Project and Strategy Manager at GDM Group

GDM Group strives to achieve through her combined operations of her equity member companies and her adjunct consultants of over 400 years combined commercial experience. We offer from one off sales of marketing project to end to end management off commercial projects.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Project and Strategy Manager

Location: Lagos
Duration: 6 Months

Key Responsibilities

• To gather data on the internal and external environment that will form the basis of assumptions that drive the development of strategic opportunities for the organization.
• Establish collaborative & trusting relationships with key stakeholders within the business to ensure that there is free flow of ideas across the business from bottom-up, and ensure the strategy formulation process is robust
• Plan and facilitate formal strategy sessions with the executive management team to agree on strategic objectives of the business
• Work with each head of department (HOD) in the business to distil the strategic objectives into key initiatives for their units
• Collate all the departmental strategic initiatives and build a comprehensive project plan with agreed timelines, key performance indicators (KPIs) and identified parties responsible for the execution
• Hold formal sessions with the entire organization to communicate the strategy
• Drive the use and effectiveness of the executive management dashboard that feeds live data on key performance indicators for the business
• Sit with each person in the organization responsible for the execution of strategic initiatives to get progress on workstream as well as understand the challenges that are currently being encountered.

Job Requirements

• A First Degree in Business Administration, Mathematics or Social Sciences
• 2 - 3 years’ experience in similar role, business management or management consulting
• Proficient in the use of MS Excel
• Excellent presentation skills
• Experience engaging with senior management
• Great client engagement & negotiation skills
• Meticulous planner with keen attention to details
• Good with understanding abstract concepts

Application Closing Date
5th November, 2018.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: [email protected]