Nokia Nigeria is looking to hire qualified individuals into the following vacant post.
OPERATOR ACCOUNT MANAGER
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES (COMPREHENSIVE)
SCOPE
Primary Account Management responsibility for an Operator Account/s for the WA Market.
Where an Operator has OPCO presence in multiple WA market, the Operator
Account Manager will assume an Area role and Area responsibility for
this account.
Reporting line and accountability will be to the Nokia Nigeria General
Manager, however there are further accountabilities and dotted line
reporting responsibilities to support the various Local Office GM’s in
executing on local OPCO activities and projects.
Secondary Channel Responsibility for all initiating, planning, and
following up on the execution of B2B initiatives through the assigned
Operator
Account/s.
Alternate Secondary Responsibility (where current Operator B2B activity
is limited) will be to drive the development, implementation and
execution of the Nokia B2B strategy within the Area, including the
management of 3rd party B2B vendors towards achieving desired results.
The role scope will cover multiple specified Operators until such time
that the level of activity and joint collaboration with any one Operator
as well as business impact dictates that a Single-Operator focus be
employed.
PLANNING
Build Operator Core Account Plan (6 months Forward looking) as per the
guidance Template given by Region (for consistency purposes) – 6 monthly
Align and agree with Operator the product and marketing roadmap for the
next coming 6 months, clearly spelling out joint commitments to making
this a success
Align and agree the Operator’s resourcing, timelines, marketing spend
commitments and deployment roadmap, setting out joint obligations
between Nokia and the Operator. (see Marketing cross functional wow ito
agreeing marketing budget upfront).
Agree the broad based KPI expectations by quarter to set the scene and
expectations of both Nokia and the Operator. Pull together all the
required supporting information such as market size, market share,
competitive landscape, portfolio offerings, existing and required growth
rates in coming to an agreed determination of the joint KPI’s and
objectives.
Clearly spell out the support that Nokia and the Operator will need to
bring to the table in order to make the plan materialize effectively in
order to deliver against the RBP targets.
TACTICAL PLANNING - MONTHLY
Ensure that a monthly meeting is held in person between the Operator
Account Manager and the Operator Management Team to review progress
against KPI’s as well as plan activities for the following 4-6 weeks in
terms of making progress towards executing joint plans as well as
specific projects agreed upon.
GTM PLANNING - WEEKLY
Ensure that Operator plans are updated weekly for any new
information/changes into the GTM deck being presented. Operator Account
Manager is to ensure that the three way alignment is secured between the
Marketing Team, Nokia Management Team, as well as Operator Management
Team through this information management and dissemination.
OPERATIVE REVIEWS
Attendance and participation at each Monday Sales Meeting will be
required where opportunities to raise pertinent operative issues over
the last week or coming week should be aired. It is required that the
Operator Account Manager make his/her own minutes/record of actions
required and agreed upon, and follows up for completion of these tasks
within the week, if possible. - weekly
Produce a monthly report showing progress against the Core Account Plan
as well as against the quarterly targets, including KPI’s and strategic
project updates. - monthly
Plan, organize and orchestrate a conference call with the Operator on a
weekly basis, with clear minutes of meetings taken and communicated
within 48 hours, detailing concrete actions, deadlines, and
responsibilities. Where necessary, invite functional attendees to this
call as and when the need arises. – weekly
Plan, organize and orchestrate a semi-cross functional face to face
meeting with the Operator on a quarterly basis, with clear minutes of
meeting taken and communicated within 48 hours, detailing concrete
actions, deadlines, and responsibilities. This meeting should be a
mid-term or full term review of the status of the current Operator Core
Account Plan, as well as include operative cross functional elements for
discussion and review. - quarterly
Delivery against Projects, Marketing Launches, and Joint KPI’s.Joint KPI’s.
Take full responsibility for the Operator account in terms of delivering
against the Projects, Marketing Launches, and joint KPI’s in line with
timings agreed.
OTHER KEY DELIVERABLES
Responsible for orienting and selling the Nokia Solutions Offerings to
the Operator, as well as the rollout of these offerings to end consumers
through cross functional team management.
