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PERSONAL SUMMARY A result driven, hardworking and strategic Media Management and Procurement Leader with sustainable track record of strategic media planning and buying within and outside Nigeria, vendor management, significantly reducing costs and also improving Organization's processes and corporate Procurement's programs. Having a proven ability to and passion to impart knowledge and ensure company enjoys competitive edge when compared to their competitors by securing best quality, price and terms from suppliers in a sustainable manner. Always delivering results against strategic objectives, whilst working within Organization's core values and beliefs. Recent Achievement Etisalat Now 9 Mobile: (2010 - Date) * Achieved professional qualification in Procurement with Chattered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) UK within 9 months of joining Procurement with Distinction in Negotiation and sustainable Procurement. * Acted as Director, Procurement & Contract Management, 9 Mobile for 3 months (August 2017 - October 2017) * Currently leads the Strategic Contract Management (Technical, IT and Commercial) Commercial and General Procurement Team at 9 Mobile valued at Opex & Capex of over N100billion annually * Led various strategic negotiations with Huawei, Nokia, ATC, I H S, Phase 3 telecoms, Media (Planning/Buying & PR), Advertising, Events, Sim Cards and other Strategic Vendors and generated various Cost savings, Cost avoidance and Cost reduction benefits. * Innovatively created strategic sponsorship of media campaigns across different media platforms (Offline and Online Media) to boost Etisalat TOMA. * Led the restructuring of Etisalat media investment and delivered consistent higher TOMA YoY from 4% - 17% (2010 - 2015) * Led EMTS Nigeria team for a Group wide Strategic Sourcing, Evaluation and Selection of Global media agency worth over $100m across Africa and Asia. * Delivered a paper on Mobile advantage at Discop 2012 Conference, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. Media Perspectives (Member of the Troyka Holdings: (2005 - 2010) * Innovatively created various strategic sponsorship of media campaigns across different media platforms (Offline and Online Media) for Telecoms, FMCG, Beverage companies, etc with strong media deliverables (GRP, Reach and Frequency) * Managed several reality TV shows on various TV channels within and Outside Nigeria * Spearheaded various negotiations with several media channels and achieved minimum savings of over 50% across board. * Managed Media budget for various multinational brands worth over $200mn
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