Job Openings at Ascentech Services Limited

Our client, a Food and Beverage company in the FMCG sphere, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Logistics Executive (FMCG)

Description

• The logistics executive will be required to organize the storage and distribution of goods. Ensure that the right products are delivered to the right location on time and at a good cost.
• The individual may also be involved in transportation, stock control, warehousing, and monitoring the flow of goods.
• The key task is to organize the safe and efficient storage and distribution of goods, and to ensure that orders are fulfilled (carried out) correctly.

Responsibilities

• Planning and implementing logistical strategy, ensuring targets are met
• Overseeing product storage, handling, and distribution
• Using computer software to track goods from origin to delivery
• Working on forecasts and inventories, keeping an accurate record of the process, and analyzing performance
• Managing and motivating a team of supply chain staff
• Improving the overall supply chain performance and looking for any possible innovations to the process
• Implementing new technologies and staying alert to new trends in the sector.
• Develop and implement a logistics process.
• Oversee warehouse operations.
• Review and approve purchase orders.
• Direct the activities of the logistics division.
• Collaborate with marketing executives to ensure that new products reach the right markets at the optimal time.
• Ensure goods are stored properly and at the right temperature.
• Conduct market research to learn about the demand for different goods.
• Determine what goods sell best to commercial businesses and consumers.
• Decide appropriate quantities of items to stock.
• Vigilant about streamlining operating efficiency, error, and increased productivity

Competencies / Skills / Requirements

• Minimum of First Degree
• A Bachelor’s Degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management will be an added advantage
• Must possess 3 years’ operational experience in logistics
• A logical and systematic approach to work
• Good time management ability.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work well as part of a team, as well as manage people
• Negotiation and analytical skills.

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Location: Portharcourt

Job Description:

• Shadowing members of the Accounting department as they perform their duties.
• Assisting with research, filing, data entry, and recording and maintaining accurate and complete financial records.
• Preparing financial reports, such as balance sheets and income statements, invoices, and other documents. 
• Working with bookkeeping software.
• Handling sensitive or confidential information with honesty and integrity.
• Learning how to work as part of the Accounting team to compile and analyze data, track information, and support the company or clients. ed and accuracy. Satisfaction level of Line Manager and other Superiors.

KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS

• Must be a recent graduate and has completed NYSC
• Satisfactory completion of introductory accounting courses and a basic understanding of accounting and financial principles
• Aptitude for math, proficiency with computers.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• High level of efficiency, accuracy, and responsibility.
• Motivation and a strong desire to take on new challenges and learn as much as possible. 

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Job Description:

Our client in an FMCG is looking to hire experienced candidates in the food industry(imported and home-produced) to fill the below position

Job description

• Ensure that the channel KPI’s are achieved
• Drive a winning culture; lead coaching and coordinate weekly/ monthly Regional meetings and ensure target understanding.
• POP Execution; conduct structured market visits and provide written feedback -reports
• Responsible for the achievement of Channel Volume/revenue targets and other KPIs
• Responsible for developing existing customers and recruiting new ones.
• Recruit and manage a team of Sales Executives & merchandisers/canvassers to drive results.
• Responsible for the development, tracking, deployment of distributor infrastructure. Ensure all conditions are in place locally to make warehousing development, other supply chain and warehouse management principles are applied at distributor point.
• Collate local reporting and identify main priorities for improvement by the various teams.
• Must ensure that Monthly action plans are effective, especially for the weakest distributors on Warehouse infrastructure – to achieve this, the candidate must regularly track delivery against agreed terms
• Coverage of all Direct Dealer within the allotted territory and achieve Primary Sales and Collection Targets
• Monitor secondary sales & competition activities
• Develop sales strategies and set targets
• New Product Development – in line with company strategy
• Market Working – Regular visit to the market, daily/weekly
• Market Development
• Increase the number of direct Dealers (Networking) and improve billing efficiency over moving average of last 3months
• Price / Value Chain compliance.
• Communication and proper implementation of Trade schemes
• Settlement of Dealer Claim within 15days of Completion of the scheme
• Monitor First Expiry, First Out (FEFO) and short expiries.
• Reporting: Weekly/Monthly submission to Reporting Officer:
• Manager promoter and Sales Representative-wise Secondary Sales
• Monitor Dealer-wise Closing stock
• Track competition activity and pricing
• Debtor Management:
• Monthly Balance confirmation from all Credit Customers
• Ensure that outstanding debt is within company norms