Ensuring Product Roadmap and NPI sessions are conducted between relevant
Nokia and Operator staff and/or management at least quarterly.
Engage in relationship building within the Operator business to ensure
buy-in of strategies and action plans at a multi-level basis, from their
Executive team to their Management team, to the Functional Support
teams.
Engage internally with Nokia on a cross-functional basis, as well as on a
multi-level basis from the Executive, Management, as well as Functional
support teams in ensuring buy-in and execution of strategies.
Ability to influence the Operator as well as Internal teams towards
building joint propositions for Nokia and the Operator, such as:
building Nokia specific Dataplans
Operator Landing Pages on our devices
Operator billing integration
Operator App development
Joint Developer engagement and roadshows,
As well as the execution of the above to maturity.
FIELD WORK
Operator Account Manager is to spend a minimum of 1 day per week in the field
Visiting Solution Point outlets, DTR Outlets, Independent Retail, as well as Operator Channel Retail
Gaining a better understanding of the issues in trade, as well as how these issues affect Nokia/Operator deployment.
Proactively identify opportunities for excellence or improvement
It is expected that at least one visit per month is to a non-Lagos
destination to ensure that effectiveness of communication and deployment
outside of Lagos.
Operator Account Manager to email to the General Manager max 5-10 bullet points of these visits weekly.
CROSS FUNCTIONAL ENGAGEMENT
BUSINESS OPS AND RETAIL
The Operator Account Manager will engage directly with Business Ops to
fulfill specific reporting needs he/she may have which would enable
him/her to better fulfill the required job tasks at hand with a
standardized template.
The Operator Account Manager will closely collaborate with the Retail
team in ensuring that aligned POSM elements are deployed in line with
agreed promotional activities in Nokia Retail & Operator own stores.
Where the execution is not as per the agreed plan, this is to be
escalated to the appropriate manager or Executive.
MARKETING
Operator Account Managers are responsible for understanding the
portfolio roadmap for the next coming 6 months, products, design and
features, consumer positioning and competitive landscape. It is required
that the Operator Account Manager engages the General Manager and
Marketing Portfolio Head to understand Roadmap.
The Operator Account Manager undertakes to support GTM executions to
fully integrate and leverage operator capabilities to help achieve
business goals. The Operator Account Manager needs to ensure that the
appropriate information is shared with the Operator to collaboratively
carry the them along with Nokia
The Operator Account Manager needs to be fully conversant with the RBP
Marketing Spend Plan and Priorities and contribute as they are being
developed.
The Operator Account Manager will be expected to ensure that sufficient
stock is available for distribution at the Operator stores ahead of
Operator/Nokia Marketing Launches.
FINANCE
The Operator Account Manager will be expected facilitate negotiations with:
Distributors and Operators in terms of a Reverse Bundling deals
Securing collaborations with Operators to fulfill payment on Nokia Life Tools Service & Operator Billing
CARE
Operator Account Managers should have in-depth knowledge of the Nokia 12 month Warranty Terms and Conditions.
Operator Account Managers to ensure that all epidemic product
faults/failures experienced within the operator channel are reported
immediately to the Care team and/or escalated to Head of Care for
immediate resolution.
Any customization or bulk software upgrades should be planned together
with the Head of Care, to ensure correct processes and timelines
expectations are agreed.
Operator Account Manager to ensure Care support training, escalations etc is administered to operator teams.
MANAGEMENT & PROBLEM SOLVING
Operator Account Manager will monitor account weekly and be intimately
involved in the Operator’s business in terms of solving or resolving
operator problems or issues. This will include but not be limited to
reverse bundle fulfillments, activations and data attachment rates,
billing claims resolution.
Operator Account Manager will actively engage with the Nokia Field Force
and/or Operator Field Executives in managing and responding to market
forces against planned activities.
The Operator Account Manager will take responsibility to ensure that
Operator reporting is in place according to the appropriate formats,
frequency and timing, and that these reports are made available to the
right audiences internally within Nokia.
QUALIFICATIONS
Account management experience preferable. Good Interpersonal Skills, and
Managerial skills. Must be able to work independently as well as part
of a team - ability to take initiative. Strong communication skills.
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DUE DATE: 7 October, 2013
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