| Freelance News Content Aggregator Job at Internet News Media Outfit Posted: 17 Dec 2015 11:03 AM PST Job Title: Freelance News Content Aggregator
Location: Online / Nigeria
Company: Internet News Media Outfit We are currently recruiting for Freelance News Content Aggregators to work on per post basis. We need people to cover these categories: – Regional News – State Governments, Ministries, Departments, Agencies (South-West, South-East,South-South, North-East, North-Central, North-West ) – Nigeria News (Federal Government, Ministries, Departments and Agencies News) – Business News – African News – World News (America, Asia, Europe, Middle-East) – Technology (Computing & Software, Social Media, and Mobile) – Health Talks – Careers & Education The main duties of the person are: – To source for news contents and post them our platform. – You must be able to identify hot news contents daily and post them. Requirements: – Own Laptop/PC and access to the Internet – Basic knowledge of Wordpress – Good knowledge of English – Knowledge of Google search tools Training and guidance will be provided. Renumeration: 10Naira/Post. Apply online or send your application to ifscareers@yahoo.com Apply to this job |
| Project Coordinator Job at TTC Mobile Posted: 17 Dec 2015 07:56 AM PST Job Title: Project Coordinator
Company: TTC Mobile
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
Experience: 2 years
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Field: Project Management
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TTC Mobile is a telecom training company that provides fresh graduates with technical skills to bridge the gap between their university education and the 'hands-on practical' requirement of the industry. Our training is often accompanied by requests from local contractors, telecom vendors, ISPs, and occasionally telecom operators, for our best trainees as Interns, outsourced staff, or direct staff.
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Our current client is one of the fasted growing Fibre to the Home ISPs in the country. With Head Office in Victoria Island Lagos and operational offices in Ikeja, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano, Ibadan, and Ado-Ekiti, further growth in demand for their excellent service has created opening for the position of Project Co-ordinator at their Lagos office.
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Job Responsibilities / Requirements: – Coordinate all Project administrative activities aimed at supporting efficient Project execution.
File ALL project related documents e.g. delivery reports, finance documents, material spares document, contractor documents e.t.c.
Schedule and manage
i. Weekly project office meetings,
ii. Weekly Contractor_Project office meetings,
iii. Emergency Project Office Meetings.
. – Manage minutes of meeting: record, publish and file all minutes of meeting (MoM), no more than 24hrs after each meeting. – Get all necessary project documents from the relevant support units and distribute to project team and contractors accordingly, e.g. design maps, BOM, PO, high level description, splice plans, Link Budget, e.t.c. – Drive the regular and on schedule submission of project reports by OSP supervisors e.g. daily work logs, weekly reports, variation request reports, project completion reports, As-Built Red-Line Drawings, store requisition forms e.t.c. – Make copies of Purchase orders (POs) and file them in a secure folder. – Follow up with SCM on spare parts management (SPMS) for ongoing projects. e.g. manage store requisition forms, gate pass forms, material return forms and material logistics (from store to site). – Flag materials availability risk & material release issues between Project unit and SCM/Planning unit. – Manage all Projects financial paper works such as expense claim forms, PRFs, JCCs, Contractor invoices, POs. Also, file ROW and work notification letters. – Any other administrative duty that may be assigned by the Project Manager from time to time.
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Key Performance Indicators (Kpi): – Documentation Management – Drive OSP supervisor to comply with regular and timely submission of all types of project reports and documents. – Ensure Project Manager receives and signs off all project related documents in time. – Develop a proper document filing system for each project document. – Communication Management – Excellent and timely dissemination of project related information to OSP supervisor, Contractors and project back end team. – Ensure meetings are held regularly & timely. MoMs should also be published accordingly. – Material Management – Track the timely release of project materials; from store to site. As well as return of unused materials. – Build an excellent logistics support structure for projects. – Generate data from reports that can be used to improve project delivery and efficiency.
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Academic and Professional: – HND or BSc / Applied Sciences/ Engineering/Mass – Communications/Project Management/any other relevant discipline – HSE Certification is an added advantage. – Experience: 2 years or more
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Competence: – Computer literate and proficiency in the use of MS Office tools – Excellent communication, writing and people skills. – Basic knowledge of fibre technology. – Ability to work with little supervision – Methodical, Organized and focused on results. – Comfortable complying with company procedures. – Ability to Multi-task work activities. – Excellent time management and documentation skills. – Experience in project coordination or customer support (preferably in a Telecom/ISP firm).
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Personal Attributes: – Analytical, organized and result oriented. – Comfortable complying with company procedures and enforcing same. – Articulate and Honest.
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Skills/Knowledge: – Good Knowledge of Microsoft office applications. – Good knowledge of Database Management. – Excellent communication skills (writing and oral). – Excellent people skills. – Time management skills. Apply to this job |
| Project Manager Job at Growth in Value Alliance (GV Alliance) Partners Posted: 17 Dec 2015 07:17 AM PST Job Title: Project Manager
Company: Growth in Value Alliance (GV Alliance) Partners
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
Experience: 5 years
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Field: Project Management
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Growth in Value Alliance (GV Alliance) Partners is a business advisory and market intelligence services firm. Our objectives are to assist organizations to achieve their growth aspirations by providing market intelligence, strategy blueprint, IT solution delivery expertise and business operation improvement capabilities.
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Details:
He/She will be responsible for planning, management, coordination of the project.
• Define the scope of the project in collaboration with senior management
• Create a detailed work plan which identifies and sequences the activities needed to successfully complete the project
• Determine the resources (time, money, equipment, etc) required to complete the project
• Develop a schedule for project completion that effectively allocates the resources to the activities
• Review the project schedule with senior management and all other staff that will be affected by the project activities; revise the schedule as required
• Determine the objectives and measures upon which the project will be evaluated at its completion
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Execute the project according to the project plan
• Develop forms and records to document project activities
• Set up files to ensure that all project information is appropriately documented and secured
• Monitor the progress of the project and make adjustments as necessary to ensure the successful completion of the project
• Establish a communication schedule to update stakeholders including appropriate staff in the organization on the progress of the project
• Review the quality of the work completed with the project team on a regular basis to ensure that it meets the project standards
. – EXPERIENCE 5-8 years direct work experience in a project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution. Experience in a Financial Services or Banking industry is mandatory.
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REQUIREMENTS:
• A university degree in a related field
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders
• Experience in leading and managing complex projects
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Ability to work in a small team setting
• PMP, ITIL, Six Sigma or similar is required.
