Manager Merchant HVC & Strategic Accounts at Vodacom Tanzania
Position: Manager Merchant HVC & Strategic Accounts
Vodacom Tanzania Plc
Mwanza
Role purpose:
Responsible for driving M-Pesa merchant payments ecosystem and develop cashless society through Initiatives that will grow and promote merchant payments across the high value and strategic merchants. Create and execute HVC merchant payment strategy & provision of expert knowledge. Interacts with other teams within the function or work area, plans and controls resources required for delivery
Manager Merchant HVC & Strategic Accounts at Vodacom Tanzania
Key accountabilities:
- Create and execute HVC & Strategic merchant acquisition strategy (both online merchants and offline
- Create and execute marketing & promotion strategy to increase customer adoption
- Identify opportunities and develop new products, using data and insight to establish the consumer’s problem or unmet need
- Build a merchant payments ecosystem and VAS services that will attract merchants and drive adoption
- Ensure delivery of all Merchant payment targets mainly active merchants and customers, revenue, value transactions and other payment channels targets
Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
- Project Management – experience with management of project, teams & achieving deadlines
- Commercially astute – solid understanding of market, competitor, & business
- Strategically Oriented – solid understanding of the integrated set of products and services included within the merchant business portfolio;
- Strong Analytical skills – able to assess reports, identify issues, root cause, and recommend solutions, expert spread sheet skills
- Financial Management – develop and manage budgets, drive down costs wherever possible.
- Inspirational Leadership – develop and maintain great working environment throughout Merchant section
- Presentation and communication skills – superior, both written and oral.
- Experience in report writing expert word processor and PowerPoint skills a distinct advantage
Must have technical/professional qualifications:
- 5+ years’ experience industry or functional experience.
- Bachelor degree in Business Administration, Economics, Marketing or its equivalent.
- Strong analytical skills and business acumen.
- Build and maintain relationship with key stakeholders in the value chain.
- Telecommunications experience would be advantageous.
- Project knowledge and experience would be advantageous.
Who you are
- Drives and owns overall performance of the segment portfolio, including revenue, market share, margin and NPS;
- Analyses, understands and prepares reports on monthly trends, identifying whats happened and associated drivers, making recommendations to affect change as appropriate;
- Supports the definition of the proposition and product strategy for the part of the portfolio the role has accountability for;
- Defines the customer insights, target audience and market opportunities, proposition initiatives and customer experience which will differentiate Vodacom from the competition and grow NPS, revenue, Brand consideration and market share;
- Acts as a strong voice to shape the desired customer journeys including a digital first mind-set;
- Is the single, accountable owner for the portfolio area that falls under this accountability demonstrating the leadership behaviours that come with clear ownership;
- Works closely with Brand, Digital and Base Marketing teams to launch offers and propositions with a strong and differentiated Go To Market (GTM) approach;
- Ensures the customer journey processes are simple and clearly defined and adopted by the team and the wider business and drive continuous improvements;
Not a perfect fit?
Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.
What’s in it for you
We want you to feel happy and fulfilled at work, without compromising the other things in life that matter to you. There are lots of ways we support this, including hybrid working and generous parental leave. You’ll also get four Spirit Days a year to focus on your personal development and wellbeing, plus a host of other great benefits too.
Who we are
You may have already heard of Vodafone – We’re a leading Telecommunications company in Europe and Africa. But what you might not know is that we are continuously investing in new technologies to improve the lives of millions of customers, businesses and people around the world, creating a better future for everyone.
As part of our global family, whether that’s Vodafone, Vodacom or _VOIS, you’ll feel a sense of pride and purpose as you contribute to our culture of innovation. We pursue equality of opportunity and inclusion for all candidates through our employment policies and practices. We recognise and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workspace and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social, or marital status.
Together we can.
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