Alan&Grant

Sales Capability Trainer

Alan&Grant  •  Lagos, 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

Sales Capability Trainer is responsible for strengthening the product knowledge, selling competencies, and overall performance of field sales and telesales teams. This role involves designing, delivering, and continuously improving training and coaching programs that equip sales representatives with the skills required to drive customer acquisition, portfolio growth, and quality lending outcomes.


The Sales Capability Trainer will work closely with Sales Leadership, Product, and Risk teams to ensure that all customer-facing staff understand lending products, compliance requirements, sales

processes, and performance expectations.


Key

Responsibilities


T

raining Delivery and Facilitation


  • Conduct engaging, structured, and impactful training sessions for field sales and telesales representatives.

  • Deliver onboarding programs for new sales hires to ensure rapid productivity and role readiness.

  • Facilitate refresher sessions on lending products, sales techniques, customer engagement, and portfolio management.


Knowledge Gap Assessment & Follow up


  • Identify skill and knowledge gaps through assessments, field observations, call monitoring, and performance reviews.

  • Conduct post-training evaluations to measure learning effectiveness and retention.

  • Develop targeted interventions to address recurring capability gaps across teams.

  • Provide continuous reinforcement through coaching sessions and follow-up learning activities.


Coaching, Performance Support & Feedback


  • Provide one-on-one and group coaching to improve sales execution, objection handling, and customer conversion.

  • Support sales managers in strengthening team performance through structured coaching frameworks.

  • Offer actionable feedback to sales representatives to drive improvement in productivity and customer outcomes.


Training Content & Material Development


  • Develop and update training materials, including presentations, role-play scenarios, job aids, and sales playbooks.

  • Simplify complex lending and product concepts into clear and practical learning modules.

  • Ensure training content remains aligned with business priorities, product updates, and regulatory requirements.

  • Support digital learning initiatives, including e-learning modules and knowledge-testing tools


Field Support, Shadowing & On-the-job Training


  • Conduct field visits to observe sales execution and provide real-time coaching support.

  • Shadow sales representatives during customer engagements to reinforce training application.

  • Collaborate with regional and area managers to ensure consistent sales standards across territories.

  • Support sales activation drives and product rollout initiatives with frontline capability reinforcement.


Reporting, Analytics & Continuous Improvement


  • Track and report training participation, learning outcomes, and capability improvement metrics.

  • Measure training impact through KPIs such as conversion rates, sales productivity, and portfolio quality.

  • Provide recommendations to leadership on capability priorities and training improvements.

  • Continuously enhance training approaches based on feedback, data insights, and evolving business needs.


Requirements


  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Human Resources, or a related discipline.

  • Minimum of 3–5 years in sales training, coaching, learning & development, or sales enablement roles.

  • Prior experience working as a field sales representative or telesales agent is a strong advantage.

  • Experience in fintech, lending, FMCG distribution, or financial services is an added benefit.
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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