Jobs at Ascentech Services Limited

Position Summary

• The Head of Development & Partnership will report directly to the CEO, and will be responsible for building and expanding the funding base in order to support the organization For Nigeria’s ambitious programmatic goals.
• This will include working with the Chief Executive Officer to raise funds to support the program and operations of the organization. The Head of Development & Partnership will be responsible for driving prospect research, portfolio management, donor management and donation operations.
• We are an organization committed to its people, operating with respect and humility toward other people and organizations, while working to advance the cause of educational excellence for all children.
• Our collaborative working environment ensures abundant opportunities for you to expand your network and learning opportunities with other team members, Fellows, corporate partners, the Ministry of Education, other education stakeholders, as well as other like-minded individuals from the organization For All network partners in over 50 countries.

Mission for the Role

• The mission for this role is to gather resources and to build sustainable partnerships required for the movement to achieve its vision.

Duties and Responsibilities

• This position will report directly to and work closely with the CEO on setting and executing high level development strategy, and managing a portfolio of donors and prospects.
• This role is responsible for developing a diverse and sustainable funding base and to achieve the funding growth necessary to support the national program.
• He/she gets to know the funding landscape through self-discovery and information gathering so that he/she can hone in, with focus and strategic insight, on the biggest opportunities and challenges in fundraising in Nigeria. Then, he/she will push forward on those opportunities and challenges through the duties and responsibilities below.

Set Big Goals:

• Setting and committing to achieve ambitious revenue, donor quantity and retention benchmarks to achieve both immediate and long-term (next 3-5 years) goals.

Plan Purposefully & Execute Effectively:
Developing and executing strategy and operating plans to ensure that Teach For Nigeria maximizes opportunities, meets its goals, and significantly grows funding while building long-term sustainability across government, corporate, foundations and individuals. This includes, but is not limited to, the following activities:

• Developing and implementing strategies and tactical plans to achieve goals for different donor segments
• Ensuring team-wide alignment and progress to goals, identifying what is driving and impeding progress, developing solutions to address gaps, and adjusting course as necessary
• Cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding a portfolio of donors through meetings, events, and correspondence.

Invest in Team & Stakeholders:

• Working with other staff members to ensure progress towards our goals. This includes, but is not limited to, the following activities:-
• Build and execute strong strategic plans for the donor portfolio and thereby building strong donor relationships, increasing donor renewal and upgrade rates, and expanding the donor base
• Prioritize the right actions for the CEO to take in order to cultivate, solicit, and steward donors and prospects and prepares/supports the CEO to execute
• Conduct excellent donor interactions and communications (i.e., events, meetings, newsletters, grants)
• Develop and maintain strong operations (i.e., stakeholder, prospect and donor tracking systems, data management, meeting prep and download systems, gift processing)

Coordinate cross-functional collaboration within the organization to ensure overall effectiveness and efficiency. This includes, but is not limited to, the following activities:

• Work closely with Finance team to finalize formal agreements with prospective donors/partners & supporters and subsequent financial expenditure reports
• Work closely with Program and Alumni team to coordinate relationships established across the private sector for their respective goals and measures of success
• Lead a cross-functional team in coordinating fundraising efforts across the organization through effective communication and execution
• Continually Increase Effectiveness
• Drive innovation in fundraising strategy, by continuous learning and improving on our current practices through research, self-discovery and reflection.

Job Requirements and Competencies

• Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree required; Master's Degree preferred
• 5 years work experience.
• Integrity - demonstrate personal integrity consistently by willing to hold oneself accountable.
• Leadership- is a positive example to others
• Proven success in fundraising in or with diverse organizations, philanthropists, or companies highly preferred, other relevant accomplishments in sales and marketing can be considered
• Excellent manager - ability to manage a high performing team towards achieving ambitious goals
• Critical thinking - a long-range critical thinker who enjoys spending significant time problem solving and developing opportunities in order to achieve the most meaningful outcomes
• Strong verbal and written communication; can speak compellingly about our organization, mission and goals and has a mature presence
• Organizational skill - highly organized and motivated to manage self and others around complex projects and work streams.

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Job Description

• The Marketing Manager (Fragrance) manages the day to day marketing activities of the organisation and long term marketing strategy for the company. Job duties are but not limited to;

Responsibilities

• Prepare, implement, marketing plan, programme and budget both short and long range to ensure profitable growth
• Formulate and execute category brands and portfolio strategy for both new and existing products
• Execute all communication initiatives
• Collaborates with the MD in establishing and recommending the most realistic sales goals for the company.
• Manages an assigned geographic sales area or product line to maximize sales revenues and meet corporate objectives.
• Establishes and manages effective programs to compensate, coach, appraise and train sales personnel.
• Handling all activations (street activation, social media activation, billboards etc)
• Digital marketing
• B2B experience
• Handling deals with local agencies
• Work with communication agencies, associates, consultants and all external and internal stake holders to deliver the right marketing mix to consumers/shoppers in keeping with the organizational goal
• Lead ideation and innovation effort that meets business and brand objectives.
• Lead all consumer/shoppers and market research initiatives
• Analyse consumer trend, category and market dynamics, internal data and competitive intelligence thereby influencing organization and category strategy
• Develop deep understanding of consumer/shopper motivation and reflect this in all products communication that emanates from the company
• To be responsible for developing and maintaining sales and marketing strategies to meet agreed company objectives.
• To evaluate customer research, market conditions, competitor data and implement marketing and sales plan alterations as needed.