• Must have Excellent MS Office skills.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills. Apply to this job |
| Enterprise Architect Job at Growth in Value Alliance (GV Alliance) Partners Posted: 17 Dec 2015 07:14 AM PST Job Title: Enterprise Architect
Company: Growth in Value Alliance (GV Alliance) Partners
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
Experience: 8 years
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Field: Engineering / Technical ICT / Computer
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Growth in Value Alliance (GV Alliance) Partners is a business advisory and market intelligence services firm. Our objectives are to assist organizations to achieve their growth aspirations by providing market intelligence, strategy blueprint, IT solution delivery expertise and business operation improvement capabilities.
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JOB SUMMARY: – Our Client is the largest economy in Africa, and is championing the development of Africa's financial markets. They offer listing and trading services, licensing services, market data solutions, ancillary technology services, and more. It is an open, professional and vibrant exchange, connecting Nigeria, Africa and the world. – They are currently looking to recruit an Enterprise Architect. The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to apply technical and enterprise business knowledge and experience to coordinate the architectural design, development, implementation and support of various information technology (IT) solutions encompassing multiple specializations, platforms, and technologies.
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Key Responsibilities: – Provide technical architecture reviews, utilize industry best practices and patterns, and help align business capabilities to technical capabilities – Ensure that the application/systems, data and technology aspects of the enterprise architecture are driven by the business imperatives of the organization and that the requirements driving the overall architecture are managed consistently and effectively – Create architectural vision and strategy for new and existing solutions – Lead enterprise architecture projects & producing architecture deliverables – Sign off system requirements, identify resources, and estimate timelines for project completion – Adopt optimal information management approaches through an understanding of evolving business needs and technology capabilities – Be part of a team of product development professionals in charge of gathering business requirements, defining and planning business architecture/standards for multiple applications that are consistent with overall enterprise application architecture and in alignment with corporate strategies and initiatives.
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DESIRED COMPETENCY AND SKILLS REQUIREMENT: – Must have understanding of Enterprise Application Integration methods and general architectural principles – Software development methodologies experience and structured approaches to system development – Strong business analysis skills , experience, including development of business vision and strategies, functional decomposition, requirements capture, process modeling – High level of technical field expertise – Knowledge of Network topology and software systems – Excellent negotiation and facilitation skills
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JOB SPECIFICATION: – Post NYSC 8+ years related professional work experience – A bachelor's degree in the field of Computer Science or Electronic Engineering/associated technology fields. Apply to this job |
| Business Development Executive Job at PRANANET Technology Posted: 17 Dec 2015 07:07 AM PST Job Title: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE
Company: PRANANET Technology
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Field: Sales / Marketing
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PRANANET technology is a software development company creating engaging,creative and innovative technology. PRANANET technology provides software solutions to corporate organisation, Government institution and also the private sector.
We develop commercial software products for the executives, school, individuals and also the mobile market at large.
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Job Description: – Identifies trendsetter ideas by researching industry and related events, publications, and announcements; tracking individual contributors and their accomplishments. – Locates or proposes potential business deals by contacting potential partners; discovering and exploring opportunities. – Screens potential business deals by analyzing market strategies, deal requirements, potential, and financials; evaluating options; resolving internal priorities; recommending equity investments. – Develops negotiating strategies and positions by studying integration of new venture with company strategies and operations; examining risks and potentials; estimating partners’ needs and goals. – Closes new business deals by coordinating requirements; developing and negotiating contracts; integrating contract requirements with business operations. – Protects organization’s value by keeping information confidential. – Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations. – Enhances organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
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Requirements: – BSc/HND Apply to this job |
| Software Developer Job at PRANANET Technology Posted: 17 Dec 2015 07:03 AM PST Job Title: Software Developer
Company: PRANANET Technology
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Field: ICT / Computer
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PRANANET technology is a software development company creating engaging,creative and innovative technology. PRANANET technology provides software solutions to corporate organisation, Government institution and also the private sector.
We develop commercial software products for the executives, school, individuals and also the mobile market at large.
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Job Description: – Company is in need of a highly skilled and intelligent developer. – Must be vast with the use of most programming languages. Preferrably PhP . – Should possess the ability to use ASP.NET, C#, C++, MS SQL Server. – As a Software Developer you will be expected to carry out all steps of the development lifecycle and work with Business Analysts and Project Managers to meet requirements. – You will be involved in Analysis, Design, Development, – Testing and Deployment. – Must be excellent as a web designer
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Qualification; – BA/BSc/HND. Apply to this job |
| Media Manager - Nigeria Franchise Job at The Coca-Cola Company Posted: 17 Dec 2015 06:55 AM PST Job Title: Media Manager – Nigeria Franchise
Company: The Coca-Cola Company
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Field: Media / Advertising / Branding
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Coca-Cola is the most popular and biggest-selling soft drink in history. An icon of all times, Coca-Cola is the best-known product in the world.
Created in Atlanta, Georgia, by Dr. John S. Pemberton, Coca-Cola was first offered as a fountain beverage by mixing Coca-Cola syrup with carbonated water. Coca-Cola was introduced in 1886, patented in 1887, registered as a trademark in 1893 and by 1895 it was being sold in every state and territory in the United States. In 1899, The Coca-Cola Company began franchised bottling operations in and outside the United States taking Coca-Cola to consumers in other parts of North America and Europe and in subsequent years to other parts of the world.
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Job description: – The Media Manager will be instrumental in furthering Integrated Marketing Communications team capability, in line with the WMO strategy for TCCC in Nigeria. The position, in conjunction with the media agency AOR partners and other IMC team members, is expected to deliver brilliant results in all Core Creative Idea amplification and impactful Connection Planning & and full IMC plan execution, with emphasis on media (paid, owned, and earned).
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KEY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Prioritized Responsibilities:
% of Time: – Regional Integrated Marketing Communication Development: partner with local media agency partner to amplify the Core Creative Idea into key connection points with emphasis on media (paid, owned, earned). Apply best media practices from global/regional sources and implement emerging media frameworks (paid, free, and owned media).
. – Media / Asset Strategy Development : partner with Brand teams, Franchise teams, IMC teams and agency partners to optimize media investment strategies and plans. Analyse media impact on core brand & business metrics; develop and implement media strategy, ultimately generating greater effectiveness and efficiencies of our IMC plans.
