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• Develop
  products that can be used to convert value-chain participants from
  receiving payment in cash to Mobile Money as the preferred payment option
• Work
  closely with the Marketing and Product Development teams to develop
  loyalty programs that would attract value chain participants’ e.g.
  manufacturers, farmers, wholesalers, distributors, retailers etc. to
  mobile money.
• Work
  in liaison with the Product Development and IT teams to
  conceptualize innovative ideas that would enhance financial inclusion
• Work
  with the Pricing and Analytics team to design pricing mechanisms that
  would make the ecosystem more affordable to participants in the various
  value-chains
• Develop
  campaigns to educate and sensitize value-chain actors on the
  benefits of digital payments, bearing in mind the levels of literacy and
  numeracy that generally characterizes this demographic.
• Work
  in liaison with value-chain actors to develop mutually beneficial
  approaches that encourage Mobile Money registration and active use.
• Identify,
  evaluate and prepare/expand the business case for each project/value chain
  for use to seek investments from development partners interested in
  Digitizing value-chains.
• Conceptualize
  new ecosystem value chains, converting viable ones into implementation
  strategies to grow the financial services ecosystem
• Manage
  the value-chain business development process from origination to contract
  execution and post contract partner management.
• Take
  full accountability on NGO-oriented business stream: engaging with the
  NGO`s offices and decision makers and liaising with the dealers and trade
  marketing on the ground to ensure execution is happening.

• The ideal candidate for the MTN Manager-
  MFS Strategic Partnerships job placement should hold a Bachelor’s degree or 3-Year Diploma
  in Commerce/Business Administration or related discipline
• A
  minimum of five years’ experience in sales or business development
  function
• Prior
  experience in the telecom industry and Mobile Money will be an added advantage
• High
  innovation & creativity abilities
• Keen
  attention to detail
• Ability
  to take clear and economically sound decisions in a fast moving
  competitive environment
• Highly
  developed leadership and management skills and demonstrated ability
  to build and energize high performance teams
• Strong
  “can-do“ attitude combined with an ability to take a step back and
  articulate the strategic implications of key decisions
• Robust,
  conceptual and integrative thinking – pull together multiple strands
  from many perspectives across the organization and make sense of them
• Highly
  driven and motivated individual, with strong personal presence, integrity
  and resilience
• Business
  Acumen – a deep understanding of the business as a whole
• Good
  conflict management skills
• Good
  networking skills – the ability to build relationships that foster the
  flow of work
• Excellent
  communication skills – the ability to translate strategy into tangible
  outputs, and inspire others
• Time
  management, specifically the ability to prioritize
• Flexibility
  – the ability to adapt and change in the light of changing circumstances /
  new information
• Stress
  management as well as the ability to handle uncertainty

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