Jobs for Fresh Graduate in Nigeria at Philips April 2014

 Philips is a diversified health and well-being company, whose innovation-led products ease and improve the quality of lives every day. We are a market leader in cardiac care, acute care and home healthcare products, energy efficient lighting solutions and new lighting applications, as well as

lifestyle products for personal well-being and pleasure with strong leadership positions in male shaving and grooming, portable entertainment and oral healthcare. Philips is ranked as a top place to work in multiple geographies, employing more than 122,000 employees in more than 100 countries worldwide

Job Title: Graduate Interns (Marketing Management)
Job: Marketing Management
Primary Location: NG-LA-Lagos-Island
Organization: Markets, Countries & Government Affairs-10011002
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: No
Purpose of the Job:

    Support local segment, trade and product marketing with effective MarCom tools in a country/sub-region for all the professional sales channels (Trade, Professional and OEM)    Translate and (help) develop the best MarCom tools and customer events to support the local sales (incl. POS) and the Philips brand.    Develop MarCom tools for corporate communications and brand awareness.

Job Function:

We challenge you to join Philips as a Marketing Communications Intern.You will provide a broad range of communications and marketing support to the organization.You will assist sales functions with different communications media and advertising materials to effectively represent the company’s products and services to customers and prospects.The position reports to the Marketing Manager – Lighting.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

    Local development, printing, distribution of local POS material, pricelists and catalogues (partly)    May develop and coordinate multimedia packages—letters, brochures, video, point-of-purchase displays—for particular assignments.    Develops draft advertising text and layouts as part of campaign materials    Coordinates communications projects with vendors and contractors for the development and production of promotional materials.    Works collaboratively with other departments to produce communication collateral which accurately conveys the scope of work carried out by the organization.    Effective management of suppliers list and market scanning for potential suppliers to insure best quality& best price.    Organization of local events (i.e: town meetings) and/or co-marketing with customers (customer fairs/events, sales conventions, sales promotions, etc.)    Local brand and PR management for professional lighting    Administration of MarCom budget and spending    MarCom materials distribution handling with warehouse/suppliers

Internal relations:

    Sales (Consumer and professional)- trade and prof marketers-purchasing-Supply chain-F&A

External relations:

    Marcom agencies-hotels-trade customers

Knowledge:

    Education: Degree in mass media or related topics (sociology)    Experience: Fresh grad. or 1-2 years of experience with proven track of similar activities.    Photoshop and any graphic design tools is a plus.    Proficient in English and excellent MS Office experience (especially MS PP-MS Excel)

Skills:

    Strong communication skills is mandatory-fast learner and positive thinker- creative-charismatic-highly enthusiastic about their work- result oriented-customer centric.

How to Apply
Interested applicants should click here to apply online.