Job Title: Marketing and Product Development Manager
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Organisation: ACCION Microfinance Bank Limited
Sector: Microfinance / Banking
Reports To: Managing Director
Job type: Permanent
The Role: The incumbent will have direct line authority and responsibility to identify market based business opportunities and translates them into products/services as key to the value generation in the business. Importantly the incumbent will also lead the design and implementation of all the Marketing strategies to achieve the business goals for all products. The Marketing & Product Development Manager is expected to provide leadership within the organization in order to ensure timely and successful development and implementation of product/service ideas, key to the business performance and growth. In this capacity, the incumbent will also directly supervise all staff in charge of product development and marketing implementation, while working in team with the Sales staff and in collaboration with branch staff to ensure successful execution of designated strategies.
Qualifications and Requirements:
• Minimum of 8 years of work experience.
• Direct experience in Marketing & Product development, and preferably also in Sales and commercial functions.
• Preferably, experience in Marketing for the FMCG sector
• At least 4 years in management positions
• Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance, economics or related area of study.
• Experience in commercial strategic planning and budgeting
• Master concepts, processes and tools of marketing planning and Marketing implementation.
• Experience in communications, advertising and if possible PR.
• Knowledge of low income market
• Knowledge of micro, small and medium enterprise market.
Generic Competencies Required:
• Professionalism and integrity.
• Deadline oriented. Dependability, requiring minimum supervision.
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Sound strategic thinking, business sense and market sense
• Strong analytic skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Languages: English required.
• Willingness to live in Nigeria for the duration of the contract.
• Commitment to the social mission of microfinance.
Remuneration: Competitive and attractive
Method of Application:
Interested candidates should send personal details in an EXCEL SHEET following the format below.
| Full Names | Position Applied | Qualification | Telephone Number | Email | Yrs of Exp. | Yr of Graduation | NYSC | MBA | Prof. Qualification | Date of Birth | Address | City | State |
CV should also be attached along and sent to jobs@accionmfb.com.
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