Publicis West Africa Recruitment for Project Manager

Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for Publicis West Africa Recruitment for Project Manager.

Job Description

PURPOSE OF ROLE:

To effectively plan all projects within the Nestle Scope Pipeline. Own the Nestle Project Master Plan.
Interface with Client BEOs and respective Marketing Managers on status of projects and prioritize work across portfolio on a regular, structured and on-going basis.
To be the lead on all Nestlé projects internally and externally. The individual is required to hold knowledge on the status of all Nestlé projects/briefs/requests – including knowing time required per project type, agreed delivery dates, campaign roll out plans for regional or market deployment.
Actively manage project retro plans together with Category Leads, Production, Media, Strategy and digital teams.
Collaborate closely with all external partners, ensuring all comms delivery is well integrated.
Supervise Production / third party project schedules/ commitments and support in the delivery of shoots (TV, Radio, Stills), illustrations, and Animatic schedules.
Champion weekly status meeting with Full Agency and Client teams.
Organize interdepartmental catch-up/check in meetings with Category Managers, Creative and Digital on all key projects.
Continuously monitor and evaluate our project management approach and suggest on-going improvements on a quarterly basis.
Create an agency wide culture of project management.
Collaborate with Category Managemers and client BEO’s, Marketing Managers and Procurement teams to review scopes with client on a quarterly basis.

REQUIREMENTS:

MUST have a strong personality.
Excellent, open, confident communicator
Strong leadership skills, tenacious and the ability to deal with pressure
Energetic, enthusiastic, willing “to go the extra mile”.
Pro-active with a great a sense of urgency
Detail orientated
Organizing, planning, control and administrative skills are essential
Deep understanding of the agency culture, credentials, philosophy, working tools and worldwide knowledge
This position requires knowledge of integrated comms delivery according to BBNW plans.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Own the Nestle Project Master Plan
Facilitate weekly project/status meetings and engage key internal and external stakeholders using the project retro plans.
Facilitate monthly project meeting with BEOs & Marketing Managers
Working closely with agency teams to ensure that all projects are scheduled timeously.
Tracking creative briefings, reviews, and presentations deadlines are met.

How to Apply

Interested applicants should CLICK HERE to apply.