Living Goods empowers
micro-entrepreneurs to deliver life-changing products to the doorsteps of the
underserved. We are a pioneering, dynamic and highly impactful social
enterprise and are entering a period of exciting expansion.
Vacancy: Marketing Manager
Living Goods is seeking Marketing
Manager to support this development and to implement strong marketing plans
both at the branch level and at the community health worker level.
As the Marketing Manager for Uganda
you will develop and implement all point of sales displays, marketing
activities and product support for Uganda.
Reporting to the Uganda Sales and
Performance Director, you will be a key contributor to drive sales and health
impact in Uganda. This position is based in Kampala, Uganda.
Responsibilities
Point of sales branding and Marketing
activities
- Ensure great Living goods visibility including
developing and implementing relevant merchandising at Ugandan
branches and CHP level.
- Plan and design successful marketing
activities throughout the year to support CHP work and sales: promotions,
SMS campaigns, outdoor events, launch plan…
- Liaise with 3rd party when needed and ensure
the quality and creation of all editorial design, production and
distribution of all LG marketing materials generated in Uganda.
- Ensure timely and flawless execution of the
activities on the ground including support to sales team and training team
- Measure success of activities both on
performance and return on investment
- Identify new marketing opportunities through
consumer insight research, competitive analysis, and analysis of
internal data
Products and analysis
- Analyze performance of our product portfolio
- Work with procurement to make recommendation
on pricing
- Support the product team to improve our
portfolio performance and develop and/or launch innovations
Partnerships
- Manage marketing partnerships with
suppliers/NGOs including on the ground implementation, monitoring and
relationships with partners
- Develop new partnerships to increase Living
Goods impact and efficiency
Testing
- Create, develop, implement and evaluate
innovative marketing tests quickly and cheaply based on LG’s objectives
Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree in sales, marketing or
communication
- Minimum 4 years work experience marketing
and/or trade marketing
- Entrepreneurial spirit and drive for results.
- Strong analytical skills
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communications
skills, both in English and Luganda.
- Computer literate, Proficient in adobe a
plus.
Compensation: A highly competitive salary and benefits package
commensurate with experience including health insurance and bonus opportunity.
The opportunity to be your best while making lives better for those in
need.
How to Apply
Vacancy:Technology Manager - Operations
We are seeking an energetic and
resourceful Technology Manager - Operations.
Reporting to the Director of
Technology Innovation, this position will be based in Uganda and shall be
responsible for managing all our existing systems there and leading the deployment
of new systems, services, tools, and strategies that improve our profitability
and deepen our impact.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the deployment design and management
of Android across LG operations in Uganda by deployment of quality
control, monitoring and evaluation tools.
- Provide project management support for the
countrywide scale-up and rollout of Android through project tracking,
reporting and documentation.
- Provide advisory and technical support to the
Android development process though regular involvement and interaction
with the development team.
- Manage the LG database on a day-to –day basis
and facilitate training, data extraction and reporting as the need may be.
- Work in consultation with the LG country
director to develop and design an I.T policy to guide operational support
and I.T infrastructure management.
- Manage cross-departmental knowledge sharing,
content design and provision on behalf of the tech-department.
- Act as principal coordinator in the
identification, selection and management of vendors for I.T related
functions.
Qualifications
1. Project management
- 4+ years of project management or equivalent
experience
- High degree of competency with project
management including: planning & organizational skills,
prioritization, tradeoff management, issue and risk identification and
management, dependency and milestones tracking, and establishing
accountability across the team
- A passion and proven track record for shipping
high quality software across all phases of the engineering cycle is
required
- Experience in Rapid Application development
methodologies - agile, scrum, etc.
- Demonstrated experience in presenting complex
ideas and visions, to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Enthusiasm and interest in project management
and process design Excellent oral and written communication skills
and an ability to collaborate effectively across teams and locations to
achieve desired outcomes
2. Android
development and deployment
- Expertise in Java and Android
development.
- Proficiency in data parsing (e.g. XML and
JSON).
- Experience with a version control system (e.g.
Git, Subversion, etc.).
- Experience with JUnit or other xUnit test
frameworks.
- General understanding of good UI practices and
creating high-performance mobile application experiences.
3. Database
administration and management
- 4+ years of DBA experience
- In-depth Oracle, Access and MSSQL database
development experience
- Involvement in MSSQL database development and
support activities
- Experience in SQL server (2008 -2012)
- Access development and SSRS/SSIS skills
- Front end development experience
(C#.net/ASP.net/VB.net)
4. Data
analysis and reporting
- 4 years+ small to medium data management
environment experience
- Perform Data Profiling and conduct Data
Quality reviews
- Validate Data and Workflows output from all
test cycles
- Review and validate Error Handling, and
confirm with requirements
- Create custom SQL in a DB2/Unix environment
- Create source to target mapping documents for
ETL development purposes
- Management experience a strong plus.
- Entrepreneurial spirit and drive for results.
- Exceptional natural leader with strong
interpersonal skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communications
skills
- Flexible and willing to travel across Uganda
or Kenya and stay for some nights up-country
- Ability to work with minimal direction
- Experience managing resources
Life at Living
Goods: Living Goods is
aiming to make disruptive changes, dramatically improving the lives of
underserved communities. We think big, but we operate small and nimble. At
Living Goods, you will have the chance to use your creativity and work with
your teammates to conceive and test new ideas every day.
If you work well in a dynamic, highly
collaborative culture, if you set high standards for yourself and your
colleagues, if you know how to fail fast and learn fast, if you meet challenges
with calm determination and a sense of humor, you willthrive at Living Goods.
See www.livinggoods.org/principles.
How to Apply
Click here to apply online
In lieu of a cover letter you will be asked to answer a few short questions that will help us learn a little bit more about you and your interest in working with Living Goods.
In lieu of a cover letter you will be asked to answer a few short questions that will help us learn a little bit more about you and your interest in working with Living Goods.
For more information about Living
Goods, please visit: www.livinggoods.org
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