Hamilton Lloyd and Associates - Our client is a global digital agency offering an integrated variety of digital marketing services including digital strategy, media planning, social media, etc with presence in 54 countries.
Hamilton Lloyd and Associates is recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: General Manager
Location: Lagos
Responsibilities
- Lead and inspire the team to create and deliver an innovative and ambitious business strategy.
- The candidate would be an ambassador for The company, connecting across internal and external networks to help deliver the operating model and build the brand reputations of the company
- Identify and seize opportunities to maximize margin, managing costs in core to deliver strategic investment and growth in diversified
- Connect the company's capabilities to produce leading creative solutions that deliver business value to clients and the company
- Deliver outstanding client and consumer insight to strengthen new business and pitch process and optimize identification of business development opportunities
- Identify and seize opportunities to deliver cost savings and operational efficiency across the company
- Constantly innovate and evolve business strategy to ensure the agency model continues to build growth and deliver value
- Translate business strategy into an organisational change strategy with clear executable plans
- Empower and enable team to think about and sell creative work in new ways to deliver business value to clients
- Demonstrate a strong insight and understanding of global macro-economic and customer trends, understanding impact and identifying opportunities to capitalize on this potential
- Challenge and interrogate the company's strategy collaborating with European and Global teams to influence strategic direction and build profitable relationships
- Be the ‘figure head’ for the company; Connecting credibly with significant stakeholders and key industry figures to optimize The company brand and deliver profitable growth
- Lead senior team in building the company's brand reputation and industry position through leveraging external network; taking part in speaker and conference opportunities to do this with Regional MD and SSA Development Director, play a lead role in shaping/defining the company
- Brand vision across West Africa and Globally and ensure that the company consistently delivers this vision and adheres to relevant core processes
- Work closely with FD to strategically manage financial KPI’s to build value and drive profitable growth
- Attract, develop, retain and mobilize the best talent for the company
- Lead, inspire and motivate the company teams to understand and ‘live’ the company values and to deliver commercial goals and ambition
- Build a credible senior management team
- Drive and manage continuous high performance
- Challenge and interrogate business strategy to deliver outstanding client solutions
- Identify and progress high potentials to provide a ‘talent pool’ for the company.
- Influence, collaborate and manage across the company's matrix to optimize growth
- Drive efficient day to day business operations to maximize margin
Key Characteristics:
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with excellent public speaking acumen
- Personable style with a knack for proactive problem solving
- A positive Attitude
- Negotiation skills
- Strong Management skills
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in related course
- 10 years digital industry work experience
Application Closing Date
23rd January, 2015
Method of Application
Qualified candidates should forward an updated version of their CV (title of position as subject of the mail) to:
[email protected]