Trade Marketing Manager, Central Africa at Hewlett Packard (HP)

Hewlett Packard (HP) is the largest technology solutions provider in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and worldwide. The company's offerings span from IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices to global services, imaging and printing. Our customers are virtually everybody: consumers, small and medium sized companies, large corporations as well as Government institutions.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Trade Marketing Manager, Central Africa

Job ID: 3037831
Location: Lagos

Job Descriptions

• We are looking for visionaries, like you, who are ready to make a purposeful impact on the way the world works. At HP, the future is yours to create!

If you are our Trade Marketing Manager for Central Africa, based in Lagos - Nigeria, you will have the chance to:

• Be responsible for the demand increase at retailer and consumer level both online and offline through focused ad strategic marketing activities and sales partnerships
• Position HP as top of mind at consumer level while training extended sales force team on product update and selling skills
• Work with and leverage internal partners to deliver the business results
• Closely collaborate with various stakeholders within the sales organization at regional level
• Be responsible in implementing trade marketing strategies in retail channels
• Be involved in market analysis, marketing engagement, marketing communication
• Build close relationship with retail channels and partners
• Handle promotional practices and campaigns

Job Requirements
Are you a high-performer? We are looking for an individual with:

• 3-5 years of professional experience with a combination of Marketing, Sales, Business Planning experience preferred
• Selling experience at end user account or partner level
• Experience developing positive relationships and solving customer problems
• Understanding of the IT industry, competing vendors, and the channel, including competitive positioning
• Understanding of HP's organization & operations, including key business rules, partner segmentation, key programs & initiatives, structure
• Understanding of a select set of HP's products, software, and services. Able to communicate the strengths of HP's offerings, and overcome objections
• Effectively sells HP offerings by building strategic relationships with partner contacts; and promoting HP programs and offerings
• Develops account plans with partner to grow HP's share of the business
• Partners effectively with others to ensure coordinated, efficient account management
• Understanding of pipeline management basics and ability to explain benefits to partners

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online