. – Agency Relationship Management : Lead media agency relationship, managing resource allocation and quality control (timing, cost, creative delivery). Maintains contacts within the media industry. Participate in the negotiation and maintains relationship with media suppliers.
4. IMC Plan Execution: Lead to full execution of media plans within IMC plans—ensuring clear links to CCI and leveraging brand strategies. Manage clear processes/routines with key partners (e.g. bottler, agencies, etc.) to ensure plans are executed on time/ in-budget and coordinated across key constituents as needed. Manage clear execution and related "post-mortems".
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COMMUNICATION COMPLEXITIES:
Local Brand Team: – Lead media plan development by leveraging local media insights and ensure that brand messages are activated through targeted, relevant, and strategically-aligned media contact points to build brand values and drive profitable volume
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Local Agency Team: – Lead and provide direction to the media agency (based on the approved IMC Plan), and manage day-to-day requirements with the media agency based on agreed protocol and processes for fast turnaround of requirements. – Actively participate in annual assessment process and remuneration / contract negotiations with the Media Agency-of-Record.
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Internal Support / Process Management: – Brand, IMC, Commercial, Bottler, PAC, Agencies.
KO Finance – Manage day-to-day media financial processes to ensure accuracy of media documents, prompt payment to the media, etc
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Industry Representation: – Helps in establishing and maintaining contacts within the media industry. Maintains relationship with various media suppliers. – Active role to during media rate negotiations.
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Global and Regional KO IMC / Media Representation: – Functionally reports and manages requirements from BU IMC manager and Global Media Director. – Attend and actively participate in KO Regional Media Meetings / Conference. – Evaluate and adapt best practices from new media learning, guidelines, and other countries to enhance media effectiveness, efficiency, and creativity.
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ANALYSIS: – Proficient-Expert level in media analytics to identify and optimize media investment strategies and plans to connect with our consumers. Analyse media impact on core brand metrics and business metrics. – Proficient-Expert level in leveraging financial rigor to prioritize and allocate resources effectively. – Proficient-Expert level in measuring financial and equity impact of investments and institutionalizes learnings.
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JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING: – Lead development, judgement and ability to evaluate the Media Plan – Decision-making accountability impacting 50-60% of total Franchise DME (based on % allocated to Media). Critical judgement on day-to-day requirements with the agency based on agreed protocol and processes.
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INNOVATION: – Expected to re-apply best media practices from global/reginal sources and implement emerging media frameworks (paid, free and owned media).
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SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: – Direct Reports: None. Extensive project management and general coaching and mentoring within team expected. Direct management media agency.
Decision Making: Accountability over media critical investments within specific programs.
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QUALIFICATIONS / COMPETENCIES / SKILLS:
Functional Competencies:
1. Media Planning Process
2. media Analytics
3. Media Assets+Properties
4. Agency management
5. Financial process
6. Productivity
7. IMC Innovation (70-20-10 framework)
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Leadership Behaviors: Leader of Others: – Drive Innovation – Generate new or unique solutions and embrace new ideas that help sustain our business (encompassing everything from continuous improvement to new product and package innovation) – Collaborate with the System, Customers and Key Stakeholders – Develop and leverage relationships with stakeholders to appropriately stretch and impact the System (Company and Bottler) – Act Like an Owner – Deliver results, creating value for our brands, our System, our customers and key stakeholders – Inspire Others – Inspire people to deliver our mission and 2020 Vision, demonstrate passion for the business and give people a reason to believe anything is possible – Develop Self and Other – Develop self and support others' development to achieve full potential
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Builds Brand Love: – Seeks understanding of fundamental human needs and behaviours – Pursues innovation and change with a mind-set of continuous improvement – Balances intuition and fact to distil complex thought into compelling ideas – Anticipates future trends to engage and delight consumers
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Technical Skills :
Consulting / Specialist Support – Establishing Strategic Direction For Specialist Area – Pursuing Innovation
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Negotiation: – Develop And Maintain Supplier Relationships
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EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS: – Bachelor's Degree. Experience in Media, Agency will be an added advantage.
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CULTURAL DIVERSITY: – Ability to deal with multiple cultural enviroments.
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TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: 30 % – At The Coca-Cola Company you can cultivate your career in a challenging and dynamic environment. We are the largest manufacturer and distributor of nonalcoholic drinks in the world-selling more than 1 billion drinks a day. Unlock your full potential with a future-focused company that is known and respected throughout the world. Apply to this job |
| Logistics and Facility Management Officer Job at Marie Stopes Nigeria (MSION) Posted: 17 Dec 2015 06:41 AM PST Job Title: Logistics and Facility Management Officer
Company: Marie Stopes Nigeria (MSION)
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Job Field: Engineering / Technical ICT / Computer
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Marie Stopes Nigeria (MSION) is a results-orientated Social Business, which uses modern management and marketing techniques to provide reproductive health care and allied services. MSION's goal is to meet the needs of underserved Nigerians and dramatically improve access and use of a range of reproductive health services. MSION is part of Marie Stopes International's Global Partnership which is in over 42 countries worldwide.
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Specific Responsibilities: – Co-ordinate logistics support for programmes, including requisitioning, receiving, storing, transportation, customs clearance, issuing and processing payment for services in accordance with MSN policies and guidelines. – Responsible for identifying and promoting compliance with good transport and logistics practice by proactively identifying broader issues regarding logistical weakness/non-compliance to policies and guidelines for the assigned country programmes. – Develop logistics procedures in cooperation with internal and external stakeholders within institutional donors' rules and guidelines; disseminating these to enhance the efficiency and cost effectiveness of the supply chain within the programmes. – Facilitate the supply chain for the organisation from procurement of goods into stock or direct to programmes including setting up transportation framework agreements after appropriate tendering processes and arranging freight forwarding or transport; ensuring that goods/services procured are delivered to end-user in a timely and cost effective manner within donor regulations. – Advise field logistics teams on logistics procedures to ensure compliance with MSN policies, donor regulations and follow-up issues of non-compliance. – Monitor and enhance procedures in operational programmes through field visits, giving advice and training, ensuring that programme staff follows donor rules, guidelines and good practice – Coordinate with International Programmes and Field Office staff to ensure asset management and disposal procedures are followed in accordance with MSN policy as well as donor requirement. – Responsible for the provision of the transportation support within a large or complex mission. – Ensure appropriate maintenance of MSN fleet at different locations. – Develop and support the laid down regulation in accordance with the policies and directives on the acquisition, receipt, distribution, maintenance, utilisation and disposal of the MSN fleet. – Ensure that the relevant accounting and audit requirements are upheld and the budgetary performance of the unit managed appropriately. – Ensure adequate records for vehicle usage, fuelling, maintenance, insurance, incidence and other relevant documents are managed in accordance with internal and external standards (government regulations, environmental, health and security standards) – Develop and maintain active road accident prevention programmes. – Develop an effective and efficient plan for car hire including examining the costs and benefits of outsourcing transport functions and the feasibility in operational terms of executing the required assignment under consideration. – Planning and overseeing building work/renovation – Ensuring appropriate lease agreement management of all MSION facilities – Guided by the DHRA's advice, allocate and manage space within buildings housing MSION's offices – Manage building maintenance activities (Electrical, Mechanical, Structural and others) – Coordinate cleaning and parking services within MSION facilities. – Ensure that facilities meet government regulations and environmental, health and security standards – Advise on energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness – Supervise multi-disciplinary teams of staff including maintenance, grounds and custodial workers
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Person Specification:
Qualifications: – Educated to Degree level with equivalent experience – essential – Fluent written and spoken English – essential – Relevant professional qualification i.e. CIPS – desirable.
