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National Sales Manager at Lafarge

December 3, 2014

Created in 1833, Lafarge group, headquartered in France, is the world leader in building materials, with top-ranking positions in three of its activities: No 1 worldwide in Cement, No 2 worldwide in Aggregates & Concrete, and No 3 worldwide in Gypsum.

Job description

Coordinates the sales activity for internal market in order to achieve the annual objectives (market share, volumes, price, turnover, etc).
• Organizational support to sales team in order to achieve the individual and regional objectives.
• Uses the company’s tools in order to maintain a high moral and to motivate the sales team.

Duties & Responsibilities:

The position is responsible for the following main activities:

Establish and negotiate the individual annual target for the sales team members.
Manage the pricing policy as developed by the GM Sales & Customer Service.
• Analyse periodically, for each region, the main information, synthesise the results and import information, based on Marketing Reports.
• Manage the daily activities of the sales team and establish the short-term individual objectives for its members.
• Monitor achievement of objectives, evaluates the results and propose actions.
• Define product price, its structure and the price list.
• Approve price modification.
• Propose and manage the implementation of new discount, rebate, and/or promotion.
• Collects and shares intelligence about the market, economy, clients and competitors activity with the Sales team.
• Provide input in developing/reviewing Commercial policies (contracts, procedures).
• Participate in developing the Product portfolio.
• Takes part in direct contract negotiations concerning volume sales.
• Identifies customers’ needs (services, quality, transportation, new products, etc)
Collaborates with the Marketing Department to analyse the customers’ portfolio.
• Regularly visit key customers and develop improvement plans based on customer feedback
• Responsible for the training and development of sales team members.
• Develops and assigns quarterly targets, performance indicators and the bonus grid for each member of the sales team.
• Proposes policies for commercial team motivation (or amendments to existing policies).
• Supports Regional Sales Managers in negotiating minimal product dispatch conditions with the plants.
• Negotiate/approve the temporary exception from the contract clauses
Acts in accordance with Group principles and with sales general policy, developed by the GM Sales & Customer Service.