Gideon Eghobor

A professional Sales Manager in the Poultry Feeds industry with over 15 years experience and proven track records of excellence. A goal getter, a target achiever, a rugged and dogged sales Manager with vast knowledge of Poultry industry in Nigeria.

Regional Sales Manager (South East/South South) - Amo Byng/ Amo Farm Siberer Hatchery LTD - 1, Ife Odan Road, Awe, Oyo State

(2015-10)

• Develop a growth strategy focused both on financial gain and customer satisfaction
• Conduct research to identify new markets and customer needs
• Arrange business meetings with prospective clients
• Promote the company's products/services addressing or predicting clients' objectives
• Keep records of sales, revenue, invoices etc.
• Provide trustworthy feedback and after-sales support
• Build long-term relationships with new and existing customers
• Develop entry level staff into valuable salespeople
• Weekly sales analysis: customer by customer and territory by territory
• Develop and implementation of an approved Regional plan annually
• Supervise and manage the field force activities in the East
• Direct management of key accounts in the region
• Conduct coaching/joint calls with the field officers in the region
• Solo calls to customers/prospects
• Ensure discipline and compliance to sales rules, ethics, and standard operation in the sales department
• Update management on sales, marketing and competitive activities in the region
• Implementation of approved distribution and channel incentive
• Achieve selling and marketing cost/budgetary objectives
• Ensure regular, weekly and monthly field reports on sales, customers and competition from field officers
• Organize in conjunction with the marketing manager, marketing activities such as farmer's forum, sales promotion, workshops etc.
• Submission of weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly sales reports
• Reports to GM Sales and Marketing

Area Sales and Customer Satisfaction Manager (South East/South South) - Amo Byng (Nig.) LTD / Amo Farm Siberer Hatchery LTD - 1, Ife Odan Road, Awe, Oyo State

(2013-01 - 2015-09)

• Weekly sales analysis: customer by customer and territory by territory
• Develop and implementation of an approved Regional plan annually
• Supervise and manage the field force activities in the East
• Direct management of key accounts in the region
• Conduct coaching/joint calls with the field officers in the region
• Solo calls to customers/prospects
• Ensure discipline and compliance to sales rules, ethics, and standard operation in the sales department
• Update management on sales, marketing and competitive activities in the region
• Implementation of approved distribution and channel incentive
• Achieve selling and marketing cost/budgetary objectives
• Ensure regular, weekly and monthly field reports on sales, customers and competition from field officers
• Organize in conjunction with the marketing manager, marketing activities such as farmer's forum, sales promotion, workshops etc.
• Submission of weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly sales reports
• Reports to GM Sales and Marketing

Technical Sales Representative (Abia, Imo, Rivers and Anambra states) - Amo Byng (Nig.) LTD - Aba/P.H Express way, Alaoji, Aba, Abia State

(2011-03 - 2013-12)

• Detail to poultry farmers, distributors of poultry feed, Veterinarians, Paravets and opinion leader in both private and Government sectors of the economy
• Render technical support and/or management advice to poultry farmers
• Organize group meetings and marketing programmes for poultry and livestock professionals
• Participate in all activities of major associations in the poultry sub sector of the economy in the territory
• Monitor activities of competition and report same to management
• Collect orders (feed and DOC) from customers and send to office for service
• Develop new accounts (customers)
• Develop customer data base for the territory
• Organize training programmes for both farms and distributors on how to manage their business
• Assist farmers with information on good sources of vet drugs and vaccinations
• Collect farm records of both customers and non customers and send to RSM
• Reports to Regional Sales Manager

Farm Supervisor - Adaigbe Farms - Ime Obi, Agbor, Delta State

(2009-01 - 2010-01)

• Direct and monitor feeding of birds
• Monitor brooding of chicks
• Monitor compliance to bio-security procedures
• Monitor production and compare with production standard
• Monitor the health of the birds and report diseases to farm Vet
• Monitor and direct drugs administration as recommended by the farm Vet
• Monitor farm attendance
• Training of farm attendance
• Complete farm record daily
• Submit weekly report to the Farm Manager

M.Sc - Animal Nutrition - Imo State University, Owerri (2018 - 2021)

B.Sc - Animal/Fisheries Science and Management - Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu (2001 - 2006)

Senior School Certificate Exam - SSCE, NECO - Omumu Mixed Secondary School, Agbor, Delta State (1994 - 2000)

First School Leaving Certificate - FSLC - Alizomor Primary School, Agbor, Delta State (1988 - 1993)

Certification - Desktop Publishing - KarROX Computer Education and Training Centre, Lagos (2010 - 2010)