Event and Promotion Manager at Huawei Technologies

At Huawei, we define human progress by innovations that enrich humanity. We do not view connectivity as a privilege, but a necessity. We believe that the impact of information and communications technology should be measured by how many people can benefit from it.

Huawei is a leading global ICT solutions provider. Through our dedication to customer-centric innovation and strong partnerships, we have established end-to-end capabilities and strengths across the carrier networks, enterprise, consumer, and cloud computing fields. Our products and solutions have been deployed in over 170 countries, serving more than one third of the world's population.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Event and Promotion Manager

Location: Nigeria

Job Description

• Develop programs for smart phone promotion；
• Develop Event programs including but not limited to product launches,campaign, sponsorship;
• Do marketing execution according to business plan；
• This is an outsourcing position.

Desired Skills and Experience
This position is not hard for you only if:

• Familiar with the MKTing operation of fast moving consumer goods.
• Successful experience in smart phone marketing activities(Or Events and Sponsorship)
• Familiar with smart phone industry is preferred

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

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Chief Information Technology Officer (CITO) at a Leading Oil and Gas Service Company

A leading Oil and Gas Service Company - Lagos, Nigeria, is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Chief Information Technology Officer (CITO)

Location: Lagos

Main Responsibilities
To provide vision and leadership for developing and implementing IT initiatives whilst directing the planning/implementation of enterprise IT systems in support of business operations in order to improve cost effectiveness, service quality and business development. Responsibility for every aspect of IT systems including budgets, purchases, upgrades, supervision of IT specialists and management of projects.

• Participate in strategic and operational governance processes as a member of the senior management team;
• Lead IT strategic and operational planning to achieve business goals by fostering innovation, prioritizing IT initiatives, and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future IT systems;
• Establish IT departmental goals, objectives, and operating procedures;
• Identify opportunities for the appropriate and cost-effective investment of financial resources in IT systems and resources, including staffing, sourcing, purchasing, and in-house development;
• Direct development and execution of an enterprise-wide disaster recovery and business continuity plan;
• Supervise recruitment, development, and welfare of IT staff in accordance with corporate policies;

Desired Skills and Experience
The Person
The right person will be a highly experienced IT professional, looking to develop a value added function at a rapidly growing and progressive company. Ideally with offshore experience or multi-national experience.

• Tertiary qualification (Masters preferred) in the field of computer science or business administration.
• Approximately 10 to 15 years managing and/or directing an IT operation;
• Approximately 2 to 5 years working in Oil and Gas, Shipping or Supply Chain;
• A proven track record of developing and implementing IT policies and systems.
• Knowledge, skills and ability
• Substantial exposure to data processing, hardware platforms, enterprise software applications and outsourced systems;
• Experienced in system design/development from business requirements analysis through to day-to-day management;
• Excellent understanding of project management principles;
• Proven leadership ability;
• Ability to seek out, manage and influence opportunities for continuous improvement and change;
• Ability to ensure that the highest standards of quality and customer care are achieved;
• Ability to form successful relationships, working with all levels of the organization;

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Commodities Market Development Lead - Africa at Thomson Reuters

At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 60,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.


Job Title: COMMODITIES MARKET Development Lead - Africa
Job ID: JREQ053313
Location: Lagos
Schedule: Full-time

Description
We are the leading source of intelligent information for the world's businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. We deliver this must-have insight to the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property and science and media MARKETS, powered by the world's most trusted news organization.

Position Overview

• The COMMODITIES MARKET Development Lead (MDL), Africa is regionally responsible for defining & driving the business growth & retention priorities in their respective region for the defined workflow/asset class.
• They are responsible for identifying key regional growth opportunities within client segments &/or client user types.
• They are responsible for the day to day oversight of the business performance as well as tracking and implementation of the execution for the strategy to defend and grow the business within Go-To-Market (GTM).
• The MDL is the regional "go to" client segment & user proposition expert within GTM.
• They are the conduit for the regional "voice of the customer" back to Design and Manage (D&M), to ensure focus on deliverables towards regional growth priorities.
• They will drive field marketing activities, actively defining the value proposition in support of growth & retention priorities - both externally as well as internally.

