ColdHubs Ltd. (www.coldhubs.com) is a social enterprise that designs, installs, commissions, and operates 100% solar-powered 3 tons, 10 tons, and 100 tons walk-in cold rooms branded as "ColdHubs" in markets and farm clusters. The hubs are used by smallholder farmers, retailers, and wholesalers to store and preserve fresh fruits, vegetables, and other perishable foods 24/7, extending their shelf life from 2 days to 21 days.
ColdHubs offers world-class refrigerated transportation service using a fleet of remotely monitored, brand-new 10- and 20-ton refrigerated trucks and 3.5-ton vans to maintain the integrity of fresh produce during distribution.
ColdHubs produces fresh produce packaging materials such as returnable plastic crates, leno mesh bags, and boxes for the appropriate packaging of fresh fruits and vegetables to optimize supply chain and logistics operations. Our returnable plastic crates are stackable, durable, and lightweight, making them ideal for transporting goods efficiently, reducing transportation costs, and minimizing fresh produce damage.
The ColdHubs ColdConnect Mobile Application enables customers to order and monitor cold storage, refrigerated transportation, and packaging materials virtually.
Beyond technology, ColdHubs tackles limited awareness and knowledge base of food supply chain actors by organizing and imparting on them, comprehensive skills and knowledge on post-harvest management of perishable food using local language educational comics which educates them on best harvest methods, handling, sorting and grading, packing using returnable plastic crates, on-farm cooling, packing house, best practices in transportation, storage and preservation to avoid spoilage in the market, managing spoilage during sales, the ColdHubs advantage, nutritional value of high quality fruits and vegetables and financial gains due to high quality fruits and vegetables.
We seek to hire full-time SALES AND MARKETING OFFICERS (SMO) to oversee the cold storage and ice block sales and marketing activities in the following duty posts/locations:
1. North-West Geopolitical Zone—100 tons ColdHubs, Dan Magaji Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Market and Aggregation Center, Zaria, Kaduna State.
2. North-East Geopolitical Zone—100 tons ColdHubs, Kwadon Fresh Vegetables Market, Gombe, Gombe State.
3. South-West Geopolitical Zone II—100 tons ColdHubs, Sha-Sha Market, Akure, Ondo State.
REQUIREMENTS
• At least 5 years of solid, practical, and working knowledge of agricultural inputs, sales and marketing, agricultural commodities, food supply, and food distribution in Nigeria.
• Manages ColdHubs sales and marketing operations across the geopolitical zone. • Regular travel within the geopolitical zone.
• Extremely detailed, with a good thought process in sales and marketing, and extensive use of all social media platforms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated and trustworthy.
• Resumes daily at the 100tons ColdHubs facility in the region.
Job Responsibilities for Sales and Marketing Officer
• Undertakes all sales in the region—cold storage and ice blocks.
• Leads business development, sales, marketing, and customers’ educational processes and activities in the region.
• Delivers post-harvest management educational training workshops and conducts “Demo Days” before the opening of ColdHubs and IcePoints in the region. • Together with the Administration and Human Resources Department of ColdHubs Limited, sets up advertisements/vacancies for the employment of sales personnel (hub operators) once technical work commences within a site in the region. • Together with the Administration, Human Resources, and all other related departments of ColdHubs Limited, recruits, trains, and equips ColdHubs Sales Personnel (Hub Operators) in the region.
• Collates daily sales reports from Hub Operators, aggregates daily sales reports into a weekly report for the Sales and Marketing Manager (SMM), the finance department, and other purposes.
• Conducts daily supervision/check-ins/calls with all sales personnel (hub operators) within the region.
• Quickly arranges or replaces a Sales Personnel (Hub Operator) on a temporary basis before their training and induction.
• Recommends Sales Personnel (Hub Operators) to management for disciplinary actions.
• Recruits, trains, and equips ColdHubs market canvassers in the region. • Ensures that all cold rooms and IcePoints within the region are performing technically 100%.
• Oversee that the salespersons (hub operators) perform scheduled daily cleaning, maintenance, and sanitization of the cold rooms and IcePoints.
• Remotely monitors all cold rooms and IcePoints within the region and quickly reports any technical repair and maintenance to the technical team.
• Record keeping of all maintenance and repairs performed on cold rooms and IcePoints within the region.
• Support the iteration of all marketing initiatives.
• Implement strategies to increase regional sales.
• Identify and reach out to new regional customers for cold storage and ice blocks. • Organize quarterly interactive meetings and engagements with customers within the region to generate feedback.
• Distribute gift items to the customers.
• Foster and develop relationships with all customers within the region. • Reports directly to the ColdHubs & IcePoints—Operations, Sales, and Marketing Manager (SMM) at all times.
Job Requirements for Sales and Marketing Officers
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, Business Administration, Marketing, or another relevant field.
• Job experience: At least 5 years of solid, practical, and working knowledge of agricultural inputs sales and marketing, agricultural commodities sales and marketing, food supply, and food distribution in Nigeria.
• Languages: Excellent knowledge of English and local languages.
• Networking and interpersonal communications skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of communications practices, tools, and techniques in social media.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Self-motivation and the ability to meet critical deadlines.
• Attention to Detail.
• Excellent organizational skills, as performance monitoring will be done every quarter.
• Excellent computer skills.
APPLICATION:
All interested individuals should submit a one-page letter of motivation and a very well-detailed CV to vacancies@coldhubs.com no later than Friday, 14th March 2025.