Marketing Director at Adexen

Company 

Our client is a multinational manufacturing company with branches in Nigeria 

Job description 

The Marketing Director is responsible for designing and setting up the marketing & innovation organization of the country, which will drive and contribute to the market strategy and profitable growth across all market segments.

• Lead the country key accounts management, Liaise for international accounts with Group International Key Account Management team.
• Lead the management of the multi-product lines initiatives and value propositions in all market segments: products, solutions & services, pricing.
• Lead the company’s lobbying activity in the country relating to products, solutions, raw materials, standards and labels.
• Lead the interactions between all functions involved in the development and launching of new value propositions, products / solutions / services.
• Coordinate innovation initiatives in the country, ensuring consistency with the Extra Mile strategy, s/he is the country interface with the Group Innovation function.
• Contribute to the development/ transformation towards a strong market and customer culture across the organization, in all business functions
• Disseminate general knowledge and best practices across the organization on market place, customers, products and solutions

Requirements

• MBA plus 15 years successful Marketing experience
• Ability to manage broadly the 4Ps: Product – Promotion – Place – Price and proven implementer or project management experience
• Experience with a market focused company in another industry would be viewed as a Plus.
• Good knowledge of market channels and good understanding of construction industry
• Leadership to drive cultural change
• Strategic agility, business acumen, customer focus, drive for results.
• Ability to work in teams and in networks with other Country Excom members and Sales teams in product lines
• Fast learner, entrepreneurial and promoter of continuous learning and experimentation.
• Ability to deal with complexity and ambiguity