National Sales Manager
Flora Food Group
Job description
National Sales Manager – Zambia
Location: Zambia
Reports to: Head of Sales, Southern Africa
Drive Growth. Build Winning Teams. Deliver Results.
Flora Food Group is seeking a commercially driven National Sales Manager to lead sales execution across Zambia. This role is responsible for accelerating growth across General Trade and Modern Trade channels, strengthening distributor partnerships, and delivering sustainable market share expansion.
What you will do
- Lead national sales strategy and execution to achieve revenue and market share targets
- Manage distributor and customer relationships across General Trade and Modern Trade
- Coach and develop field sales teams to deliver high performance
- Identify and close sales performance gaps through structured action plans
- Monitor sales investments, budgets, and return on investment
- Provide market and competitive intelligence to support business decisions.
So, what does it take to be successful in this role?
- Consistent delivery of ambitious sales targets
- Strong execution at point of sale and enhanced customer engagement
- High-performing, motivated sales teams and distributor networks.
Key skills, Qualifications & Experience
- Degree in Business or related field
- 3–5 years FMCG sales leadership experience.
- Experience in both Modern Trade and General Trade environments
- Trade Category Management and Brand Building experience advantageous
- Effective planning, negotiation, accountability, and people development skills.
What’s next?
If you recognize yourself in this profile, please apply now and submit your application. We prefer to receive your application before 5th August 2026.
We understand your resume might not be up to date and recommend that you apply with what you have or your LinkedIn Profile. Flora Food Group is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might not meet all the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles.
Flora Food Group is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.
No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Flora Food Group. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics.