(150K)BTL Marketing Project Manager Job in Nigeria April 2015

Job Title: Project Manager – Nigeria
Industry: BTL Marketing
Location: Nigeria
Salary: Kshs 150,000/- basic plus house allowance, transport allowance, medical cover, communication allowance and upkeep allowance

Our client is a force to reckon with in the Below the Line Advertising industry.

They have developed some of the best and successful campaigns in marketing, advertising and promotions for both corporates and SMEs.
They seek to hire a very strong and aggressive candidate who will manage projects for a Nigerian based client.

Job Purpose: Provide leadership to the account, oversee efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery, develop and implement strategy, align all resources within the account to maximize on company and client’s profitability and keep abreast of market changes at all times and advise the client accordingly.

 

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage overall agency / client relationship and providing strategic input while guiding teams towards the Achievement of client objectives
  • Manage client expectations and deliver solutions that meet these expectations, whilst being commercially beneficial to the business
  • Create effective marketing, trade and channel development strategies and work collaboratively with the management to develop and execute marketing, trade & channel development strategies
  • Manage program execution and financial performance while ensuring that overall strategy is sound and on point
  • Build teams, think strategically and develop successful client-agency relationships;
  • Establish rapport and maintain long-term relationships with client champion and executives;
  • Ensure tactical alignment with stated goals, objectives and strategy;
  • Prioritize & set expectations on key deliverables
  • Utilize sound project management processes and tools to instill project management discipline and work collaboratively with other team members;
  • Effectively manage projects to deliver on Cost, Quality, and Timing targets
  • Motivate the team to always deliver the best while liaising with the Field Manager on growth plans for the team
  • Identify niches in the market, and work towards developing capabilities to maximize them;
  • Ensure prompt invoicing and preparation of payroll
  • Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
Client Satisfaction:
  • Generating results that deliver the clients anticipated ROI objectives;
  • Continually strengthen and forge excellent client relationships through proactive directorship and communication including face to face meetings, telephone, conference call and email communication;
  • Ensuring clients are satisfied measured by the client satisfaction rating at the end of each performance rating period (measured on a quarterly basis);
  • Employ excellent listening and probing skills to fully understand, the client and the industry as a whole, the products and services, marketing objectives and the client’s Return On Investment (ROI) objectives.
  • Increasing awareness on client competitor activities to aid the client in making informed & sound decisions on the next course of action
  • Ensuring timely & high quality reporting from the account team to the client on a monthly and quarterly basis
  • Ensuring Top Image Ltd remains proactive with the client by regular communication in all forms through effective account / team management
  • Promote professionalism through manner, appearance and
Management:
  • Maintain a high level of account team’s proactively through effective management on a daily, monthly, quarterly and annual basis
  • Responsible for effectively and successfully developing and motivating the account team to achieve company KPI’s and individual development goals
  • Delegating workloads to ensure account team can maximize client satisfaction
  • To oversee training of new account team staff and ensure staff are allocated appropriate training according to individual staff training needs
  • Identify account recruitment needs in advance, and work with HR to devise effective recruitment strategies
  • Actively improve account team’s understanding of clients’ industry, products, services, marketing and ROI objectives
  • Ensure the account team follow procedures and adhere to Top Image’s documentation requirements including contracts, account plans, new proposals, monthly and quarterly reporting
  • Develop and deliver to the team motivational strategies for up-sell and cross-sell opportunities
  • Control and sign off all account team travel and other expenses in consultation with the CEO
  • Develop and share best practice with the team.
Job Specification
  • Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing / Business Administration/ Business Management or equivalent
  • At least 5  years of relevant work experience – sales, marketing, trade & channel development in the telecommunication industry (mobile money to be specific) is desirable
  • Successful management experience of a sales team / field force
  • Ability to lead and manage teams who are goal oriented in a team environment
  • Good Proficiency in Computers – Excel, PowerPoint
  • Strong client management and relationship skills
  • Ability to successfully lead, motivate, maintain and grow an effective team of field managers, team leaders and trade development representatives
  • Proven ability to develop & implement strategies
  • Strong listening and questioning skills with acute attention to detail
  • A detailed and analytical approach to researching and analyzing opportunities to increase revenue
  • Commercial awareness of how personal contribution impacts value to the business
  • Confidence in presenting technical and marketing information in a variety of mediums to clients and colleagues
  • Excellent report-writing, analytical and project management skills with acute attention to detail
  • Ability to compose professionally constructed documents using MS Office
  • Ability to use email and Internet applications
  • Strong communication skills in all disciplines including written, oral, email and presentation
  • Capable of hands on problem-solving, with ability to generate ideas and solutions
  • Ability to cope with competing demands and to prioritize tasks
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills
  • A positive attitude to dealing with people
  • Sense of responsibility & integrity as an individual and for your team
  • Age: 28-35years.
If you are up to the challenge, posses the necessary qualification and experience, please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (BTL Project Manager Nigeria 150K gross plus allowances)  vacancies@corporatestaffing.co.ke  before Thursday 30th April 2015
Kindly indicate current/last salary on your CV
N.B: We do not charge any fee for receiving your CV or for interviewing
Only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted

The Recruiting Manager
Corporate staffing Services
Nabui House, 3rd floor, Westlands

(Next to Unga House)



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