Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited Job Recruitment 2026: Internal Auditor, Finance Analyst, Etc.

Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Nigeria, producing and distributing some of the nation’s most- loved beverages in the country like; Pepsi, 7Up, Mirinda, Teem, Mountain Dew, H2oH!, Lipton Ice Tea and Aquafina premium drinking water. SBC has recently entered into Home & Personal Care category with the 2SURE brand and launched its first product, a Hand & Surface Sanitizer. Seven Up boasts of nine bottling plants with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities strategically located across various regions in the country.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance Analyst

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Industry: FMCG

Job Summary

• Provide support to the Finance Manager in providing senior management and executives with the analysis and information they need to make major operational, financial, and strategic decisions.
• Responsible for running the annual budgeting process, as well as for managing cash flow forecast models, variance analysis, and other financial performance tools.

Responsibilities

• Build financial reports that communicate consolidated and practice-level performance and analyse underlying trends across the regions.
• Prepare presentations in support of board and shareholder meetings, monthly/quarterly senior leadership meetings and various strategic committees of the company
• Prepare and present variance analysis that compares historical performance and forecasted budget with actual results.
• Assist with month-end close processes liaising with accounting to assemble accurate financials for management reporting
• Partner with Business Intelligence team to create customized financial reports on dashboard systems to monitor business activities, develop operational benchmarks and automate manual processes
• Evaluate and forecast the financial viability and financial impact of expansion opportunities and new initiatives.
• Partner with Information Technology professionals to enable implementation of reporting systems and processes across Finance
• Act as a finance business partner and subject matter expert across the business
• Support the Commercial Team to ensure that their strategies lead to Net Sales Revenue and GP growth through the business planning and forecasting processes.
• Provide analytical support in evaluation of all Commercial initiatives in terms of product launches, pricing promotional activities and direct marketing expenditure.
• Support to drive initiatives in order improve Gross Profit (Pricing, Promo optimization, Mix optimization, Product profitability).
• Prepare in-depth & insightful financial analysis and decision support to the sales and category team including identification of opportunities and risks with commentaries/analytics.
• Evaluation and Monitoring of Trade Discount Incentive proposals/programs to drive promotional effectiveness/profitability.
• Provision of robust analysis and insight into pack profitability and portfolio management and preparation of value chain analysis for existing and potential products.

Requirements

• Minimum of Bachelors in Finance, Accounting, or related fields.
• 3 years experience in financial planning and analysis department.
• Familiarity with Excel with Good command of spreadsheets and Excel Functions, Formulas, Pivot Tables
• Good understanding of systems and core accounting concepts.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Membership of Chartered Accountant(ICAN or a similar professional body) is an added advantage
• Data Analysis
• Experience working with sizeable ERPs like Dynamics NAV, SAP.
• Continuous learning mindset.

Application Closing Date
22nd August, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@sevenup.org using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Brief

• The main purpose of the job is to assist the Head of Department in conducting comprehensive audits across various departments, ensuring adherence to professional standards, identifying areas for improvement, and supporting audit planning and reporting activities.

Responsibilities

• Carryout specific assignments as a team member and also take up team leadership role when assigned to do reviews of financial, system, transactional, operational, risk assessment reviews.
• Discuss issues identified during process review with the process owners, department heads and draft recommendations partnering with process owners.
• Support in finalization of audit report post approval from Chief Audit Officer (CAO)
• Help review of process, transaction walkthroughs to perform basic risk assessment and prepare required documentation for risk matrix.
• Prepare proper work papers as back up of work done and comply with professional standards on
• Internal Audit. Ensure proper conduct of assigned audits within approved scope and any other delegated tasks.
• Review compliance with Company policies and procedures in Financial, Operational & Compliance
• areas.
• Conduct audits as per the direction of Chief Audit Officer (CAO) and support in finalization of audit report. This involves identification of issues, discussion with process owners, escalation wherever necessary, root cause of deficiencies and highlighting unmitigated open risks and suggesting recommendations after partnering with process owners
• Report on probable avenues for revenue leakage/loss from audits conducted.
• Assess accountability for the Company’s assets to safeguard against loss.
• Assess the reliability and integrity of financial and other operating controls.
• Support in developing framework on internal controls as assigned
• Supporting Head of Internal Audit in planning and co-ordination of audits
• Supporting in Fraud Investigation as per the direction of Chief Audit Officer (CAO)

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree / Higher National Diploma (HND) in Accounting and Finance
• 5 + relevant experience as Manager in Accounts / Audit working with Senior Management
• Professional Certification; ICAN etc.

Application Closing Date
21st August, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@sevenup.org using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Locations: Abia, Edo, Enugu and Kwara
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• We are currently recruiting for a Territory Development Manager who’ll be responsible for selling the company products to customers.

Job Details

• Maintain and develop relationships with existing/new customers.
• Conduct market research to identify selling possibilities and evaluate customer needs.
• Promote our business success by implementing the cascaded annual business strategy.
• Execute sales and trade marketing product display and merchandising techniques to ensure efficiency.
• Ensure direct report covers the assigned route and report daily.
• Monitor direct reports sales Performance
• Set up meetings with potential clients to negotiate and close deals.
• Gather feedback from customers or prospects and share with internal teams and ensure prompt resolutions to such feedback
• Submit daily sales reviews and reports to the line manager
• Ensure the availability of stock for sale.
• Execute the route to market strategy.
• Stay up to date with the latest sales trends and best practices.

