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Executive opportunities at Glovo, International Foundations for Electoral Systems, Heifer International, ADM etc

Executive opportunities at Microsoft, Glovo, International Foundations for Electoral Systems, Heifer International, ADM etc

A. MARKETING/SALES

  1. Company: Glovo

Job title: Marketing Manager

Job description

  • Define Glovo’s Marketing strategy for Nigeria together with the Regional Marketing Director
  • Lead the execution of the marketing plans and track performance on the agreed growth goals
  • Understand local media landscape and define the right mix of digital / non-digital investment to maximize user base growth within the agreed CAC targets
  • Define promotional, pricing and point of sale strategy
  • Manage the country marketing budget

Job requirements:

  •  Minimum of 5 years of Marketing experience in a similar role at a leading FMCG blue chip company
  • Highly analytical and comfortable dealing with high growth and complex business challenges
  • Proven track record of delivering business growth, experienced defining investment strategy and executing integrated marketing campaigns across digital and non-digital channels
  • Strong consumer understanding skills
  • Have a deep understanding of paid, owned and earned media channels, being comfortable tracking and reporting on established performance marketing KPIs
  • Deep understanding of digital marketing and TV

To apply, visit https://boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?token=5138529002

 

B. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 

  1. Company: International Foundation for Electoral Systems

Job title: Procurement and Administrative Associate-Nigeria

Job description

  • Apply IFES procurement policy in conducting and managing local procurement including requesting informal quotes, re-bidding local contracts, preparing Purchase Orders, Call Orders or other contractual mechanisms and ensuring proper back-up documentation for procurement of goods and services are filed and organized internally.
  • Work with the Senior Administrative & Procurement Officer in communicating the need for HQ-led procurement, including but not limited to, sending MSRs/SOWs/DIQF and participating in bid evaluations.
  • Assist in the organization and logistics for workshops, conferences and seminars.
  • Manage local vendors and IFES service providers – Insurance, Telephones, Office Lease, Utilities, Internet provider, Office Facilities, etc.
  • Assist in organizing and maintaining central filing system in both paper and electronic form.
  • Assist in drafting and submitting payment requests for vendor & staff statutory payments.
  • Assist in updating the procurement tracker sheet and update the tracker on regular basis for all IFES Nigeria procurements (Local & HQ).
  • Work with program team to verify the number and description of items/services delivered against each purchase order/contract, considering quality and quantity of material/services and providing program team with appropriate delivery note(s).
  • Timely reporting to the Senior Administrative & Procurement Officer and/or Management in case of any discrepancies in delivery of material/services.
  • Assist in conducting vendor verifications in collaboration with program team before contracts are issued.
  • Assist in conducting vendor and participant debarment checks and provide support documentation of debarment check to the program team members.

Job requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • The ability to remain organized while handling multiple tasks under tight deadlines.
  •  Ability to complete tasks with minimum supervision.
  • Being willing, and adaptive.
  • Must value operating in a collaborative and cooperative environment.
  • Ability to show initiative, good judgment, and resourcefulness. 
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Excel required.
  •  Ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively.
  • Effective verbal and written communication, multi-tasking, organizational, and prioritization skills are necessary.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
  • Ability to detect problems and produce acceptable solutions.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.  
  • Proficiency in English Language is required 

Executive opportunities at Microsoft, Glovo, International Foundations for Electoral Systems, Heifer International, ADM etc

To apply,visit IFES (vscyberhosting.com)

Executive opportunities at Microsoft, Glovo, International Foundations for Electoral Systems, Heifer International, ADM etc

