Product Specialist at Vodacom Nigeria

Vodacom is an African mobile communications company providing voice, messaging, data and converged services to around 50 million active customers. From our roots in South Africa, we have grown our operations to include networks in Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo (‘DRC’), Mozambique and Lesotho.

Vodacom is majority owned by Vodafone, one of the world’s largest mobile communications companies by revenue. We’re listed on the JSE Limited and our head office is in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Vodacom Business Nigeria is recruiting to fill the vacant position of:

Job Title: Product Specialist

Department: Commercial
Reporting to: Proposition Manager
Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time
Employment type: Permanent

Key Roles

• Responsible for the design and architecture and implementation of products from conceptual stage to product launch
• Shall assist in the commercial life cycle management of product
• The job holder must have a Bachelor Degree preferably in Engineering with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in Telecommunications or ICT environment.

Key Accountabilities

• Testing of concept with potential target markets.
• Manage complete life cycles of the product line.
• Assist the product portfolio managers in realization of Business Plan objectives.
• Serve as the primary resource centre for all product related information.
• Assist to drive the new product development process.
• Define and execute the acceptance criteria for Proof of Concepts.
• Work with Core Engineering to identify and drive the adoption of new technologies for optimizing existing products/services.
• Development and update of sales tools such as product pricing, product presentations, service order forms, customer contracts.
• Generate monthly and periodic reports that track the product operational and commercial performance at various stages of the life cycle as against the business plan.
• Liaise with Product Marketing to help revise marketing collateral such as brochures, website, product descriptions, new press releases and assist in coordinating public marketing campaigns.
• Perform other job related duties as required.

Knowledge:

• Innovative thinking
• Ability to work in multi-cultural and multi-lingual environment
• Working and relating with peers excellently

Skills:

• Multitasking abilities, being able to take on several projects across several work streams
• Effective public speaking, communications and writing skills
• Effective presentation skills
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to take ownership and leadership by influencing superiors

Application Closing Date
28th February, 2015.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to: careersng@vodacom.com