GAP Marketing is East Africa’s most sought after marketing Services Company. Our services help our clients’ brands win at retail by translating their sales and marketing strategies into high impact retail and shopper programmes.
These services include brand activations, field marketing, retail sales management and retail audit.
We seek to fill the following positions each of which requires talented individuals.
1. Account Manager
As an Account Manager, your core responsibility will be to accelerate growth in business volume by being an embodiment of what we do and how we do it. You will effectively manage existing clients and recruit new ones while developing a strong team through good leadership.
With your hands-on approach and analytical mind, you will plan, implement, monitor and evaluate trade marketing strategies and concepts. You will also require exceptional communication, interpersonal, negotiation and presentation skills.
A proven experience in team management and passion for excellence in execution will make you stand out while a degree in social science and a professional qualification in marketing with at least 3 years’ relevant experience in FMCG industry is mandatory.
2. Account Executive
As an Account Executive, you will actively assist in driving the company’s growth in business volume and profitability the thorough growing billings from existing clients and recruiting new ones.
You will be required to proactively establish and grow strong relations or partnership with current and potential client in a manner that promotes agencies positioning, policies and values.
You will be required to have good communication, organization and excellent interpersonal skills.
Reporting to the Account Manager, you will be required to have a degree in Social Sciences, a professional marketing qualification and a 1 year proven relevant experience in Marketing or Brand Management.
3. Head of Operations
As Head of Operations, your core responsibilities will be to maximize efficiency and effectiveness in project management for all clients’ projects through effective planning, implementation, monitoring and control and evaluation
Proactively establishing and managing professional relationships with all relevant 3rd parties including suppliers, trade partners, government and other regulatory agencies in a manner that promotes the agency’s image, values and policies
With your hands-on approach and an analytical mind, you will be stickler for details while solving multiple problems is what gives you a kick.
You will also require exceptional communication, interpersonal, negotiation and presentation skills.
A proven experience in field operations, team management and passion for excellence in execution will make you stand out while a degree in social science and a professional qualification in marketing or project management with at least 5 years’ relevant experience in FMCG industry is mandatory.
4. Operations Executive
As Operations Executive, you will assist in ensuring effectiveness and efficiency in clients’ project management through proper execution of assigned projects while complying with the established and approved company systems.
You will assist to manage professional relationships with all relevant 3rd parties including suppliers, trade partners, government and other regulatory agencies in a manner that promotes the agency’s image, value and policies.
A proven 2 years’ experience in project management for experiential marketing coupled with a strong understanding of promotions, field marketing and sales operations particularly in FMCG, knowledge of regulatory and logistical issues around trade marketing activities will be success measure for the job.
Send in your application, CV and copies of your certificate before 31st October 2014 to hr@gap-marketing.com
