Manager- MFS Strategic Partnerships Job Placement – MTN-Uganda
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Job Title: Manager- MFS Strategic Partnerships
Organisation: MTN-Uganda
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Senior Manager-Ecosystem Development
About US:
MTN-Uganda is the leading telecommunications Company in Uganda, providing payphone, fixed lines, fax/data, internet and mobile services.
Job Summary: The Manager- MFS Strategic Partnerships will acquire new income streams by identifying and enhancing opportunities in value chains that are underserved by MFS and enhance existing ones as well as promote innovation in digital financial services to grow the NGO initiated transactions (e.g. refugee payments), Agricultural, Manufacturing, FMCG and other value chains. The jobholder will also coordinate activities with strategic/financing partners like UNCDF to facilitate portfolio growth and encourage financial inclusion.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop products that can be used to convert value-chain participants from receiving payment in cash to Mobile Money as the preferred payment option
- Work closely with the Marketing and Product Development teams to develop loyalty programs that would attract value chain participants’ e.g. manufacturers, farmers, wholesalers, distributors, retailers etc. to mobile money.
- Work in liaison with the Product Development and IT teams to conceptualize innovative ideas that would enhance financial inclusion
- Work with the Pricing and Analytics team to design pricing mechanisms that would make the ecosystem more affordable to participants in the various value-chains
- Develop campaigns to educate and sensitize value-chain actors on the benefits of digital payments, bearing in mind the levels of literacy and numeracy that generally characterizes this demographic.
- Work in liaison with value-chain actors to develop mutually beneficial approaches that encourage Mobile Money registration and active use.
- Identify, evaluate and prepare/expand the business case for each project/value chain for use to seek investments from development partners interested in Digitizing value-chains.
- Conceptualize new ecosystem value chains, converting viable ones into implementation strategies to grow the financial services ecosystem
- Manage the value-chain business development process from origination to contract execution and post contract partner management.
- Take full accountability on NGO-oriented business stream: engaging with the NGO`s offices and decision makers and liaising with the dealers and trade marketing on the ground to ensure execution is happening.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the MTN Manager- MFS Strategic Partnerships job placement should hold a Bachelor’s degree or 3-Year Diploma in Commerce/Business Administration or related discipline
- A minimum of five years’ experience in sales or business development function
- Prior experience in the telecom industry and Mobile Money will be an added advantage
- High innovation & creativity abilities
- Keen attention to detail
- Ability to take clear and economically sound decisions in a fast moving competitive environment
- Highly developed leadership and management skills and demonstrated ability to build and energize high performance teams
- Strong “can-do“ attitude combined with an ability to take a step back and articulate the strategic implications of key decisions
- Robust, conceptual and integrative thinking – pull together multiple strands from many perspectives across the organization and make sense of them
- Highly driven and motivated individual, with strong personal presence, integrity and resilience
- Business Acumen – a deep understanding of the business as a whole
- Good conflict management skills
- Good networking skills – the ability to build relationships that foster the flow of work
- Excellent communication skills – the ability to translate strategy into tangible outputs, and inspire others
- Time management, specifically the ability to prioritize
- Flexibility – the ability to adapt and change in the light of changing circumstances / new information
- Stress management as well as the ability to handle uncertainty
NB: Please note that presentation of false academic documents and certification will lead to criminal prosecution.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their JobApplications with detailed CVs, certified copies of academic certificates(originals are to be presented at the interview) and names and addresses of three referees addressed to the: Recruitment Officer, MTN- Uganda, P.O. Box 24624, Kampala, Uganda
Deadline: 12th May 2017