Globacom: EXCITING SENIOR MANAGEMENT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

EXCITING SENIOR MANAGEMENT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

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, Broadband, Gateway service and an international high capacity submarine cable business, known as Glo 1. Globacom Limited is Africa’s fastest growing telecommunications company with over twenty – line million GSM subscribers in Nigeria, the Republic of Benin and Ghana. It has acquired licence for Glo1 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, talented 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.

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
• Building and ensuring timely launch of new products to capture and consolidate on considerate market share in GSM/Broadband/Gateway
• Using various national & international benchmarking processes to identify areas of weakness of the competition
• Developing product roadmaps to differentiate products and create brand pull
• 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

Qualifications & Skills

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

Experience
• Minimum of ten (10) years cognate experience in Product Development, preferably from t h e F M C G o r telecommunications industry, or from a blue chip company, five (5) of which must have been spent in a management role.  

• Experience in working with across functional teams, ability to carry them along in driving marketing initiatives.

• Exposure to the use of various analytical tools.  

SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER,
PROMOTIONS
(REF. NO: GLSMP003)
Specific responsibilities will include but not limited to:
• Leading cross-functional and/or cross – channel teams to develop integrated launch programs, product – related marketing opportunities, or marketing promotions from conceptualism through commercialization and launch, including product and packaging
• Flawlessly initiating, implementing and executing marketing strategies to support business objectives
• Building strong relationships with relevant parties to ensure marketing message consistency and adherence to brand objectives
• Applying consumer insights and market research to gain understanding of consumers, environment and channel needs for the Company’s products and determining new marketing and product opportunities.
• Monitoring the domestic and global market place for products innovations, competitors, lifestyle trends and emerging technologies.
• Monitoring the domestic and global marketplace for product innovations, competitors, lifestyle trends and emerging technologies.

Qualifications & Skills

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering or any other relevant field
• A Post Graduate degree in Business Management, Engineering, or any other relevant field will be an added advantage
• Strong strategic orientation, leadership and interpersonal skills
• Critical – thinking, analytical and problem – solving skills
• Results-oriented and good project management skills.
• Sound knowledge of existing marketing and promotional channels in local and international markets
• Good knowledge of MS office applications

Experience
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years cognate experience in Marketing Promotions, 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.

• Experience in working with across functional teams, ability to carry them along in driving marketing initiatives

SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER,
PROMOTIONS
(REF. NO: GLSMP004)
Specific responsibilities will include but not limited to:
• Identifying and evaluating new business and channel opportunities

• Developing sales and marketing strategies and plans in line with the Company’s corporate objectives

• Coordinating, supervising and motivating sales teams to achieve target

• Conducting performance analysis on existing products with a view to identifying and monitoring market trends

• Ensuring leads/prospects are signed on and closure of business prospects in line with organizational procedures.    

Qualifications & Skills

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy,  Business Administration, Social Sciences, Engineering or any other relevant field
• An MBA will be an added advantage
• Excellent leadership and communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Strong selling and negotiation skills

Experience
• Minimum of ten (10) years cognate experience in professional selling, preferably in FMCG, Pharmaceutical, Banking and/or Telecommunication industry
• Appreciable experience in enterprise sales will be required
• Proven track record as achieving targets
• Proven successful track record at delivering growth
• Good knowledge of MS office applications.

CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER (CTO)
(REF. NO: GLCT005)
Specific responsibilities will include but not limited to:
• Being responsible for technical strategy and technical architecture
• Devising strategies for the Technical Department in line with the Company’s corporate objectives
• Being responsible for overall network design, operations and maintenance
• Directing the development, surveillance and maintenance of the network to ensure equality and availability are maintained at optimum level
• Empowering and motivating the technical team to achieve the desired results.
 
Qualifications & Skills

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics, telecommunications Engineering or any other related discipline
• Relevant post graduate qualification will be an added advantage

Experience
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years progressive operational and managerial experience with at least 5 years in a lead role or CTO equivalent in the GSM industry

• Proven leadership and executive level experience

• Experience in strategic technology planning and execution

• Good Information Technology skills

SENIOR ROLL – OUT MAAGER
(REF. NO: GLSMR006)
Specific responsibilities will include but not limited to:
• Working with the Network Planning unit in developing, implementing and overseeing roll-out programmes for the Company
• Coordinating, controlling and analyzing the cost-benefit of potential and actual site coverage and implementing agreed action plans
• Periodically advising and recommending on sites for coverage and capacity growth of the Company’s network
• Collating all data within specified area and analyzing for management reporting purposes
• Liaising with vendors on implementation of network
• Interfacing and managing Government and Government regulatory agencies on Roll-out Sites construction and operation
• Resolving community-related issues which may affect Roll –out programmes
 
Qualifications & Skills

• Minimum of first degree in Engineering, Surveying, Building or any other related field
Additional qualification in project management is essential
• A Post Graduate degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or any other relevant field with a marketing emphasis will be an added advantage
• Excellent communication and diplomatic skills  

Experience
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years cognate experience

• Experience in working in a telecoms environment either with clients or vendors

• Project management and negotiation skills

• Good Information Technology skills

METHOD OF APPLICATION

To apply, please quote the corresponding reference number as the subject of your e-mail and e-mail your Curriculum Vitae (prepared as Microsoft Word document and saved with your full names, detailing contact telephone numbers, e-mail address and scanned passport photograph) to us at

recruitment@glowrold.com

Send your Curriculum Vitae within two weeks from the date of this publication.

All applications will be treated in confidence and only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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