A great opportunity not to be missed! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Robert Alai <alai.robert@gmail.com> Date: 15-Jul-2007 00:19 Subject: Country Business Manager - South Africa To: kaziafrica@googlegroups.com *Country Business Manager - South Africa* *Position available in Cape Town or Johannesburg, South Africa* Google is looking for a seasoned professional to lead Google's sales and operations within South Africa. The ideal candidate will have deep sales experience, demonstrated general management capability, and a proven ability to build a team. The country business manager is responsible for developing and executing on the overall market strategy within the country. This responsibility includes determining the appropriate channel strategy, support model, staffing requirements, target advertisers, and coordinating with functional teams to achieve desired goals. The primary focus will be on top tier client and agency opportunities, as well as regional business development. This position will report to the Regional Director. Responsibilities: - General management of South Africa operations including the development and execution of the overall country strategy. - Build a sales organization to call upon leading advertisers within South Africa. - Build a regionalized advertising sales operations capability to provide premium service to Google's top advertisers. - Build and maintain relations with key agencies and Search Engine Marketers (SEMs). - Drive revenue growth across all verticals. - Define the appropriate sales channel for all advertisers. - Build and develop partnerships that will grow the marketplace in South Africa and the Southern Africa region as a whole. - Coordinate closely with centralized sales operations to ensure the needs of the market are being met. - Contribute strategically to the growth and direction of Google products and services. - Ensure new product launches are successfully communicated to the local market. - Collaborate with other Country Business Managers to provide broad support to EMEA sales as a whole. - Provide support to the Regional Director as required. Requirements: - BA/BS or equivalent; MBA preferred. - Minimum 8+ years advertising sales and general management experience. - Proven record of strategic development of Fortune 1000 client base. - 5+ years of Internet sales. - 5+ years sales management experience in a technology related field. - Strong relationships within the advertising and technology spaces in the region. - Experience in building strategic partnerships and track record of growing a market is preferred - Fluency in English required For immediate consideration, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML version of your resume in English to jobs@google.com. Important: The subject field of your email must include *Country Business Manager - South Africa.*. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others? .........Martin Luther King, Jr. -------------------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "KAZI-AFRICA" group. Email to kaziafrica@googlegroups.com Subscribe , send email to kaziafrica-subscribe@googlegroups.com Unsubscribe, send email to kaziafrica-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/kaziafrica?hl=en www.kazi-africa.com kazi-africa.blogspot.com biashara-africa.blogspot.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -- "To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wildflower...hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour..." ~ William Blakeg.