Saro Agro Sciences Limited is the leader in the Nigerian Crop Protection Industry. We are a wholly indigenous company, committed to the provision of dependable solutions to crop production problems in a distinctive, rewarding and responsible way.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Marketing Manager
Locations: Lagos and Kaduna
Job Summary
- The Marketing Manager’s role is designed to deliver the above top objectives with a strategic emphasis fashioned to deliver an enhance relationships with refreshed approach and management models.
- The role will assume a strong leadership role with multi-functional teams including direct reports.
Requirements/Qualification
- Minimum of a second Class upper in University degree in any of the Social Sciences, Marketing / Business, Mass communication, Public Relations or other related discipline.
- Proven and strong Marketing experience (5 years+)
- Can demonstrate excellent Commercial judgment & acumen.
- Understands customers and the selling process.
- Is experienced at managing key stakeholders.
- Required Age: 27 – 36 years
Our Ideal Candidate:
- FMCG marketing background with sound knowledge of industry dynamics.
- Proven leadership of a marketing team.
- Understanding of agriculture will be an added advantage.
- Should be open-minded.
- Should have high analytical skills.
- Should have the ability to project into the future.
- Passionate and Result oriented.
- Very articulate.
- Understand the data, and how to present it.
- Flexible and adaptable.
- Must be a trend-setter: must keep up to date and have the desire to know more.
- Must be a team player.
- Must have strong business acumen.
- Must be a vision creator.
- Ability to Identify New Business Opportunities and define investment priorities.
- Must have experience creating marketing plans from scratch.
- Must have extensive experience of experiential strategy development and implementation working with 3rd party agencies.
- Must be proven in a multi-channel marketing campaign role.
- Extensive customer and field experience.
- Ability to communicate effectively to both technical and business level audiences in a compelling manner.
Primary Responsibilities
- Provide information about the products (4Ps).
- Gather and analyse market information.
- Conduct market research.
- Develop and implement product plan and marketing strategy.
- Defines and creates added value for the organisation.
- Coordinate project development.
- Extension and content building.
- Lead all areas of content generation and production across all media platforms.
- Innovation in service and products
- Ensure brand messages are consistent.
- Nurture and enrich all external perceptions of the company and growth of market share.
- Engage consumers on social media.
- Collaborate with the sales and technical team to develop strategic partnership activities and implement the execution framework and strategic plan on identified opportunities.
- Develop and lead a marketing team that will develop and execute new concepts, business models, channels and partners to position business as innovator and leader.
- Communicate with various media buyers, advertising agencies, printers and other services to help marketing projects come to fruition.
- Planning and implementing promotional campaigns.
Deadline: 15th January, 2018.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
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