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  • Job Vacancy: Graduate Computing Pre-Sales Technical Consultant, Hewlett-Packard, Lagos, Nigeria

    Job Vacancy: Graduate Computing Pre-Sales Technical Consultant, Hewlett-Packard, Lagos, Nigeria

    If your dream job is to work with Hewlett-Packard or HP, here is good news for you: The American multinational information technology corporation is looking for a technical consultant to take charge of its Printing and Personal Systems department in Lagos.

    The company announced the vacant position on their official job site yesterday, hoping to find applicants with the following qualification:

    • Bachelor’s Degree in IT related discipline (graduation from 2013 onwards)
    • 1 year of experience in a similar position
    • Ability to design and propose PC and Mobile client architectures and solutions for customers.
    • Current knowledge of computer client technologies, hardware, Operating systems, Deployment and Management solutions
    • Broader knowledge of the IT industry, technical directions and IT solutions.
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
    • Good presentation Skills
    • Good level of Technical English
    • Ability to search out knowledge and self-train.
    • Ability to build and maintain strategic customer relationships

    The person in this position is expected to carry out the following responsibilities:

    • Provide technical in depth technical presales support to customers and sales team in multiple computing product and solution areas.
    • Act as trusted advisor to customers based on in depth understanding of the industry and the customer’s unique business strategy and drivers.
    • Build and develop relationships with key technical influencers, decision makers, and top executives.
    • Actively participate in ongoing account planning with the PPS salesperson in opportunity analysis, technical deal qualification and competitive analysis
    • Proactively promote, propose and help ensure delivery of computing full portfolio of products, solutions and services to customer and account team.
    • Maintain positive total customer experience (TCE)
    • Technically support sales account team in competitive tenders.
    • Support the sales team in creating and proposing the right solution and answering the technical sections and aspects of tenders, RFI and RFP customer requests.
    • Providing closed-loop feedback to product divisions.
    • Maintain and manage a competitive and appropriate level of technical and professional competence.
    • Regular reporting of activity and results.

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  • Job Vacancy: Senior Procurement Manager, Nexius, Inc.

    Job Vacancy: Senior Procurement Manager, Nexius, Inc.

    Are you looking to work from the comfort of your home? End-to-end wireless services and software solutions company Nexius is looking for honest applicants with excellent communication skills to work as senior procurement manager.

    The position is open to everyone residing in US and not limited to any city. Since it’s a virtual office, you have the option to work from home or anywhere you are comfortable.

    Job description

    Nexius is the leader in delivering end-to-end wireless services and software solutions to industries worldwide. The company’s ~1000 dedicated professionals serve as subject matter experts, providing Technology Strategy, Network Services, and Software Solutions to many of today’s leading organizations. Nexius closely collaborates with their customers to deliver the strategic insight, proven experience, and practical knowledge necessary to transform their business through wireless.

    Nexius is on a steady path of growth in the U.S. and globally, ranking as the 103rd fastest growing business in America by Entrepreneur Magazine and in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 and the Inc. 5000 lists. Headquartered in Allen, Texas, Nexius has offices in Washington DC, Seattle, Dallas, Puerto Rico, Dubai, London, Sao Paulo, Mexico and Argentina.

    Senior Procurement Manager

    We are hiring a Senior Procurement Manager. This role will be part of the Corporate Operations team. While our corporate headquarters is based in Allen, TX, we are willing to consider virtual work for the best-qualified candidate.

    Responsibilities:

    • Develops and implements an efficient, effective strategic sourcing, procurement and distribution function in support of the strategic and operational objectives of the company.
    • Develops and implements a compliance program and regulations to prevent fraud and ensure adherence to best practices in any procurement activities.
    • Lead the Procurement organization and drive sourcing business objectives and strategic initiatives, with focus on market project related services procurement activities.
    • Manage activities related to strategic and tactical purchasing for services, suppliers/GCs.
    • Develop and manage the Procurement including setting targets and monitoring performance
    • Collaborate with other Supply Chain functions to improve organizational, system and process efficiency
    • Coordinate with planners & deployment primes from regional markets to forecast demand and create supply plans that ensure availability of services needed, including but not limited to Construction, Site Acquisition, Installation, A&E, etc.
    • Ability to lead complex negotiations and secure the best price & commercial terms for the company (subcontractors and material vendors).
    • Monitor supplier performance to assess ability to meet quality and delivery requirements.
    • Implement new or improve the existing Purchasing processes.
    • Optimize the supply base and drive supplier spend consolidation where applicable
    • Develop material/services costs forecasts or standard cost lists.
    • Develop a supplier engagement model to select, evaluate and manage suppliers.
    • Gather and analyze supplier performance data & metrics.
    • Build Supplier Relationships at a senior level to help the company’s purchasing & negotiation position. Work closely with key suppliers on cost reduction and other value add programs
    • Document Procurement processes such as workflows.
    • Ensures the Procurement team has the tools, processes, skillsets and training to successfully perform procurement activities.

