The Sales position is responsible for revenue generation from new and existing customers within event portfolio in Informa Markets Philippines. This role will manage Sales to different tier customers depending on the market and brand context.  This team is critical to the business, as the key to our success is retention, growth and cultivating new business.

The Sales role will involve a combination of internal and external sales activity, meeting customers face to face and attending competitor events. He/ She will sell to valued existing customers, generate new business, and performance will be evaluated based on achieving revenue and new business targets.

The Sales will be expected to develop their awareness of the brand industry, building greater insight over time. Maintaining and strengthening the relationship throughout the year is an important focus, to develop an understanding of the customers’ needs and expectations from their attendance at the event. He/ She will understand the customers’ needs and articulate a compelling value proposition as part of the sale. They will have a significant role in supporting re-booking of customers at an Event, while also providing support as a guest re-booker for other brands.

Job Responsibilities:

• Meet or exceed revenue target for assigned accounts through sales (digital, booth, sponsorship/ advertisement, and fully integrated packages)
• Sell to existing/ lapsed customer accounts with engaging conversations and compelling proposals while guiding them through buying process
• Prospect and close new business opportunities inside and outside of existing client base through cold calling and follow-up calling
• Leverage understanding of customer buying trends to help develop Sales plans and approaches
• Execute on assigned Sales campaigns, against accounts, products, and revenue targets, in line with sales plan
• Support the on-site re-booking of existing customer accounts, in line with at event account allocation and sales targets
• Maintain accurate pipeline, sales activity, and customer information within Salesforce (CRM system)
• Distribute customer insight and marketing information to marketing team
• Manage the handing over of sale information and customer requirements (via Salesforce) to the event Operations and Brand teams

Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager, the Finance Analyst will work together with the ASEAN Finance Team and Asia Shared Service Centre (SSC) to support the Philippines business by managing the day-to-day finance operations, delivering insightful timely analysis and other financial planning needs.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for submission of timely, accurate and commercially focused Budget, Forecast and 3 Year Planning for Philippines, in line with agreed templates and timetables.
• Identify and timely report risks and opportunities for the business by monitoring Sales Pacing and cost spending closely.
• Update commentary highlights concisely, anticipating potential questions and address them in advance with supporting analysis as appropriate.
• Provide Business Partner support to event team.
• Monthly P&L actual review and working with SSC for month end. This will include:
  • Ensure revenue and costs are recorded correctly, and intercompany billings are performed. Compliance in accordance with Group guidelines and timely release of accruals, if any.
  • Build necessary financial / management reports from appropriate systems for review and analysis purpose.
• Intercompany review for Philippines incl. agreements, invoicing, resolving mismatches and cash settlements.
• Review balance sheet and work with SSC to ensure balances are substantiated and preparation of cashflow.
• Handle local statutory compliance matters such as corporate secretarial, audit, and taxation.
• Ad hoc queries / requests from various stakeholders.

The Product Manager (Payments) is responsible for managing and providing expert knowledge and technical expertise for specific initiatives and functional areas within the Payments vertical including Pay by Account (PBA). This role is integral in shaping product direction and developing key product features, supported by the Senior Product Manager, working with input from client, user-facing and internal functional workshops. The role is focused on functional and technical aspects of the product with an emphasis on creating, refining, and realizing product vision and capabilities. The Product Manager is responsible for crafting user stories, supporting testing phases, and serving as a subject matter expert (SME) in QA processes, as well as facilitating new or existing product integrations. The Product Manager also works with the Delivery Lead to provide input to Change Requests, Statements of Work, exceptions, and solution proposals. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and own features across the Payments portfolio from concept to delivery, working with the business and Senior Product Manager to create and drive features from feature brief through to delivery.
• Work closely with relevant stakeholders such as data, DevOps, finance, customer support to inform product requirements. 
• Actively participate in and document outcomes and actions from product workshops.
• Collaborate and act as a subject matter expert on the development of product documentation.
• Synthesize quantitative and qualitative inputs to ensure alignment of technical solutions with business objectives and client needs.
• Develop and write user stories and documentation for new features or improvements.
• Provide testing support and serve as a subject matter expert for the QA team in new feature development.
• Offer subject matter expertise for the support of new or existing functionality implementation for internal and external stakeholders, working with Payments Systems Analyst to understand gaps and propose product solutions.
• Analyze feedback, refine the product backlog, and conduct market research and analysis for the PBA Overlay Service (PBAOS) operational team.
• Collaborate with Delivery Lead with input into Change Requests, Statements of Work, exceptions, and solution proposals.
• Understand and respond to changes to the regulatory and compliance landscape that impacts payments systems.

