Globacom Job Vacancy for a Senior Marketing Manager, Product Development

Globacom Job Vacancy for a Senior Marketing Manager, Product Development
Globacom Limited is a leading privately owned multinational telecommunications company with Headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria. It is Nigeria’s Second National Operator with licence covering GSM, Fixed
, Broadbad, Gateway services and an international high capacity submarine cable business, known as Glo 1. Globacom Limited is Africa’s fastest growing telecommunications company with over twenty-five million GSM subscribers in Nigeria, the Republic of Benin and Ghana. It has acquired licence for Glo 1 in other West African countries.

In its quest to further strengthen operations and consolidate its position as a market leader, the Company desires to recruit highly competent, talent and self-motivated individuals to fill the following senior positions:
Attractive and internationally competitive remuneration packages, a pleasant working environment with good perquisites and challenging career prospects await the successful candidates.

JOB TITLE: SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (REF. NO: GLSMP002)

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
-   Developing and delivering effective product and market entry strategies in line with the Company’s corporate objectives
-   Managing products and services according to the various stages of the product lifecycle and devising various strategies to which the products could be enhanced
-   Adding new features to the existing products to enhance consumer experience
-   Building and ensuring timely launch of new products to capture and consolidate on considerable market share in GSM/Broadband/Gateway
-   Using various national & international benchmark processes to identify areas of weakness of the competition
-   Developing products roadmaps to differentiate products and create brand pull

QUALIFICATION & SKILLS
-   Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or any other relevant field
-   Strong strategic orientation, leadership and interpersonal skills
-   Results-oriented and good project management skills
-   A Post Graduate degree in Business Management, Engineering, or any other relevant field will be an added advantage

EXPERIENCE
-   Minimum of ten (10) year cognate experience in Product Development, preferably from the FMCG or telecommunications industry, or from a blue chip company, five (5) of which must have been spent in a management role
-   Exposure to the use of various analytical tools
-   Experience in working with cross functional teams, ability to carry them along in driving marketing initiatives

How to apply
To apply, please quote the corresponding reference number as the subject of your e-mail and e-mail your CV (prepared as a Microsoft Word document and save with our full names, detailing contact telephone numbers, email address and scanned passport photograph) to us at [email protected] send your CV within two weeks from the date of this publication.

All applications will be treated in confidence and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

DEADLINE: 14 MARCH 2012