# Business Planning & Market Dev Job Network International, Nairobi, Kenya Canonical URL: https://primejobalerts.com/jobs/business-planning-market-dev-job-network-international-nairobi-kenya Company: Network International, Nairobi, Kenya Category: Accounting Location: Kenya Work type: Full-time Work arrangement: On-site Published: 2026-08-13 Expires: 2026-09-27 ## Job Description ### About The Role - The role supports OPS Africa by coordinating inputs from regional commercial teams and key support functions into accurate, executive-ready materials for planning, market development, performance reporting, and strategic initiatives, while using AI, automation, dashboards, and structured analysis to improve quality, reduce manual effort, and accelerate insight generation. Responsibilities ### Key Responsibilities ### Business Planning - Reporting for management forums. - Run a review of receivables aging with support of the account managers. - Timely and quality submissions for quarterly risk audits. - Responsible for annual Net Promoter Score surveys. - Reporting of individual sales performance. - Weekly reporting of sales activities in each region. - Create and update process documents ### Market Development - Create and update comprehensive industry, competitor and customer models including, but not limited to, market share, growth projections and trends, and market forces. - Perform analysis of key industry trends; the general social economic and political environment; legal and regulatory issues; customers; current and potential competitors. - Provide market and competitive insights through presentations and reports to the team to support strategic and tactical decision-making and for use in presentations by the team’s leaders. - Supply the market and competitive intelligence component of strategic planning, and proactively make recommendations to the team concerning key intelligence items that require further consideration. - Maintain up-to-date knowledge of data sources, evaluating their credibility and potential utility, and leverages them for the team. - Maintain an in-depth knowledge of designated markets and trends through reading reports, market research, data manipulation and financial modeling and analysis. - Develop and maintain relationships with key internal stakeholders to identify emerging needs and business challenges. - Collaborate with the team to enhance their use of strategic analysis and market and competitor intelligence. ### Qualifications ### Key Requirements ### Qualifications - Education: Graduate in business, statistics, economics, finance or related field - Experience: Minimum of 4 years of experience, with at least 2 years in payments industry (preferably in Africa) - Strong understanding of payments industry basics, data gathering and analysis, basic strategy frameworks - Intermediate knowledge of MS PowerPoint and Excel, with aptitude to become an expert - Proven track record of process improvement and analyzing industry information to deliver insights ### Skills and Competencies - Fluency in written and spoken English is essential. Fluency in Arabic and/or French will be highly valued - Excellent communication skills combined with the ability to successfully move between addressing major strategic challenges and very tactical initiatives  - Strong project management and organizational skills: Coordination experience that facilitates the successful delivery against a complex agenda of tasks, in a matrix structure, successfully navigating around different functions - Analytical and data-driven decision-making capabilities: An ability to analyze and make sense of large amounts of information  - High degree of independent judgement, with an ability to handle confidential and sensitive information  - Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities. - Ability to manage change and drive continuous improvement. ### Working Conditions - Primarily office-based - Fast-paced and dynamic work environment. ### How to Apply Click here to apply ## Apply Use the canonical Prime Job Alerts page for full application instructions and source verification.