Laundry Specialist

Job title: Laundry Specialist Job Objectives - Laundry Specialist will have dual role – Application & Sales and Business Development. He or She will drive the growth of Laundry business by identifying potential customer who need Laundry Cleaning solution and build Sales plan and Sales strategy for market that ensures attainment of company sales, goals and profitability in consultation with Business Manager. The Laundry Specialist will manages sale of the company's Laundry products and services in defined geographical areas. To ensure consistent, profitable growth in sales revenue through proper study of the Laundry system, product recommendation to suit the customers requirement, planning, deployment and business management.The Laundry Specialist will also develop customer relationship and intimacy. Job Requirements -

1. Well exposed to knowledge on fabric washing. Must be exposed to Laundry application. Must have technical acumen to understand the chemistry about cleaning of linen.
2. BSc/BE/B.Tech – Textile, Chemistry OR Chemicals and PG Qualification will be preferred but not mandatory.
3. Minimum of 5 + Yrs of Experience in managing Laundry and has a flair to sell.
4. A good spoken and written English skill is a must. Working knowledge of French would be an added advantage.
5. Excessive travelling is required in and around Nigeria/West Africa.
6. As per the need of the business the job is transferrable and posting can be made anywhere in Nigeria/West Africa.
7. Additional knowledge on textile engineering, handling of laundry machines will be added advantage.

Job Responsibilities - Adheres to all company policies, procedures and business ethics codes and ensures that they are communicated and implemented within the team. Duties include the following, measurable in terms of time, cost, quality or quantity. Strategic Responsibility - To facilitate FRT in development of sales strategy/policy, processes and procedure. To manage the implementation of all the relevant applicable SOP's. To ensure sales transactions are executed as per given prices and policies. To monitor various projects progress, identify new project opportunities and share regular update with FRT/ART. Day to Day Management - To manage the day to day operations of sales region providing guidance, encouraging team work and facilitating related professional work processes in order to achieve high performance standards. To make regular customer visit for sales development and facilitate customers for various projects and probabilities to boost sales. To deal with customer grievances and follow-up on customers technical requirement for resolution and various customer trials analysis and support. To coordinate with internal and external parties at the appropriate levels to ensure smooth flow of interaction and transaction. To assess the various information tools, identify business opportunities, scope of new product development and pinpoint bottleneck areas i.e. market threats, competitors initiatives etc. to further increase sales volume, market share and profitability. Sales Growth Targets - To ensure Sales Targets are achieved as per assigned product and region/key accounts wise through managing the effective sales strategy and follow-up to ensure accomplishment of sales operational plans. Use of technical knowledge & skill to provide relevant feedback to customers on various Laundry cleaning process. Customer Relationship - To develop good customer base, manager customer relations, facilitate business managers/sales head to organize various business meets/seminars to boost customer intimacy. Key Accounts - To focus actively on Key Accounts and seek support from various functional team/management where appropriate to ensure prompt solution to their satisfaction. To build accurate and detailed profiling for the key accounts to explore new business opportunities. Budget - To prepare and recommend sales budget and monitor financial performance verses the budget to ensure business alignment. Reporting - To prepare all applicable reports in time for accuracy and in order to ensure that they match the functional requirements, policies and standards.