2. Company: Heifer International

Job title: Director of Programs

Job description

  • Program Management and oversight (30%)
  • Provide strategic program leadership and excellent management of the approved projects, schedules, and budgets. Maintain excellent oversight of all project components and meet expectations for project successes.
  • Ensure that project managers and project coordinators execute approved workplans activities and operations in response to technical direction and recommend adjustments as appropriate, to achieve project objectives.
  • Effectively manage project risks in each phase of project implementation in a timely manner, to ensure fulfillment of objectives.
  • Effectively maintain strong communication with all the relevant stakeholders throughout project implementation and successfully manage a matrix project management structure when necessary.
  • Ensure accountability and compliance with donor requirements.
  • Provide program-related reports and make presentations, as may be required.
  • Support all project teams to develop annual budgets and work plans, consistent with project documents and donor contracts.
  • Support teams in undertaking the necessary review and updating of the work plans and budgets to respond to emerging field implementation challenges and project review processes.
  • Support the development of the country office’s program framework.
  • In liaison with the Finance department, undertake quarterly budget monitoring and variance analysis with all Program Managers and Coordinators, and support the projects in reviewing and tracking spending to adhere to annual budgets.
  • Support Program Managers and the Country Program to plan and undertake corrective management actions arising out of budget monitoring reports.
  • Approve program-related requests for imprest and reconciliation, in line with work plans and financial management procedures.
  • Review regular quarterly, semi, and annual reports from the Program Managers and Project Coordinators and support them to comply with requirements of quality reporting and timeliness.
  • Review donor reports from the Program Managers and Project Coordinators to ensure they comply with requirements in terms of quality and timelines and ensure these are of the highest standards.
  • Compile quarterly Country Program r eports to provide oversight of the Country Program implementation.
  • Compile the Heifer International Annual Board ends report.
  • Provide leadership to the Program development work to grow and develop the country’s Programs portfolio.
  • Support the country office’s fundraising work through background information gathering, concept Development, and proposal development.
  • Support field teams in ensuring that the country office’s interventions are appropriately designed and benefiting correctly targeted beneficiaries and creating the desired impact with participants.
  • Maintain data and ensure research is up to date on focus value chains.
  • Personnel Management (10%)
  • Lead a multi-disciplinary team of experts to achieve program objectives and results and meet all requirements and obligations.
  • Motivate staff to perform effectively toward program objectives, through communication, team building, and define personnel needs and scopes of work; evaluate work done by team members and conduct performance reviews.
  • Define personnel needs and scope of work, evaluate work done by team members, and conduct performance reviews.
  • Perform any other duty as may be assigned by supervisor(s).
  • Preparing and presenting program reports and presentations in a well-designed and attractive format with superior attention to detail. 
  • Willingness and ability to assign and review the work of line-managed staff and to use participatory management skills with junior and senior staff. 
  • Constant face-to-face, telephone, and electronic communication with colleagues and the general public to scale up country program visibility and publicity. 
  • May require constant sitting; working at a computer, focusing for extended periods of time, and performing office work in the field and/or in remote conditions.

Job requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Business Administration or Agriculture, minimum of 10-15 years of program management experience with at least five (5) years in leadership on projects.
  • Ability to manage large, complex programs in market systems and value chain development.
  • Experience working with governments, the private sector, and local institutions.
  • Experience in proposal development.
  •  Must be eligible to work in Nigeria. Ability to manage teams by addressing conflicts amongst diverse stakeholders.
  • Excellent organizational skills.
  • Experience in working with various commodities and value chains.
  • Strong communicator across different teams in a matrix reporting structure.
  • Ability to transition projects to scale with a high degree of permanence of impact.
  • Knowledge of development issues, trends, challenges and opportunities, and implications to community development.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of strategic Good understanding of annual work planning and budgeting across complex programs.
  • Ability to use monitoring and evaluation data to ensure program targets are met.
  • Maintain knowledge and sensitivity to issues associated with poverty, hunger, and the environment.
  •  Willingness and ability to assign and review the work of line-managed staff and to use participatory management skills with junior and senior staff.  
  • Ability to manage and execute multiple tasks with little supervision while meeting strict deadlines.
  • Ability to work with sensitive information and maintain confidentiality.
  • MS Office: Word, Excel, PPT, and Microsoft Project. planning processes.
  • Demonstrated creativity, ability to think systematically, willingness, and ability to incorporate innovative solutions.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work cooperatively, tactfully, and diplomatically with culturally diverse groups of people.