    Skills:

    • Excellent communication skills, negotiations , and ability to drive a win-win deal.
    • Sound Managerial skills including the ability to lead a team.
    • Continuously looks for ways to improve processes and business practices.
    • Possesses entrepreneurial qualities.
    • Stress tolerant and decisive.
    • Able to collaborate , honest, trustworthy, and transparent

    Experience:

    • Experience leading the development and implementation of strategic procurement plans including purchasing, sourcing and vendor selection. Best if this experience is in the Telecom industry – network deployment.
    • Experience in leading teams of up to 7 people or more
    • Established relationships/contacts with General Contractors (GCs) in the telecom services space nationwide or in specific markets is a huge asset.

    To apply for the job, you will have to sign up on Nexius job portal. View job posting on Nexius website.

  • Job Vacancy: Head of Operations for Ericsson, Lagos, Nigeria

    Job Vacancy: Head of Operations for Ericsson, Lagos, Nigeria

    Job Vacancy: Multinational telecommunications company Ericsson is short of a head of operations in its Nigeria branch. The company is reported to require a qualified applicant to fill the void.

    Ericsson Nigeria is currently looking for a Bachelor/Master Degree holder to fill the vacant spot in the operation office.

    The Job Vacancy application is open to applicants with at least 10-12 years of experience in handling customer Networks in bigger projects or similar operations. See below for Job details and requirements.

    Job Vacancy description

    Ericsson Overview
    Ericsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment & services to mobile & fixed network operators. Over 1,000 networks in more than 180 countries use Ericsson equipment, & more than 40 percent of the world’s mobile traffic passes through Ericsson networks. Using innovation to empower people, business & society, we are working towards the Networked Society, in which everything that can benefit from a connection will have one. At Ericsson, we apply our innovation to market-based solutions that empower people & society to help shape a more sustainable world.

    We are truly a global company, working across borders in 175 countries, offering a diverse, performance-driven culture & an innovative & engaging environment where employees enhance their potential every day. Our employees live our vision, core values & guiding principles. They share a passion to win & a high responsiveness to customer needs that in turn makes us a desirable partner to our clients. To ensure professional growth, Ericsson offers a stimulating work experience, continuous learning & growth opportunities that allow you to acquire the knowledge & skills necessary to reach your career goals.

    Purpose of the role

    The purpose of the Operations Head of Managed Services is to deliver the same responsibilities as MSCOO but at MS Operations Level
    The Head of Operations will be responsible for:

    • Full responsibility for Managed Services Organization in the unit within the CU
    • Meeting the contracted KPI’s in the designated geographical circle/area
    • CU level organisation consisting of Field Operations a, LNOC and GSC governance
    • Customer Satisfaction in the designated geographical circle/area
    • 1st Level of escalation for customer complaints and major network incidents
    • Regular customer meetings and regional performance review
    • Capacity management for the designated geographical circle/areas, including receipt/sign-off of the capacity forecast, preparation of network change plans, project plans, rollout and material forecasts etc.
    • Analyze structural problems in the networks, set improvement plans and follow up
    • Management of budget, corrective actions and follow ups
    • Implementation of the Network Change Plans
    • Own ,conduct and follow up 3PP governance and management

    Education & Expertise

    • Bachelor of engineering / Masters degree
    • Professional/Technical Competence
    • Demonstrated Ability to Deliver P&L Results Successfully in a Major Services Division
    • Ability to Drive Business Development – Up-scoping, Upselling, Contract / Business Retention
    • Contract Execution
    • Senior Leadership Capability (qualified leadership experience of leading bigger organizations)
    • Multi-Cultural Awareness
    • International Mobility willingness to relocate globally

    Skill and Experience

    • At least 10-12 years of experience in handling customer Network in bigger projects or similar operations, with a Combination of:
    • Technical & Operational Management
    • Financial & Business Management
    • Customer Relationship & Business Development
    • Leadership & Change Management

    To apply for the job role, click here and fill the form in the resulting page. See Ericsson company profile.  