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Experience: – Experience of external representation i.e. NGO/Donor coordination meetings – desirable – Knowledge of donor requirements and related compliance regulations (DFID, EU, USAID, KFW) desirable – Supply Chain Management and/or logistics/operational experience – essential – Have a detailed knowledge of logistics processes, tools and techniques – essential – Experience in working in a developing country environment in an operational, logistics or procurement position – desirable
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Skills: – Resourceful, imaginative team player with excellent communication skills – Ability to develop and maintain good long distance relations both with colleagues in the field and with external suppliers – A flexible working attitude, proven ability to work under pressure, to multi-task and to prioritise effectively – Proven negotiation skills – Proven analytical skills and financial acumen i.e. management of budgets, tenders – Proven ability to "sell" ideas and concepts to key stakeholders – Process mapping skills
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Attitude / Motivation: – To have excellent initiative and the aptitude to work independently as required – Strong commitment to the goal and vision of Marie Stopes International Organization. Apply to this job |
| IT Manager Job at Marie Stopes Nigeria (MSION) Posted: 17 Dec 2015 06:35 AM PST Job Title: IT Manager
Company: Marie Stopes Nigeria (MSION)
Job Type: Full Time
Experience: 8 years
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Job Field: Engineering / Technical ICT / Computer
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Marie Stopes Nigeria (MSION) is a results-orientated Social Business, which uses modern management and marketing techniques to provide reproductive health care and allied services. MSION's goal is to meet the needs of underserved Nigerians and dramatically improve access and use of a range of reproductive health services. MSION is part of Marie Stopes International's Global Partnership which is in over 42 countries worldwide.
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Overall Responsibility: – The main focus of the role will be: overall IT leadership for MSION, IT vision and planning, business engagement, IT governance and controls, data security, and supplier management.
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Specific Responsibilities: – Be the primary point of contact for all IT related business requirements for the Country Director and senior programme leadership. Provide appropriate direction, guidance and resolution. Proactively consider and identify areas where technology can assist and enable the delivery MSION business goals.
Provide effective communication and interaction with functional, channel and programme teams to ensure robust infrastructure and end-to-end solutions are delivered and ongoing support provided – Lead and drive effective use of the IT governance processes. Ensure that all project activities are controlled within the processes and required approvals are obtained. Project manage individual projects, as required – working with key stakeholders, define, scope of projects and manage the implementation of identified IT projects as required, ensuring the delivery of the project objectives to meet agreed requirements and specifications. – Overall responsibility for the smooth running of the IT infrastructure including Servers, Network, Virtualisation, Storage, Cloud and Desktop environments. Key to the success of this will be the development of a coherent infrastructure plan. Propose technical strategies and solutions, give guidance on all aspects of the MSION infrastructure to the IT team. – Design and review of security policies and operational procedures for the protection of MSION data including anti-virus, encryption, mobile device management, effective back up (and restore) and disaster recovery – taking into account relevant national legislation and MSI organisational policies – Provide effective supplier management. Establish and maintain strategic relationships with key vendors and partners. Provide advice and guidance on contract negotiation, IT hardware and solution procurement, and support and maintenance arrangements. – Play a leading role in the development and justification of robust IT planning which is aligned to MSION business goals and priorities. Manage budgets and control expenditure within role remit. – Provide leadership to the MSION IT team. Establish IT processes, best practices and procedures where required and provide advice and guidance to MSION IT staff. Establish regular meetings to better inform and share ideas, develop the team and resolve issues. – Design and implement of a management reporting system which effectively tracks and measures IT delivery and performance against established criteria.
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Person Specification:
Qualification: – Minimum of 8 years post-graduate experience with a minimum of 3 years in a strategic/ similar position. – A good first Degree in Computer Science or related discipline. – Professional qualification e.g. MBA, PGC, RELEVANT IT CERTIFICATIONS will be an added advantage.
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Experience: – Strong commercial knowledge to facilitate understanding of the business – Technical knowledge to enable adding value through the use of technology (broad domain knowledge) – A good understanding of technical architecture – Previous experience of managing an IT team (technical, infrastructure, project delivery, business alignment, planning, support) – Business process design – Business change management – Prior exposure to working in an NGO environment – Significant management experience in a business facing IT role – Demonstrated significant programme and project management experience – Supplier management – Exposure to web development lifecycle and web solution management – Business case preparation and justification – Portfolio management and prioritisation.
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Skills: – Supplier management, procurement and contract negotiation. Preparation of RFI, RFP, ITT documentation – Preparation of Business Case documentation – Strong interpersonal, presentation and influencing skills – Excellent written and verbal communication – Strong people/team management – Strong finance and budget management – Ability to work under pressure and deliver results
Business empathy – ITIL, Prince 2 exposure (or other IT service. – Management and Project Management Qualification)
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Attitude / Motivation: – Confident in leading with people at all levels in the organisation – Team player, providing support and encouragement – Open with new ideas, and proposing improvements – Operate in an open and transparent manner with all MSION team members, stakeholders and customers – Able to negotiate agreed solutions where conflicts arise. – Communicate in a timely and effective manner through active listening and good questioning techniques, using appropriate body language and ensuring information is clear and concise – Use initiative to make the most of opportunities by finding the optimum solution – Consultative approach to ensure that all team views are considered within decision making process – Support and adherence to MSION vision and goals – Focused on delivery with a 'can do' approach. Apply to this job |
| Project Manager (PMDUP/MSION FUNDS) Job at Marie Stopes Nigeria (MSION) Posted: 17 Dec 2015 06:27 AM PST Job Title: Project Manager (PMDUP/MSION FUNDS)
Company: Marie Stopes Nigeria (MSION)
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: MBA/MSc/MA Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Job Field: Medical / Health / Safety
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Marie Stopes Nigeria (MSION) is a results-orientated Social Business, which uses modern management and marketing techniques to provide reproductive health care and allied services. MSION's goal is to meet the needs of underserved Nigerians and dramatically improve access and use of a range of reproductive health services. MSION is part of Marie Stopes International's Global Partnership which is in over 42 countries worldwide.
