, competitor and industry data to enable development of the forward strategy of the business
• To visit and represent the company at trade fairs, exhibitions and conferences, networking with representatives from a broad range of companies
• Pro-actively monitor and review payment terms against customer portfolio, ensuring that payment terms and methods are adhered to, keeping business risk to a minimum.
• Ensure that payment terms and cash flow implications are considered at time of negotiation for all new and existing business.

Skills and Qualifications

• Interested candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry or equivalent
• Minimum of 3 years experience in sales (Chemicals Raw Material)
• Excellent communication skills
• Analytical skills
• Fluent in English
• Negotiation skills
• Good presentation skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to liaise with people at all levels 
• Knowledge and networks within country area industry
• Understanding of products and their application

Application Closing Date
13th October, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online