    Primary country and city: Nigeria (NG) || Lagos || Lagos || Consulting&SysInt IT; ProdMgt; R&D SalesStratMkt&ComMgt ServEng; SharedServ; Stud&YP Supply&Log

  • Job Vacancy: Project Director FMC Technologies, Ikoyi, Nigeria

    Job Vacancy: Project Director FMC Technologies, Ikoyi, Nigeria

    FMC Technologies a leading global provider of technology solutions for the energy industry, it is currently looking to fill the vacant position of a project Director in its Nigeria branch in Ikoyi Lagos Nigeria.

    FCM Technologies is the World’s Most Admired Oil and Gas Equipment, Service Company in 2012, the Company has approximately 16,800 employees and operates 30 production facilities in 16 countries. FMC Technologies designs, manufactures and services technologically sophisticated systems and products such as subsea production and processing systems, surface wellhead systems, high pressure fluid control equipment, measurement solutions, and marine loading systems for the oil and gas industry.

    The application is open for qualified applicant within the country. see job detail below:

    FMC Technologies Job Job Description

    Department
    We currently have an opening for a Project Director in our Shell Portfolio Department.

    Responsibilities

    • The project director is responsible for managing/directing all aspects of a major subsea project (typically > $500MM).
    • The project director must be well versed in all applicable product lines, all applicable FMC regional offices and must be experienced managing large teams including but not limited to Project Managers and Systems Engineers.
    • In addition to project execution experiences the project director must have proven experiences/skills in strategic planning and customer development.
    • The project director is the project’s primary point of contact (both internal and external), he/she is responsible for hiring/managing resources and overseeing finances to ensure that the project progresses on time and on budget.
    • This project is located in Nigeria and project team will be located in Lagos Nigeria.

    Main Tasks

    • Serves as the single point of contact for the customer after the sale as assigned.
    • Builds and maintains relationship with customer and other suppliers associated with the Project.
    • Participates in the quotation process and standardized product solutions.
    • Leads planning of project strategies including contracting, risk management, project controls, and project execution.
    • Leads effort in developing Project Execution Plan. Procures executed customer Variation Order (VO) agreement.
    • Manages and negotiates VO’s and other changes to the contract within their scope of work.
    • Conducts scheduled VO reviews and updates VO summary log.
    • Develops and maintains Master Issue’s list and Lessons Learned database.
    • Conduct Previous Projects’ Lessons Learned Review.
    • Ensures that project risks are identified and managed throughout the entire life cycle of the project.
    • Develop and maintain Risk Response Plan and Register.
    • Develop and implement Project Closeout plan.
    • Develop final equipment disposition and storage plan. Execute Customer Acceptance Notification.
    • Develop and implement Commercial Performance plan.
    • Conduct periodic financial reviews.
    • Ensures that a document control procedure is in place and is followed.
    • Establishes and maintains a documented quality system as a means of ensuring that all elements of the Project conform to contract requirements, specific certificate standards and regulatory requirements.
    • provides project management related information such as schedules and budgets.
    • Provides the technical overview and implements the technical system interface within their scope of the project.
    • Establish a realistic project schedule and monitors compliance with the defined project objectives and project management processes to ensure the timely completion of project milestones and final delivery.
    • Develop Project Milestone Schedule with schedule compression strategy.
    • Serves as the single point of contact with management for the Project and coordinates communication between the various functional areas and other FMCTI product areas involved in the project.
    • Ensures that the project status and progress is effectively communicated to the FMCTI Project Team and to the customer. Develops and communicates the project budget.
    • Approves all project related expenditures as authorized and manages costs to meet budget commitments.
    • Ensures that adequate resources are applied to the project.
    • Leads Stage Gate Process and ensure processes are implemented in all phases of project execution. Identifies and manages strategic risks, interfacing with the Gate Readiness Review Committee (GRRC) and the Decision Review Board (DRB).
    • Develops integrated project team charter and lead team building, alignment, and communication processes. Crafts Project Team Staffing Plan and writes Organizational Interface Plan.
    • Define team member responsibilities and tracks and monitors individual performance, quality of output and the impact of output on project delivery and profitability.
    • Responsible for developing resources and ensuring adequate and effective succession planning across the project organization Identifies additional business opportunities and works with the proposal team to communicate customer requirements and to drive customer specifications toward

    FMC Technologies Skills And Requirements

    • BS Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Procurement, Operations or related field. MBA or equivalent business experience.
    • Must have Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification or comparable experience. 20+ Spends 25% of time in a field environment or in a subcontractors shop and may be exposed to possible hazards including high noise, heavy machinery and inclement weather. Travels 5 – 25% of time and typically include international travel..

    PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

    Frequent sitting and operating a computer and meeting with customers.

    This job description is a general description of essential job functions. It is not intended as an employment contract, nor is it intended to describe all duties someone in this position may perform. All employees of FMC are expected to perform tasks as assigned by supervisory personnel, regardless of job title or routine job duties.

    • years’ experience as a Project Manager or comparable experience.
    • Must demonstrate expert understanding of Project Management fundamentals, techniques and standards as defined by Project Management Institute (PMI).
    • Expert product knowledge of all product lines.
    • Expert understanding of engineering, procurement, manufacturing and testing processes.
    • Expert understanding of installation and commissioning processes.
    • Expert leadership ability within a matrix team environment and contributes significantly to team performance.
    • Understands division’s businesses, competing products and technologies and profit impact of decisions.
    • Expert understanding of commercial terms and conditions and the risks/opportunities of each as applicable to contract management and business execution.
    • Expert negotiation, planning, interpersonal and communication skills.
    • Demonstrates effectiveness in project negotiations, multi- site/cultural interfaces and commercial management of contracts, supplier quality systems and development and implementation of project management strategies.
    • PC skills with proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet, project scheduling, project financial systems MRP system and presentation software.
    • Proven ability to affectively increase profitability and delivery of large scale projects by both commercial management, advocating value engineering, strategic procurement, risk mitigation and cash management skills.
    • Demonstrates expert ability in the area of stakeholder management. Demonstrates expert understanding of Stage Gate Process and Subsea Project Management Local Work Instructions.

    TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:

    Houston Operating Procedures, Quality Training, START Safety Program, Advanced PC training.

    WORK ENVIRONMENT:

    Spends 75% of time in a temperature-controlled environment (office, airport, airplane).

    To apply for this position, click here.

  • Job Vacancy: Business Development Manager Ultrasound Nigeria

    Job Vacancy: Business Development Manager Ultrasound Nigeria

    Health care agency Philips Africa is looking to fill the vacant position of a Business Development manager in its Nigeria branch in Lagos.Philips Africa is unique medical solutions designed to optimize the quality and flow of patient information and clinical decision making.Philips Africa is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa and it has presence in seven other African countries, in the cities of Accra, Algiers, Casablanca, Cairo, Lagos, Nairobi and Tunis. Philips Africa is definitely one of the growth drivers for Philips. Their Nigerian office located in Lagos has set sight on a new busness development manager for the local branch.

    The application is open for qualified applicant within the country. see job detail below:

    Job description

    Why choose Philips?: 
    With a growing presence in cardiology, oncology, and women’s health, Philips Healthcare operates in the key areas of Imagining Systems, Patient Care & Clinical Informatics, Home Healthcare and Customer Services. Within these areas it offers unique business propositions that deliver value throughout the cycle of care – from disease prevention and screening to diagnosis, treatment, therapy monitoring and disease management. Irrespective of whether the care cycle takes the patient from doctor’s office to hospital or hospital to home or simply from one medical department to another, Philips Healthcare’s unique medical solutions are designed to optimize the quality and flow of patient information and clinical decision making.

    About Philips Africa:
    Philips Africa comprises all 54 countries of Africa, from the Cape to Cairo, and from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. Philips Africa is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa and it has presence in seven other African countries, in the cities of Accra, Algiers, Casablanca, Cairo, Lagos, Nairobi and Tunis. Philips Africa is one of the growth drivers for Philips.

    Job Title:
    Business Development Manager Ultrasound (US) Nigeria
    Reports to: Business Manager Ultrasound for region Africa

    Aim of the job:
    Responsible for leading the country to realize the business objectives of US (equipment and services) and drive the total country ‘upstream’ business creation and ‘downstream’ business execution. The Business Development Manager is a member of the District Management Team.

