Representative - Sales and Trade Development (Sokoto South) at MT | Handmework

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MTN Nigeria - The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Representative - Sales and Trade Development (Sokoto South)

Job ID: 7627
Location: Sokoto
Reports To: Manager - Sales and Trade Development Sokoto
Division: Sales and Distribution

Mission

To manage and develop trade infrastructure and the channels of distribution especially retailers to ensure MTN dominance at retail in the assigned territory.

Description

Confirm that sub dealers and dealer branches are contacted and stock receipt/movement verified.
Provide informal training in shops on products, services and promotions being run by marketing, channel or region and on-the-spot training/coaching of all visited outlets in territory (100% of all visited outlets in call cycle)
Manage events and promos, generate sub-dealer promo specifications and perform post-promo evaluation
Provide weekly/monthly sales activity report and market intelligence report to field service engineers
Monitor and report back on network quality and other sales impacting indices in territory covered
Ensure call cycle time of 8 - 10 visits a day per territory or as business requires
Identify, classify and support all players in channels of distribution and ensure weekly/monthly database update
Ensure MTN product availability in channel is >95% at all times and provide weekly product availability report of all visited outlets during call cycles
Direct all channel participants to MTN identified growth area within your territory
Establish consistent channel standards including branding as per channel recommendation.
Increase brand awareness – Signage, POS distribution and target 65% visibility in the channel of distribution (Trade marketing team will measure)
Support all identified outlets with 100% merchandizing as appropriate and defined.
Build relationship between lower and upper levels (i.e. authorized distributors and sub dealers), support trade partners and Sub dealers and link subs, retailers etc. to Trade Partners and help nurture the relationship
Resolve all issues/queries with regards to activations, products and promotions

Requirements
Education:

First Degree preferably in Social Sciences
Fluent in English

Experience:

1–3 years’ experience in an area of specialization, with experience working with others
Experience working in a medium organization
Sales and Marketing experience in a fast-moving consumer goods environment

Application Closing Date
19th August, 2026; 10:55 PM.

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Responsibilities

Manage and develop trade infrastructure and distribution channels especially ret
Confirm sub dealers and dealer branches are contacted and stock receipt/movement
Provide informal training in shops on products, services and promotions
Manage events and promos, generate sub-dealer promo specifications and perform p
Provide weekly/monthly sales activity and market intelligence reports

Requirements

First Degree preferably in Social Sciences
Fluent in English
1–3 years’ experience in a relevant area
Experience working with others in a medium organization
Sales and Marketing experience in a fast-moving consumer goods environment

Key skills

salestrade developmentcustomer relationship managementproduct trainingmarket intelligence reportingevent and promo managementmerchandising

Representative - Sales and Trade Development (Sokoto South)

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