Account Commercial Executive at Diversey Full Time

Diversey has been, and always will be, a pioneer and facilitator for life. We constantly deliver revolutionary cleaning and hygiene technologies that provide total confidence to our customers across all of our global sectors. Headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA, Diversey employs approximately 9,000 people globally, generating net sales of approximately $2.6 billion in 2017.

We are in search for young, experienced and passionate individuals to join our team in the underlisted position:
Job Title: Account Commercial Executive

Job ID: R0006821
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full time

Job Description

• The Account Commercial Executive is a technical sales role, and requires full accountability of the executive for the success of maintaining a long term and financially sound relationship with the customer accounts that are assigned to him or her.
• The role requires efforts in establishing the potential in the assigned customer / territory and building the business for extra revenue and solutions to create win-win situations in between customers and Diversey.  It is a business management role, yet in essence it requires regular technical service to the customer, which may take 50% of time, in order to gain the role of an expert partner and to ensure results are delivered as planned.
• The ACE will be expected to assess the potential and prioritize to build the business within current customers, or hunting new potentials, while ensuring the maintenance of the current portfolio with regular visits, creating the right relationships with the stakeholders, and delivering results through hygiene and operational efficiency.

Job Responsibilities

• Service the account to improve environmental profile of the customer, set up operational efficiency efforts, and optimize the Diversey portfolio to deliver hygiene results and the success of the customer for protection of its brand and safety of its guests and staff
• Work with other departments to ensure proper payment of the customer, ensure that products are delivered as planned and promised to the customer
• Conduct and/or deliver training to customers for improved hygiene operations at customer sites
• Create a customer loyalty and trust with good service, and deliver financial results for Diversey at the same time
• Roll out innovations of Diversey to customer to add further value
• Conduct visits to sort out problems / troubleshoot with respect to the topic of hygiene, environment, or operational effectiveness
• Create synergies with different levels and departments of a customer, i.e. From hotel maids, to housekeepers up to GMs or regional executives of a brand.
• Analyze portfolios to implement changes to improve business results, while attaining or favorably also improving hygiene performance at customer site
• This is a direct, customer-facing sales role with responsibility to retain existing revenues and close new revenue opportunities with both existing and new customers.

Qualifications Desired (Skills, Experience And Knowledge)

• A University Degree in Sciences or any other related discipline with a minimum of 3 years relevant experience.
• Experience handling major accounts in a B to B selling environment will be an added advantage.
• In-depth understanding and experience in Hospitality industry (hotels, lodges, hospitals, institutions) will be a key advantage.
• He /she must be self-driven with a “can do” attitude and passion to achieve results under minimum supervision.
• Must possess great interpersonal and communication skills.
• Must possess a valid driving license.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.