    Key Areas of Responsibility:

    Business Management
    Accountable for maximizing order intake, sales (incl. Point-Of-Sale Services Contracts) and price realization within the country for US
    Support Annual Operating Planning process
    Performance measurement with US counterparts of the channel partners, including selection, development and goal setting. Ensure overall high level of engagement.
    Drive business development in the country with a 1 till 2 year horizon in general and 3 months planning horizon in specific (e.g. RoFo, funnel management, status, corrective action plan)
    Own the forecast process including funnel maintenance within the country and business; secure funnel management tool is up to date, systematically analyzing win & loss deals, expectations, customer satisfaction (NPS), market, competition and trends
    Responsible for creation and execution of corrective action plans
    Responsible for country product mix (QxP)
    Consolidate information about market trends, competitor’s sales practices and potential projects.Downstream Marketing

    • Build/Execute marketing plan US, translating the marketing strategy into tangible deliverables for the Country Sales force, focusing on the country implementation
    • Optimize market share actively managing the portfolio to take account of changing environments
    • Conduct win / loss analyses to examine reasons for success / failure
    • Drive growth by identification of business opportunities and allocate resources and business tools accordingly
    • Identify new business, channel opportunities and customer needs in the country(s) to ensure growth
    • Support new products launches

    Upstream Marketing

    • Monitor country market prices, provides input on competitive price developments and product price positioning based on win / loss analyses. Escalate positioning / pricing issues to cluster
    • Provide feedback on product requirements, competition (e.g. portfolio, sales tools, tactics) and required programs to cluster
    • Provide sales tools requirements to cluster
    • Provide outlook on market size, growth and share
    • Customer Relations
    • Manage business relationships with Key Decision Makers, strategic US accounts and Key Opinion Leaders, in addition to customers representing the different market segments

    Quality and Regulatory

    Take all necessary actions, including the deployment of team objectives, to ensure full compliance with all Business and Q&R policies and procedures

    Authorities
    Authority to make decisions on all sales and service sales activities in the assigned country as directed by Business Manager for the region and District Manager in line with the regional strategy and authorization matrix.
    Key measures

    • Order intake, price realization and sales versus AOP
    • Customer Satisfaction (NPS)
    • Forecast accuracy and CRM funnel management information
    • Socket retention rate & Installed base development
    • Clean orders (Order Data Sheet)

    Education & Experience
    Degree level education or equivalent.
    Knowledge of Ultrasound is a preference
    Experience in sales and / or marketing in a B2C/B2B environment
    Knowledge of channel structures
    Understanding of local Healthcare market is highly preferred
    Fluent in English both verbal as written.   To apply for this position, click here.

  • Job Vacancy: IBM is Looking for an IT specialist/Architect

    Job Vacancy: IBM is Looking for an IT specialist/Architect

    The global innovation company headquartered in Armonk, NY is looking for an IT Specialist/Architect for it’s branch in Lagos.

    The job is available for holder of Technical Diploma and equivalent. Full job details are provided below.

    Job description

    Lab Services IT Specialist /Architect Enterprise Content Management : SWG (Soft Ware Group)Services specialist with deep skills in one or more of the following areas : SWG Services specialist with deep skills in one or more of the following areas : WebSphere Application Server, MQ, Message Broker/WebSphere Enterprise Service bus (IIB) or equivalent product area, The person should have experience performing complex installations, Tuning, troubleshooting, architecture, solutioning, estimation, scoping, implementation, client communication

    The candidates should executed a minimum of one project in any one of the above products or equivalent non IBM Product
    Should be willing to travel at short notice, will involve upto 50% travel
    Local pay scale
    Experience in banking and telco domain will be desirable

    Responsible for the solution construction, implementation and systems integration, delivering high quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements. Tasks performed include integrating hardware, software, and network solutions. Identify project requirements, developing solution delivery, which may include vendors and subcontractors. Apply their IT Specialist skills in an internal or external customer billable services and implementation environment.
    IT Specialist – Technical Solutions Support Specialist
    Responsible for the support of solutions, implementation and systems integration, delivering high quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements. Tasks performed include integrating hardware, software, and network solutions. Identify project requirements, developing solution delivery, which may include vendors and subcontractors. Apply their IT Specialist skills to support the operation and maintenance of customer solutions.
    Responsible for providing IT services in a billable project/engagement or providing technical support in a sales organization.
    As an individual contributor or member of a team, performs a technical role in support of the solution construction, implementation, and system integration in a technology/industry specialty or product sales. The IT Specialist assists in delivery of high quality solutions to clients in response to specific business requirements. Develops technical skills and absorbs professional knowledge quickly. Performs assigned technical tasks including study, analysis, programming, product installation. The IT Specialist has specific product, technology, or industry-related specialized skills and works with proposals, requirements, designs, implementations and production projects/engagements. May use tools to analyze and implement portions of a customer solution.

