Globacom Nigeria Management Job Recruitment

Globacom Limited 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, talented and self-motivated individuals to fill the following management positions:

1.)  Commercial Director (Ref. No: GLCD001)

Responsibilities
Specific responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Developing and driving the Company’s long and short term revenue growth strategies
• Continuously seeking market opportunities, conditions and associated business developments
• Providing strategic direction and partnering with Sales Directors for the overall operations of various sales units to achieve the Organisation’s business plans
• Leading commercial business performance management and decisions support
• Empowering and motivating sales team to achieve set targets
• Assisting in embedding a commercial, customer-focused approach to all business processes and activities

Qualifications & Skills

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Engineering or any other related field.
• An MBA and/or ACCA will be an added advantage
• Strong analytical skills, including experience of hands-on financial modeling for decision making
• Excellent leadership and communication skills
• Project management skills, both as a leader and key team member

Experience

• Minimum of 20 years significant hands-on Commercial experience, preferably from the FMCG or telecommunications industry, or from a blue chip company; ten (10) of which must have been spent in a senior management role
• Appreciable experience in enterprise sales will be required
• Proven successful track record at delivering growth
• Proven experience in managing a fast growing and successful business
• People management experience, including proven ability to identify and develop talents

2.)  Senior Marketing Manager, Product Development (Ref. NO: GLSMP002)

Responsibilities
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 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
• 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

Qualification & 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) 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
• Experience in working with cross functional teams, ability to carry them along in driving marketing initiatives
• Exposure to the use of various analytical tools

3.) Senior Marketing Manager, Promotion (Ref No: GLSMP003)

Responsibilities
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 conceptualisation through commercialisation 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 productopportunities.
• Monitoring the domestic and global marketplace for product innovations, competitors, lifestyle trends and emerging technologies.

Qualifications & Skills

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or any other relevant field.
• A Post Graduate degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or any other relevant field with a marketing emphasis 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 cross functional teams and ability to carry them along in driving marketing initiatives.

4.) Senior Sales Manager (Ref. No: GLSM004)

Responsibilities
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.
• Co-ordinating, 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 organisational procedures.

Qualifications & Skills

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

Experience

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

5.)  Chief Technical Officer (CTO) - (Ref. No: GLCT005)

ResponsibilitiesSpecific 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 quality 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

Experience

• Minimum of 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.

6.)  Senior Roll-Out Manager (GLSMR006)

Responsibilities
Specific responsibilities will include butnotlimitedto:

• Working with the Network Planning unit in developing, implementing and overseeing roll-out programmes for the Company.
• Coordinating, controlling and analysing 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 analysing 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 15 years cognate experience
• Experience in working in a telecoms environment either with clientsorvendors.
• Project management and negotiation skills.
• Good Information Technology skills.

Remuneration
Attractive and internationally competitive remuneration packages, a pleasant working environment with good perquisites and challenging career prospects await the successful candidates.

Application Deadline
14th March 2012

Method of application
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 your full names, detailing contact telephone numbers, email address and scanned passport photograph) to us at: recruitment@gloworld.com