Alan&Grant

Area Customer Manager

Alan&Grant  •  Ikeja, NG (Onsite)  •  4 months ago
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Job Description


Our

client provides a unified distribution platform, digitizing the chain from distributors to retailers.


Job Summary


The Area Customer Manager (ACM) is responsible for driving customer acquisition, retention, revenue growth, and operational excellence of the Lending business within an assigned territory. The role oversees distributors, field teams (Team Leads and Relationship Officers), and key distributor customers, ensuring growth of BNPL business, execution of commercial strategy, credit discipline, and service quality at the area level.


Key

Responsibilities


Business Growth & Revenue Management


  • Drive BNPL GMV, retention, revenue, and volume growth across the assigned territory in line with regional targets.

  • Execute customer acquisition and activation strategies for distributors.

  • Identify growth opportunities within the area, including white spaces and under penetrated markets.


Customer & Distributor Management


  • Manage relationships with distributors, key accounts, and strategic customers within the area.

  • Ensure distributors meet agreed service levels, coverage expectations, and operational standards.

  • Resolve customer issues promptly to maintain high satisfaction and retention levels.


Credit, Collections & Risk Management


  • Enforce credit policies and ensure adherence to approved credit limits.

  • Monitor outstanding balances, NPL levels, and recovery performance within the area.

  • Work closely with recovery teams to drive collections and minimize credit risk.


Field Execution & Operations


  • Supervise and support field sales officers, recovery agents, and customer-facing teams.

  • Ensure daily, weekly, and monthly execution of field activities and route plans.

  • Monitor productivity, coverage, and efficiency of field teams.


Performance Management & Reporting


  • Track area-level KPIs including GMV, customer acquisition, retention, NPL, collections, and field productivity.

  • Prepare and submit accurate performance reports to the Regional Customer Manager.

  • Analyze performance trends and recommend data-driven actions for improvement.


People Leadership & Capability Development


  • Coach, train, and mentor field teams to improve sales effectiveness and customer engagement.

  • Identify skill gaps and support training initiatives within the area.

  • Foster a performance-driven, ethical, and customer-centric culture


Stakeholder Collaboration


  • Work closely with Regional Customer Manager, Credit, Operations, Finance, and HR teams.

  • Support rollout of new products, systems, and process improvements within the area.

  • Provide market intelligence and customer insights to support regional and head-office decision-making.


Requirements


  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, or a related field.

  • 5–8 years’ experience in open market sales, customer management, distribution, or FMCG/fintech operations.

  • Proven experience managing FMCG distributors, field teams, or large customer portfolios is a major requirement.

  • Strong understanding of credit management and collections.

  • Experience working in fast-paced, target-driven environments.
Alan&Grant

About Alan&Grant

Alan & Grant, is a firm of consultants creating innovative HR & Enterprise Solutions. We focus on enabling performance improvements around our clients’ people, product and project concerns.

We work with different organizations to conceptualize, build and deploy bespoke solutions aimed at improving overall performance and align workforce to long-term corporate objectives ensuring sustained growth and profitability in the process.

Our core competences are in:

HR Advisory Services

Organizational Development (structure, policies, systems audit and development), Outsourcing Management (including people, function and process areas), Employee/HR Analytics, Employee Performance Management Systems, Salary survey and payroll management, Job Evaluation & Design,

Human Capacity Development

Gap Analysis, Competency Assessment & Design, Training Plan Design & Management, Facilitation, Curriculum & Content Development, Graduate Trainee Induction, Learning Academy Design & Development.

Talent Acquisition

Workforce Planning, Talent Sourcing, Executive Recruitment & Selection, Role Outsourcing, Assessment Centre Design & Management.

Enterprise Solutions

Market Research, Product Performance Review, Strategy Development, Quarterly/Yearly Performance Review, Quality Management Systems (ISO Audit, Assessment and Certification Preparation)

Project & Programme Management

Industry
Consulting & Advisory
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Lagos, NG
Year Founded
2016
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