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Job Description

Scans the micro and macro market to develop marketing plans. Implements marketing strategies and marketing campaigns.

Responsibilities

Marketing

Oversee a particular area, product, or service within the larger marketing strategy. Involves managing development or delivery (or both).

Leadership and Direction

Communicate the actions needed to implement the function's strategy and business plan within the team; explain the relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision, and values; motivate people to commit to these and to do extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.

Horizon Scanning

Explore and develop a detailed understanding of external developments or emerging issues and evaluate their potential impact on, or usefulness to, the organization.

Marketing Impact Assessment

Collect and synthesize metrics and other data and participate in reviews of marketing activities to identify possible improvements.

Marketing Campaign Development

Manage a few campaigns (advertising, promotion, other marketing) and negotiate service-level agreements to ensure successful campaigns and value for money. Plan, coordinate, and supervise activities relating to campaigns.

Brand Positioning

Assist in achieving brand positioning, and lead on contributing ideas to brand plans.

Product Management

Take responsibility for all aspects of a life cycle of a product or set of products, including long- and short-term development and marketing. Stay abreast of trends in the marketplace to ensure the product's competitive position.

Information and Business Advice

Provide specialist advice on the interpretation and application of policies and procedures, resolving complex or contentious queries and issues and enabling others to take appropriate actions.

Performance Management

Manage and report on the performance of a substantial, diverse team; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports or project/account team members and hold individuals accountable for achieving them; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of team/personal objectives.

Budgeting

Deliver a budget for an area of the organization or conduct complex analyses on budget progress in other areas of the organization.

Organizational Capability Building

Use the organization's formal development framework to identify the team's individual development needs. Plan and implement actions to build their capabilities. Provide training or coaching to others throughout the organization in own area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.

Minimum Requirements:

●Namibian citizen.
●Relevant Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Management, Commerce, or a related field.
●6-8 years' relevant experience in a marketing, business development, or distribution environment, including at least 5 years at a managerial level.
●Sound knowledge of the Financial Services industry and its distribution channels.
●Proven ability to build and maintain strategic stakeholder relationships that support business growth and organizational objectives.
●Strong strategic thinking, commercial acumen, and problem-solving skills.
●Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal, planning, and time management skills.
●Strong coordination, facilitation, influencing, and negotiation abilities.
●Demonstrated resilience, drive, and ability to perform effectively under pressure.
●Willingness and ability to travel as required.

Duties and responsibilities will include the following:

●Conducts market intelligence studies to determine the viability of product/s portfolio and to enable accurate market forecasting;
●Scanning the micro and macro environment to develop marketing plans;
●Implementing business unit marketing strategies and marketing campaigns;
●Identifying business growth opportunities across business units and developing customer acquisition and retention plans for the business units;
●Overseeing the leads generation across business units and other businesses and support them accordingly;
●Develops and maintains effective working relationships with channel management key advisors and gains support for initiatives undertaken;
●Growing the brand and contracts within distribution channels with regard to sales, targets and incentive requirements;
●Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with channel management, key advisors and gains consensus and support for initiatives undertaken;
●Leading a team of marketing consultants;
●Representing business units at various marketing forums; and
●Ensuring effective interaction with product suppliers with regard to new products, targets and feedback on new products.

 

Skills

Adaptive Thinking, Brand Development, Campaign Management, Change Management, Commercial Acumen, Cultural Awareness, Data Compilation, Evaluating Information, Executing Plans, Managerial Accounting, Market Analysis, Media Management, Oral Communications, Professional Presentation, Target Market Segmentation

Competencies

Action Oriented

Builds Effective Teams

Business Insight

Communicates Effectively

Cultivates Innovation

Drives Results

Ensures Accountability

Manages Complexity

Education

Honours Degree (Hons)

Closing Date

31 July 2026 , 23:59

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