Research & Product Development Supervisor at Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company

Role Purpose

• Researching the energy market trends to ascertain customer needs for recommendation as a basis to identify opportunities for improved operations and revenue generation.
• Undertaking periodic analysis for non-energy product development research, user acceptance tests (UATs), consumer surveys and consumer feedbacks

Responsibilities

• Lead new product development projects
• Establish and lead a team in the development of new and innovative products.
• Work collaboratively with all stakeholders
• Develop work processes and duration for completing assigned project tasks with the ability to identify critical dependencies and risks.
• Have the ability to translate internal and external customer requirements into measurable performance criteria, as well as, being able to identify and resolve missing requirements.
• Provide timely, accurate, and pertinent information and reports as required by management.
• Effectively follow instructions to deliver requirements meeting schedule, cost, and quality targets.
• Set aggressive goals, measures performance, and strives to go beyond what is expected.
• Look for ways to improve processes, products and services; appropriately challenges the status quo.
• Takes responsibility for compliance with all Quality Management System / Occupational Health & Safety systems
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Management.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in: Science, Social Science, Business and Engineering
• At least 3 years relevant work experience, from related sector / organization with relevant experience in research, marketing, product development and management.
• Demonstrable understanding of the power sector.

Technical Competencies:

• Proficiency in Microsoft office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)
• Good Data presentation skills
• Proficiency in the research methods and statistical analysis.
• People management skills.

Behavioral Competencies:

• Ability to work under pressure and multi task effectively.
• Good Verbal communication & interpersonal Skills.
• Attention to Detail.