ROLE PURPOSE

The Product Proposition Manager will be responsible for developing and maintaining the full product portfolio for the Company’s different customer segments.

The main objective of the Product Proposition Manager is to ensure that the company’s product offering meets the needs of the target segments.  This will encompass increasing the profitability of existing products to developing new products for the company.

The Product Proposition Manager will build products from existing ideas, and help to develop new ideas based on their industry experience and customer and market insight. The role holder must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy and a big-picture vision. They must have an innate interest to understand customer requirements and find innovative solutions.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Reporting to the Marketing Director, the Product Proposition Manager will be required to be hands-on and prepared to undertake a diverse range of activities with responsibility for:

• Managing the entire life cycle of products and propositions from strategic planning to tactical activities
• Working with key stakeholders to monitor, analyse and understand customer data and usage behaviors so as to drive product revenue
• Proactively seeking opportunities to incorporate new technology, products, partnerships and business opportunities
• Maintaining product revenue and growth as well as conducting analysis of profitability of the product portfolio
• Managing the product/proposition roadmap that has been approved by the management team (including pricing, products and services)
• Keeping abreast with the latest market developments and trends, and translating these into new products and services

JOB REQUIREMENT

The successful candidate will be a manager in their current role; ready to take on further responsibilities within a multinational organisation and possess the following attributes:

• University degree in Business, Engineering, Marketing/or relevant BSC; other degree holders with supplemental commercial education (MBA or Advanced Marketing Degree) will also be considered
• A minimum of 6 years’ experience in Product development and management
• High level of innovation expertise
• Ability to work with, and guide marketing agencies
• Highly proficient in all MS Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and database experience
• Excellent oral and written communication skills – Bilingual (Proficient in English and French)  
• Ability to manage multiple activities with tight timelines from conception through execution
• Ability to communicate with and manage virtual teams from all areas of the company including technical, financial, sales and other marketing functions
• Highly proficient in all MS Office applications – Word, Excel, PowerPoint and database experience
• Willingness to work long hours as and when required
• Ability to think strategically and also execute hands-on tactical solutions
• Experience of working in a fast-paced commercial environment

OTHER DESIRABLE TRAITS

• Self-driven with the ability to motivate peers and subordinates
• Structured, with good project management skills
• Customer oriented
• Innovative and willing to learn and further develop their skillset
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Possess a strong performance and results driven
• Able to apply high-level analytical and creative problem-solving
• Only applications prepared in both French and English will be considered.

APPLICATION: hr.telcohiring@hotmail.com

CLOSING DATE: 23/03/2016