Vacancies: Sales and Marketing Manager, Finance Officer
Marie Stopes Nigeria (MSN) is a results-orientated non-Governmental organization, which uses modern management and marketing techniques to provide family planning and other reproductive healthcare clinical services in underserved communities. MSN’s goal is to empower men and women to choose when to have children by improving access to family planning and related reproductive health services.
MSN is part of Marie Stopes International’s Global Partnership which operates in 43 countries and is the largest non-Governmental provider of family planning in the world
Position: Sales and Marketing Manager
Location: Abuja – Nigeria
Reporting to: Country Director
Duration of contract: 2 years
Probationary period: 6 months
Responsibilities:
Product Distribution
- Design and implement a sales and marketing strategy and plan for MSN
- Sell pharmaceutical products through public, private and non-profit pharmacists and medical facilities.
- Wherever necessary contract national, regional, and local distributors and stockists to assist with distribution
- Investigate markets for other products related to MSN’s core business that MSN could sell through its existing distribution
- Ensure that pricing, margins and discounts are set to maximize sales volume and / or income depending on the objectives of the project
Product, and Service Marketing
- Design and implement a product marketing plan to maximize sales, and build confidence and trust in the brands
- Design and implement a clinical service marketing plan to increase clients at MSN’s clinics and franchisees and build trust and confidence in the MSN and Bluestar brands
Leadership
- As a member of the senior management team, demonstrate a strong commitment to MSN’s mission and goals and encourage a similar commitment from all team members
- Actively contribute to the strategic direction and planning of the organization
Requirements:
- Degree or Diploma
- Demonstrate a strong entrepreneurial track record blending implementation experience, business acumen, and strong team leadership skills, together with the ability to develop and build relationships and above all get results.
- Significant experience in sales and marketing in the healthcare sector, ideally in the pharmaceutical sector.
- Understanding of the law and other requirements surrounding provision of pharmaceutical and healthcare products
- Strong team building and leadership skills, Excellent interpersonal / communication skills – both oral and written
- Strong personal commitment to the mission and goals of MSI.
- Must be pro-choice. Must be prepared to travel
Position: Finance Officer
Location: Abuja – Nigeria
Reporting to: Finance Manager
Duration of contract: 2 years
Probationary period: 6 months
Responsibilities:
- Daily transaction inputting into Marie Stopes International’s SUN system
- Management of the petty cash/float regime
- Contribute to month management and periodic statutory reports
- Salary payments and remittance of all statutory deductions to appropriate authorities
- Payments to Mobilizes and other casual/contract staff
- Distrutors/sale agent account management and reconciliation.
- Timely payments to all providers of products and services to MSN.
- Management MAOOC creditors and reconciliation MAOOC income to stock/services sold.
- Financial arrangements for all project activities (including the Outreach ream within and outside FCT
- Manage all transaction documents in accordance to MSN procedures (Transaction filling System)
- Undertake a range of administration duties to ensure the smooth running of MSN
Requirements:
- Candidates should have B.SC/HND Accounting
- At least 4 years post qualification experience in an NGO, public or private organization
- Ability to use SUN Accounting system
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to multitask
Method of Application:
Interested candidates are to send a written application and CV (as a single attachment) to recruitment@mariestopes.org.ng
The position applied for must be quoted as the subject of the email. Applications that do follow these standards will not be accepted.
Closing date for application on 7th November, 2011. For more information, please visit our website www.mariestopes.org
