The Marketing Manager will be in charge of overseeing all market research activities for the company and projects to identify patterns and market demands and requirements to ensure the Group aligns its activities and the projects to the market.

Principal Duties/Tasks and responsibilities
Conceptualizes new services that complement and extend existing capabilities
Take leadership roles in cross line of services sales initiatives
Lead complex proposal response
Leverage research to generate long sales cycle business development initiatives.
Respond to tender advertisements, gather the necessary copies of trade licenses/references, and draft proposal/cover documents to accompany the application
Liaising with other division heads and external Stakeholders on all matters related to Marketing and Communications
Setting aggressive targets and continuously monitoring performance to ensure that the division’s outputs are aligned to the business objectives and achieved
Looking ahead at risks, issues and challenges likely to occur on projects and proactively addressing them to avoid failure to achieve set targets

Qualifications, Experience and Knowledge:
A Bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Communications.
MBA will be an added advantage
Proven experience in Public Relations
Relevant professional registration
Sound Knowledge of the service industry and the market trade within the industry
Track Record in the creation of new markets for services
Over 5 years relevant experience

Interested candidates are requested to forward their updated CVs to recruit@virtualhr.co.ke by 16th March, 2015 stating their current and expected remuneration, daytime telephone contacts and addresses of three referees.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.