Essential Responsibilities 
(Specific day-to-day responsibilities and milestones needed to achieve the objectives):

• Set the Regional Growth & Retention priorities for the COMMODITIES BUSINESS in consultation with the Sub-Regional Business Leads and Sales Specialist Managers. This should include detailed analysis of business performance, content acquisition & improvements, market sizing and opportunity prioritisation.
• Identify new business opportunities to grow the COMMODITIES BUSINESS in specific market segments based on detailed sizing.
• Identify the key regions, associated value proposition and execution plan to ensure the opportunities facilitate growth.
• Responsible for ultimate growth and retention execution, programmatically driving prioritised business plans and campaigns to achieve targets.
• Collaborate with Regional Sales & Client Specialist Management to align objectives and targets for Commodities in the region, with the associated strategies and plans to achieve them. Provide input into resource level determination in support of retention & growth focus.
• Maintain a regular operating rhythm with the regional sales & support teams to systematically drive the regional agenda for the COMMODITIES BUSINESS and mobilise client facing teams to deliver business objectives and revenue targets programmatically.
• Validate Regional strategy & value propositions with customers and document feedback to defining growth & retention potential prior to launching new propositions.
• Collate and prioritise detailed client requirements for D&M based on constant client interaction.
• Work with Regional Sales & Account Management on strategic deals and renewals to grow the business or retain customers, maximising client value & footprint, including advising/ approving commercial terms Forward manage all key renewals based on contract, usage and active risk management ensuring ‘total’ business management of existing strategic customers.
• Initiate and manage industry association and strategic relationships in the region to achieve business goals, represent the business and act as the senior representative for the relevant client segment & business priorities in the region.
• Own/ Develop the relevant Portfolio of key customer contacts, including key Heads of desks, key influencers & C level executives at key banks, financial institutions & corporates.Provide ‘expert knowledge’ based input to the definition of the “customer learning experience” for delivery to frontline specialist and support teams.
• Provide expert knowledge based input for internal learning programs e.g.
• New Starter Induction or on-going learning programs (e.g. Monthly updates, Learning calls & Boot-camps)Provide focus for Field Marketing in the definition/ prioritisation of key industry event participation, TR hosted thought leadership events, client events/ bright-spots, internal staff events (Hard Talk/ Lunch & Learn/ educational Boot-camps/ monthly proposition & performance updates).
• The Market Development Lead role will be located at one of our regional hubs in Africa Travel throughout Sub Saharan Africa will be required & determined by business priorities.

Qualifications
Required Skills and Experience:

• Be able to demonstrate strong Financial MARKET Experience in the COMMODITIES BUSINESS including entire workflow and core content set value for all user types.
• Have a deep understanding of the core challenges our clients face and the value that our Commodities proposition brings to address these challenges.
• Ability to present and demonstrate TR solutions as an answer to the customer need and challenges
• Ability to translate market trends into business plans and execution of these plans Maintain senior and strategic client and industry relationships
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills including influencing at a high level and lead stakeholders to achieve a common objective
• Strong organisational, COMMUNICATION and presentation skills
• Fluent written & spoken English is compulsory. French and / or Portuguese is a positive.
• Demonstrate a blend of strategic and operational skills
• Ability to work in a complex matrix organisation University degree, Industry qualification (e.g. ACI Diploma/ CFA/ ISMA). Post-graduate in Business would be a plus.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Treaty & Facultative Underwriter for Anglophone West Africa Regional Office at African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re)

The African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) is a pan-African financial institution with diplomatic status in its current 41 African member countries. Headquartered in Lagos (Nigeria), Africa Re has a continental network of regional and local offices in Lagos (Nigeria), Casablanca (Morocco), Nairobi (Kenya), Abidjan (Cote d'lvoire), Ebene (Mauritius), Cairo (Egypt) and Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) as well as two subsidiaries: Africa Re (South Africa) Ltd in Johannesburg and Africa Retakaful Ltd in Cairo (Egypt).

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Treaty & Facultative Underwriter for Anglophone West Africa Regional Office

Location: Lagos, (Nigeria) with the possibility of redeployment to another Production Centre within the Africa Re Group.

