Marketing Group Lead Vacancy at Guinea Insurance Plc


As part of our transformation agenda, we are seeking the services of people who are humble, smart and hungry for success in a bid to create a world class insurance services provider.

Job Title: Group Lead, Marketing

Successful candidate will be required to:

  • Lead the business development activities of the Company
  • Develop and deploy winning strategies for excellent services delivery
  • Develop strategies for maintaining enduring relationships with existing and potential clients
  • Identify opportunities for opening new business outlets for the Company
  • Identify and develop new markets within the country
  • Supervise the activities of regions and branches to ensure positive contributions to company-wide objectives 
  • Ensure activities comply with organizational requirements for quality management, legal stipulations and general duty of care
  • Support CEO and Board in formulating organizational and strategic plans and building key alliances
  • Coordinate and ensure adequate execution and funding of key strategies, projects and policies
  • Establish operational processes/process improvement
  • Manage strategy implementation, particularly regarding timelines
  • Ensure quality control of all Company output as pertains to customer acquisition and delivery of services
  • Provide strong leadership for various levels of staff under the Division through mentoring and coaching
  • Advise management on key planning issues and make recommendations on important business decisions
  • Ensure all Team Leads are fully informed of operational objectives, duration, monitoring and compliance with key performance indicators
  • Set operational and/or performance goals which are aggressive and achievable for each department
  • Establish and monitor performance reporting systems
  • Monitor group's performance against performance goals of the Company to ensure that progress is being made
  • Conduct regular meetings with Team Leads to ensure that priorities are clear and coordination is good
The Person must

  • Possess relevant working knowledge of the insurance market
  • Be able to conduct meetings and presentations skillfully
  • Be detailed and results oriented
  • Be a strong negotiator
  • Possess superior management, leadership and supervisory skill
  • Be professional and objective
  • Be self-driven
  • Possess first degree in insurance or any social science field from a reputable institution of higher learning
  • Be an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Insurance of Nigeria
  • Possess a minimum of 12 years' experience in marketing insurance services with a leading insurance company

Key Accountabilities
  • Commitment to deliver agreed Performance Contract
  • Commitment to deliver cash collection of 95% of production
  • Commitment to retention ratio of 95% of all renewable accounts
  • Providing strong leadership for the Group
  • Commitment to claims ratio of 25%

All successful candidates must:
    Be proactive
    Be excellent team players, with drive and great interpersonal skills
    Possess ability to exhibit tact and diplomacy in negotiations
    Demonstrate ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
    For all leading role, relevant training from leading business schools would be a clear advantage
    Be able to cope with change, to be flexible and handle uncertainty
    Possess strong analytical minds and pay attention to details
    Excellent leadership, verbal, written communications and computer skills
    Possess strong presentation skills
    Be able to make sense of issues, identify and solve problems and "think on one's feet"
    Be result oriented
    Be able to maintain appropriately directed energy and stamina, to exercise self-control and to learn new behaviours


Method of Application
Interested Applicants should log on to http://www.guineainsurance.com/group_lead.html to apply.