Marketing Manager
Marketing Manager at Puma Energy August, 2023
locations Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
time type Full time
job requisition id R-012112
Main Purpose:
The Marketing Manager is responsible for
developing and executing marketing plans that will increase brand
awareness, generate leads, and drive sales for Puma Energy Tanzania Ltd.
The Marketing Manager will work closely with the Africa Marketing Lead,
General Manager, and Retail Manager to develop and implement marketing
strategies that align with Puma Energy's overall business goals.
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Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:Roles and Responsibilities :
1. PLANNING
- To provide a detailed plan of possible marketing campaigns
- Do detailed research on operating environment
- Conduct market research to identify target audiences and develop marketing messages that resonate with them
- Identifying opportunities for marketing the Puma Energy brand and its products
- Detailed analysis of cost vs benefit
- Create and manage marketing campaigns, including advertising, public relations, and social media
- Work with the sales team to develop and execute marketing campaigns and take full responsibility of execution in country
- Track and analyze marketing results to measure effectiveness of marketing campaigns
- Stay up-to-date on marketing trends and best practices in the industry
- Prepare and monitor marketing budget and spend on a quarterly basis
- Ensure that all marketing brand guidelines are adhered to
- Monthly reporting on marketing trends in country
- Reporting on campaigns running in country
Skills and requirements:
Educational requirements
- Bachelors Degree in Marketing, Business Administration or a related field
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Experience:
- 5+ years of marketing experience in B2C setting and FMCG industry is preferredStrong understanding of marketing principles and best practices
- Experience in a multinational company with matrix organizational structure
- Strong creating, developing and execution of marketing campaigns
- Stong analytical and problem solving skills
- Ability to work independent
- Strong financial/accounting background
- Accountability
- Interpersonal skills
- Organized
- Resilient
- Strong marketing and sales skills
- Creative
- Strong analytical skills
- Proactive
- Comfortable working with multiple IT systems – MS Office, Navision, etc.
- Knowledge of database systems would be advantageous
- Commercial awareness / acumen
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Competencies:- Ability to identify and develop business opportunities that current and future organizational competence can fulfill to generate new profitable business.
- Ability to drive business value through the effective marketing of existing and new offerings to customers and stakeholders.
- Ability to build and maintain ethical and trusting relationships, networks or contacts with people who are, or may be, potentially helpful in achieving work-related goals.
- Ability to build lasting engaging relationships with colleagues, superiors, clients, employees and other key stakeholders. Establish and maintain effective relationships with customers and gain their trust and respect. Always acts with customers in mind
- Ability to meet the needs of internal and external customers within business service levels and profitability requirements.
- Able to pursue everything with energy and drive and adapts easily to change.
- Able to set and communicate high standards of performance in alignment with business goals and measures. Ability to and hold team members, business units and stakeholders accountable for actions and results and manage expectations, performance and consequences
- Ability to communicate and ensure adherence to performance targets and measures to meet applicable corporate governance and legislative requirements. Ability to identify, measure the potential impact of and manage organizational risk.
Key Relationships and Department Overview:
- Internal – Retail, B2C Lubricants, Finance, Corporate Affairs and Government Relations
- External – Customers, Advertising agencies, Media Houses
Procurement Officer
Procurement Officer at Puma Energy August, 2023
locations Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
time type Full time
job requisition id R-012111
Main Purpose:
Reporting
to the Country Finance Manager, the Country Buyer will be responsible
for efficient planning and cost effective Procurement system that
supports country operations through timely availability of goods and
services required for company operations
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Knowledge Skills and Abilities, Key Responsibilities:Roles and Responsibilities:
- Analyses suppliers, the spend and communicating with the business partners and thus identifying opportunities to bring in efficiency
- Provide a “one stop” procurement service to the Company and business units teams
- Manage the Vendor and PO generation process within the applicable ERP system when implemented
- Ensure the on-going assessment, accreditation, development and maintenance of relationships with key local suppliers
- Apply sourcing and market knowledge to the country’s third party spend, proving the value of procurement skills
- Directly handle the sourcing of goods and services for the designated country and business needs with the delegated levels of spend
- Accountable for assuring that the business partner requirements are met while optimizing value
- Negotiate, prepare (using templates) and execute contracts and purchase orders for designated country
- Develop, track and monitor “scorecards” with suppliers and business partners to ensure continuous improvement
- Effectively align and coordinate work with the business partners and obtain periodic customer feedback to improve service delivery.
- Attend meetings, conferences etc as may be required and travel to other countries as may be required
- Prepare, manage and maintain a data base of products and services purchased and of the local suppliers in the designated country
Skills and Requirements:
- Tertiary qualification in Supply Chain Management or equivalent
- 3 to 5 years in a Procurement role or buying function
- Qualified procurement practitioner
- Excellent track record of successful career in Finance/procurement with at least 5 years’ experience in similar roles. Familiarity with Oil industry is preferred
- Ability to prepare and interpret complex financial reports
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Able to work independently and in team, able lead and provide direction to own team
- Aggressive and results oriented
- Working knowledge of ERP systems. Knowledge of Navision is an added advantage
- High computer literacy -Ms office packages especially Excel and PowerPoint
- Demonstrate general business acumen
- Demonstrate high level of integrity and ethics
Key Relationships and Department Overview:
- Internal –Finance Team locally, regional and global
- External –Banks, External auditors, Tax and Legal firms
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