Commercial Manager

About the job

Introduction

Manuchar is a leading distributor of chemicals across emerging markets and actively trades several other commodities, with Belgian roots.

For the position of Commercial Manager Nigeria, we are looking for a colleague to help us expand our business in this region from scratch.

The job

·      Your biggest challenge: develop the chemical market in a challenging environment.

·      Grow a portfolio of profitable customers & transactions through the creation of strong relationships with trustworthy customers.

·      As this is a commercial role (business development) you take responsibility to set up and pursue the (trading) market development strategy for Nigeria.

Your profile

·      Looking for a challenging job opportunity within business development.

·      Able to build relationships and deal with various types of people & cultures.

·      Understanding the complexity of a commercial role in Nigeria (such as forex).

·      Intrapreneurial with a proactive mindset. Pragmatic and no-nonsense mentality.

·      Commercial prospecting and negotiation skills. Putting yourself in the customer’s shoes.

·      Enthusiastic and goal-oriented person who likes to take initiative with a large degree of autonomy. Not minding knocking on the same door 10 times.

·      A commercial feeling with Nigeria and/or other countries in West Africa is a plus.

·      Speaking English fluently, and every other language is a plus.