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  • Job Vacancy: Telecom Business Operation Leader, IBM, Ghana

    Job Vacancy: Telecom Business Operation Leader, IBM, Ghana

    Are you a Bachelor’s Degree holder in IT or related courses with at least 5 years experience in Project Executive experience working multiple commercial outsourced accounts? Here is finally an opportunity to work put your abilities into work.

    IBM is looking to add to their number of employees in Ghana and you could be the just the right fit!

    The vacancy is open to qualified candidates residing in Ghana. Read on to find more about this job position.

    Job description

    • This role constructs partnerships between clients, team IBM, vendors, and subcontractor organizations and manages the implementation of these partnerships to address business opportunities for the IBM Corporation.
    • Have equally balanced skills in five key general management areas of client relationship management, consultative selling, financial / business management, portfolio / program management and team / people management. Be the primary focal point and owner for all activities on a large complex contract.
    • Accountable for meeting revenue, profit, and growth objectives and for improving overall customer satisfaction targets. Responsible to build and maintain strong client relationships at all levels with the objective of being a trusted business partner.
    • Proactively work with client to identify their business objectives, priorities and directions, critical success factors and applies this knowledge to establish and implement an Account Strategy.
    • They translate customer requirements into formal agreements, establishing specific solutions, and leading the efforts that culminate in client acceptance of the results.They have overall responsibility for their contractual cost, schedule, and contractual deliverables. They manage IBM resources and coordinates client resources to deliver services and solutions to support the client organization.
    • They are recognized for business acumen by the customer set they support. The employee leads a functional/business unit.

    Key Responsibilities

    • Has successfully managed a Telecom Business Operations/Billing operations team for a commercial outsourced customer
    • Sole customer interface to their TBO or Applications Operations group
    • Manage TBO Team and their skills building
    • Manage TBO Costs Quarter to Quarter both from capex and Open perspective
    • Issue and Risk management of a TBO operations
    • Service Level management of a TBO operations
    • Outage management of a TBO operations
    • Establish and execute a TBO governance structure
    • Interface to customers Application Development team

    Skills:

    Environment:
    Business unit, country, or international professional mastery related to operations, strategies, and objectives in leading edge or critical situations.

    Communication/Negotiation:
    Teamwork at highest levels. Plan and conduct complex negotiations reaching lasting agreements and commitments.

    Problem Solving:
    Anticipate, create and define innovative and visionary concepts in strategic environment.

    Contribution/Leadership:
    Develops and implements product, market, business, or technology strategies with executive review. Has vision of overall strategies. Contributes to policy making. Recognized as an expert and leader by members of a field, related functions, and multi -country organizations. Leads business unit, country, or international teams, conducts special projects, or manages functions or strategic departments.

    Impact on Business/Scope:
    Accountable for business unit, major country, or international projects or programs. Responsible for committing multiple resources and achieving customer satisfaction, cost, expense, revenue and other business measurements of critical importance. Responsible for quality output/value add for highly visible products, services and future business development.

    Required

    Bachelor’s Degree

    • At least 5 years experience in Project Executive experience working multiple commercial outsourced accounts
    • English: Fluent

    Preferred

    At least 10 years experience in Project Executive experience working multiple commercial outsourced accounts

    All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. To apply kindly visit https://jobs3.netmedia1.com/cp/faces/job_summary?job_id=SO_DEL-0706903

  • Job Vacancy: Oracle Database Administrator for IBM

    Job Vacancy: Oracle Database Administrator for IBM

    If you are a Bachelor’s Degree holder in IT or Computer Science with at least 6 years experience in Business Controls, time management and ability to multi task, get your CV ready, IBM calls.

