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About Maxis

Maxis Communications or Maxis Berhad is a leading communications service provider in Malaysia that offers mobile and broadband plans, and the latest smartphones. It is one of the oldest and largest telecommunications companies in the nation.

Your role

This role is to support the regional sales activities to boost the market presence and awareness. We are looking for someone who is positive about people and the world around you, to be passionate about what you do, and to feel happy and motivated to work with those are you.

Role description

• Conceptualize, organize, and execute events for regional retail channels, the sales & distribution team (estimated 500 events yearly, excludes roving activities)
• Responsible for the sales & revenue generated from the events/projects
• Observing & analyzing the business needs based on current trends & demands in the region
• Ensuring projects proposed are executed as planned, end to end from proposal, costing, official approvals, execution, report, and post-mortem. Working closely with dealers/retailers and distribution team, monitoring the targets
• Management of regional funds. Responsible for the allocation of budgets and tracking of the funds received. Manages negotiations (cost cutting) with vendors
• Hiring, evaluation, and working closely with vendors (mostly event organizers), shopping malls, contractors
• Evaluate sponsorship requests in the region by preparing business justifications for sponsorship requests, proposing & recommendations for sponsorship requests, negotiation of sponsorship requests

Training & development

In general, Maxis places a high priority on the development of its employees. Below are some of the programs that the company provides to support the employee's development:

• Digital Employee Experience: Maxis has implemented mobile and cloud solutions in areas of HR including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, learning and development, and talent review. It has developed its own mobile apps for recruitment and partnered with digital interview solutions provider, HireVue.
• Learning Anytime, Anywhere: Maxis believes in the philosophy of “learn anytime, anywhere”. The company has made several L&D programs available to its employees. These include online learning through partnerships with Lynda, HMM, and SmartUp as well as sending employees for training through Coursera, Udacity, and other online venues.
• Continuous Learning Culture: Maxis has revamped its Maxis Academy portal to make it more intuitive and simpler for users to look for learning opportunities and materials

Benefits

Aside from getting an attractive salary, you will also get the following benefits:

• Health care & insurance, life insurance, dental insurance
• Performance bonus
• Maternity & paternity leave, flexible/reduced working hours
• Vacation & PTO, sick leave, and bereavement leave
• Employee assistance program and employee discount
• Job training & tuition, apprenticeship program, and diversity program

Career progression

There is no specific mention related to career progression for this role, but in general, Maxis provides broad opportunities to advance your career. You will get the opportunity to be a part of the growth and evaluation of the team as you work toward the same goals and achieve your targets. 

Work-life balance

According to most employees, the work-life balance in Maxis is fairly good with regular hours, 8 hours a day, and flexible working hours. Some positions like those who work at technical support or customer service may work in shifts, with the available hours below (including a 1-hour break):

• 6:00 am to 3:00 pm
• 7:00 am to 4:00 pm

Company culture

Maxis has an open and accepting work culture with a friendly team and colleagues. Supervisors and managers offer good training and feedback for junior development. The employee engagement team often organizes events that prioritize employee well-being and provide a space to get to know each other via networking.

About you

For this role, Maxis prefers you have the following qualifications:

• 1-2 years of relevant working experience in the marketing field
• Fresh graduate with a marketing background is encouraged to apply
• Proficient in Microsoft, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Good written, oral, and interpersonal skills
• Good research, analytical, planning, and organizational skills
• Personal traits: Positive, Passionate, Collaborative, A self-starter, Ability to perform under pressure in a challenging environment and A team player
• Effective communication and relationship building with all internal and external stakeholders

How to apply

To apply to this position, click the "Apply on employer site" button on this page. We will navigate you to Maxis' official link for this vacancy. Make sure that you have read all of the requirements mentioned above.

Once you’ve applied online, Maxis' team will carefully review your application. Due to a high volume of applications, the company appreciates your patience in allowing for a fair and timely review process.

Should you be shortlisted for the role, Maxis will send you an invitation via email for a digital interview. You can also check on your application status by logging into your candidate account.

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• maxis.com.my/en/about-maxis/career/
• malaysia.indeed.com/cmp/Maxis/faq/how-are-the-working-hours-at-maxis?quid=1cengngv27a14cqn
• glassdoor.com/Reviews/Maxis-Malaysia-Reviews-EI_IE40138.0,5_IL.6,14_IN170.htm?filter.iso3Language=eng
• glassdoor.com/Benefits/Maxis-Malaysia-Benefits-EI_IE40138.0,5_IL.6,14_IN170.htm
• humanresourcesonline.net/case-study-maxis-created-seamless-digital-employee-experience