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Primary Responsibilities: – The Project Manager will work closely with the Programme Director in ensuring that MSI funded project and PMDUP (DFID) projects are delivered efficiently and effectively in accordance with donor requirements and MSION broad strategic objectives. – Specifically, with guidance of the programme director, the position holder is responsible for overall technical and programmatic implementation, oversight and coordination of MSI Funded and PMDUP projects. – S/he oversees assigned project planning, ensures implementation, with a focus on results, and financial accountability for the projects. – S/he works closely with the Field Operations, Technical Services, Quality Technical Assurance and Management and other MSION project managers, to ensure that there is full integration at implementation level within MSION, other donors, implementing partners, and CSOs activities. – The Project Manager is responsible for meeting all assigned projects' technical, financial, and project monitoring obligations, ensuring deliverables, and project results specified and agreed with donors are achieved.
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The core responsibility of this post is to use your: – Initiative – Energy – Persistence – Results orientation – Drive – Integrity – Enthusiasm – Commitment to personal development – To further MSI's partnership mission of: empowering individuals to have children by choice not chance
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Duties and Responsibilities:
Project Management and Operations: – Under the oversight of the Programme Director, oversee all aspects of MSI Investment fund and PMDUP project implementation including: – Lead in the drafting, review and implementation of MSI funded project and PMDUP work plans – Lead in the execution of MSI funded projects like the Investment fund and the Choice project and PMDUP projects' activities according to plan and donor guidelines. – Lead in the development of forms, set up files to ensure that MSI funded project and PMDUP information is appropriately documented and secured – Monitor progress of the PMDUP and MSI funded projects and make adjustments as necessary to ensure successful completion of projects – Ensure PMDUP and MSI funded project activities are implemented on time and within budget and at the required level of quality. – Lead in writing PMDUP and MSI funded project reports, position papers, and updates as required
In consultation with the appropriate manager, recruit, interview and select staff and/or volunteers with appropriate skills for the project activities.
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Reporting, Monitoring and Evaluation:
Work closely with the RME Manager to: – Prepare and submit regular technical, progress and program monitoring reports to MSN and donors according to schedules and guidelines – Write reports on PMDUP and MSI funded projects for management and for funders and support the preparation of financial reports and project documentation. – Support MSN's M&E function in development of plans and operations research that support and measures impact of quality of PMDUP and MSI funded projects.
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External Relations and liaison:
Work with the External relations Manager to: – Ensure relationships and networks with stakeholders, and relevant private, public and not-for-profit organizations are created and maintained with a view to strengthening MSN’s impact and future funding opportunities – Liaise with service delivery (Outreach, Clinics and Training teams), sales and social franchise teams and other stakeholders to ensure projects are integrated at all levels. – Ensure strong links between communication and community mobilization activities, at the systems level.
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Compliance:
Work with the Quality Assurance team to: – Ensure compliance with relevant donor rules and requirements for all projects – Ensure compliance with MSI policies related to fund raising and project management
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Others: – From time to time address delegated duties assigned by the Programme Director and other SMT members. – Actively contribute to the strategic direction and planning of the organisation – Any other duty reasonably assigned by line manager
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Qualifications: – Advanced degree in Public Health or related discipline required
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Experience: – Experience in DFiD or other donor funded projects an asset – Experience in project management – Experience in Reproductive Health an asset
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Skills: – Proven excellent project management abilities – Ability to present and write for multiple audiences – Ability to work well with others in team environments – Must be able to satisfy stakeholders – Should be able to work in deadline driven/results orientated atmospheres – Strong people management skills – Strategic guidance and planning skills
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Attitude / Motivation: – Motivated personally and professionally to develop – Willingness to travel as requested. Apply to this job |
| Risk Advisor Job at Marie Stopes Nigeria (MSION) Posted: 17 Dec 2015 06:19 AM PST Job Title: Risk Advisor
Company: Marie Stopes Nigeria (MSION)
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
Experience: 5 years
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Job Field: Administration / Secretarial NGO/Non-Profit
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Marie Stopes Nigeria (MSION) is a results-orientated Social Business, which uses modern management and marketing techniques to provide reproductive health care and allied services. MSION's goal is to meet the needs of underserved Nigerians and dramatically improve access and use of a range of reproductive health services. MSION is part of Marie Stopes International's Global Partnership which is in over 42 countries worldwide.
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Job Description: – The Risk Advisor position is the primary safety and security advisor and security focal point for Marie Stopes International Organisation Nigeria (MSION). – Reporting to the Country Director, the Risk Advisor will be responsible for fostering a culture of safety and security amongst team members and developing a strong organisational security management infrastructure. They will be directly involved with programme design and implementation, looking at general aspects of risk. – This will be achieved through: regular analysis of the security and operating environment in Nigeria; analysing critical incidents affecting MSION, international employees and INGOs; developing and managing safety and security guidelines and Standard – Operating Procedures; providing security briefings to all international visitors and conduct security inductions with all new team members; integrating security policy to all business areas; and developing and testing contingency plans. – S/he will the first responder to any critical incident, and will review and make recommendations to the Country Management Team regarding safety and security management.
