Hot Jobs at Flour Mills Of Nigeria Plc.

THE JOB

• Oversee and champion the development of the IT department’s strategy in alignment with the Group’s corporate strategy, overall business goals and objectives.
• Lead the digital transformation efforts across the group by identifying opportunities to integrate digital technologies across functional touchpoints - manufacturing processes, supply chain management, and other operational areas.
• Develop the Group’s IT policies and driving compliance across subsidiaries in maintaining integrity, security and performance of the Group’s technical infrastructure.
• Identify and recommend fit for purpose technologies as a result of business changes and emerging technology trends with a potential impact on type/ level of utilization.
• Oversee generation of service reports highlighting breaches of SLA targets, investigations and actions taken to prevent recurrence.
• Define and implement efficient technology architectures, methodologies, and performance metrics.
• Continuously review and identify technology needs and ensure that the appropriate cost effective software solutions are developed and or deployed.
• Implement best practice for IT service management and set guidelines for ITIL frameworks and for incident response.

THE PERSON MUST

• Be curious in seeking out emerging trends, and adopting innovative approaches to technology.
• Be highly organized and can manage a diverse portfolio of technology projects with tight deadlines.
• Be solutions focused with business acumen able to optimize IT solutions.
• Inspirational leader with the ability to develop competencies and skills required for high performance among teams.
• Be an agile thinker able to drive and lead change in a complex business environment.
• Exceptional interpersonal ability and stakeholders management.

QUALIFICATION

• 1st degree in Computer Science and Information Technology, Software Engineering, or relevant field.
• Master’s degree or MBA is an added advantage.

EXPERIENCE

• Have at least 15 years cognate work experience, with at least 5 years in an IT leadership position in a FMCG or manufacturing industry.
• Leading enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives, optimizing processes, and enhancing customer(user) experiences.   
• Leveraging emerging technologies to drive innovation and produce business enabling solutions.

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PURPOSE OF THE JOB

Managing the datacentre facilities, systems, and servers to run effectively and efficiently and provide backend support for all IT services to all FMN IT users in a hybrid environment (i.e. hyperconverged infrastructure e.g. Nutanix, Windows servers, Microsoft 365, Azure cloud, Privilege Account Management, Application Virtualization, Backups etc.).

THE JOB

• Provide support for all users on the network and enterprise products on Microsoft Office 365 cloud infrastructure.
• Ensure the security of the server infrastructure by implementing industry-leading practices regarding privacy, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Develop and maintain documentation about current environment setup, standard operating procedures, and best practices.
• Manage end user accounts, permissions, access rights, and storage allocations in accordance with leading practices.
• Conduct and test routine system backups and restores.
• Anticipate, mitigate, identify, troubleshoot, and correct hardware and software issues on servers, and workstations. Escalate incidents, as necessary.
• Practice server asset management, including maintenance of server component inventory and related documentation of technical specifications.
• Recommend, schedule, and perform software and hardware upgrades and patch management.
• Provide support for NAS and SAN storage infrastructure and MS DFS.

THE PERSON MUST

• Have good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Be able to manage competing priorities.
• Be able to work independently and collaboratively within teams.
• Able to resolve network issues and computer problems.

QUALIFICATION

• 1st degree (HND/BSC) in Computer Science, Engineering, Electronics or any related field.
• Certification in MCSE, ITIL Foundation.

EXPERIENCE

• Have at least 2 years experience in a similar role.
• Familiarity with Nutanix, O365 & Azure environment management is a
• Demonstrable experience managing server loads, installation of required applications to meet network requirements, conducting server health check-ups, and troubleshooting system errors.
• Knowledge of security principles and best practices to ensure system safety.