Vice President Sales & Marketing at an Aviation Company - PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC)

PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) - Our client is a niche player in the Aviation industry with focus on redefining and dominating the business jets market. Given the increasing need for speed and flexibility in responding to business opportunities and issues, a rapidly growing number of individuals and corporate bodies are resorting to business jets as the most comfortable means of business travel. These developments, combined with the ambitious growth and expansion plans to effectively cover the West Africa market using Nigeria as the hub, have created exciting career opportunities at Senior Management level for entrepreneurial and highly creative individuals with hands-on industry experience in the provision of luxury brand services.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Vice President Sales & Marketing
Job Ref: AVC

Location: Lagos

Job Description
This role reports to the Managing Director and has business leadership responsibility for developing and implementing market and business growth strategies. The overall focus is to promote the brand, grow the customer and revenue base, market share, whilst engaging key stakeholders in the industry.

Key Accountabilities

• Enhance the effectiveness of the Marketing Function through initiation and implementation of policies and action plans that support productive engagement of the market
• Ensure availability and adequacy of strategic and tactical (Marketing and Sales) plans for creating awareness and demand for the company’s services, with focus on exceeding the sales targets in terms of aircraft Share Acquisition, Monthly Management Fees and Occupied Hour Rates
• Ensure effective execution and monitoring of the marketing and sales activities to drive achievement of agreed performance targets
• Strengthen the company’s market presence and competitive performance position through research, effective opportunities assessment and reporting on market developments, industry trends and commercial risks for the consideration of Executive Management/Board.
• Enhance the profile and brand equity of the company through proactive engagement of the media and key stakeholders, including aircraft brokers, aviation experts, luxury brand associations etc

Skills, Competencies and Experience

• Strong marketing and negotiating skills, experience with start-ups, strong personality with exposure in luxury service brand development. Excellent communication skills, track record of sales to the oil and gas sector, proven capacity to network with high net worth individuals and sound grasp of the aviation sector
• Bachelor’s degree and MBA
• Minimum 10years experience in commercial or sales at a senior level position with experience engaging the board and media
• Knowledge of aviation industry is required

Application Closing Date
2nd September, 2014

Method of Application
If you meet the requirements above, please forward a copy of your resume to: [email protected] quoting the reference code for position in the subject.

Please Note: That only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.