🇳🇬 Job Vacancies @ British American Tobacco Nigeria (BATN) – 3 Positions

British American Tobacco is all about freedom of choice - whether it’s our people or our products. Combined with our entrepreneurial spirit, it’s what’s driven our phenomenal success. We started trading tobacco over a hundred years ago. Today, we’re a multibillion dollar company with more than 200 brands in our portfolio. With robust positions in each of our regional markets, our future looks equally bright too.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) Indirects Sourcing Executive
3.) Trade Marketing Representative
2.) Merchandiser

Job Title: Indirects Sourcing Executive

Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Description

• The Indirects Sourcing Executive will act as the interface with local budget holders, ensuring the delivery of both their service requirements and those of procurement.
• They will undertake indirect sourcing activities for a number of categories that are managed at end market level (i.e. not globally or regionally managed).

Responsibilities
Your key Responsibilities will include:

• To manage the customer relationship and all aspects of procurement related customer service for all Indirects and as may be required.
• To Provide and enable market insight and benchmark across indirect categories. Analyse financial and market data, to build and maintain knowledge on all aspects of supply related external environment, on behalf of our internal customers.
• To identify and Lead innovation to drive cost reduction.
• To manage the local customer relationship for those categories being managed at end market level, shaping demand and compliance where appropriate.
• To deliver end market contracts in conjunction with Legal
• To adopt the most cost-effective purchasing processes to achieve best total acquisition cost and balance the requirements of internal customers & Procurement.
• To challenge demand and requirements and manage customer expectations to ensure compliance and drive continuous improvement.
• Management of procurement strategies in partnership with key stakeholders.
• Responsible for implementing regional, global and geographic category strategies and sourcing plans at end market level, ensuring the business is compliant with procurement policy and actively proactively managing any compliance issues.

Key Success Factors:

• Delivery of service level expectations (supply, quality, innovation, risk management)
• Provide a comprehensive sourcing plan with clear timelines.
• Conduct successful negotiations to deliver/exceed expected results
• Delivery of robust commercial contacts consistent with BAT’s standard terms & conditions
• Customer compliance to Supply Chain/Procurement processes and policies
• Driving a customer-focused approach
• Successful delivery when working with a virtual team.

Requirements
What are we looking for:

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent in a relevant Business discipline
• Fluency in English
• 2 - 4 years' experience in sourcing and / or account management.

What do we offer you

• We offer a market leading annual performance bonus (subject to eligibility)
• Our range of benefits varies by country and includes diverse health plans, initiatives for work-life balance, transportation support, and a flexible holiday plan with additional incentives
• Your journey with us isn't limited by boundaries; it's propelled by your aspirations. Join us at BAT and become a part of an environment that thrives on internal advancement, where your career progression isn't just a statement – it's a reality we're eager to build together. Seize the opportunity and own your development; your next chapter starts here.
• You'll have access to online learning platforms and personalized growth programs to nurture your leadership skills.
• We prioritise continuous improvement within a transformative environment, preparing for ongoing changes.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Trade Marketing Representative

Location: Nigeria (Flexible Location)
Seniority level: Non-Management
Function: Marketing

Job Summary

• We build distinctive brands that excite our consumers and satisfy their needs in a highly complex and competitive retail environment. Our trade marketing account representatives manage the tobacco business for a collection of accounts in a geographical area, implementing corporate plans, negotiating strategies and meeting business objectives.
• Join us and you’ll act as a strategic partner to retailers, giving them expert advice and knowledge on products, pricing and a variety of other areas.
• Show us you’ve got what it takes to succeed, and you’ll find plenty of challenge, opportunity, and the support you need. As well as fantastic benefits, we’ll invest in your learning and development and give you continuous feedback and coaching to help you meet your full potential.

Responsibilities

• Own performance across your territory and maintain strong retailer relationships.
• Plan visits, go to retailers, build strong business relationships, answer their questions, issues and concerns, and monitor contract
• compliance.
• Implement cycle and regional/district activities to achieve national, regional, and area -level objectives.
• Meet market demand for our products by maintaining inventory levels and hitting brand distribution targets.
• Work on special projects with a team of trade marketing account representatives.

Requirements

• You’ll be a graduate or equivalent in marketing, business, or a related field, with excellent sales, marketing and negotiation skills.
• You also have a valid driver’s license.
• With the drive to work independently and focus on results, you’ll be a strategic thinker with strong business acumen.
• Most of all, you’ll be a proven leader with the ability to create close working relationships with a wide variety of trade partners.
• Desirable Requirements:
• You’ll be travelling extensively across your territory to meet a wide variety of trade partners, so you’ll need to be prepared to spend a lot of time on the road.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Merchandiser

Location: Nigeria (Flexible Location)
Seniority level: Non-Management
Function: Marketing

Job Summary

• You will be a member of the Trade Marketing & Distribution department, which is responsible for the implementation of the route to market strategy.
• This includes ensuring product availability, visibility, volume, margin, quality, and retail pricing are properly implemented and monitored.
• The job is also about identification of new opportunities and the initiation, development, and deployment of trade programmes.

Responsibilities
Your day-to-day activity is to:

• Ensure the effective and efficient execution of marketing activities in the defined territory and extended coverage area
• Serve as part of a ‘Tactical Response Team’, positioned to address situations arising within the market, as well as business needs. In this
• regard, direction to be provided by Area Manager, TMDM or Regional Manager
• Execute basic TM&D activities in the outlets located within the territory in order to meet company objectives as described in the cycle plan (visibility, availability, freshness, consumer contacting etc)
• Achieve volume and distribution targets through direct selling (Top-up stock), management of the rural wholesale customer and monitoring of van sales.
• Improve the company’s corporate image by operating at the highest business ethics, environmental, health and safety standards using the IMP as a guide.

Your People Responsibility will be:

• Supporting Rural wholesale business expansion by providing Trade marketing support for the DSS rep attached.
• Engaging local government officials, transport/ traffic agencies and other stakeholders to avoid disruption of BAT operations in the
• defined rural territory.
• Supporting Van Reps to achieve high performance by developing new routes and giving TM&D support to existing outlets.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online