    The opening is vacant for qualified applicants residing in any part of Nigeria. As an Oracle Database Administrator, you are expected to carry out the following key functions:

    • Implement and manages databases per defined standards and procedures
    • Analyzes and provides recommendations on application logic and interfaces to improve database performance, capacity, and availability
    • Identifies opportunities to optimize application data models for performance, manageability, scalability and availability
    • Performs database administration activities such as storage management, backup and recovery using RMAN, and performance tuning
    • Analyzes and resolves critical and complex database issues
    • Ensures successful, daily backups and guaranteed recoverability
    • Responds to monitoring alerts and high severity problem tickets, applying analytical, problem solving, and resolution skills to handle scenarios
    • Define mechanisms to improve SQL performance
    • Works with fellow database administrators in defining standards for backup and recovery, performance tuning, disaster recovery, high availability and monitoring
    • Works with Infrastructure and development teams in delivering optimal database solutions throughout the life cycle
    • Identifies tasks to be automated, developing scripts and supporting documentation
    • Seeks and contributes to the continuous improvement of the databases and database environment
    • Leads internal Infrastructure DBA projects
    • Creates test and implementation plans
    • Performs duties in such a way as to serve as an example to other DBAs in the department
    • Maintains accurate and up to date documentation
    • Performs research and evaluation of new database features and technology

    Required Skills and Expertise

    • Have worked on oracle 10g/11g RAC on Unix HP/Sun/Aix/Linux/Windows
    • Experienced in the design and support of large Oracle and mission critical databases in a 24/7 environment
    • Proven experience in troubleshooting complex Oracle database problems such as performance, corruption and recovery
    • Understanding of Cloud based database strategies and configuration
    • Intermediate knowledge of database internals and data structures, including defining init.ora parameters for optimum performance and understanding Oracle V$ system tables
    • Proficient in designing advanced backup and recovery procedures using RMAN
    • Experience in implementing and supporting complex architectures such as high availability, disaster recovery and scalability using utilities such as Oracle Dataguard
    • Experience in managing Oracle databases on clustered hardware
    • Experience with Oracle 10g/11g features such as Locally Managed Tablespaces, Transportable Tables and Automated Storage Management.
    • Experience deploying and managing databases with enterprise monitoring and management tools such as Oracle Enterprise Manager.
    • Understanding of Oracle Real Application Clusters technology 

    Required Qualifications

    • Bachelor’s Degree
    • At least 6 years experience in Business Controls, time management and ability to multi task
    • Ability to speak English language fluently
    • Engineering
    • At least 8 years experience in Business Controls, time management and ability to multi task

    To apply logon to the job application page and hit the apply button. 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.

  • Job Vacancy: Lead Pipeline Engineer, Wood Group Kenny – Lagos

    Job Vacancy: Lead Pipeline Engineer, Wood Group Kenny – Lagos

    Engineering firm Wood Group Kenny is currently recruiting for a Lead Pipeline Engineer on a rotational basis located at their offices in Lagos, Nigeria. 

    The successful candidate will provide –Accountability:  Job role is independently accountable for staff and support arm of the Wood Group Dover (Lagos) Office.
    Basic Functions:  Responsible for design, specification and services related to piping systems and piping layout including piping material selection, piping material line classes, standard and specialty piping components, pressure, weight and thermal analysis of pipeline systems, vibration analysis and pipeline support systems.    Principal Responsibilities:  With Local autonomy, establishes and maintains the technical standards within the discipline. Sets strategic and tactical direction with regard to policy/procedures, work force staffing, and budgeting. Participates in decisions regarding the acquisition and execution of engineering and/or Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contracts, and supporting business acquisitions & preparation of technical proposals. This is a management level position with full responsibility for hiring decisions, staffing levels, budgets, salary administration, and career development of assigned personnel within an engineering discipline. May supervise several subordinate supervisors or team leaders, including discipline lead engineers on EPC projects.   

    Job Requirements

    A broad range of Pipeline Engineering skills particularly in the oil and gas processing industry in both the onshore and offshore environment. Well versed with national/international standards.    Be able to create results and a local organization in line with corporate vision, through sharing of engineering knowledge within the region and creation of the engineering people of the future in the African Region  Good English spoken & written and clear communicator  Excellent presentation skills:

    • Good Interviewing Techniques and Skills 
    • Team Player 
    • Excellent Coaching and Mentoring 
    • Sharing Lessons Learned between Regional Projects 
    • Local Negotiation and problem Solving 
    • Focused Drive 
    • Emotional Intelligence (Culturally Adept) 
    • Trusted Influence 
    • Systems Thinking 
    • Willing to Travel (Africa) 
    • No Visa Restrictions 
    • 15-20+ years’ experience in engineering (onshore and offshore projects) 
    • Performing a similar role in the past an advantage and involved in developing of engineering offices from inception. 
    • Knowledge of WGPSN/WG Management Systems 
    • Licensed/Chartered Professional Engineer (advantage) with associated undergraduate Degree in Engineering. 

