Senior Customer Business Manager

Are you looking to join a growing global leader, in a category experiencing explosive growth and have a passion for driving rapid product innovation? A challenging, dynamic organization that offers the best of opportunities to her staff, Then The Dannon Company, Inc. is the place for you!

In this role you will be accountable for:

• The successful business development of emerging customers in Lagos, Nigeria, along with some of the indirect customers that pull from other South West States.
• Manage the broker RSR network.
• Develop sales plan to meet customer objectives while operating within Dannon and corporate initiatives and guidelines.
• Provide category thought leadership and insights to drive both category growth and Dannon business.
• Tactical programming and execution designed to achieve Dannon objectives.
• Manage accruals and lump sum funding budgets to provide consumer driven merchandising.
• Fiscal management of total customer spending, deduction management and pre-pays within Dannon guidelines.
• Ensure accurate and timely submission of customer promotional contracts.
• Manage the development and delivery of all account presentations.

The ideal candidate will have:

• 4 year degree
• 2 -3 years minimum with Consumer Packaged Goods company within Retail Sales
• Prior experience with a major customer account preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve breakthrough results through the course of work.

About us:
The DANNON Company, one of the fastest growing consumer product companies in the US, NOW coming to Nigeria, is part of Groupe Danone, a world leader in the food and beverage industry. Established in the US in 1942, DANNON is America’s premier fresh dairy company offering consumers a wide variety of brands and products. We are committed to bringing health to the greatest number of people across America, Africa and Europe through our product’s benefits. Our corporate culture and core values foster individual professional growth. We reward entrepreneurialism and teamwork. There truly is something very special inside our company. You can see it reflected in our products, our way of doing business and our relationships with the wider world. Most of all you can see it reflected in our culture and our people. If you like to be among us, i urge you to apply through the email below.

Send your CV/Resume to [email protected] on or before the 25th of April 2015.