Job Title: Head of Marketing
Organisation:
APA Insurance
APA Insurance
Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda
Kampala, Uganda
About APA:
APA Insurance was formed in 2003
after the merger of the general businesses of Apollo Insurance Company and Pan
Africa General Insurance. With a combined experience of over 100 years (Pan
Africa General – 1946 and Apollo 1977), APA has become the largest insurance
firm in Kenya and the most innovative in product offering.
after the merger of the general businesses of Apollo Insurance Company and Pan
Africa General Insurance. With a combined experience of over 100 years (Pan
Africa General – 1946 and Apollo 1977), APA has become the largest insurance
firm in Kenya and the most innovative in product offering.
APA Insurance underwrites G
eneral
Insurance risks including Motor, Liability, Aviation, Marine, Agriculture,
Property, and Micro Insurance. We also underwrite Health Insurance, i.e.
Corporate Health schemes, Individual & Family Health Insurance.
Job Summary: The
Head of Marketing will be responsible for providing leadership to the marketing
team and developing profitable book of business with licensed intermediaries
and direct clients
Head of Marketing will be responsible for providing leadership to the marketing
team and developing profitable book of business with licensed intermediaries
and direct clients
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Ensuring the company’s annual
budget are met - Offering team leadership to the
marketing team - Maintain a strong company brand
and benchmark in the market by proactively sourcing, identifying and
managing business from new and existing business channels - Steer the identification of new
business opportunities - Recruit, train and oversee
Agency force to generate substantial agency business portfolio - Manage the companies’ branches
including opening of new branches Develop, review and implement marketing
strategy - Providing a quality control
function as regards to the quotations, placing slips and other marketing
material - Works in liaison with other
internal departments Customer service - Compile and send regular
reports on production and targets for management meetings Monitoring
marketing targets and generation of performance statistics
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The candidate should hold a
Bachelor’s degree - A minimum of ten or more years’
experience in the general insurance industry with proven excellence at
management/leadership level - Demonstrated skills in
developing an agency force - Possesses professional
insurance qualification of ACM or FCII or progression towards
qualification - Possess excellent
interpersonal, organizational and administrative skills. - Demonstrate strong leadership
as well as good mentoring and coaching skills. - Demonstrate a track record for
profitability, breadth and depth of technical knowledge in all insurance
matters and an understanding of the Insurance market and processes.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified Ugandans are
encouraged to apply by sending an application letter demonstrating their
competencies as above accompanied with and updated CV addressed to Head of
Human Resources to: recruitment.uganda@apainsurance.org
encouraged to apply by sending an application letter demonstrating their
competencies as above accompanied with and updated CV addressed to Head of
Human Resources to: recruitment.uganda@apainsurance.org
Deadline: 21st
November 2014
November 2014