• Knowledge of API-driven product management and development, preferably related to Payments systems.
• Strong ability to document and articulate outcomes from workshops and meetings.
• Experience in creating product artefacts such as feature briefs, LEAN canvases and solution option analyses.
• Proficiency in creating technical documentation, including API specifications and technical user stories.
• Ability to provide effective testing support and subject matter expertise to QA teams.
• Strong capability in supporting the implementation of new or existing functionalities for a range of stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information effectively to non-technical stakeholders.
• Proficient in collating and analyzing feedback, refining product backlogs, and conducting market research and analysis.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to foresee potential technical challenges and address them proactively.
• Experience in Agile methodologies and working knowledge of tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and API testing tools.

• Oversee the performance and effectiveness of the WFM Command Center
• Lead and develop Command Center associates
• Work with contact center leaders to ensure agent adherence and/or conformance to schedules
• Provide ongoing operational analysis of contact center operations, while identifying and implementing changes as necessary to improve the level of quality and efficiency as measured by key business indicators (cost, abandon rate, service level, occupancy, etc.)
• Work with the contact centers, Technology, reporting and other teams to provide analytical support and recommendations for staffing resources to meet objectives such as service levels, occupancy, cost per call, etc.
• Partner with WFM planners to ensure schedules meet performance and business needs
• Utilize Workforce Optimization software to manage performance across multiple sites and lines of business
• Monitor Workforce Management tools real time to maintain service level data
• Analyze call center performance history to determine optimum off production activities as well as shrinkage and occupancy goals
• Analyzes daily call trends and alerts Workforce Management Analyst to needed staffing updates
• Responsible for daily, weekly and monthly call center reports which highlight call center performance (Call Volume, Service Level, Average Handle Time, Abandon % and Average Speed to Answer)
• Evaluates daily call trends
• Designs/creates various databases for staffing and analysis
• Creates reports utilized by Customer Service for staffing/productivity measurements
• Identify areas of operational development and engage in projects to continually adapt to the changing needs of our business and people, to deliver best in class WFM support.
• Identify what resources are required to implement parts of projects
• Effectively use project plans to focus work and ensure deadlines are met
• Ability to work flexible shift to occasionally attend meeting with employees and worldwide clients

Other duties as assigned

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

This is not your typical Project manager role. Working as Project Manager for IQ-EQ will require you to have a womb to tomb mastery of project management methodologies to be applied to ongoing initiatives in IQ-EQ to ensure predictable and successful delivery. You won’t just be taking down the minutes of the meeting because you will need to have the vision and a thirst for change, transformation and continuous improvement.

Project Management is not an easy job, therefore we need someone who is expressive and vocal in identifying and mitigating risks, directing the project and all stakeholders involved to successful delivery while maintaining a good working relationship with all participants.

A proactive team player who initiates improvements at the same time adheres to the team’s standard methodology and governance processes.

