Job Title: Chief Commercial Director
Organisation: Airtel
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Managing Director
About Airtel:
Airtel was launched in
Uganda in 1995 and is Uganda’s most innovative mobile phone operator, which has
introduced many “firsts” in the telecommunication sector such as: Pre-paid
plans, Post-paid plans, International roaming, Dedicated customer care, One
rate to all networks, Fax and Data, Call forwarding, Per second billing,
Freedom Forever and Mobile Top up.
Airtel in Uganda is a great success story in Uganda. Our customer base
has grown tremendously – so has our coverage – and our service quality is
unsurpassed in the market.
Uganda in 1995 and is Uganda’s most innovative mobile phone operator, which has
introduced many “firsts” in the telecommunication sector such as: Pre-paid
plans, Post-paid plans, International roaming, Dedicated customer care, One
rate to all networks, Fax and Data, Call forwarding, Per second billing,
Freedom Forever and Mobile Top up.
Airtel in Uganda is a great success story in Uganda. Our customer base
has grown tremendously – so has our coverage – and our service quality is
unsurpassed in the market.
Job
Summary: The Chief
Commercial Director will be responsible for conceiving, developing and
executing the commercial strategy for Airtel Uganda for enhancement of revenues.
Summary: The Chief
Commercial Director will be responsible for conceiving, developing and
executing the commercial strategy for Airtel Uganda for enhancement of revenues.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Define
strategies/plans for commercial functions and ensure that these are
consistent with overall goals and objectives - Develop
and execute strategies to enhance the distribution outlay, through
appointment of right channel partners. - Derive
synergies across customer segments for overall revenue enhancement – drive
cross-pollination across several sales channels and customer segments. - Develop
customer-facing strategies for the all the regions. - End-to-end
responsibility for overall management of new projects and business
initiatives. - Manage
the production of regular reports with analysis of major trends or issues
for review and decision making. - Identify
and justify new coverage areas for network expansion and deliver effective
rollouts where these are actualized. - Keep
costs under control to ensure that EBITDA margins across regions are
sustained. - Develop
bench strength of future’ leaders through coaching & mentoring. - Keenly
review direct reports performance and recommend appropriate rewards and
recognition.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The
ideal candidate should at least hold an advanced University degree and/or
an MBA will be desirable - Professional
qualification/certification in Project Management Techniques and related
disciplines. - At
least ten years’ experience with a minimum of five years in a commercial
role at senior management level. P&L Management - Five
years managerial experience in a GSM/mobile company. - Comprehensive
business understanding. - Customer
focus/orientation - Strong
partner relationship management - Excellent
interpersonal skills. - Strong
leadership skills. - Strong
people skills; building collaborative relationships, empowering and
developing people. - High
entrepreneurial spirit
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and
interested Candidates are invited to send their updated CVs, academic
qualifications with a day phone contact, address and an email address to – The
Resourcing Team via Email to: [email protected]
interested Candidates are invited to send their updated CVs, academic
qualifications with a day phone contact, address and an email address to – The
Resourcing Team via Email to: [email protected]
Deadline: 12th August, 2016
NB:
- Attach
copies of all academic documents. - Soliciting
of influence of any nature will lead to an automatic disqualification. - We
regret that only short listed candidates will be contacted. Applicants who
do not hear from us 2 weeks from the closing date should consider their
applications unsuccessful.
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