    Required

    • Technical Diploma
    • At least 1 year experience in Basic Understanding of the zOS Platform
    • At least 1 year experience in 1st line support to zOS customers
    • English: Fluent

    Preferred

    • At least 2 years experience in Basic Understanding of the zOS Platform
    • At least 2 years experience in 1st line support to zOS customers

    IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.Apply Now or View Company’s Profile

  • Job Vacancy: Sourcing Category Manager Job stage 6 – Ericsson NG

    Job Vacancy: Sourcing Category Manager Job stage 6 – Ericsson NG

    Ericsson a popular telecom operator in Nigeria, the world’s leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators and the leader in 2G, 3G and 4G mobile technologies has thrown the door wide open to job seekers who are searching for a secured and reliable job offer.

    The Job seeker within Nigeria must meet the requirements stated below to earn a chance to work with Ericsson Nigeria as Sourcing Category Manager Job stage 6.

    Job Details

    Req ID: 5541

    Job Summary

    The Sourcing Category Manager shall develop cost effective Ericsson wide category strategies that are based on cross-functional requirements and business needs in both Regions and Business Units. The Category Manager is accountable for supplier business intelligence, benchmarking practice and category market knowledge, establishing a cost effective and competitive market place that optimizes Ericsson’s supplier business. The role is also responsible for the Preferred Supplier List and internal compliance to it. Through requirement alignment and opportunities from Sourcing and stakeholders, sustainable solutions fulfilling stakeholder requirements, policies, laws and regulations shall be secured.

    Responsibilities & Tasks:

    • Define and implement cross-functional strategies
    • Define and secure implementation of a preferred supplier list
    • Define and implement applicable category targets
    • Create cost effective and sustainable category business solutions
    • Optimize category team performance
    • Develop the category business model and define best practices
    • Position Qualification

    Core Competences

    • Leading and supervising
    • Working with people
    • Relating and networking
    • Persuading and influencing
    • Analyzing
    • Adapting and responding to change
    • Behavioral Competences
    • Commercial Acumen & Skills
    • Communication Skills
    • Ericsson portfolio knowledge
    • Facilitate diversity and awareness
    • Financial acumen and skills
    • Fundamental Leadership Competence
    • Knowledge sharing and collaborative skills
    • Leadership through cross functional networks
    • Market insight
    • Presentation skills
    • Team working skills
    • Minimum Qualififcation & Experience Requirements
    • At least 5 years of relevant experience
    • A first academic degree or equivalent qualification
    • Preferred Qualification & Experience Requirements
    • Business understanding
    • Change and Improvement Management Skills
    • Local laws and Regulation knowledge
    • Negotiation and argumentation skills
    • Sourcing practice, process and strategy knowledge

    Note: Primary country and city: Nigeria (NG) || Other/Not Applicable || Lagos || SalesStratMkt&ComMgtApply Now or View Ericsson’s Profile

  • Job Vacancy: IPTV Solutions Specialist – Prodeco Limited Nigeria

    Job Vacancy: IPTV Solutions Specialist – Prodeco Limited Nigeria

    How much do you know about IPTV Networking? Time to put your skills in use: Prodeco Limited Nigeria has declared an open door for qualified candidate to occupy the position of IPTV Solutions Specialist in their local firm.

    The Job is only available for qualified candidates within Nigeria. Details of qualifications and requirement are stated below.

    Job description

    This is a hands-on position. The successful candidate will be responsible for our IPTV network operations. This network consists of Set Top Boxes (STBs) at the customer end, and streamers and servers (VPN, VOD, IPTV, EPG, Middle-ware, etc) at the head-end, distributed via a GPON network. This position will provide technical support to internal staff as well as limited customer technical support.

