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JOB IDENTIFICATION
Job Title : Account Director
Reports to: General Manager
Subordinates: Account Account Managers, Account Executives
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB
To drive the Company’s growth in business volume and profitability.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Achieving business targets in both volume and profitability
- Growing business volume from existing clients
- Building the client base by acquiring new accounts
- Brief taking, proposal writing and presentation, fieldwork management, report writing and presentation
- Project planning, implementation, monitoring and control to ensure excellence in execution.
- Project review, analysis and evaluation to assess success and efficiency
- Quality control of the entire process
- Briefing & de-briefing the field staff – field marketing reps, sales reps & others
- Briefing the operations departments on the staff and logistical support requirements
- Liaising with the operations department for project costing to ensure profitability targets are achieved for each
- Preparing costing documents and forwarding to client for acceptance
- Following up with client for local purchase orders (L.P.O) or contracts
- Signing off project budgets for expenditure approval
- Liaising with accounts department to prepare and send invoices to clients for each projects
- Confirmation of receipt of payment from clients before commencement of work
- Following up with the client for final payment after project completion and submission / presentation of the report
- Sending customer satisfaction survey to clients and follow up for collection
- Ensuring back up for all the work done on a project
- Preparing project status update for both internal and client use
- Client service
- Attend to any duty as otherwise directed by your supervisor or the Managing Director.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
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Desirable
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Education Qualification and Training |
- Bachelor’s Degree in social sciences
- Professional qualification in marketing preferably CIM
- Proficiency in computers
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Knowledge and Skills |
- Good analytical skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Team building
- Good organisation
- Good communication skills
- Good computer skills
- Project management skills
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Experience |
At least 5 years’ experience in Marketing or brand management from a reputable company.
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Experience in brand activations, field marketing and sales operations particularly in FMCG.
Research interpretation and translation into trade and consumer insights |
Personal Attributes |
- Honesty
- Integrity
- Reliability
- Results oriented
- Problem solving ability
- Sociability
- Ability to think on feet
- Pro-activity and confidence
- Good personal drive
- Mature and flexible
- Attention to detail
- Resilience
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Judgement and Mental demands |
- Highly creative and innovative
- Ability to manage crisis
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Physical demands and work environment |
- Ability to work long hours and to withstand pressure
- Travelling out of the country and out of town
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