    How To Apply

    • Please quote job reference IRC in all correspondence relating to this position. 
    • Internal applicants must discuss their application with their line manager prior to applying. 
    • Online applications only – no email applications

    You can submit your application online via this page. You can also access several other engineering job opportunities at Rigjobs.

  • Job Vacancy: Data Solutions Sales Specialist, IBM, Lagos

    Job Vacancy: Data Solutions Sales Specialist, IBM, Lagos

    What does your dream job look like? Does it include working for a globally recognized technology and innovation firm? IBM is about to make your dream a reality.  

      The tech-savvy company headquartered in US is looking to add a data solutions specialist to their branch in Lagos, Nigeria.   Data Solutions Sales Specialist is responsible for developing Storage Brand/Product solutions that address client’s business needs (both industry and business) and delivers client value while supporting Storage brand specific business strategies. 

    Required

    • Bachelor’s Degree
    • At least 4 years experience in Unix Brand Sales in the Region
    • At least 3 years experience in Implementing Account/Territory Planning
    • At least 4 years experience in Leading Channel Development
    • English: Fluent

    Preferred

    • At least 5 years experience in Unix Brand Sales in the Region
    • At least 4 years experience in Implementing Account/Territory Planning
    • At least 5 years experience in Leading Channel Development

    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.   You can apply directly for this job position on this page or read more about IBM here.

  • Job Vancancy: Africa Corporate Communications Leader, MasterCard, Lagos and Johannesburg

    Job Vancancy: Africa Corporate Communications Leader, MasterCard, Lagos and Johannesburg

    As usual, EwtNet is keen on bringing to your notice the most mouth-watering of all jobs openings. And what other company would you rather work for, other than MasterCard?

    With the company seeing off competitions from Interswitch and Visa, partnering with Payoneer and extending their dominance in Africa, MasterCard has set sights on employing a new employee to play the role of corporate communications leader in Africa.

    The jobholder will be based in Johannesburg, South Africa or Lagos, Nigeria, he or she will report to the Communications Manager: Africa. This individual will lead all communications functions across two divisions – South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa – including: External and Media Communications, Social and Digital Communications, Internal Communications, Corporate Social Responsibility and Event Management.

    Responsibility

    • Tell the MasterCard Africa story at a global level, both internally and externally. This includes writing error-free, on-message content tailored to a wide range of audiences and channels including blog posts, newsletters, media releases, speeches, briefing documents, internal employee stories, social media posts etc.
    • Lead MasterCard’s communications strategy and media presence across Africa. Work with the Communications Manager: Africa, the MEA Communications Vice President, senior management, country mangers and business unit leads to devise and implement successful communications programs at local and pan-African levels, allocate resources and direct execution.
    • Manage MasterCard’s PR Agencies in Africa including day to day management, development of strategy, overseeing contracts and budgets, continuously scope for better vendors, etc.
    • Work with Marketing to put in place a solid social media communications platform to ensure optimized share of voice for MasterCard in social networks across Africa and effective two-way communication therein.
    • Manage major South African, Sub-Saharan and African events especially those attended by the Region’s President or by senior visiting executives like the MasterCard Africa Knowledge Forum, World Economic Forum Africa, African Banker Awards, etc. This includes creating high-level briefing packs, scheduling senior executive meetings, managing PR agencies, etc.
    • Lead and implement MasterCard MEA’s strategic and interactive employee communications and engagement programme in Africa, using all existing internal communications channels to ensure the company’s African story is well told within MasterCard.
    • Conceptualize, plan and manage employee events including year-end functions, team off-sites, town halls etc.
    • Lead employee volunteering efforts by identifying charitable causes, coordinating with NGOs and mobilizing employees.
    • Support the Communications Manager: Africa and MEA Comms VP to ensure structures, personnel (internal and agency), resources, workflow, and communications processes are in place to deliver a solid pan-African strategic plan against the SA and Sub-Saharan African business objectives and the MEA Communications strategy.

