Job Description
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Area Sales Manager - Nigeria
AGI EMEA
Sales
Yesterday
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Lagos Full Time Confidential
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Min Qualification: Experience Level: Senior level Experience Length: 5 years
Job descriptions & requirements
AGI is one of the world’s leading manufacturer & solution provider in the agricultural business. We’re Supplying the World’s Food Infrastructure, feeding the world requiresa global networkof infrastructure and technology to store, blend, mix, convey,condition, process, and protecthundreds of millionsof tons of agriculture inputs and crops flowing around the world daily.
As a global leader in the planning, engineering and manufacturing of full solutions and systems, we operate across 5 platforms — Seed, Fertilizer, Grain, Feed, and Food — and we partnerwith our customers on 6 continents to leverage the AGI Advantageand engineer unique, market-specific systems.
These systems are delivered for farm and commercial applications and include Storage, Handling, Structural, Processing, and Controls all based on and brought together by Engineering and Project Management.
Over 35 AGI brands are among the most recognized equipment manufacturers in the global agriculture industry.
JOB TASKS
• Responsible for sales and leads development in Nigeria and nearby English-speaking African countries;
• Grow the Rice Milling AGI division by winning new business and managing customer relationships;
• Visit existing & potential customers on daily basis and advertise / promote AGI’s product lines in the assigned territory, with focus on rice;
• Managing and interpreting technical and commercial customer requirements;
• Negotiating and closing deals;
• Give proper advice to the client for his business plan and recommend the best technical solution for his project;
• Understand, review, and evaluate flow diagram and engineering drawings;
• Guide the AGI sales support personnel in preparingdetailed offers, including all technical support with drawings, flow diagrams and equipment selectionbased on the client’s requirements;
• Support after sales issues in conjunction with the dedicated department inside the organization;
• Attend and organize trade shows, conferences, and other marketing events in the territory.
JOB SKILLS
• 5 - 10 years of experience in technical sales;
• A mechanical engineering degree will be a plus;
• Strong technical background with solution selling;
• Previous experience and proven sales track record in the same industry;
• Proven experience in the rice milling market and/or food/grain processing industry will be a plus;
• Good understanding and experience with sales of capital goods and investment projects;
• Ability to efficiently communicate technical information by way of drawings produced in AutoCAD will be a plus;
• Demonstrated ability to interpret client’s requirements;
• Result driven, independent and target oriented;
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including good oral and written English;
• Highly motivated and self- directed capable of multi-tasking and problem solving;
• Excellent time management and organizational skills, ability to work under pressure, communication in different time zones and meeting deadlines;
• Ability to travel in Nigeria and within Africa when and if required.
Sounds like you? Apply now and join our growing team!
We look forward to receiving your application.