Vacancy - Discovery Cycle Professionals Is Currently Accepting CVs

Employer: Discovery Cycle Professionals 

►Job Position: Marketer 
►Reports to: Chief Operating Officer 
►Number of Subordinates: Nil 
►Location of Job (Department and Division): Head Office, Abuja

Our Client:
Discovery Cycle Professionals (A Division of Discovery Cycle Limited) is a global network of

experienced academics and consultants assembled to provide world-class knowledge-based services globally. DCP has diverse experience across different professional fields and offers a wide-range of multi-disciplinary professional services.

DCP is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Marketer

Main Function

The job requirement covers a wide range of responsibilities including market research, product development, marketing planning and control, pricing, distribution, promotion (including advertising, direct marketing, sales promotion and public relations), selling and after sales service.

Key Performance Areas:
Core, Essential Responsibilities/ Output Of Position

Role and Task Complexities:

►Working closely with the product and sales teams to implement strategic plans that would promote the company through online and offline advertising, campaigns and PR activity.

►Devise marketing campaigns with the goal of increasing product awareness and increasing sales and profits.

►Plan, organise, and execute marketing and sales programmes.

►Act as the point person for outside, inside and partner sales teams.

►Track market and company sales performance.

►Work closely with other marketing teams to generate leads and drive sales.

►Gather and report customer intelligence to sales teams.

►Develop marketing plans.

►Manage vendor contracts.

►Support all company initiatives, give actionable feedback, share best practices and serve as advocate and information source for company.

►Generate ideas that drive brand loyalty.

►Manage marketing budgets.

►Attend trade shows and events to market product.

►Develop effective account conversion strategies to accelerate adoption.

►Determine product/service value delivered throughout customer operations and effectively communicate value to customers to promote new applications and sales.

►Improve forecast performance of business through thorough understanding of underlying demand assumptions.

►Keep abreast of industry trends, competition, and new opportunities.

►Develop understanding of product line and value chain.

Minimum Requirement Education:

A minimum of B.Sc. or HND in Marketing or any other related field.

Experience:

At least 2 years marketing experience in travels and tour agency.

Competences
Knowledge:

►Must understand travels and tour packages and how to market them.

►Must have good knowledge of Abuja and its environs.

►Knowledge of Hausa Language is an added advantage.

►Skills/physical Competencies:

►Great Persuasive Skills required in marketing

►Effective verbal and listening communications skills

►Effective written communications

Skills

►Ability to communicate effectively in English

►Computer skills including the ability to use Amadeus software for flight booking and reservation

►Stress management skills

►Time management skills

►Behavioural Qualities:

►Great Interpersonal Skills

Other Specifications

►Applicants MUST meet all the specified conditions before applying

►Candidate MUST be resident in Abuja and should be able to resume within short notice.

Application Closing Date:
on or before 3pm, Wednesday, 6th August, 2014

How to Apply

All CVs MUST be sent with the Job Title as the subject to: careers@discoveryng.com on or before 3pm, Wednesday, 6th August, 2014.