Job Details
Reporting directly to the Regional Director of Anglophone West Africa Regional Office, the successful candidate will service the underwriting requirements and manage the business relationships of MARKETS handled by the region in order to achieve production and profitability targets.

Duties
The duties of the Treaty & Facultative Underwriter shall comprise amongst others:

• Soliciting and receiving business offers from clients, assessing such offers according to the Corporation's underwriting guidelines and determining whether or not to accept the offer.
• Monitoring and reviewing overall performance and profitability of companies serviced with a view of taking corrective measures where necessary in order to achieve overall targets of the Regional Office.
• Preparing cover notes and treaty wordings for individual companies using the Corporation's standard wordings.
• Ensuring regular and timely documentations of new and renewed businesses including maintenance of proper records of all business offers received in line with office procedures and guidelines.
• Ensuring prompt settlement of all claims that have met the Corporation's guidelines.
• Visiting the various markets with the aim of prospecting for new businesses and for renewal of existing businesses as well as obtaining market information/statistics for the corporation's strategic and operational use.
• Attending to clients' needs, correspondences, social and business functions and other related activities for the overall marketing effectiveness.
• Providing training for staff and clients on regular basis.
• Following up on collection of premium for the managed portfolio and supporting the Finance & Accounts Department in achieving the overall financial targets.
• Attending to any other duties as may be assigned by the Regional Director.

Main Competencies Required for this Position

• In-depth knowledge of appropriate insurance and reinsurance principles, practices and laws as applicable to different lines of business;
• Advanced skills and knowledge of insurance/reinsurance and claims principles, practices and procedures;
• Good analytical skills and ability to interpret clauses in insurance and reinsurance contracts;
• Strong exposure to/experience of Anglophone West Africa reinsurance markets;
• Ability to quickly build very good and sustainable relationship with clients and brokers;
• Excellent oral and written COMMUNICATION, including Negotiation, Presentation and Training skills;
• Good supervisory skills and capacity for taking initiatives and decisions;
• Disciplined, Reliable, with very high Integrity and good sense of responsibility;
• Good skills in business software tools (MS Office) is required; Knowledge of other business-related software will be an added advantage.

Qualifications and Professional Experience
Applicants shall be holders of:

• First University Degree plus Master's in relevant fields (Economics, Management, or Engineering) plus 5 years post qualification relevant qualitative work-related experience with emphasis on reinsurance underwriting (both Treaty and Facultative) and claims management.

Or

• First University Degree in relevant fields (Economics, Management or Engineering) plus full professional qualification, plus 5 years post qualification relevant qualitative work-related experience with emphasis on reinsurance underwriting (both Treaty and Facultative); reinsurance pricing; claims management.

Or

• First University Degree in relevant fields (Economics, Management or Engineering) plus 7 years post qualification relevant qualitative work-related experience with emphasis on reinsurance underwriting (both Treaty and Facultative) and claims management.
• Professional Qualification is in Insurance or Actuarial Sciences
• Relevant work experience in a Reinsurance Company or Reinsurance Department of an Insurance Company is a must.
• The ideal candidate should have 5 years&' experience of Insurance/Reinsurance underwriting and claims management.

Attributes
Applicants must also be:

• Fluent English language
• Working knowledge of French will be an added advantage
• Below 40 years of age

Remuneration and Benefits
The successful candidate shall have the following benefits:

• Competitive Basic Salary on the Corporation's Grade Level PS1
• Variable pay (Annual Performance Bonus)
• Joint contribution to the Provident Fund (7% of the basic salary paid by staff and 14% by the employer)
• Children education subsidy for each child up to 26 years (maximum 4 children)
• Medical cover for staff and family;
• Housing Allowance
• Exemption from taxes and duties (diplomatic status of an international civil servant) — if non-Nigerian National;
• Home leave to country of origin paid by the employer (if non-Nigerian National);
• Duty Post Differential (Cost of Living Allowance), that may increase or decrease depending on the economic situation, paid in local currency.