To apply, visit Heifer International Careers – Apply for Director of Programs (jobvite.com).

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C. MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE.

  1. Company: Virtual Tribe

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Job title:  Customer Service Manager 

Job description:

  •  Provide leadership and coaching to assure that all employees succeed in meeting individual performance goals as well as career growth
  • Establish performance benchmarks and hold a team to those goals
  • Resolve customer conflicts and handle escalation procedures
  • Prioritize, delegate, execute, and support day-to-day tasking to ensure world-class customer experience and team accountability
  • Own and update standard operating procedures to support team execution
  • Must have a flexible schedule and be able to work nights and weekends as business requires
  • Embraces technology for team management and collaboration and motivated to adopt new and emerging technologies
  • Strong affinity to people management and able to effectively lead a team by example, inspiring people to be engaged and proactive
  • Great communication skills, able to define clear action steps for their team members and effectively delegate

Job requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years of customer service in management or a management position
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Proficiency in Modern tech tools like Trello Notion.

To apply, visit Apply – Virtual Tribe

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2. Company: ADM

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Job title:  Sales Manager-West Africa 

Job description

  • Take responsibility for our beverage and food sales customers in the West & Central African region, including the support of Key Accounts, Retail Brand Customers, regular Food and Dairy Customers
  • Developing and implementing innovative sales and marketing strategies within the West & Central African market
  • Creating and fulfilling own sales plans and budget on the basis of market plans
  • Controlling all sales activities with existing and potential customers
  • Establish and develop long-term customer relationships
  • Monitoring the market and identify market potential
  • Develop customer concepts in cooperation with product management, application and product development
  • Direct reporting to the Sales Director West & Central Africa

Job requirements:

  •  Degree in food technology or business administration
  • Experience in the B2B food, dairy and ingredients business
  • Knowledge and commercial contacts to the dairy and food market
  • Flexible and willingness to travel regularly within the region
  • Excellent French and English language skills
  • Independent and structured work
  • Enthusiasm, initiative and ability to work under pressure
  • Team spirit and strong communication skills
  • Strong customer, service orientation and technology skills

To apply, visit Sign In (brassring.com)

D. LEGAL/OPERATIONS

Company: JLL

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Job title: HSW Lead

Job description

  • Implement JLL CS HSSE strategic objectives and bring them to life for the account, ensuring effective operational relevance.
  • Manage and reduce operational risks across the account by providing guidance and advice on health and safety risk management at all levels.
  • Provide technical advice on relevant HSSE issues and communicate notifications of changes in legislation that will impact service delivery and/or client occupancy.
  • Ensure a continued working knowledge of relevant current legislation
  • Identify improvement opportunities and support the account team in identifying practical cost-effective solutions and controls for HSSE risks.
  • Ensure building related risk assessments are in place in line with legal requirements and Client Risk Control Standards
  • Manage account for incident and accident investigations
  • Organize, implement, and maintain an effective account HSSE communication plan 
  • Oversee the implementation and maintenance of JLL Global HSSE operational controls, (i.e., process, standards, procedures, and guidelines) ensuring compliance with HSSE obligations and JLL’s HSE aspirations 
  • Identify and align JLL HSSE practices to SCB HSSE standards and requirements
  • Drive the development of best practice HSE training programs and resources.
  • Implement HSE strategy and operating protocols for the safety performance of JLL’s contractors and supply chain vendors.
  • Oversee the successful delivery of HSSE regulatory responsibilities and best practices globally to secure regulatory compliance, including management of change related to new and revised legislation. 
  • Oversee the successful management of assurance for the HSSE program, while supporting growth strategies related to Client, JLL and/or national and industry standards.