Requirements

• B.Sc / HND in any relevant field
• 6yrs+ experience in FMCG sales, with at least 2 years in a managerial or supervisory role.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to interpret sales data and market trends.
• Proficiency in MS Office and CRM/Sales Management tools.
• Membership of relevant professional bodies is an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
28th August, 2026.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Maintenance Team Lead (PET) 

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Identify jobs and allocate same to the technician for execution
• Supervises junior associates to ensure that they carry out jobs according toinstructions
• To ensure that the necessary safety precautions are observed in executing tasks
• Logs and documents all maintenance activities in the required logbooks
• Ensures optimal spare parts and maintenance materials inventory management
• Establishes, monitors and reinforces control on maintenance strategy execution in plant
• Schedules overhaul of production lines and facilities
• Improves efficiencies by increasing preventive maintenance across the plant and to minimise breakdowns and reduce mean time between failures.
• Ensures continuous and effective assets management
• Evaluates effectiveness of corrective actions using all available data
• Maintains effective systems to ensure SBC/PI products and package quality.
• Ensures implementation of basic cycle maintenance, lubrication, cleaning and inspection (CIL) and instill these principles to be part of the culture of operators and technicians.
• Ensures proper upkeep and prevent loss of the tools and equipment in the engineering department.
• Take lead in change management for the engineering/maintenance department related to people structure or role changes, technology enhancement, regulatory and company initiatives on productivity.
• Ensures that their key customer –production and management are provided with prompt and reliable service.
• Plans and control weekly maintenance spending within the approved budget level.
• Ensures no overspending without proper approvals.

Requirements

• A minimum of bachelor of Engineering Degree (B.Eng.) or HND in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum of 3– 5 years relevant hands-on FMCG operation and maintenance experience
• Experience in people management
• Knowledge of bottling operation Coaching direct reports and mentoring others
• Ability to build and leverage relationships to improve results
• Open-minded and willing to experiment and try new things
• Ability to disseminate and enforce safety, health &environment policy.

Application Closing Date
28th August, 2026.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@sevenup.org using the job title as subject of the mail.

Note: Only qualified candidates will be contacted.

Job Title: Trade Marketing Manager (North, East & West)

Locations: Abuja (FCT), Abia and Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• The Trade Marketing Manager is responsible for developing and executing integrated trade marketing strategies that drive distribution growth, in-store visibility, shopper engagement, and sales performance across all channels.
• The role bridges Marketing and Sales, ensuring brand strategies are effectively translated into winning route-to-market execution, trade activations, and retail programs that accelerate market share growth for Seven-Up Bottling Company’s portfolio.
• The Trade Marketing Manager will also play a key role incommercial planning, go-to-market strategy, and distributor capability development to ensure consistent and impactful execution across all markets.

Key Responsibilities
Trade Strategy & Commercial Planning:

• Develop and implement trade marketing strategies aligned with overall brand and commercial objectives.
• Translate brand plans into channel-specific trade programs and activation frameworks.
• Support the development of annual commercial plans, including SKU prioritization, volume projections, and promotional strategies.
• Identify growth opportunities across channels (Modern Trade, General Trade, On-Trade, and emerging channels).
• Lead trade input into go-to-market strategies for new product launches.

Route-to-Market & Distribution Optimization:

• Partner with Sales leadership to strengthen Route-to-Market (RTM) models that improve numeric and weighted distribution.
• Identify white spaces and distribution gaps and develop programs to close them.
• Drive initiatives that enhance last-mile execution and outlet penetration.
• Support initiatives that improve direct-to-consumer (D2C) and alternative channel strategies where relevant.

Trade Activation & Shopper Marketing:

• Design and execute impactful trade activationsthat drive product trial, visibility, and shopper conversion.
• Develop Below-The-Line (BTL) campaigns, market storms, loyalty programs, and field promotions.
• Lead seasonal and event-based trade programs that maximizesell-out performance.
• Delivershopper-centric marketing initiatives that strengthen brand presence at the point of purchase.

In-Store Execution & Visibility:

• Own the development and deployment of Point-of-Sale Materials (POSM) across the trade.
• Ensure optimal share-of-shelf, product visibility, and merchandising standards.
• Work closely with sales and merchandising teams to ensure consistent execution across outlets.
• Develop in-store assets that enhance brand differentiation and shopper experience.

Product Launch & Market Expansion:

• Lead the trade launch strategy for new products and innovations.
• Coordinate in-store rollout plans, trade training, and asset deployment.
• Ensure new products achieve rapid distribution and visibility across priority channels.
• Monitor market response and adjust trade strategy to maximize adoption.

Trade Performance & Insights:

• Track and analyze in-store KPIs, distribution metrics, and activation ROI.
• Conductmarket intelligence and competitor analysisto inform trade strategy.
• Provide insights onshopper behavior, outlet dynamics, and channel trends.
• Use data to refine trade investments and improve execution effectiveness.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Economics, or related field
• 4–6 years of experience inTrade Marketing,Trade Activation, Commercial roles within FMCG is a MUST.

Strong experience in:

• Route-to-Market strategy
• Trade activation programs
• Distributor and channel management
• In-store marketing and POS execution
• Demonstrated experience inproduct launches and market expansion initiatives
• Proven ability totranslate market insights into commercial strategies

Application Closing Date
31st August, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@sevenup.org using the Job Title as the subject of the email.