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Friday, August 26, 2011

Business Manager & Signage Production Manager & Signage Manager

Business Manager

Position overview

Reporting to the Head of Sales & Marketing, the Business Manager will focus on overseeing the entire Signage Division, winning new business, increasing turnover and profit and selling corporate signage.

This is a consultative, solution driven sales role, which will require the uncovering of new opportunities, utilizing business intelligence, new project leads and opportunities arising from the company’s marketing activities and contact with clients to fully understand their business aims and then develop innovative signage packages that meet their needs and budget.

Roles and Responsibilities:

* Developing sales plans and generating new client business, creating client proposals and presentations to ensure emerging signage business opportunities in upcoming buildings, road constructions, new branding and rebranding among other areas are tapped.
* Responsible for ensuring monthly, quarterly and annual revenue targets are met and surpassed by finding creative ways to bring in new business and ensure the existing clients’ relationships are nurtured by the Signage team which he will oversee.
* To maintain and develop existing customers through high levels of service in order to expand and strengthen the relationship.
* To actively identify opportunities by introducing company products, thereby increasing the revenue opportunity within each customer’s business portfolio
* To work with client’s management teams and understand particular business strategies
* To communicate customer requirements and/or schedules to the Signage staff in a timely and executable manner for promoting optimum cost efficiency
* To be actively involved in project management of new and existing projects systems’ requirements
* To identify and develop new technical sales enquiries and convert them into profitable new business and assist with other technical sales and marketing activities.

Qualifications:

* A bachelor’s degree in marketing or engineering field with strong sales and marketing experience.
* Not less than 5 years experience in a senior management position
* Strong commercial and marketing background
* Must possess excellent communication skills
* High energy and “can-do” approach combined with excellent negotiation and presentation skills.
* Those conversant with signage construction and installation works and have worked in advertising/signage sector will have an added advantage

Signage Production Manager

Position overview

This is a key, highly autonomous role with direct influence over the company’s ongoing production efficiency and growth by ensuring monthly targets are met.

The ideal candidate will be charged with the responsibility of managing all aspects of signage production while providing daily leadership to the production teams and ensuring production requirements are met in a safe and quality focused environment.

Roles and Responsibilities:

* Planning, organizing and directing the manufacturing operations, revising projects schedules and production goals.
* Ordering of production materials, site supervision, inspection, supervision of field installation staff and initiation and application of all production related processes.
* Initiating plans and processes which minimize production costs through effective utilization of Manpower, equipment, facilities materials and capital. Assure attainment of business objectives and productions schedules while ensuring production standards that will exceed our customer expectations
* Implementing production strategies and action plans to ensure that the facility supports Strategic initiatives
* Improving manpower utilization within existing departments and processes. Scheduling stability that allows for maximum return on efficiencies
* Coordination of labour materials and sub contractors for most jobs in all phases of production
* Managing spending against budget and controlling spending in relation to changes in production volume
* Maintain individual skills, keeping up to date with latest production and production management.

Qualifications:

* A bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field.
* Over 5 years experience in production and positive aptitude for ‘hands on’ production work.
* High performing manager with high attention to detail,
* Previous management experience is required as well as an understanding of quality control techniques.
* Strong leadership skills, independent thinking, strong organizational and planning abilities and excellent analytical and problem solving skills are essential.
* Those conversant with signage construction and installation works and have worked in advertising/signage sector will have an added advantage

Signage Manager

Position overview

Possessing sales and technical background, the ideal candidate will be charged with the responsibility of developing sales plans and generating new client business, creating client proposals and presentations to ensure emerging signage business opportunities in upcoming buildings and road constructions among other areas are tapped.

He will develop innovative signage packages that meet clients’ needs and budget.

Roles and Responsibilities:

* Responsible for ensuring monthly, quarterly and annual revenue targets are met and surpassed by finding creative ways to bring in new business and ensure the existing clients’ relationships are nurtured by the projects team.
* To maintain and develop existing customers through high levels of service in order to expand and strengthen the relationship.
* To actively identify opportunities by introducing company products, thereby increasing the revenue opportunity within each customer’s business portfolio
* To work with client’s management teams to understand particular business strategies
* To communicate customer requirements and/or schedules to the Projects staff in a timely and executable manner for promoting optimum cost efficiency
* To be actively involved in project management of new and existing projects systems’ requirements
* To identify and develop new technical sales enquiries and convert them into profitable new business and assist with other technical sales and marketing activities.

Qualifications:

* A bachelor’s degree in engineering or related with strong sales and technical experience or training
* 3 years experience in a senior management position preferably in signage company
* Strong commercial and marketing background
* must possess excellent communication skills
* High energy and “can-do” approach combined with excellent negotiation and presentation skills.
* Those conversant with signage construction and installation works and have worked in advertising/signage sector will have an added advantage

How to Apply:

If your background, experience and competencies match the above specifications please apply stating your overall suitability for the position together with a detailed CV that clearly addresses the ability to perform key responsibilities accompanied by daytime telephone contact and names of three professionals as referees to recruit@odumont.com urgently.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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