General Electric (GE) is a diversified technology, industrial and financial company repeatedly ranked as the Most Admired Company in the World for the past ten years. GE is currently recruiting for the following position:
Position Title: Marketing COE Leader
Job Number: 1410121
Location: Ikoyi - Lagos, Nigeria
Role Summary/Purpose:
• The Marketing COE Leader will play a critical role in implementing and driving execution against GE Africa’s growth objectives.
• This position will be instrumental in setting strategic direction and building out GE Africa’s capability in the region to deliver on growth expectations.
• As a member of the GE Africa Commercial leadership team, he / she will be responsible for developing a Gold Standard Marketing capability along with deep Commercial Excellence domain and expertise within the regi
Essential Responsibilities:
• Developing and deploying a systematic commercial strategy and growth agenda
• Deepening awareness, focus, and connectivity to local markets
• Creating systems and processes that leverage market intelligence capabilities to drive opportunity assessments and support business strategy prioritization.
• Leading commercialization processes to build out GE Africa regional capabilities and support execution against growth opportunities.
www.theinfostrides.com• Champion growth as a process using Gold Standard Marketing frameworks
• Developing / deepening the GE value proposition
• Building internal and external brand development
• Support GE operational processes including Operating Plan and SII.
• Creating sustainability through building a talent bench across functional capabilities / disciplines within the region:
Qualifications/Requirements:
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience in a marketing operations role
• Bachelor’s degree, with a Master's degree in Marketing, Finance, HR or Business Administration (MBA) is advantageous,
• Professional experience in Commercial/Sales leadership roles
• Outstanding project management skills incl. commercial assessments of business cases
• Ability to represent projects with internal and external stakeholders
• Good knowledge of GE and its products
• Customer centric approach – ability to understand how to proactively identify customer needs.
• Demonstrated GE values and Growth leadership traits - Integrity: accepting and adhering to high moral, ethical, and personal values in decisions, communications, actions and when dealing with others.
• Commercial, customer facing, background in sales, marketing or business development. Consultancy experience can be decisive factor.
www.theinfostrides.com• Clear understanding and experience in complex transactions in developing countries with an appreciation for the Regional complexities of doing business in Africa.
• Excellent understanding of the regional economics with respect to regulatory impacts & subsidies and clear understanding and appreciation for the socio-political dimension within the region.
• Must be computer literate with creative capabilities in making own high level presentation.
For more information and online application:
IIkoyi - Lagos Marketing COE Leader Job
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