MTN Nigeria - The leader in telecommunications in Nigeria, and a part of a diverse community in Africa and the Middle East, our brand is instantly recognisable. It is through our compelling brand that we are able to attract the right talents who we carefully nurture by continuously improving our employment offerings even beyond reward and recognition.
We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:
Job Title: Senior Manager, Sponsorship & Promotions
Location: Lagos
Employment Status: permanent
Department: Marketing Management
Job Description
- To provide overall strategic direction and ownership in conceptualizing, executing and management of all sponsorship, promotions and events in the Brand & Communications department in line with the overall marketing strategy
- Support the Shareholder return strategy by developing and implementing HR Processes that are aligned to achieving all elements on the business score card. (I.e. Grow Market Share, Grow ICT & Data Revenue, Increase EBITDA margins, Assure Revenue, CAPEX Returns Management and Net Subscriber Additions).
- Participate in the review of Business Processes (headcount, process optimisation etc.), to drive efficiency gains to ensure at least 5% reduction in Divisional budget year-on-year.
- Serve MTNN’s customers and provide solutions to improve the customer experience.
- Promote a sustainable organizational culture that enhances employee productivity and oversee the management of the year on year performance of all dimensions of the Group Culture Audit.
- Drive an increase in MTNN’s Net Promoter Score
- Strategic Partnerships with MTNN leadership team to drive awareness on expected behaviours and impact on non-compliance on bottom line results and company image/reputation.
- Drive planned strategy for the successful delivery of MTN Group and MTNN transformation initiatives focusing on Customer centricity, including Perfect 10 Project
- Network and build solid relationships with internal units and relevant third parties (e.g. strategic investors, technical and finance partners, business consultants etc.) and develop a close working relationship with relevant information sources to provide an integrated service.
- Partner with MTNN’s Ecosystem Partners to deliver business value.
- Collaborate with other business units in the development of business models for use in MTNN and develop measurement strategies to support ongoing strategy development and project optimization.
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with agencies and partners, as well as develop and culture organic owned sponsorship properties thus eliminating royalty costs
- Review the telecommunications market and develop Sponsorships and Events strategies across all segments to support the achievement against set business objectives for affinity, profitability, revenue, and value and market share.
- Coordinate and supervise MTNN’s sponsorship activities in the brand & communications across all segments and evaluate sponsorship proposals.
- Monitor external vendors, & agencies to ensure that targeted activations are cost effective and agreed deliverables.
- Liaise with the legal division in ensuring proper negotiation and compliance to all relevant contractual agreements (MOU’s, & SLA’s),
- Monitor & evaluate metrics to measure impact of current processes and strategy related to sponsorship, promotions, and events for the various customer segments
- Promote a sustainable organizational culture that enhances employee productivity and oversee the management of the year on year performance of all dimensions of the Group Culture Audit.
- Manage inter-functional relations between the unit and various departmental functions to ensure seamless synergies
- Initiate and facilitate all sponsorship, promotions and events related to brand and communications unit.
- Continuously seek self-professional development to sharpen skills and capabilities in a versatile and evolving digital landscape.
- Coach and train the team to ensure understanding of the objectives and goals of the department, awareness of set targets/requirements and regularly review their training needs.
- Review performance of individual team members and complete appraisals in accordance with the employee performance appraisal procedures and time schedules.
- Identify training and development needs for team members and manage related skills enhancement programmes to ensure business targets are fully met.
Job Condition:
- Open plan office
- Normal MTN working conditions
Requirements, Experience & Training
Education:
- First degree in Social Sciences or any other relevant discipline
- MBA is desirable
- Fluent in English
Experience:
- Minimum 9-17 years’ experience including:
- Manager track record of 3 years or more; with at least 3 years in relevant sector/ industry
- Experience in developing and executing leveraging plans in a telecom/FMCG corporation
- Proven expertise & end to end development / execution of sponsorship using the ROI/ROO matrix to achieve set objectives.
Minimum qualification
- BA, B.Ed, B.Sc, B.Eng or B.Tech
Application Closing Date
5th February, 2019.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online