Competencies

• Ability to lead and motivate others.
• Excellent sales, negotiation skills and good business sense.
• Excellent communication and 'people skills.
• Good planning and organizational skills.
• Setting high standards and achieving results.
• Demonstrate integrity.
• Numeracy, reporting and analytical skills.
• Initiative and enthusiasm
• Good understanding of Sales activities and territory management
• HND / B.SC Marketing, Humanities, or similar discipline
• 5 years and above experience in the imported food segment

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Our client in the FMCG industry is seeking to hire experienced candidates  for the below positions
Overall responsibility for achieving or exceeding the Sales and Distribution objectives in the respective Region to ensure achievement of company’s business objectives and strategy.

Principal Accountabilities

Sales Target:
Develop and achieve or exceed the sales volume/revenue goals targets as defined in the Business Plan for the sales channels and control/monitor the Sales budget to ensure optimum allocation of resources to different businesses of the company.

Marketing Support:
Coordinate with the Marketing Division to ensure marketing tools are provided to the trade to increase brand visibility and thereby achieve business objectives.

High Performance Team:
Coordinate with the Human Resources and the Line Managers to efficiently implement HR initiatives so as to motivate and lead a High Performance Team. Check individual performances of the Sales Team and motivate them, either through personal counseling and/or imparting training in tactical selling skills to improve and enhance their capabilities and sales performance.

Market Knowledge:

• Conduct regular market visits to check route coverage and availability of company products in the market, competitor’s activities and look for new business opportunities in order to safeguard the customer base and increase market share.
• Sales Systems:
• Develop and maintain an efficient distribution network and efficient routing to ensure timely deliveries and superior levels of service to company customers.

Finance & Accounts
Co-ordinate with Finance & Accounts to ensure compliance with all financial norms to control collections and receivables.

Marketing Activities:
Coordinate the execution of marketing & promotional activities in the market place to derive maximum benefit out of such promotional initiatives.
Analyze the impact of such promotions and submit report to the Sales Manager for assessment and evaluation.

Requirements
Knowledge Skills and Experience:

KNOWLEDGE:
Minimum: Bachelor degree in Marketing or Management preferably an MBA

EXPERIENCE:
Minimum of 10 years experience in sales of FMCG products, preferably indirect distribution channel.

SKILLS:

• Sound Business Financial and Numerical expertise
• Excellent Sales track record
• Presentation+ Negotiation skills with excellent Leadership skills to motivate and drive the team
• Professional and mature attitude towards resolving problems with a behavior competency to build relationships
• Excellent analytical skills
• Communication & problem-solving skills
• Computer literate in MS Office and ERP (Oracle)
• Language requirements are regionally specific

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Industry: Manufacturing Company

Responsibilities

• Provide overall L&D strategy for our Nigerian Business – Trading & Manufacturing
• Design, Develop and Deliver structured programmes across levels in the organization
• Learning needs Identification
• Understand the business and the needs of the business across functions
• Create an L&D roadmap and execute implementation of the same
• Interfacing with all stakeholders – HOD’s & Team Leads
• Conduct periodic evaluation of training programmes
• Review the L&D strategy from time to time.

Requirements

• B.Sc. in Psychology, Social Sciences or any related field
• L & D Professional Certification / Affiliation
• 8 - 10 years in similar role
• People Management, Strong relationship building
• Influencing Skills, Networking and Professionalism
• Service orientation, Teamwork and Effective
• communication skills (verbal/written)
• Flair for training and planning.

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Industries / Sectors: FMCG - Manufacturing

Job Brief

• We are looking for a detail-oriented Account Officer to assist in our financial department. The responsibilities of an Account Officer include keeping financial records up-to-date, checking for inaccuracies in invoices, and handling queries on general accounts.

Job Responsibilities

• Import Documentation & work closely with the Clearing Agent at the Port
• Coordination with Internal and External Auditors and manage work of all accountants.
• Preparing various statutory reports and submission online the VAT and WHT / Payee returns to the Statutory Portals within the schedule date.
• Review of the Monthly Trial Balance and prepare the Monthly Schedules.
• Conversant to the Stock Accounting Process.
• Timely and accurate variances analysis of budget against actual and provide roadmap to achieve KPIs.
• Partner with Financial Controller & Business Head to enhance Management Reporting and Business Drivers Understanding.
• Summarize current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports.
• Reconcile financial discrepancies by collecting and analysing account information.
• Secure financial information by completing database backups.
• Maintain financial security by following internal controls.
• Maintain accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.

