• Serves as the primary point of contact for merchandising Account Management • Provides day-to-day work guidance to the merchandising team • Champion quality and integrity of all deliverables, as per the set KPIs • Owns the merchandising team contact and coverage, ensuring there is optimal contact and coverage in collaboration with the Guinness Nigeria team • Oversee deployment of brand materials to stores and in charge of all such assets the agency is in possession • Maintain up to date assets list in trade, look for opportunity to optimize rationalization • Overall accountable for all brand activations in modern Trade; oversee recruitment, training, and execution of the activations in collaboration with the merchandising team. Prepare payment schedules and processing payments for all promotions as per requirements and output, as required • Prepare all quotes for activations and implement cost effective measures for these activations • Lead in idea generation and innovative solutions to optimize sales performance • Control all promotion activities support materials (Free issue, Pos), hires brand promoters as per brief, oversee execution and share MnE reports • Sets agenda and conducts project meetings (every Friday) and is responsible for project tracking and analysis.
• Lead in acquisition of tools to measure share of shelf; provided by agency as an integral part to deliver set share of shelf KPIs • Lead in acquisition of tools to track team’s day to day work to ensure the team is conducting sales calls or in the respective work stations
Requirements
• Experience of working in a manufacturing environment is mandatory
• Expert use of Microsoft Excel
• Able to manage your stakeholders in a challenging environment
• Strong communication and presentation skills are essential