    Duties include:

    • Operations and maintenance of the IPTV Head-end services to ensure quality of service delivery to customers
    • Planning to ensure that resources are available for capacity expansion, spares and new configurations.
    • Meeting and working with vendors to support our IPTV Head-end requirements
    • Testing and implementation of upgrades, channels or system requirements.
    • Support satellite downlinks, IP streams, and terrestrial incoming feeds for the IPTV services.
    • Manage the infrastructure and housekeeping of the IPTV Head-end System.
    • Planning of the recovery and continuity plan/procedure of the IPTV services.
    • Participating in meetings to improve on workflow and operation for the IPTV services.
    • Develop and maintain customer user guides/manuals for current and future IPTV features, such as website functions and account management, STB operation, STB Install, STB Reboot, etc.
    • Develop and maintain documentation on all IPTV equipment inventory, their connectivity to the network, VLAN information, and switch ports information, etc.
    • Develop and maintain up to date topology drawings of IPTV head-end connections, including content sources, Splitters, Streamers, Server, and Access Switches.
    • Develop and maintain daily, weekly, and monthly IPTV Operations reports
    • Communicate with vendors regarding updates/patches and deployment of updates/patches
    • Liaison with Information Systems, Network, and Support teams.
    • Any other duties as required

    Desired Skills and Experience

    • A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent, or a minimum of 10 years operational experience
    • Experience in operations and maintenance of IPTV Head-end systems, including both software and hardware
    • Experience in GPON networks preferred, especially with Huawei OLT and ONT.
    • Strong experience with service provider routing and switching protocols and technologies (BGP, OSPF, MPLS/VPLS, VRF/VPN, PIM, STP)
    • Experience with high-end Cisco IOS/IOS-XR routers and switches (6509, 7609, ASR, Nexus) desired
    • Strong experience designing and configuring QoS/CoS for multi-play service provider offerings
    • Ability to work in a 24 x 7 environment and have an operational readiness mindset.
    • Strong experience authoring network specifications and diagrams (MS Word/Visio or equivalent)
    • Experience working with multicast and next-generation Video delivery technologies (IPTV, ABR HLS, Smooth Streaming, etc.)
    • Experience with Web technologies and protocols (HTTP, SSL, HTML, etc.)
    • Experience with tools for stress testing of networks and related equipment
    • Experience with packet/protocol fault analysis for common IP and Ethernet protocols using network traces or sniffer captures
    • Experience configuring and maintaining content delivery systems such as caches, streamers, origin servers, request routing systems, load balancers, log aggregation systems, etc. desired
    • Familiarity with Windows and Linux system administration and related tools
    • Familiarity with programming and/or a working knowledge of scripting languages used in UNIX and Web systems
    • Familiarity with configuring common Internet services and applications (Web, DNS, SFTP, etc.)
    • Strong Microsoft Visio, Word, PowerPoint skills
    • Strong understanding of the Service Provider technical challenges including intimate knowledge of the end-user needs.
    • Strong ability to work in a complex environment, effectively building and sustaining relationships at multiple levels with the customer as well as internally.
    • Proactive, self-motivating with a good grasp of the key business drivers.
    • Fluent in English
    • Strong team and people skills, with both Nigerian and international exposure.

    Apply Now or Read More About IBM

  • Lenovo is Looking for a Sales Manager for it’s Smartphone Sector in Nigeria

    Lenovo is Looking for a Sales Manager for it’s Smartphone Sector in Nigeria

    Abuja – The fast growing computer technology company Lenovo is currently in need of a sales manager for it’s smartphone branch in Nigeria.

    Though the China based company announced the vacant position eight days ago on LinkedIn,  information reaching EWT has confirmed that no official appointment has been made, hence, the position is still up for grabs for people residing within Nigeria. See below for requirements and job responsibilities.

    Key Objectives of Position:

    • Responsible for channel management and managing the distribution landscape across Nigeria
    • Manage key relationships in both direct and indirect Large Format Retail partners
    • Drive sell thru and sell out through the effective execution of various schemes and promotions and assessment of the ROI of these programs
    • Manage the field promoter program and Point Of Sale with retailers
    • Key Performance Indicators (Metrics) 
    • Sales Targets 
    • Increase in Retail Share of Wallet month on month
    • Successful Schemes and Retail Visibility in the region 
    • Evaluate ROI for partners 

    Position Requirements

    Success Factors

    • Channel Management 
    • Retail Management 
    • Problem Solving capabilities
    • Good Communications Skills 
    • High Energy
    • Result Oriented
    • Team Work
    • Decision Making in Ambiguity
    • Influencing & Negotiation skills

    Essential Experience & Key Skills

    • 7-10 years of experience in direct sales roles out of which at least 3 years should be in the feature phone / smart phone category

    Essential Qualifications

    • Graduate across any discipline

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