Ongoing Recruitment at Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc

Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc has been a part of the lives of Nigerians at home and abroad. Our global vision is to be a leading foods company in Africa providing high quality and affordable products in the most convenient ways to consumers through world class brands like Golden Penny Flour, Golden Penny Semovita, Goldenvita, Golden Pasta and Golden Noodles. The Company's flagship brand, Golden Penny, remains one of the best known and the preferred brands amongst bakers, confectioneries and consumers in Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) Tax Manager - Finance

Job Location: Apapa, Lagos

The Job

• Provide innovative tax management, planning, and tax-savings strategies, backed with statistical data and/or analysis. 
  Be abreast with all tax regulations and new promulgation/enactments and advise finance management accordingly.
• Provide advisory support to Food Division and Business Units on tax matters as may be required. 
• Review and reconcile general ledger entries for tax implications; provide corrective and improvement measures accordingly. 
• Ensure compliance, timely filing and remittance of all taxes and levies (such as Expatriate PAYE, VAT, WHT, CIT, ET, business premises levy, development levy, etc.) within government time frame. 
• Manage relationship with tax authorities and consultants and supervise all tax audits.
• Provide comprehensive report on every tax audit exercise and give regular status update on tax cases, remittances, levies, fees, payments to agents and consultants.
• Apply a holistic approach to determine impact to various taxes and ensure that tax position is optimized.
• Review contracts for commercial and regulatory compliance and efficiency.
• Ensure all tax queries and correspondences are responded to, and appropriate steps are taken to avoid penalties due to non-compliance.

Qualifications

• First Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
• Professional Certification is required e.g, ICAN, ACCA

Experience:

• Minimum of seven (7) years cognate experience in a similar role.
• Consulting or FMCG background from a multinational is an added advantage.

The Person must:

• Be proactive and have excellent organizational skills.
• Have problem solving and analytical skills.
• Be comfortable with at least 50% travel on the job

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2.)  Assistant Manager, Trade Development

Job Location: Nigeria

The Job

• Responsible for managing and developing all aspects of FMN business relationship/performance with Dealers to ensure objectives are achieved.
• Manage the retail redistribution team and ensure all teams deliver against their monthly KPIs.
• Coach the redistribution team, working closely with the Area Sales Manager to ensure that training is embedded.
• Conduct surveys, gather and report market and competitive intelligence to assist in Management’s decision making.
• Ensure agreed SOPs are strictly adhered to.

Qualification

• B.Sc. or HND in any discipline.

Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years of sales experience in FMCG.

The Person Must:

• Have excellent communication skills.
• Be self-motivated.
• Be self-driven and target oriented.
• Have good people management skills.

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3.)  Area Sales Manager, NW & NE

Job Location: Apapa, Lagos

Purpose of the Job

• The purpose of this job is to drive incremental sales of Fertilizers, Seeds and Chemicals within a defined geographical Area to exceed set Area targets.
• This is achieved through maintaining positive relationships with channel partners and Team within allocated Area.

The Job

• Setting sales targets for individual reps and team as a whole and developing strategies to meet set goals.
• Coaching, evaluating, and monitoring team’s performance. Also motivates his team to performance.
• Increase GAIL’S business opportunity through various alternative channels e.g the stockist strategy.
• Personal managing key Agro-Dealers to ensure annual plans are in place to secure dealers’ investment in own business
• Collecting customer feedback and market research
• Compiling and analyzing sales figures to aid decision making.
• Drive the sales of all Inputs (fertilizers, seeds, and chemicals) to exceed sales targets set for Area.
• Expand the customer base of the Area through Agro-Dealers, Sub-Dealers, Wholesalers, and Retailers recruitment.
• Rendition of reports at agreed intervals.
• Keeping up to date with products and competitors’ activities.

Qualification

• Degree / HND in Agriculture or related courses.
• MBA / M.Sc is an added advantage.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of sales experience in FMCG.
• Agri-Input Sales Experience is an added advantage.

The Person Must:

• Have good time management and organizational skills.
• Pay great attention to details.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Second to none sales and persuasion skills.
• Be highly proficient in the use of MS Office applications.

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