Graduate Recruitment At Promasidor Nigeria [4 Positions]

Promasidor is a multi-local food manufacturer that has its roots firmly established in Africa. We are proud of our heritage and totally committed to the continent. We manufacture, market and distribute unique quality range of products in more than 25 countries across the continent. We have enjoyed ongoing success for over 30 years.

Job Title: Brand Manager
Reference Number: BM122016
Key Responsibilities

• Brand plans:  Develop marketing activities for brands/products, particularly below-the-line programmes. Ensure the proper and effective field execution of approved marketing activities. Develop and plan regular sampling programmes as appropriate for brands/products. Work closely with the Trade/Customer Marketing unit within the Sales function on the development, implementation and evaluation of trade promotions. Evaluate all core/major activities and ensure learnings are captured for future brand planning.
• Marketing insight: Monitor and report on brand health, including competitor monitoring, using agreed attributes and format. Use consumer insight to inform development of marketing programmes for assigned brands/products. Provide market information with which to report on the performance of assigned brands/products.
• Competitor monitoring: Track competitor activities and assist the Category Manager, in developing response strategies to protect the position of assigned Brand.
• Budget: Manage marketing budgets to execute annual activity plans for assigned brands/products, on budget and on time. Monitor expenditure against agreed activities and provide regular reports to the Category Manager.
• Results: Plan below-the-line activities for assigned brands/products and evaluate performance against activity objectives.
• Financial scope: Responsible for managing marketing expenditure allocated to assigned brands/products.

Job Requirements

• Minimum second-class Bachelor’s degree from a reputable university, either in Nigeria or abroad. Postgraduate qualification in Marketing would be an advantage if the first degree is not in a related field.
• 3-5 years’ cognate work experience, preferably FMCG, of which at least 2 must be in the Marketing function with Brand Management Experience.

Key Competency and Skills Requirements

• Understands the role of the different elements of the marketing mix
• Preparation of annual marketing/activity plans
• Development and execution of consumer and trade promotions and POS material
• Third-party supplier management
• Managing budgets and expenditure
• Working in teams
• Understanding of research techniques
• Microsoft Office suite – Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Good communication and interpersonal skills

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Job Title: Assistant Brand Manager
Reference Number: ABM122016
Key Responsibilities

• Brand plans: Execute approved marketing activities for brands/products. Assist with the planning, execute and monitor regular sampling programmes as prescribed by the Brand Manager. Collate reports for all marketing activities.
• Marketing insight: Keep abreast and monitor brand health and industry trends. Carry out regular trade visits to gather market information. Use consumer insight to propose marketing programmes for assigned brands/products.
• Competitor monitoring: Track competitor activities for assigned brands/products and assist the Brand Manager, in developing response strategies to protect the position of assigned brand.
• Budget: Execute annual activity plans for assigned brands/products within stated budget and on time.
• Results: Execute below-the-line activities for assigned brands/products and evaluate performance against activity objectives.
• Financial scope: Assist with managing marketing expenditure allocated to assigned brands/products.

Job Requirements

• Minimum second-class Bachelor’s degree from a reputable university, either in Nigeria or abroad. Postgraduate qualification in Marketing would be an advantage if the first degree is not in a related field.
• 2 – 3 years’ Marketing experience, with at least 1 year hands on Brand Management Experience. Experience in FMCG will be of added advantage.

Key Competency and Skills Requirements

• Interpreting data and information
• Preparation of presentation and reports
• Execution of promotions
• Working in teams
• Understanding of research techniques
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Microsoft Office suite – Word, Excel and PowerPoint

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Job Title: ICT Helpdesk Supervisor
Reference Number: IHS122016
Objectives

• Provide support for employees with regards to all ICT, LAN/WAN and Telephony infrastructure and/or applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the timely resolution of ICT resources users’ problems/issues/questions in a professional manner to minimize any downtime of business activities and/or optimize their use of ICT resources.
• Support Promasidor Nigeria’s LAN/WAN and Telephony infrastructure applications (operating systems, e-mail systems etc) to ensure that they provide adequate support to the users, applications and infrastructure they support.
• Ensure that all “ICT hardware assets” within Promasidor Nigeria Limited are available, functional, installed and used in a secure, safe and efficient way, this includes: Computer hardware (CPU, Printers, peripherals, accessories, etc…). UPS, etc…
• Manage Promasidor Nigeria’s software assets and ensure up to date customisation of all desktops and laptops, clients operating systems and applications.
• In collaboration with the Training Coordinator, assist in training end-users on the use of ICT software and/or hardware resources.
• Provide a back-up role to the Help desk Coordinator in attending to users distress calls and logging them in accordingly, as well as allocating same when necessary.

Job Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Electronics Engineering or related courses.
• 2 – 3 years’ experience in a similar role.

Key Knowledge Requirements

• Technical
• Broad knowledge of Information Systems (Architecture, Security…)
• Software (Office Suite, Email…)
• Hardware (components of a computer, general maintenance…)
• Networking (IP addressing, DNS…)

General

• Basic business processes

Nice to have:

• Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) and other Apple Technical certifications

Skills Requirements

• Problem solving and critical thinking
• Time management, Planning and Organising (own work)
• Communication skills
• Analytical skills
• Numerical skills
• Proactive and innovative
• Ability to multi-task
• Attention to details
• Interpersonal skills (Good facilitation, Teamwork…)

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Job Title: ERP Functional Analyst
Reference Number: EFA122016
Key Responsibilities
NAV SUPPORT

• Support Dynamics NAV Operations and contribute to the knowledge base and engage in knowledge transfer activities among team members and users
• Assist in the definition of Navision security settings/access roles for various user groups to ensure segregation of duties.
• Create Navision Functional specifications for configuration, integration with third party applications and Navision customizations.
• Help define the usage and integration of NAV with other systems and implement its features and functions to meet business requirements.
• Document and understand our business requirements; and configure the software (Dynamics NAV) to meet them.

BUSINESS AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS

• Elicit requirements using best practice techniques (interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process modelling, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis etc.).
• Evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
• Assist the functional analysis team to translate the results of business analysis into NAV functionality, including data requirements, configuration etc.

NAV TESTING, TRAINING AND COMMUNICATION

• Develop and execute test plans
• Validate changes to NAV, get appropriate signoff and participate in all phases of User Acceptance Testing process
• Develop and update users’ manuals and provide NAV orientation and training to end users

Job Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Electronics Engineering or related courses.
• 3 plus years’ of functional NAV related work.

Key Knowledge Requirements
Technical

• Computer or Information Science with Business orientation
• Have an understanding of the issues relevant to NAV software modules including Production, A/R, A/P, G/L, Inventory and Fixed Assets
• Functional analysis techniques
• Detailed knowledge of Dynamics NAV system
• Strong understanding of Accounting rules
• Standard office computer tools (email, word processor, spreadsheet…) Software (Office Suite, Email…)

Nice to have:

• Project Management and Business Process Analysis techniques.
• Programming experience in Dynamics NAV / Navision (C/SIDE, C/AL) is a plus

Skills Requirements

• Problem solving and critical thinking
• Communication, Analytical and Numerical skills
• Customer oriented with ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user friendly language
• Ability to manage priorities and handle stress
• Proactive and innovative
• Interpersonal skills (Good facilitation, Teamwork…)

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