Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Marie Stopes International is an international non-governmental organisation providing contraception and safe abortion services in 37 countries around the world. Marie Stopes International as an organisation lobbies in favour of access to abortion, and provides a variety of sexual and reproductive healthcare services including advice, vasectomies, and abortions in the UK and other countries where it is legal to do so. In 2015 there were an estimated 21 million women around the world using a method of contraception provided by Marie Stopes International provided. The contraception and safe abortion services that the organisation provided in 2015 averted 6.3 million unintended pregnancies, 4 million unsafe abortions and 18,100 maternal deaths. The organisation's core services include family planning; safe abortion and post-abortion care; maternal and child health care, including safe delivery and obstetrics; diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infections; and HIV/AIDS prevention. Job Purpose: This position is responsible for developing and execution of trade & market activation strategies for the entire life cycle of all products and services for Marie Stopes International. The goal is to ensure the Annual Business Plan targets are met which include income, sales volume, market share and sustainability. .

Key Responsibilities
• Execute Trade Marketing Strategy across a portfolio of products. This includes brand activations, merchandising, POS placement, Market research.
• Support the Brand Marketing process by identifying the key opportunities in Listing and Activations (incorporating understanding on consumers, category, customer, competition, channel and external environment).
• Manage activation plans and execute campaigns through effective participation and coordination of BTL activities in the trade.
• Tacking BTL activities performance and ROI; analyses consumer trends, in store visibility activities, sales performances in order to propose new strategies and activities and provide inputs into the yearly strategic & budget exercises.
• Coordinate communication of price, product and pack changes.
• Manage Trade Marketing budget efficiently & ensure cost efficient policies are applied.
• Coordinates activities associated to organization participation at sponsorship events.
• Manage relationship between Marie Stopes International and all activation agencies and the sales team.
• Conduct periodically trade visit in coordination with the sales team.
• Provide market and product related insights vis a vis the competition..

  Soft skills required for the job:
• Confidentiality
• Client-centred
• Analytical
• Organizational skills
• Communication skills
• Team player

  Qualifications:
• A Bachelor’s degree in Marketing management or any other relevant discipline from a recognised University.
• 2- 3 years of experience in Trade Marketing in FMCG industry
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (outgoing personality)
• Experience of project management against set deliverables
• Ability to prioritize and organize workloads independently when required
• Team player and the ability to work across different multi-media platforms and departments
• Ability to problem solve and ‘make things happen’
• Attention to detail
• Ability to analyse reports
• Event management

Job Education Requirements: • Bachelor’s Degree or four (4) years of experience in lieu of a Bachelor’s Degree is required

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

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Job application procedure
Suitable and qualified candidates should email one document combining an application letter and CV to pd@mariestopes.or.ke  on or before 31st January 2020. The subject of the email should read Head of Policy, External Relations and Health Financing. Do not attach certificates and testimonials. Marie Stopes Kenya is an equal opportunity employer and asks its candidates to be compliant with its antifraud & bribery as well as safeguarding policies. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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