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Key Responsibilities:
Operational Risk: – Overall responsibility for leading a risk advisory team overseeing and analysing medical, financial, reputational, and duty of care risk, providing risk mitigation advice to the Senior Management Team – Work closely with programmes/medical, finance, logistics and human resources departments to ensure that all new and existing projects have assessed operational risk, have documented and implemented the appropriate mitigations, and achieved duty of care – Lead and/or support investigations of medical incidents, fraud, duty of care and insurance gaps
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Security Management: – Overall responsibility for ensuring MSION continually meets its Duty of Care requirements in relation to security management and in line with MSI's Global Security Framework – Create and update the MSION National Essential Security Package (ESP) (including Welcome Pack, Context Analysis, Threat Levels, Risk Assessment, Standard Operating Procedures, Contingency Plans and Crisis Management) – Support MSION managers to create and update Regional ESPs (including Context Analysis, Threat Levels, Risk Assessment, Standard Operating Procedures, Contingency Plans) – Management of day to day security incidents affecting MSION team members, assets and reputation
Briefing, debriefing and security induction of all programme visitors, new and existing team members – Ensure a high level of procedural and physical security measures are in place at all MSION premises, including access control, visitor protocols, key management, and appropriate branding / visibility – Ensure that appropriate communications and other security related equipment is in place, functional, understood and appropriately used by all relevant staff members – Contractual management of security guards and private security companies, including agreeing, checking and enforcing SOPs and performance. – Renewal of contracts and management of payments to security communications and tracking suppliers
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Crisis Management Support: – Delivery of Crisis Management Training to the Crisis Management Team (CMT) – Activate and ensure adherence to crisis protocol and procedures – Advise the Country Director, CMT Lead and Support on possible actions, scenarios and outcomes during a crisis – Ensure that decisions fully address duty of care requirements and maintain log book – Provide links to external risk management specialists and Nigeria security networks
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Human Resources Support: – Assist HR with the security aspect of recruitment, selection, on-boarding and training of MSION positions with security responsibilities (e.g. Regional Managers) – Successful technical management of the above positions – Develop capacity within the country programme through training needs identification, training delivery and on the job support. – Provide a security induction briefings to all new team members.
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Security Networking: – Attend and contribute to external security networks (donor, humanitarian forums, professional security working groups) – Actively develop and maintain security influencer networks with a full range of stakeholders including community leaders, NGOs, donors, NGO security forums, government, police, armed forces, intelligence agencies, private security companies – Continued contact, discussion and strategic planning with MSI's Global Security Officer
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Safety Management: – Ensure that MSION premises, vehicles and assets are free from hazards, safe and well prepared in terms of fire, natural disaster and general safety. – Prepare and coordinate fire and natural disaster safety drills in all locations
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Qualifications: – Relevant university degree, preferably risk management or international development
Relevant security management training certificates (risk assessment, personal security, security management, abduction, hostile environment awareness) and 1st aid training
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Experience: – At least 5 years of experience in a similar role with NGOs, with extensive experience in implementing security management and procedures – Extensive experience working in Nigeria will be an added advantage – Experience with budget creation and management
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Experience in administration and team management
Skills: – Good interpersonal, teamwork and communication skills – Ability to train and mobilise both international and national team members – Computer and organisational skills – Fluent in English both written and spoken – Extensive and active security network – Proven ability to work creatively and independently both in the field and in the Support Office
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Attitude / Motivation: – Energy and passion for purpose – Focus and drive and ability to stay on track – Resilience – Action orientated – Focus on detail while being able to see the big picture – Flexible and adaptable
Culturally aware – A compelling and influential communicator
Strong networking skills – Aligned with the values of MSION and Marie Stopes International. Apply to this job |
| Marketing Associate (Newsletter) Job at Jumia Nigeria Posted: 17 Dec 2015 06:10 AM PST Job Title: Marketing Associate (Newsletter)
Company: Jumia Nigeria
Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
Job Field: Sales / Marketing
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Jumia is the largest e-commerce mall in Africa with over 100,000 unique visitors a day, buying everything from Fashion to Phones. Founded in 2012 in Nigeria, Jumia’s mission is to revolutionize the concept of shopping by providing customers with the best online shopping experience.
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Jumia is part of Africa Internet Group, a leading global incubator of startups specialised in e-commerce. Africa Internet Group is Africa’s leading internet firm, with already over 3,000 employees in over 20 African countries and huge successes such as Jumia.com, Kaymu.com, Hellofood.com, Lamudi.com, Carmudi.com and Jovago.com. It is led by top talented leaders offering a great mix of local and international talents and is backed by MTN, Millicom and Rocket Internet.
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We are currently looking for young talented, customer centric, professionals with offline sales experience in Nigeria to join our team and embark on an exciting journey in the core of marketing and entrepreneurship.
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Job Description: – As a Marketing associate at Jumia you will be part of a self-motivated, highly analytical and business oriented team with flat communication structures. – You will support preparation, analysis and presentation of customer data for coming up with new ideas for acquisition of new customers and retention of existing customers. – Your aim will be to come up with clear business-oriented actionable plan and support execution using Marketing/CRM tools, while coordinating with different teams within the central team. – In return, you will enjoy a highly challenging role with a great deal of responsibility with steep learning curve at the interface between online marketing and business development. – You can expect an international, professional and entrepreneurial business environment as well as the opportunity to be part of the development of a fast-growing company.
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Your position as a Marketing associate entails: – Managing end-to-end CRM activities (email marketing, other direct channels) – Planning, execution & reporting of newsletter Marketing activities – Optimizing campaign performance (performance analysis, testing, targeting fine-tuning) – Responsible of the newsletter performance to continuously improve CRM relevant KPIs (OR, CTOR, CR) – Working closely with teams in Europe and Africa – Lead acquisition – Customer retention & reactivation – Reporting to Head of Online Marketing and Global Head of Direct Marketing
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Expected background and technical skills: – A previous experience in in the field of email marketing would be appreciated – Advanced level of computer literacy in Microsoft packages, particularly in Excel – Web programming skills (HTML, PHP) would be a plus – Ability to crunch and cluster databases. Apply to this job |
| Low Value Sourcing Specialist Job at British American Tobacco Posted: 17 Dec 2015 03:37 AM PST Job Title: Low Value Sourcing Specialist
Company: British American Tobacco
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND MBA/MSc/MA
Location: Oyo, Nigeria
Job Field: Manufacturing
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British American Tobacco (www.bat.com) is a market leading, global organisation with a long, established history and a bright and dynamic future. Thanks to our people we have continued to deliver growth and exceed expectations in an increasingly complex and challenging marketplace.
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Our aim is to become the leading tobacco company in each of our markets by providing excellent products with confidence and responsibility expected of global consumer brands.
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If you have the talent and motivation to help us succeed you'll find we are equally committed to helping you reach your full potential too.