Job requirements:  

  • A minimum 10 years HSSE management experience within Operational Management systems and working with corporate clients.
  • ·Managing HSSE for multiple sites across multiple countries with a strong understanding of the HSE regulatory environment in major markets;
  • Appropriate recognized Professional HSSE qualifications and memberships
  • ·Management system development, implementation and auditing experience;
  • Experience of implementing HSE technology platforms and data management tools across multiple countries & regions.
  • Experience of managing a, multi-cultural team of HSSE professionals.
  • Practical working knowledge of up-to-date tools and techniques within a real estate environment and management of risk across a complex multi-site property portfolio.
  • Significant practical experience of problem solving HSSE issues in a dynamic/diverse environment and implementation of risk control systems and processes.
  • An agile approach to leadership and stakeholder management – able to operate effectively in a matrix structure.
  • A strong orientation to goals and measurable results.
  • Excellent communication skills to appropriately coach and educate at all levels of the account. 

To apply, visit Workday (myworkdayjobs.com)

Executive opportunities at Microsoft, Glovo, International Foundations for Electoral Systems, Heifer International, ADM etc

E. IT/ENGINEERING

  1. Company: Microsoft

 

Job title:  Infrastructuaral & Skilling Enablement  Lead 

Job description

  • Build strategic, unconventional partnerships with key governments, institutions and enterprises to enable and accelerate digital economy across the African continent.
  • Develop digital marketing engines to enable and accelerate Startups and SMBs.
  • Plan and land infrastructure enablers and game changers in the continent.
  • Enable Africa as a Foreign Direct Investment destination supported by expanding our technologies for MNCs across key industries.
  • Manage the 4Afrika initiative and further integrate it to key company programs and engines to amplify its impact. Develops and maintains an understanding of customers, competitors, partners, business models, market sizing, and industry trends in Africa.
  • Develops and maintains an understanding of the market environment and trends.
  • Leads market landscape analyses and reviews of companies of potential interest.
  • Provides guidance to business partners to inform decision-making.
  • Uses existing knowledge base to drive a deal thesis and business model.
  • Communicates deal thesis and business model.
  • Develops an understanding of Microsoft’s product portfolio, strategic priorities, competitive position, gaps, and potential opportunities. Drives evaluation of Microsoft ATO pillar strategic alternatives (e.g. buy, build, partner) and alternatives.
  • Ensures ATO pillar roadmap, go-to-market, integration plans and related issues are considered.
  • Represents ATO Strategy through exposure, presence, and influence of Microsoft stakeholders and leadership.

Also Read: Microsoft partners AfDB to Train Nigerians for 9 Million Digital Economy Jobs

Research, Analysis, & Framing

  • Guides others in conducting innovative Africa wide market-based research by leveraging and interpreting information (e.g., financial statements, reports, analyses, stakeholder feedback, expert calls) around high-impact strategic questions, including researching within existing businesses and identifying new spaces for Microsoft; involves stakeholders as appropriate; leverages analyses of others to synthesize information and challenges research of others.
  • Owns framing for broad research projects, ratifying with executives; assists colleagues with framing as needed.

Problem Solving & Solutioning

  • Synthesizes broad findings into insights across a division, including implications that inform business decisions on complex issues, leveraging executive presence to influence decisions and proactively driving solutions to high-impact strategic questions and unaddressed opportunities.
  • Identifies and scopes expansive ideas for company strategy, often missed by others; leverages insights to develop recommendations and provide thought leadership (e.g., trend identification, implications of competitor moves) around potential future growth opportunities and strategic issues for Microsoft.
  • Sells value of new efforts to business partners and/or senior leadership.
  • Guides team through development of frameworks and methodologies to drive problem solving and insights.

Communication

  • Ensures communication of insights to senior business leaders (e.g., GM-level, CVP, EVP, CEO) and conveys viewpoints through written documents (e.g., memos, reports) and influence models (e.g., meetings, presentations) through minimal iterations of feedback and vetting;
  • Builds end-to-end storylines and creates outlines across multiple projects for junior colleagues to leverage.
  • Influences senior decision making by providing communications, challenging ideas, and adapting messages to complex nuances as needed.
  • Communicates value of new efforts to business partners and/or senior leadership.