    Required Skills & Expertise

    • Distinguished track record as a high achieving communications executive with a demonstrated capacity to build and execute communications programmes that support business growth within a dynamic and changing corporation.
    • Superb writing skills and the ability to simplify complex topics.
    • Excellent project management skills and the ability to effectively collaborate across countries and business units.
    • Team player who will work well with senior business and functional leaders of MasterCard South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.
    • Keen understanding of the African scene beyond just media and into culture, economy, socio- politics and development agenda.
    • Educated to degree level, with a minimum of six years’ experience in corporate communications – either in-house or at a public relations agency.
    • Journalistic experience an advantage.

    You can apply for this job using the online job portal found here. Feel free to refer your friends to this page if you have anyone capable of fitting into this role.

  • 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: 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: Public Relations Manager for Huawei Technologies

    Job Vacancy: Public Relations Manager for Huawei Technologies

    Leading global ICT solutions provider Huawei is currently looking to fill the vacant position of a PR manager in its Nigerian branch in Lagos.

    Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong. Their Nigerian office located in Lagos has set sight on a new PR manager for the local branch.

    The application is open for qualified applicant within the country. See job requirement below:

    Job description

    Executing the PR plans and programs of the corporate marketing unit, as agreed and set out by management making optimum use of the PR agency.
    Planning and directing all PR efforts, leveraging internal and external events, initiatives and activities including Media activities
    Ensuring targeted and effective dissemination of relevant press releases and activities of the Huawei Nigeria

    Ensuring high and basic level visibility for all Media activities and initiatives
    Management of PR element of all events & exhibitions in order to ensure recognition of a broader audience and to generate publicity (Press interviews, media visits)
    Ensuring zero or minimal negative media mentions for Huawei Nigeria
    Supervision and editing of the writing of media releases and press materials
    Deployment of PR support for all initiatives emanating from relevant business units

    Resource
    Implementing the work programs and plans of the Corporate Communications unit in line with agreed upon policies and processes
    Management of inter-functional relations to ensure synergy across the various divisions within the Brands and Communication department and with other departments

    Sponsorship
    Creative interpretation of all marketing and sponsorship briefs
    Leveraging sponsored propertied and events to ensure sponsorship objectives are achieved

    Media
    Maintaining strong professional and interpersonal relationships with key ICT, Brands, Sports, Entertainment and other journalists with a view to maintaining a core loyalty group of journalists. Identifying and leveraging new technologies, as well as creatively adapting traditional communication mediums to continually improve and enhance company public image.
    Interfacing with mid and top level media managers and editors with a view to maintaining excellent top level leverageable relationships.

    Desired Skills and Experience

    Technical Skills

    • Degree educated with previous PR and communications experience of 3-5yrs in a professional services environment
    • Excellent writing and editing skills
    • Demonstrable experience of advising and influencing senior stakeholders
    • PC literate with a good working knowledge of MS Office 2010
    • Good working knowledge of Nigeria Media

    Personal skills / attributes

    • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
    • Trustworthy with sensitive and confidential information
    • Able to quickly establish good working relationships and promote best practice across all offices and at all levels
    • Highly motivated, flexible, enthusiastic, innovative and creative with required determination to achieve results.
    • A successful team player, can demonstrate initiative and the ability to be proactive, whilst also being able to follow instructions and support the PR & Communications Director as appropriate
    • Highly organised in order to successfully manage and prioritise a varied and demanding workload
    • Excellent attention to detail with a methodical approach to work and a strong focus on accuracy, with an understanding of the need for documentation and well-defined procedures
    • Polite and confident in manner and ability to exercise tact and diplomacy in an organisational setting
    • Shows resilience to overcome obstacles to deliver what is required
    • Carries out all responsibilities in a way which supports the Company’s values and promotes its equal opportunities and diversity principles
    • Ability to be an ambassador for Huawei, being professional in outlook and attitude

    Application is via LinkedIn. Click here to apply.

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  • 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.

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