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Job Purpose: – Develop and monitor implementation of strategic procurement plans for the sourcing of Indirects goods and services for the factory environment in Ibadan and Zaria as well as Head office in Lagos and Leaf office in Iseyin in BAT Nigeria. Ensure flexibility of supplies, appropriate quality and complexity reduction at the best total cost.
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Responsible for the execution of Low value spend category including "Sourcing to Contract" specifically: – Source to contract – Spend and compliance reporting – Contract Management
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Key Accountabilities:
Business: – Responsible for the development and execution of sourcing plans for Indirects goods and services in the factory environment in Ibadan and Zaria as well as Head office in Lagos and Leaf office in Iseyin) with final implementation of contracts where necessary – To ensure the category sourcing and contracts for Indirects goods and services in the factory environment in Ibadan and Zaria as well as Head office in Lagos and Leaf office in Iseyin meet the business requirements through the execution of the strategic sourcing process. – To adhere to applicable policies, standards and platforms including the agreed Sourcing Management methodology and approach and to deliver robust terms and conditions that manages BAT's service delivery and commercial risk. – Support the Above Market team on all projects. – Update all report platforms (FISP, IBTT, SCTT etc) as required by the business – Analyse financial and market data, to build and maintain knowledge on all aspects of our supply related external environment, on behalf of the business. – To ensure all contracts are agreed with the relevant business owners with minimal environmental impact.
Support a green environment in line with EHS Policies – Ensure compliance with the company EMS Policy and ensure reduction in business activity impact on the environment – To ensure contracts are completed for all relevant agreements and that SLA's (Service Level Agreements) have been agreed with the relevant business owner. – Provide forecasts on prices and market changes as an input into planning where appropriate – Continuous supply improvements delivered to BAT Nigeria, measured in terms significant cost reduction, supplier rationalisation, high levels of service, introduction of business process changes and complexity reduction.
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Leadership: – To lead the process of sourcing execution to ensure delivery of the stakeholder requirements and targets. – Identifying and managing the risk which exists whenever goods and services are contracted out to suppliers and service providers. – Ensure full cross-functional commitment to strategies through communication, education and evaluation of initiatives.
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Relationship: – To own commercial supply base management building strong internal and external business relationships to ensure the delivery of the category goals. – To facilitate the creation of supplier SLA's and performance check-points. Manage and resolve contractual performance issues and escalate where required. – Management of multi-functional teams and high level of project management skills. – Maintain high level of internal customer satisfaction with all stakeholders
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Innovation: – To identify new products and services that may impact on sourcing execution and escalate to the Procurement Business Manager – Operations. – To strive for continuous improvement initiatives with suppliers, managing resource and actions from other functions into this process to deliver quality enhancement and smart spend management. – To propose and/or develop alternate solutions alongside new products and services.
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Essential Requirements:
Experience & Knowledge: – Thorough knowledge of supply market, supplier capabilities, competitor activity, and expected trends at a local level. – Proven capability of applying supplier management techniques to ensure contracted benefits are delivered. – Supplier and contract management experience. – Detailed understanding of financial evaluation and interpretation of supplier's records and their key cost and business drivers. – Proficient in supplier assessment processes that are used to develop supplier improvement plans Detailed understanding of e-commerce tools (such as e-Sourcing, etc.) to enhance and sustain the Indirect Procurement processes – Full understanding of the category total cost model, cost drivers and all factors needed to ensure a robust agreement for BAT (including specification and testing requirements). – Understanding of the processes, timelines and constraints for the development and delivery of new products. – Professional knowledge of procurement principals, including high order negotiation skills. – Sound knowledge of corporate regulations and legislation to ensure the creation of effective contracts.
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Skills: – High level of commercial awareness. – Strong interpersonal and communication skills. – Proven negotiation skills and influencing skills: able to influence business partners and suppliers as well as the ability to be assertive if required to ensure compliance to contract. – Strong analytical and problem solving skills – Ability to develop and maintain effective partnerships. – A focus on quality service delivery at the best total value. – SAP MM – MS Excel
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Qualifications: – University degree level education or equivalent of HND from recognized institutions of higher Learning
CIPS Corporate Diploma in Purchasing and/or membership of The Chartered Institute for Purchasing and Supply or equivalent country qualification or MBA would be an advantage. Apply to this job |
| Shift Supervisor Job at British American Tobacco Posted: 17 Dec 2015 03:24 AM PST Job Title: Shift Supervisor
Company: British American Tobacco
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
Location: Oyo, Nigeria
Job Field: Administration / Secretarial Manufacturing
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British American Tobacco (www.bat.com) is a market leading, global organisation with a long, established history and a bright and dynamic future. Thanks to our people we have continued to deliver growth and exceed expectations in an increasingly complex and challenging marketplace.
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Our aim is to become the leading tobacco company in each of our markets by providing excellent products with confidence and responsibility expected of global consumer brands.
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If you have the talent and motivation to help us succeed you'll find we are equally committed to helping you reach your full potential too.
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Purpose Statement: – To Effectively Manage one Shift in each Cell to produce required volume and mix of products on time and in the required quality; drive improvement initiatives to help achieve set manufacturing key performance indicators while optimizing manpower deployment.
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Principal Accountabilities:
Operational results:
Deliver performance targets as per KPI given on: – Volume – OEE/Uptime – Quality – Waste – Productivity – Conversion Cost: - To identify opportunities within the shift by understanding "trends and patterns" that can help achieve improved performance and implement them in consultation with the Cell Manager. – Ensure the mandatory scheduled product quality checks are carried out on all machines in the Cell with appropriate actions from obsevered defects/faults executed immediately. – Ensure all shop floor support systems (Talisman, PI&T, Online Quality System) are always functional and fully utilised with any operational issue with the systems escalated appropraitely for immediate resolution. – Constantly seek to minimise NVA (Non Value Add) processes and employee activities. – Lead investigation "to Root Cause" of all negatively trending KPIs and develop actions to reverse trend.
Lead Shift Team through the IWS Phase Journey
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Leadership Results: – Provide requisite leadership, guidance and direction to the production shop floor team. – Evaluate the performance of all the shift members identifying strengths and weaknesses and providing constructive feedback. This includes giving the relevant information to the Cell Managers to help in Team Management of each cell. – Identify strengths & development needs of the shift members and discuss the same with the respective Cell Managers. – Coach Shift Team and support resources to comply with established standards and document standards for improvements made – Regularly share with the shift members their performance and other relevant information & changes.