Responsibilities (how we will measure success)

• Contribute to strategic growth and operational development of the Firm by managing a suite of projects ongoing throughout the IQ-EQ Group
•  Adhere to the team’s standard methodology and governance processes including use of approved templates and checklists
• Responsible for all aspects of Project Management, including but not limited to; Initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring and controlling including change control and project closure – ensuring predictable and successful delivery
• Organizing and motivating project teams, directing the project and all stakeholders involved to successful delivery
• Effective and Transparent communications ensuring the flow of information to all stakeholders involved
• Ongoing contribution towards continuous development and improvement of Change Delivery methodologies, templates and checklists

Tasks (what does the role do on a day-to-day basis)

• Define the scope of assigned projects in conjunction with the Project Sponsor
• Devise the overall approach to delivering individual projects, making use of the internal methodology tailoring matrix
• Preparation of project documentation in collaboration with Subject Matter Experts for example:
  • Project Initiation Requests
  • Project Initiation Documentation
  • Product and Work Package Descriptions
  • End Stage reports and Stage Gate Readiness Assessment Documents
  • Test Strategy, Plans and Scripts
  • Closure Reports
• Determine objectives and measures that each project will be evaluated against upon completion and track ongoing progress. Prepare related benefits assessments
• Select, lead and motivate your project team both internally and externally, establishing a team culture within the assigned projects
• Monitoring overall progress and use of resources, initiating corrective action where necessary
• Applying change control processes to control changes to the products ensuring that changes are made only with the agreement of appropriate named authorities
• Managing project risks, including the development of contingency plans
• Reporting through agreed lines on project progress through highlight reports and end-stage assessments, including option papers and recommendations
•  Manage a range of stakeholders from junior to senior level across all locations
• Manage and monitor project budgets to ensure delivered within agreed budget
• Adhere to internal project methodology and governance
• Track all time spent on projects in NetSuite ensuring that resource time is also captured and monitored
• Communication and engagement planning
• Maintaining an awareness of potential interdependencies with other projects and their impact
• Liaise with various departments to ensure Service Transition is successful, including the training team in relation to training needs arising from projects and related solutions
• Production of closure reports, evaluating successes and challenges to enhance learning for your next project – ensure capture of lesson on the team’s central lessons log.

Other

• Support other departments as required within the confines of the Project Manager role
• Undertake any additional reasonable duties as required the Firm

Responsibilities

The Senior Application Developer is responsible for developing, documenting, and supporting internal and client dashboard (standard and complex) using industry standard tools within company’s system. Follow definition of done and process around Azure DevOps. Explore and learn other relevant programming language and application. Interaction with the end user to establish report requirements will be necessary.

Tasks

• Develop, maintain, and perform unit testing of internal reports and Cosmos dashboard (standard and complex).
• Define, execute, and interpret SQL/Snowflake queries. If needed, update data source query based on the client’s requirement.
• Create a conceptual representation of the data in SQL and Snowflake that is useful to Cosmos. Define the structure, relationship, and constraints of data understanding how data should be organized and used in a meaningful way.
• Transfer of pilot data onto portfolio monitoring platform for prospective client demonstrations, identifying the visuals based on the type of data set.
• Follow Definition of Done and process around Azure DevOps.
• Log time entries in NetSuite for BAU, change request, and other development activities.
• Perform Cosmos internal testing to ensure quality and compliance with the wireframe and mapping file.
• Review and create documentation for the onboarding client dashboard.
• Optimize workbook to ensure that best practices are being followed to maintain the performance speed of Cosmos.
• Communicate project status updates and recommendations to project manager, delivery solutions, and application development manager.
• Support client, internal, and BAU request/s.
• Build or maintain flow in Tableau Prep to upload data to SQL Server and Snowflake.
• Collaborate with Delivery Solutions team to understand requirements and translate then into technical solutions.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues and provide timely resolutions.
• Develop demo dashboard, as and when needed.
• Implement new features to existing client dashboard, as and when needed.
• Identify new dashboard features, seek improvement and efficiencies in existing client workbook and process.
• Perform functional, regression, compatibility, performance, and/or security testing when application upgrades to newer version.
• Document any defects or issues found during testing and communicate them to the wider team.
• Lead/support/attend client meeting to understand detailed project requirements, understand business problems and provide recommendation.
• Create and/or maintain internal automation tool.
• Conduct demo and/or Cosmos admin training.
• Provide backup and buddy system to other developer.