Job Information
Vontier Business Development Manager – Nigeria in Nigeria
JOB TITLE: Business Development Manager – Nigeria
DEPARTMENT: NWA
REPORTING TO: Sales Director
LOCATION: Nigeria
ADDITIONAL INFO: Travelling Required 60% on time
PURPOSE OF POSITION
The primary objective for the role is to drive profitable growth GVR’s products and solutions in line with the accelerated growth strategy within Nigeria.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Collaborating with senior executives to establish and execute on the sales on the strategy for the region
• Managing a sales team in order to maximize revenue and meet or exceed corporate-set targets
• Forecasting annual, quarterly and monthly sales targets
• Developing specific sales plans to ensure growth both long and short-term
• Educating sales team with presentations of strategies, seminars and regular meetings
• Reviewing regional expenses and recommending improvements
• Managing regional orders meticulously through strong collaboration with globally placed manufacturing facilities
• Ensure alignment and compliance with all relevant management systems, legislation and policies
• Funnel development and management
• Market Segmentation, analysis and penetration
• Develop and maintain relationships with customers, regulators, market participants and business partners
• Channel partner development
• Arrange training – products – certifications
• Meet growth objectives
• Oversee POC’s
Funnel Management
DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
As per the Delegation of Authority (DOA), section/role/approval
POSITION RELATIONSHIPS
Internal
• Channel Management
• Product/Marketing
• KAM & Sales (Global/local)
• Finance (global/local)
• IS Analytics
• GVR Manufacturing Facilitates
• Legal
• Engineering
External
• MOC, RNOC’s. Independents
• Regulatory bodies
• Industry bodies
• Competitors
• Business Partners
MEASURES OF PERFORMANCE (INDICATORS)
Leading
• Funnel size, shape, speed, and success
• Proposals submitted
• Customer Engagement
Lagging
• Order Intake
• Revenue growth
• Market share growth
• Number of automation sites
PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Education/achievements
Required
• Business Degree/Diploma
Preferred
• Business degree with strong technical experience
Experience/Knowledge
Required
• Thorough knowledge of Nigeria market
• Thorough knowledge of incoterms
• Proven success in solution environment
• Market development experience
• Effective sales channel management
• Strategic/tactical planning and execution
Preferred
• Technical sales experience with a multinational company
• Experience in fuel automation and management space
Specific Skills
• Budget management
• Responding to RFP/Tenders
• Developing and driving action plans
• Results orientated
• Drives innovation and growth
• Customer oriented
• Solution sales
• Self-motivated and great interpersonal skills
• Great presentation skills
ROLE SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES & BEHAVIOURS
Customer Driven
• Gains insight into customer needs.
• Identifies opportunities that benefit the customer.
• Builds and delivers solution that meet customer expectation.
• Establishes and maintains effective customer relationships.
Collaborative
• Works cooperatively with others across the organization to achieve shared objectives.
• Represents own interest while being fair to others and their areas.
• Partners with others to get work done.
• Credits others for their contributions and accomplishments.
• Gains trust and support of others.
Inclusive
• Seeks to understand different perspectives and cultures.
• Contributes to a work climate where differences are valued and supported.
• Applies others’ diverse experiences, styles, backgrounds, and perspectives to get results.
• Is sensitive to cultural norms, expectations, and ways or communicating.
Accountable
• Follows through on commitments and makes sure others do the same.
• Acts with a clear sense of ownership.
• Takes personal responsibility for decisions, actions and failures.
• Establishes clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results.
• Designs feedback loops into work.
Champions VBS
• Identifies and creates the processes necessary to get work done.
• Separates and combines activities into efficient workflow.
• Seeks ways to improve processes, from small tweaks to complete reengineering.
• Is a simplifier, focused on cutting through complexity.
• Prioritizes to the critical few – focuses on what matters most.
Self-Aware
• Reflects on activities and impact on others.
• Proactively seeks feedback about shortcomings.
• Admits mistakes and gains insight from experiences.
• Knows strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and limits.
Pioneering
• Comes up with useful ideas that are new, better, or unique.
• Introduces new ways of looking at problems.
• Can take a creative idea and put it into practice.
• Encourages diverse thinking to promote and nurture innovation.
• Anticipates and adopts innovative digital and technology applications.
Agile
• Learns quickly when facing new situations.
• Experiments to find new solutions.
• Takes on the challenge of unfamiliar tasks.
• Extracts lessons learned from failure and mistakes.
• Bounces back from setbacks and failure.
Gilbarco Veeder-Root represents the leading brands of solutions and technologies that provide convenience, control, and environmental integrity for retail fueling and adjacent markets. In 2002, the Gilbarco and Veeder-Root companies combined into one marketing brand, with distinctive and complementary business lines, services, and sales capabilities. Veeder-Root is the world's leading supplier of automatic tank gauging and fuel management systems and one of the few companies in the industry to design, manufacture and service its own products; supplying and integrating the broadest range of new and proven technologies to reduce cost of ownership, enhance environmental integrity, and improve performance and profitability for petroleum marketers and commercial fueling enterprises worldwide.
Vontier is a $3B global industrial technology company focused on smarter transportation and mobility. Our five operating companies—Gilbarco Veeder-Root, Global Traffic Technologies, Teletrac Navman, MatcoTools, and Hennessy Industries—are united by a powerful purpose: mobilizing the future to create a better world. Our portfolio of trusted brands includes market-leading expertise in mobility technologies, retail and commercial fueling, fleet management, telematics, vehicle diagnostics and repair, and smart cities. Vontier’s pioneering solutions advance safety, security, efficiency, and environmental compliance worldwide.
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