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Management Results: – Create the right working environment in the shift (process awareness, access to information, responsibilities, skills, communication flows) to help ensure the shift consistently achieves its key performance indicators. – Properly document and escalate all significant incidents/events during the shift including but not limited to people issues, EH&S incidents, material issues, spare part problems, equipment breakdowns, utilities issues. – Ensures requisite preparation and support is provided to help achieve flawless execution of planned maintenance, engineering projects, Consumer Product & Testing (CPT) production and New Product Introduction (NPI) projects – Ensure housekeeping standards are consistently maintained on the production floor in accordance to 5S principles.
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Relationships Results: – Work effectively with all stakeholders whose activity has direct impact on the shift’s performance. – Support Cell Manager to foresee possible issues and ensure smooth production process of the cells – Facilitates and encourages the interaction of the shift members and influence the shift’s objectives & results
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Innovation Results: – Support the Integrated Work Systems (IWS) way of working. – Consistently seeks for and encourage shift members’ ideas in respect of possible improvements and their implementation.
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Additional Information:
Context / Environment: – The supervisor in summary is expected to coordinate and provide direction to the shop floor personnel, monitor the effectiveness of work done; assure the quality of products made and provide support to all planned tasks including process and performance improvement activities. – The role needs to create an open environment where all shift members can freely generate, discuss, evaluate and deliver their ideas. Emphasis should be put on enabling team members to make their own decisions in respect of not only internal cell processes but also external issues which affect cell operations (materials, tobacco, quality, cooperation with other cells) within the guidelines of the Decision Matrix. – The Factory operates a 3 shift system running 24 hours per day and 7days per week which will require some "out of normal" hours to effectively communicate with all technical teams
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Essential Requirements:
Knowledge, Skills & Experience: – Leadership skill, organizational and people management skills are crucial. – Ability to use Microsoft office tools at basic proficiency level (MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Outlook). – Familiarity with structured problem solving tools and ability to prepare clear, concise, and well-organized written reports. – Coupled with the above, a strong working knowledge of technical training, troubleshooting, and maintenance approaches will be essential to the success of the role – High degree of inter personal skill will be required to establish credentials and to pass on knowledge and experience to newer team members – Ability to facilitate meetings and effectively present to small groups is essential.
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Key Success Factors: – Month on month improvement in shift’s KPIs. – Highly trained and motivated technical workforce. – Robust systems in place to monitor key performance indicators – Good working relationships established both internally and with OEM's.
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Working Relationship:
Internal (Within BAT): – SMD Cell Managers, PMD Team, Quality Team, Warehouse Team, EH&S Team, Engineering Team, IT Team, HR Team and Finance Team
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External: – Other OpCos, OEM’s, Spare part suppliers. Apply to this job |
| Genebank Application Developer Job at IITA Posted: 17 Dec 2015 03:16 AM PST Job Title: Genebank Application Developers
Company: IITA
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
Experience: 3 years
Location: Oyo, Nigeria
Job Field: ICT / Computer
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IITA is an international non-profit agricultural research-for-development (R4D) organization established in 1967, governed by a Board of Trustees, and a member of the CGIAR Consortium. Our R4D approach is anchored on the development needs of the tropics. We work with partners to enhance crop quality and productivity, reduce producer and consumer risks, and generate wealth from agriculture. We have more than 100 internationally recruited scientists from about 35 countries and 900 nationally recruited staff based in various stations across Africa.
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Ref. IITA-HR-NRS2015-050
Location: Ibadan
Recruitment Type: National (1-year renewable contract)
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Position/Responsibilities: – Successful candidate will among other things perform the following: – Assist in developing modules to support Genebank routine activities and collaborators needs. – Participate in a team development of mobile and web applications – Correct errors by making appropriate changes and then rechecking the programs to ensure that the desired results are produced. – Assist in conducting trial runs of programs and software applications to be sure they will produce the desired information and that the instructions are correct. – Compile and write documentation of programs development and subsequent revisions, inserting comments in the coded instructions so others can understand the programs. – Perform or direct revision, repair, or expansion of existing programs to increase operating efficiency or adapt to new requirements. – Assist the Database Manager in writing databases and applications user's manuals. – Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.
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Qualification, Experience and Skills:
Qualification: – The candidate should have a B.Sc in Software Programming or related discipline with minimum experience of three (3) years in a similar position.
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The ideal candidate must: – Have strong experience in mobile and web applications programming using C# and JAVA EE. – Have ability to work under Linux/windows operating systems. – Be familiar with android and windows mobile development, Eclipse, Tomcat and MS Visual Studio environments. – Have good communication skills and work off time. Apply to this job |
| Database Assistant Job at IITA Posted: 17 Dec 2015 02:57 AM PST Job Title: Database Assistant
Company: IITA
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
Experience: 2 years
Location: Oyo, Nigeria
Job Field: Agriculture/Agro-Allied ICT / Computer
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IITA is an international non-profit agricultural research-for-development (R4D) organization established in 1967, governed by a Board of Trustees, and a member of the CGIAR Consortium. Our R4D approach is anchored on the development needs of the tropics. We work with partners to enhance crop quality and productivity, reduce producer and consumer risks, and generate wealth from agriculture. We have more than 100 internationally recruited scientists from about 35 countries and 900 nationally recruited staff based in various stations across Africa.
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Ref. IITA-HR-NRS2015-050
Location: Ibadan
Recruitment Type: National (1-year renewable contract)
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Position/Responsibilities: – Successful candidate will among other things perform the following: – Assist in compiling, review, formatting, update and enter incoming/legacy data from collecting missions, fields, screen houses and collaborators into Genetic Resources Center databases and GeneSys. – Formatting and conversion of accessions georeference data from collecting missions – Compile reporting data to be uploaded into Online Reporting Tool. – Maintain the visitor's book and enter visitor's information into the database. – Liaison with GRC Database Manager on storage of passport, characterization and evaluation data into the databases. – Contribution to Genebank data reporting and user manuals writing of existing/new applications. – Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.
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Qualification, Experience and Skills:
Qualification: – B.Sc in Agric-economics with qualified data manipulation skills, Data Management or related discipline with minimum experience of two (2) years in a similar position.
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The ideal candidate must: – Have sound understanding of geo-referencing data handling. – Be familiar with Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel. – Have good knowledge of sample tracking systems and data retrieval such an inventory management system. – Be familiar with plant genetic resources and genebanks would be an advantage. – Have good communication skills.
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Remuneration: – We offer highly competitive salary with equally attractive fringe benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment. Apply to this job |
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