Business Manager at Alfred & Victoria Associates

Department: Products & projects

Job Description

• The business manager will have ownership of several of the company’s products and will drive the vision of the company regarding the products from end-to-end, ensuring that the products quality continue to improve, while they gain market traction and expansion.
• The business manager will drive operational efficiencies by improving systems and processes, will be responsible for managing subordinates and will drive specific corporate development initiatives.

Duties & Responsibilities
Product management:

• Guide the success of assigned products and lead the cross-functional team that is responsible for developing and improving it.
• Develop proposals and business documentation (word, power point, excel) required, to articulate the company’s products, to sign up clients and other collaborators, and to receive internal approvals
• Lead business development effort to sign up and manage clients, customers and other partnerships required for the success of the products.
• Determines customers' needs and desires by specifying the research needed to obtain market information.
• Recommends the nature and scope of present and future product lines by reviewing product specifications and requirements; appraising new product ideas and/or product changes.
• Assesses market competition by comparing the company's product to competitors' products.
• Provides source data for product line communications by defining product marketing communication objectives.
• Assesses product market data by calling on customers with field salespeople and evaluating sales call results.
• Provides information for management by preparing short-term and long-term product sales forecasts and special reports and analyses; answering questions and requests.
• Brings new products to market and improve on existing products by analyzing proposed product requirements and product development programs; preparing return-on-investment analyses; establishing time schedules.
• Grow market share of existing products and also introduce and markets new products.
• Completes operational requirements by performing several tasks himself/herself and scheduling and assigning employees as may be required; following up on work results.
• Maintains product management staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Project management:

• Activity & resource planning:
  • Define each project’s scope and determine available resources.
  • Define activity, sequence activity, estimate the duration of activity, develop a schedule, maintain a schedule, report performance.
  • Create a clear and concise plan to both execute the project and monitor its progress.
  • Organizing & motivating the project team
  • Evaluate the team or teams’ capabilities.
  • Develop clear, straightforward plans that stimulate project team to reach their full potential
  • Cut down on bureaucracy and steer team down a clear path to the final goal.
• Budgeting:
  • Develop budget and the manage budget
  • Frequently review the budget and plan ahead to avoid budget overruns
  • Customer satisfaction & stakeholder management
  • Carry along internal and external clients and stakeholders as best as possible
  • Know how to get the best of each stakeholder that the project’s success depends on
  • Maintain effective reporting and communication.

Others:

• Identify and evaluate potential risks before the protection begins.
• Avoid risks or at least minimize their impact due to constant evaluation and problem solving.
• Monitor and analyze both expenditures and team performance and always efficiently take corrective measures.
• Present comprehensive reports documenting that all project requirements were fulfilled, as well as the projects’ history, including what was done, who was involved, and what could be done better in the future.

Requirements
Education:

• B.Sc degree from a notable university - preferably with at least a 2:1
• An MBA is an added advantage
• Completion of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program.

Ideal experience:

• Minimum of 5 - 7 years of work experience
• Business consulting experience (preferred)
• Project management experience
• Business development experience
• Marketing and/or product development experience
• People supervisory experience
• Conversant with technology and social media
• Experience in developing, owning and managing products to market
• Basic knowledge of accounting.

Knowledge:

• Working knowledge to conduct cost/benefit analysis
• Business plan development
• Working knowledge of IT/Business infrastructure and MS Office.

Attributes:

• Strategic thinking
• Problem solving
• Entrepreneurial
• Documentation expert
• Self-driven
• Hard worker
• Planning
• Structured
• Teamwork
• Project management.

Skill:

• Ability to read and write effectively, including technical writing skills.
• Excellent communication, influencing, negotiation and interpersonal skills.
• Problem solving and analytical.
• Conversant with social media and technology.

Salary
Very attractive.