Jobs at Alfred & Victoria Associates

Job Summary & Purpose

• Responsible for selecting and facilitating the purchase of Direct Materials (Packaging) in the company and ensures company meets its production objectives efficiently.

Job Responsibilities

• Identifying and reviewing prospective suppliers based on quality and reliability. Connect with Regional Procurement team to engage with suppliers to negotiate pricing, payment terms, and contract details.
• Drafting and managing suppliers’ contract and ensure contracts always remain valid.
• Establishing and ensuring the schedules adhered with quality standards from suppliers.
• Drafting and managing suppliers’ contracts, ensuring compliance with agreed terms and conditions.
• Maintain ethical relationship with suppliers.
• Identifying cost-saving opportunities through volume discounts, effective negotiation and exploring alternate sourcing.
• Actively tracking all Form M Applications and Purchasing Orders.
• Track all LC applications including amendments etc.
• Track Shipping documents and shipments.
• Liaise with Group companies overseas in the sourcing of capital items which includes suitability of supplier documents for Nigeria purposes.
• Help and advice with process and supplier obligations, and Local availability of similar items.
• Tracking costs and review of funding requests against budgeted amounts.
• Carry out any assigned food safety jobs by the head of department.
• Prevent introduction of food safety hazard into the product when carrying out assigned job.
• Perform any other related tass assigned by the line manager.
• Act as first escalation point for local business users and drive resolution in line with Procurement policies.
• Coordinate local contract implementation tasks.
• Coordinate and participate in the execution of the contract implementation plan.
• Act ethically and comply with legal requirement associated with the role.
• Ensure awareness, understanding and application of QHSE policy on assigned jobs.
• Ensure awareness, understanding and application departmental /process QHSE objectives.
• Ensure awareness of your contribution to the effectiveness of the QHSE Management
• Systems, including the benefits of improved performance including associated opportunities for improvement of the processes assigned.
• Ensure awareness of the implications of not conforming with the Company QHSE
• Management Systems requirements including associated risks for the process assigned.
• Implement and comply with QHSE requirements relating to environmental aspects and impacts and other policies, procedures and /or regulations applicable to assigned jobs
• Understand and apply the intent of the QHSE policy to assigned jobs
• Understand the significant environmental aspects and related actual or potential impacts associated with their work, and the environmental benefits of improved personal performance
• Understand roles and responsibilities and the importance of conformity with the QHSE requirements.
• Understand the potential consequences of departure from specified QHSE procedures or legal requirements
• Any other job assigned by the superior.

Academic Qualification

• BSc or HND in Engineering, Numerical or social science.
• Certification in SCM, Master’s degree or MBA will be an added advantage.
• Experience: 5 – 8 years post qualification experience (in a manufacturing environment) in procurement function.

Key Skills & Competencies:

• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong time management skills; ability to prioritize.
• Ability to analyze business performance with meaningful results.
• Confident, assertive, results-orientated and able to work both independently and within a team environment.
• Goal-oriented with proven ability to get results.
• Conveniently liaise with key internal stakeholders to comprehensively meet order timelines and supervise processes to remove bottle necks.
• Critically evaluate the situation and create a balance between material demand and purchases.
• Knowledge of market trends
• Good knowledge of packaging materials required by production department.
• Experience using SAP
• Good knowledge of Quality Assurance
• Experience managing suppliers
• Knowledge of cost analysis.
• Negotiation
• Analytical
• Prioritization
• Communication
• Inter-personal relationship.

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Job Desccription

• We are looking for an Editor, with a good sense of what makes an interesting angle to a story, to juggle all the moving parts of publications. You will plan, coordinate, review and edit content.
• The successful candidate will be able to decide which ideas should be pursued and which should get dropped in order to meet quality and accuracy standards. The goal is to provide exceptional, informative and engaging content.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate online or print publishing cycle and manage content areas
• Set publication standards and establish goals and expectations
• Suggest stories and generate headline ideas in alignment with targeted audience’s preferences
• Oversee layout (artwork, design, photography) and check content for accuracy and errors
• Proofread, edit and improve stories or pieces
• Cooperate and liaise with designers, photographers, advertising reps, writers, artists etc
• Comply with media law and ethical guidelines
• Meet deadlines and budget requirements

Requirement:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism or similar field
• Proven working experience as an Editor
• Minimum 3 years of work experience as an editor or similar role
• Strong writing/editing/proofreading skills and an excellent portfolio
• Hands on experience with MS Office and InDesign, Photoshop or other publishing tools
• Proven familiarity with SEO and social media best practices
• Excellent written skills in English
• An eye for detail along with critical thinking
• Prioritizing and multitasking environment.

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Job Brief

• Marketing Manager: to manage, establish and maintain positive customer relationships, to oversee the marketing budget, perform competitive analyses, research new trends, plan and deliver effective marketing strategies and monitor the progress of new and existing products to ensure growth and profitability.

Job Duties

• Strategy Formulation and Implementation, Stakeholder & External Relation, Financial
• Management, People Management, identify trends, insights and optimize performance based on the insights.
• Brainstorm new and creative growth strategies.
• Plan, execute, and measure experiments and conversion tests.
• Collaborate with internal teams to create landing pages and optimize user experience.
• Utilize strong analytical ability to evaluate end-to-end customer experience across multiple channels and customer touch points.
• Instrument conversion points and optimize user funnels.
• Collaborate with third party vendor partners.
• Evaluate emerging technologies. Provide thought leadership and perspective for adoption where appropriate.
• Understand market dynamics and competitive landscape that affect product demand and direction, using it as feedback to drive attractiveness of the company’s product.
• Supporting sales with deal qualifications and initial scoping of incoming opportunities.
• Responsible for providing the sales team with the necessary product expertise to enable them to sell the product. This involves printed and electronic promotional material, FAQs, presentations, product training, and relevant papers.
• Responsible for reviewing product data to ensure that the Sales Team in Nigeria is kept up to date on new developments regarding the companies or competitors’ products.
• Act as point of first reference for all product related enquiries and work collaboratively with colleagues in Sales, Marketing and Technical Solutions to address any issues that may arise.
• Direct market research and intelligence gathering efforts to assess customer response to/ requirements for new products. Either conduct this research with the organization’s resources or manage an agency.
• Assist with the development of Go-To-Market plans and provide content for advertising, promotion and sales aids in accordance with the annual marketing plan.
• Recommend value added services to drive customer retention.
• Identify and qualify opportunities for new business, products and services.
• Define and direct marketing programs for demand creation, lead generation and interface for lead tracking and management.
• Provide marketing support and / or assistance to other team members on product solutions.

Job Requirements

• Minimum of a University Degree in Accountancy, Marketing, Business Administration, or any other relevant discipline from a reputable institution
• Minimum of five (5) years’ post-graduation experience in the IT Consulting
• Experience working with CRM (Client Relationship Management) Systems.
• Certification in Marketing is desirable.
• Understanding of website analytics, content management and digital marketing.

Skills & Competencies:

• Strong analytical background
• Product Prototyping
• Business Analysis
• Product Development & Management (Go-To-Market Strategies)
• Project Management
• Requirement Gathering & Analysis
• Negotiation & Interpersonal Skills
• Client relationship management
• Business Development
• Technical Documentation
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills.