Local Sales Manager (Western Africa) at Liebherr Group

Liebherr Group today is a leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment established in 1949 , but also supplies innovative user-oriented products and services in many other fields. The family-owned enterprise employs 46,000 people in over 135 companies worldwide.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Local Sales Manager (Western Africa)

Job ID: 76532
Location: Lagos
Division: Liebherr International
Work area: Sales
Entry level: Professionals
Type of contract: Full time

Your Tasks

• Acquisition, support, and consulting (also technical) of existing as well as new customers and distribution partners
• Conducting negotiations (including price and term conditions) and closing of sales and rental deals
• Further development and positioning of the existing sales and service structure through excellent relationship management and organization of marketing activities
• Coordination of sales activities, continuous updating of the forecast with distributors and sales partners
• Preparation of quotations and processing of tenders
• Ensuring highest degree of transparency to the head office by reporting of all relevant activities
• Evaluation, assessment and development of relevant markets and target customers
• Evaluation of market specific needs and active participation in aligning product portfolio, and distribution channel related topics
• Preparation of evaluations (export and sales statistics, competitive comparisons, analyses, market studies, etc.)
• Participation in international and local trade fairs and other events.

Qualifications & Skills

• Completed University Degree in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering or similar with at least 5 years of professional experience
• Experience in the sale of B2B products
• Business fluent in English and French (w/s) as well as very good knowledge in all MS-Office applications. German and/or Portuguese knowledge of advantage
• Self-initiative, high sense of responsibility and negotiation skills
• Customer-oriented and independent thinking and acting
• Flexibility and willingness to travel frequently within Western Africa
• Open minded personality with convincing appearance and intercultural competencies.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

Note

• We cannot consider applications via email.
  Have we awoken your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your online application.
• If you have any questions, please contact Gina Aeberhard. via: gina.aeberhard@liebherr.com