Entry Level Marketing and Sales Officer at a Luxury Fashion Industry

W-Holistic Business Solutions – Our client, a reputable and growing enterprise in the fashion industry (luxury leather goods production) in Lekki, Lagos, seeks to recruit suitably qualified candidates for the position below:

Job Title: Marketing and Sales Officer (Luxury Fashion)

Location: Lekki , Lagos

Job Description:
The responsibilities of the ideal candidate will be to:

• Market and sell luxury leather wristwatches and other items of the brand to high-end individuals, corporate bodies, etc., depending on the target population, via traditional and digital platforms:
  • Market and sell the luxury wristwatch brand and the 2-week intensive training (classes for leather works).
• Market and manage the social media pages of the brand to enhance growth and sales.
• Be greatly involved in Digital Marketing: create and manage e-commerce and social media platforms, manage website, and create “Search Engine Optimisation”:
  • Be alert and respond to customers’ requests, needs and inquiries on social media.
  • Make sure that pictures of products are posted and changed regularly.
• Come up with marketing strategies to enter new markets, follow up with leads and seal deals.
• Record day-to-day transactions.
• Develop marketing and sales plan.
• Create database of all customers (online and physical store) contact information, purchases, and other details, monitoring their behaviour, and updating them with new products /services.

Competences and Skills

• Must be passionate about luxury fashion (leather goods production).
• Must have a drive to promote and market brand.
• Ability to persuade, negotiate and sell products.
• Should possess an understanding/interest in/of branding and brand essence.
• Should understand image building and perception.
• Can conceptualise social media campaigns that stay true to the brand essence.
• Entrepreneurial personality/attributes.
• Ambitious.
• Interested in growing with the business.
• Should understand niche/luxury marketing.
• Must possess basic accounting skills.
• Creative and innovative.
• Sociable, kind and persuasive.
• Should possess managerial and leadership skills.
• Good appreciation and working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools.
• Ability to listen, and articulate the issues and demands of customers, and meet them satisfactorily.
• Ability to communicate properly, articulately and coherently.

Salary
N60,000 naira base salary with other benefits, including brand clothing and accessories, and sales commissions on wristwatches and training.



Deadline: 16th November, 2017.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV’s, not more than 2 pages, to: whbsjobcentre@gmail.com , with “Marketing and Sales Officer (Luxury Fashion – Lekki)” as the subject of the mail. 

Note

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Applications without position and industry indicated as subject of mail will be disqualified.