Job Requirements

• B.Sc. Finance, Accounting or any other related field.
• 3 - 5 years of exhaustive experience in Core Accounting, Finance. preferably with a FMCG manufacturing knowledge background
• ICAN Certified
• Should be well conversant with Tally and MS Office
• Not more than 35 years of age.

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Location: Amuwo Odofin, Lagos
Industries / Sectors: Machinery, Equipment and Supplies

Responsibilities

• Basic troubleshooting, installation, maintenance and repair on Printers, copiers and machineryequipments.
• Completing Preventative Maintenance and field modifications.
• Ordering and managing repair parts cycle times.
• Keeping up to date on administrative responsibilities such as maintaining customer service logs and internal service records in a timely manner.
• Maintaining daily communications with customers to ensure resolution and proper follow-up.
• Maintaining tools and test equipment and ensuring they are properly calibrated.
• Utilizing the escalation process to resolve customer service delivery issues.
• Identifying and participating in sales opportunities such as new contracts, contract renewals and system sales.
• Adhering to regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology or any other related field.
• 2 - 3 years work experience.
• Experience in the printing industry is preferred.
• Experience diagnosing and repairing mechanical, electromechanical, and/or electronic equipment.
• Experience troubleshooting and responding to customer concerns.
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate complex technical issues in an easy-to-understand manner.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, self-directed, entrepreneurial environment.

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Industry: FMCG - White Goods / Home Appliances

Responsibilities

• The person performance will be based on net contribution to the division including warehousing cost, cost of interest towards goods in warehouse and credit in the market with manpower.
• Map the whole Nigerian market and increase the sales from 25M to 50M per month. Of which to increase company sales from present 7M to 25M per month
• Ensure availability of the product in all the markets and recommend which markets live demonstration of the products need to be done.
• Provide recommendations to the HOD of the gaps in the market and penetration strategy for Abuja, East and North.
• Come up with the system to track the stock availability at each dealer to ensure re-filling of the goods is done at all times.
• Implement planned marketing activities.
• To provide a forecast of sales every quarter and ensure sales are being done as per the forecast.
• To make and maintain the retailer database market-wise and ensure the product is available at all locations at all times.
• To devise incentive schemes for sales executives and sub-dealers when and where necessary.
• Provide the HOD on fortnightly basis information on completion’s prices and marketing activities in the market and any other relevant information.

Requirements

• B.Sc. Degree in Marketing or any other related field. MBA is an added advantage
• Minimum of 6 years of proven track record of selling Home Appliances product is a Must
• Strategic / persuasive approach to business development
• Ability to work equally on own initiative and as part of a team
• Ability to work accurately under pressure.

Salary
N400,000 - N700,000 / Month with benefits and Incentives.

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Responsibilities

• create and upload copy and images for the organisation's website
• write and dispatch email marketing campaigns
• provide accurate reports and analysis to clients and company management to demonstrate effective return on investment (ROI)
• research new online media opportunities that may benefit the business including mobile, social media, development of blogs and forums
• design website banners and assist with web visuals
• communicate with clients, affiliate networks and affiliate partners
• conduct keyword research and web statistics reporting
• contribute to social media engagement and brand awareness campaigns
• use web analytics software to monitor the performance of client websites and make recommendations for improvement
• contribute to company and industry blogs and manage e-communications
• assist with paid media, including liaising with digital advertising agencies
• develop and integrate content marketing strategies
• keep up to date with current digital trends
• manage the contact database and assist with lead generation activities
• Plans, executes, and measures experiments and conversion tests.
• Collaborates with internal teams to create landing pages and optimize user experience.
• Utilizes strong analytical ability to evaluate end-to-end customer experience across multiple channels and customer touch points across Digital media platform and suggest best for the brand
• Identifies critical conversion points and drop off points and optimizes user funnels.
• Completes digital marketing department operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees and following up on work results.
• SEO/SEM implementation to the best of satisfaction for the brands /campaign for drawing max mileage

Requirements

• Mininum of 5years experince as Digital Marketing Officer is a MUST
• strong verbal communication skills for articulating ideas to colleagues and clients
• excellent written communication skills for producing high quality content
• attention to detail and accuracy
• the ability to work independently and flexibly
• the capacity to prioritise and work across multiple projects
• the ability to work as part of a team
• organisational skills with the ability to deliver a high volume of quality work
• creative skills for contributing new and innovative ideas
• the ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines