Marketing Jobs in Kenya
Product Associate
Product Associate
Description
Mobius Motors designs, manufactures, and sells highly durable, highly affordable vehicles for Africa’s mass market. Our vehicles create a transport platform that empowers local entrepreneurs to run profitable transportation services to end-users in their communities.
Mobius Motors designs, manufactures, and sells highly durable, highly affordable vehicles for Africa’s mass market. Our vehicles create a transport platform that empowers local entrepreneurs to run profitable transportation services to end-users in their communities.
We are seeking to hire an
exceptional mid-career professional interested in a truly unique entrepreneurial
opportunity to create impact on a global scale. The successful candidate will
be responsible for the defining, prioritising and executing product
innovationfor Mobius vehicles and reviewing product line expansions and growth
/ diversification plans.
The role will require a
close working relationship with the Marketing Director, Technical and
Operations Teams.
Key responsibilities
Product Development
Assist in defining product vision in liaison with the Marketing and Technicalteams.
Work closely with the Technical team to provide human centred design inputs in the development of prototype products.
Liaise with Quality team to provide product development feedback and improve overall quality of the vehicle, within clear cost targets.
Support Marketing Director to conceive, develop and launch new products.
Support development of advertising, public relations and all marketing communications relevant product specifications and performance.
Monitor and evaluate customer satisfaction from existing products and provide structured feedback to Technical and Marketing teams for on-going support and development.
Participate in cross-functional teams to execute product development plan.
Monitor, anticipate and assess market, client, competitor and regulatory trends to drive product strategy and identify opportunities for new product innovation.
Support development of new product business cases, including assembling fact-based arguments and developing compelling presentations to senior management.
Conduct primary, secondary research and competitive analyses, including product performance, competitor response and market positioning.
Product Development
Assist in defining product vision in liaison with the Marketing and Technicalteams.
Work closely with the Technical team to provide human centred design inputs in the development of prototype products.
Liaise with Quality team to provide product development feedback and improve overall quality of the vehicle, within clear cost targets.
Support Marketing Director to conceive, develop and launch new products.
Support development of advertising, public relations and all marketing communications relevant product specifications and performance.
Monitor and evaluate customer satisfaction from existing products and provide structured feedback to Technical and Marketing teams for on-going support and development.
Participate in cross-functional teams to execute product development plan.
Monitor, anticipate and assess market, client, competitor and regulatory trends to drive product strategy and identify opportunities for new product innovation.
Support development of new product business cases, including assembling fact-based arguments and developing compelling presentations to senior management.
Conduct primary, secondary research and competitive analyses, including product performance, competitor response and market positioning.
Qualifications
- An ideal candidate should have a track record of
academic and professional achievement and demonstrate a strong business
acumen and passion for Mobius’s business.
- He or sheshould combine expertise in marketing, product
development, finance,and analytics with exceptional communication,
interpersonal and leadership skills as well as on-the-ground pragmatism
and patience necessaryto manage ambiguities involved with an early-stage
venture in a developing country.
- Most of all, they should demonstrate integrity and
accountability.
Required
- Bachelor’s degree (minimum) in businesssubject with 3.4
GPA or higher from a top university worldwide.
- A master’s degree will be an added advantage
- Minimum 3years’ experience in sales, marketing,product
development, management consulting, or other similar roles for top tier
companies
- Exceptional leadership and clear sense of direction
- Detail oriented and capable of delivering high quality
outputs
- Excellent interpersonal skills to build strong rapport
with others as well as the ability to influence
- Ability to effectively communicate timelines and
project progress with both internal and external management teams
- A start-up personality;
entrepreneurial,ambitious,independent, detail oriented,proactive,flexible,
and resilient
- Excellent problem solving and analytical ability in
cross-functional and multi-cultural environment; able to define problems,
collect relevant data, extract meaning and draw valid conclusions
- A good sense of humour and an appreciation for
different cultures
- Proven ability to work with senior management team to
develop and implement company strategy
- Experience in managing budgets effectively, financial
reporting, and setting up effective metrics and business processes
- Comfort with extensive domestic and regional travel
when needed
- A fair level of technical expertise in automobile
industry
- Desired
- Masters degree (or higher) in Business Administration
(MBA), Marketing, Engineering, Business or similar
- 4+ years related experience inproduct development,
market research or public relations
- Passion for the automotive industry and social
enterprise in Africa
- Fluency in Kiswahili (the national language of Kenya)
Please post your
application on http://www.mobiusmotors.com/join-us/or
send an email torecruiting@mobiusmotors.com
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