Business Partner Relationships

  • Manages key points of contact with internal teams (e.g., MEA HQ, MEA Subs, MCAPS, Finance, CELA, Marketing, Engineering, BD, LinkedIn, GitHub,…etc.)
  • Manages and cultivates relationships with senior internal leaders (e.g., GM-level, CVP, EVP, CEO).
  • Acts as an advisor to senior leadership as an ATO pillar domain expert within Microsoft , leveraging deep technical/product and business knowledge, market awareness, and subject matter expertise to inform strategic business decisions.
  • Demonstrates influences through partners across multiple divisions.
  • Provides career mentorship to colleagues outside of ATO function and is sought out by others for guidance and education.
  • Ensures opportunities for junior team members to develop business partner relationships.
  • Identifies compelling projects and positions the team to carry them out.

Project Leadership

  • Manages multiple ATO pillar projects and teams across organizational boundaries as a project lead through goals, deliverables, feedback, resource balancing, and timing expectations; proactively identifies complex roadblocks and address them.
  • Initiates and drives multiple projects and topic areas including project plans, recommendations, impact, and syndication across groups.
  • Leads cross-company initiatives as a lead member of virtual teams, demonstrating impact across numerous divisions.
  • Identifies, evaluates, and proposes new project work/deals based on unmet needs. Advises others to indirectly lead projects.

Customer and Partner Focus

  • Leverages internal and external relationships as a trusted advisor to advise complex (e.g., large, high impact) customers and partners on domain expertise as a sought-out resource across multiple lines of business, geographies, and cultures, as appropriate; advises partners and decision makers on the industry and company.
  • Drives internal strategy and provides guidance to team in executing partnerships.
  • Drives customer and partner business initiatives, and contributes to customer’s strategy discussions; influences the product roadmap, prioritization, and customer and partner decision making.
  • Looks across accounts to identify and address broad issues and trends.
  • Drives strategic thinking among the team and fosters a culture of customer and partner focus.
  • Creates business value propositions based on company, partner, and/or customer needs that drive long-term value creation. Drives support and action by influencing internal stakeholders and partners and promoting the value of opportunities.
  • Management of External Engagement & Stakeholders Management
  • People Leadership: deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring, upholding the Company Culture & Values
  • Reporting: interpret, add to, and apply reports to add value in generating and executing ATO pillar plans

Job requirements

  • Experience working in and/or covering multiple African countries with strong track record of achievements.
  • 10+ years’ experience in large Enterprise and/or Government ICT sales leadership, with track record of large complex ICT programs and projects
  • Excellent understanding and knowledge of Networks, Infrastructure, DCs and cloud services offerings.
  • Proven track record in executing successful national and/or regional digital skilling programs
  • Program management Experience and proven track record of execution of large complex initiatives and projects.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Liberal Arts, Computer Science, or related field AND 10+ years marketing, strategy, business planning, consulting, banking, finance, economics, and/or partner organization experience
    • OR Master’s Degree in Business Administration or related field AND 8+ years marketing, strategy, business planning, consulting, banking, finance, economics, and/or partner organization experience
    • OR equivalent experience (e.g., scaling a business, incubation, driving change in a large company, entrepreneurship, management consulting).
  • 2+ years experience in Strategy, Management Consulting, and/or Finance.
  • 3+ years project, people, and/or change management experience.
  • 5+ years people management experience.

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications

  • 5+ years experience working in a matrixed organization, preferably in the technology industry.
  • 5+ years project, people, and/or change management experience.
  • 10+ years experience in a related business/ functional domain.

To apply, visit: Infrastructure & Skilling Enablement Lead – Africa Transformation Office in Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria | Business Development & Strategy at Microsoft

Executive opportunities at Microsoft, Glovo, International Foundations for Electoral Systems, Heifer International, ADM etc

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