Devices Manager Job Vacancy in Kenya - Telkom Kenya / Orange

Job Title: Devices Manager

Location: Telkom Plaza, Nairobi

Department: Marketing and Strategy

Reports to: Products & Services Marketing Manager

Subordinates: none

Job description

Devices Product Development Managers role cuts across a number of product functions; the role must effectively manage cross functional teams, across multiple products, and deliver high quality experiences regardless of device limitations, balancing the needs of cross-platform consistency with innovating in the telecommunications ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

1.1. Acquisition targets and Revenue Growth

• Manage the design and development process on both strategic and detailed levels
• Work with both design, product and platform teams
• Take requirements from global teams and create actionable tasks
• Define and maintain pricing and business models for the product line.
• Develop and implement high impact and differentiated product positioning and messaging

1.2. Innovation & Solution deployment

• Plans and deploys various stand alone and combined Device Solutions
• Build product loyalty amongst customers
• Plan and manage the Devices product lifecycle phase in/out mobile devices and scratch cards
• Ensure device testing is carried out. Manage the process efficiently
• Ensure the execution of device specific sales promotions and coordinate full support from the sales department

1.3. Financial Management & Reporting

• Ensure internal collaboration, team work development and implementation of key Management routines within the team
• Ensuring appropriate feedback is given to enhance business understanding
• Accurate and timely reporting on budget expenditure on a monthly basis
• Participate in regular review of data revenue through the WAP and WEB
• Manage the budget assigned to Digital Marketing

1.4. Strategic Planning

• Ensuring appropriate feedback is given to enhance business understanding and monitor performance
• Track the performance of all Devices against established objectives and analysis variances with respect to the associated balanced score cards
• Drive the positioning, launch strategy, and overall product segmentation and packaging.
• Coordinate the development of high-impact sales tools such as white papers, presentations, product demos, etc.
• Develop key sales and channel training materials covering industry trends, product value proposition, and competitive position.

1.5. Relationship Management

• Build high-level relationships with Device suppliers and sales and marketing in order to increase Orange market share
• Coordinate regular market research (focus groups) on device customer satisfaction and analyze results
• Conduct regular feedback sessions with external (distributors, dealers and retailers) and internal parties (sales, logistics and customer care) to measure the Orange device relevance in the market

Education Background & Experience:

• Bachelors Degree or an advanced Diploma in a Business related field
• 4 to 6 years hands on experience in devices management and
• Excellent knowledge of device deployment & product management with specific focus on telecommunications devices.

Professional Knowledge:

• significant skills in project management and co-ordination.
• Experience in evaluating and implementing new technologies.
• Business knowledge particularly cash flows & financial justifications.
• Experience in vendor management, vendor selection and negotiation. (e.g. MS Office…)

Professional Skills:

• strong individual and leadership skills
• He/She will also possess qualities and characteristic of a person interested in management potential.
• He/She must have the ability to understand in depth Industry / solution and services requirements and think holistically and yet focus on specific areas as necessary
• Excellent Negotiation and Presentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (Both oral and written).
• Customer Oriented
• High personal standard. Confident, self-assured, personable and presentable.
• Strong interpersonal and people skills
• Innovative and creative
• Highly organized, conscientious and detail oriented.

Professional Tools Used

• Laptop
• Handset

Work conditions

• Shifts work: No
• Night Shift: No
• Work During Weekend: No
• Work "On-Call": No

Deadline: 22nd September 2011

Application to:

Visit our career pages at www.orange-tkl.co.ke, create an account and upload your CV.

An applicant must upload a PDF or Ms Word copy of his / her CV to be considered.

If you do not hear from us by 30th September, 2011, consider your application unsuccessful.

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