Analyst - Pricing at MTN Nigeria

MTN Nigeria is part of the MTN Group, Africa\'s leading cellular telecommunications company. On May 16, 2001, MTN became the first GSM network to make a call following the globally lauded Nigerian GSM auction conducted by the Nigerian Communications Commission earlier in the year. Thereafter the company launched full commercial operations beginning with Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. MTN paid $285m for one of four GSM licenses in Nigeria in January 2001. To date, in excess of US$1.8 billion has been invested building mobile telecommunications infrastructure in Nigeria. Since launch in August 2001, MTN has steadily deployed its services across Nigeria. It now provides services in 223 cities and towns, more than 10,000 villages and communities and a growing number of highways across the country, spanning the 36 states of the Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Many of these villages and communities are being connected to the world of telecommunications for the first time ever. The company\'s digital microwave transmission backbone, the 3,400 Kilometre Y\'elloBahn was commissioned by President Olusegun Obasanjo in January 2003 and is reputed to be the most extensive digital microwave transmission infrastructure in all of Africa. The Y\'elloBahn has significantly helped to enhance call quality on MTN network.

Reports To: Manager - Marketing Analytics

Division: Enterprise Business

Mission:

• To provide professional in-life product management and value pricing inputs to the creation and maintenance of the Enterprise Solutions sales strategy and plan that will deliver shareholder value.

Description:

• Provide professional input and advice in developing ES pricing strategy and plan.
• Use market analysis data, customer satisfaction data and internal service costing data to develop and manage value-based pricing and pricing strategies across the full range of Enterprise Solutions products, working with product managers, product development managers and finance managers.
• Business case development - Evaluate the impact of various management proposals, provide supporting data and information for decision support.
• Incorporate business rules within financial models to enable the effective evaluation of the product. 
• Prepare pricing and proposition documents for management approval as per agreed process design.
• Competitive Intelligence - Monitor market events and capture, store and track product /service pricing information and provide insight and data to support management decision-making.
• Monitor and ensure adherence to MTNN tariff strategy and ensure all documented and implemented rates are as approved by the Business.
• Participate in the entire project lifecycle from new product evaluation and product implementation to ongoing product evaluation.

Education:

• First degree in any related discipline 
• Fluent in English

Experience:

3-7 years’ experience which includes

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in an area of specialization; with experience in supervising others
• Financial Management or Product Evaluation experience
• Experience in Financial Modeling
• Excellent analytical skills with experience using Microsoft Excel, SQL etc.
• Experience in product management and value pricing is desirable
• Experience in Project Administration/Coordination preferably in a telecom environment

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