Requirements

• HND / BSc in relevant discipline
• 5-6 years working experience in the Beauty and fragrance Industry.
• B2B experience
• Digital Marketing experience
• Proximity to Festac is an added advantage
• Effective organisational skills
• Team working skills
• Interpersonal skill

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Key Accountabilities

• Offloading stock from the vehicles when arriving at the branch from other branches
• Move stock into warehouse after the Warehouse supervisor/Warehouse Manager verified and accepted the quantities and qualities received from the branch
• Stack the pallets neatly in the designated areas in the Warehouse
• Maintain accurate picking of orders at all times
• Pick full pallets that are to be part of inter branch, transfers
• Load customer delivery goods onto the delivery vehicles, to local customers. This include per loading to ensure earlier departure times for the branches
• Pick full pallet of a calling pick slip, into the collection area
• Ensure all orders have been picked correctly as per pick slip
• Ensure that the correct expiry date stock has been picked
• Ensure expiry dates are not mixed in one location
• Ensure mixed stock has been packed away in their correct places as per the warehouse layout
• Assist with picking loose units
• Sign the picking slip as a confirmation that the order is complete
• Assist with daily and fortnightly stock counts
• Maintain housekeeping inside and outside the warehouse
• Maintain forklift inspections
• Health and safety procedures must be adhered to
• Wear PPE issued to you
• Report all warehouse breakages or damages to the Warehouse Supervisor
• General understanding of the store’s operation
• Ensuring goods are loaded correctly and adhering to safety regulations

Qualifications Required to Fulfil the Role

• Matric or equivalent
• Forklift driver’s License

Specific Work Experience, Knowledge and Skills required to fulfil the role:

• Some exposure to a production environment is advantageous
• Basic hand tools skills

Corporate Values:

• Professional commitment
• Respect for others
• Loyalty
• Integrity
• Solidarity
• Respect for the law
• Caring for the environment
• Worker Health and Safety
• Employee rights

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To manage the production of raw material into finished product in an efficient way that meets company and customer expectations whilst maintaining compliance with industry and external quality regulations.

Responsibilities:

• Perform hourly quality checks on the line as per quality check sheet
• Ensure that all wrapped pallets are moved to warehouse or quarantine space
• Prepare sample for testing, and on approval of sample, initiate packaging process
• Adhere to short interval control for material losses and take necessary actions on deviation to standards
• Studies production plan/order for the day and determines ingredients, materials needed for production run
• Ensure adherence to production plan including daily planned SKU’s
• Operate equipment in-line with Standard of Practice
• Oversee the preparation of bottles, trays, bags, boxes and labels for packaging
• Lead problem solving on the line, and follow escalation procedure
• Assist Artisan on plant maintenance and or breakdowns
• Oversees staff on line.
• Meets targets set out.
• Operating c-line machinery including PLC
• Assist with the running of the sand plant.
• Report all non-conformances to the General Manager.
• Accept raw materials into silos in the absence of the raw material supervisor
• Assist with raw material / packaging cycle counts.
• Have sufficient knowledge of the plant in order to perform all job tasks in the Production Department.
• Perform any other work as detailed by the General Manager.
• Responsible for 5’S co-ordination at plant level
• Whilst the plant is not operating (Not running), you will be given other duties to perform.
• Conduct safety checks as per safety checklist at the start of shift
• Ensure that all employees raise SMATS every month as per Safety requirements
• Ensure that all employees have correct Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) for the department/unit at start of shift and during production
• Ensure that the production environment is conducive for optimal production
• Ensuring that working areas are tidy
• Ensuring that operators are adhering to Standard Operating Procedure(SOP)
• Assist with investigation of accidents and incidents
• Ensure work areas including equipment in use are safe, and all EHS programs are adhered to at all times

Requirements:

• HND/BSc./MSc. in Mechanical, Electrical Engineering
• Minimum of 6-8 years working experience in a production/operations environment
• Minimum of 5 years in the supervisory/managerial role
• PLC knowledge and setup
• Report writing
• People Management
• Knowledge and understanding of Health & Safety Standards
• Knowledge and understanding of Quality Standards
• WCM knowledge would be advantageous