Application Closing Date
25th December, 2015.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Contract Administrators at GE Nigeria

GE Oil & Gas is a world leader in advanced technologies and services with 43,000 employees in more than 100 countries supporting customers across the industry - from extraction to transportation to end use. Our unrelenting commitment to the environment, health and safety, quality and integrity defines us: it's The Way We Work.

We develop smart solutions for our customers across the oil and gas value chain delivering the innovation, customized service solutions, training programs and technology that helps them to maximize their efficiency, productivity and equipment reliability.

We partner with our customers to develop their next generation workforce; help them to fully benefit from the megatrends of natural gas, the growth of subsea and hard-to-reach reserves and the revolution in asset health management.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Contract Administrator
Job Number: 2371450
Location: Lagos
Business: GE Oil & Gas
Business Segment: OG-TMS Turbomachinery Solutions

Role Summary/Purpose   

• The successful candidate will manage cash and past due for Contractual Service.

Essential Responsibilities

• He/She will have responsibility of all aspects to ensure that cash and past dues targets (financial and operational) will be achieved.
• He/She plays a proactive role in cross-functional coordination with: Project Management, Finance, Local site Organization, Global Operations and Quality.
• He/She will be accountable for overall cash and past due strategies and assumptions.
• He/She will play a critical role in ensuring Past Due regional rhythm to be operative and efficient.
• He/She will be responsible to prepare periodic update to senior managers, including Operating plan and Business reviews.

Qualifications/Requirements   

• Engineering/Economic Degree
• 3+ experience in working capital roles
• Good knowledge of business dynamics, processes and accounting system
• Self-starter, high motivation level, strong leadership skills
• Ability to work at all levels of the organization and cross functionality
• Proven financial and business acumen
• Strong can do and problem solving attitude
• Proven capability to drive cross-functional team remotely
• English fluency

Additional Eligibility Qualifications    
Desired Characteristics:    

• At least 5 years experience inside O&G organization, preferably inside Global Services
• 3+ experience in GE O&G CSA in operational roles
• Oil & Gas industry experience
• Six Sigma Green Belt certified (or higher quality certification)

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Technical Account Manager / Service Delivery Manager (TAM) at Microsoft Nigeria

Microsoft Nigeria - If you have unique experiences, skills and passions-and we believe you can bring them all to Microsoft for a rich, rewarding career and lifestyle that will surprise you with its breadth and potential. Just imagine the excitement and satisfaction of what you can do, where you can go, and the difference you can make with the resources of Microsoft behind you.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Technical Account Manager / Service Delivery Manager (TAM)
Location: Lagos

Job Description

• If you are passionate about service delivery, and like to work with the sharpest tools in technology and the brightest minds in business, we’d like to hear from you at Microsoft Services. We rely on the talent and original thinking of all kinds of personalities - and we pride ourselves on creating an environment where people can do what they do best.
• Nobody does technology quite like us. We’ve developed an unrivalled portfolio of software, services and devices that help businesses do business - bigger, better, faster and smarter. Whatever our customers’ objectives - be it improving end-user experience, business evolution, increased security or saving time and money - our Technical Account Managers are equipped with the resources, passion and commercial insight to help achieve them.
• We work with all kinds of organizations, from the big beasts of business and small-yet-savvy start-ups to giant government departments. What they all have in common, however, is the need to make the most of our innovative technologies. Which is where you come in.
• We’re looking for people who can inspire confidence and build robust working relationships with our customers; aligning our services and solutions to their business challenges and increasing the value of our partnership. People who can work collaboratively across Microsoft to makes things happen, embrace responsibility and thrive on taking the initiative. You love the challenge of bringing clarity and vision where there is uncertainty too - acting as a catalyst for change both with your team and your clients. A natural problem solver, you take pressure in your stride, accept feedback and know how to manage expectations.
• We pride ourselves on becoming trusted advisors to our customers. This means you’ll get to know their businesses, objectives, challenges and needs inside out. You’ll work with organizations of all sizes and levels of technological maturity; helping them make the most of our ever-evolving range of technological tools - whether it’s our established enterprise software products or our exciting new services and devices such as Azure, Office 365, Surface or Windows Phone 8. Adding value, driving service improvement and delivering results will all be down to you; so building robust relationships and taking a creative, proactive and collaborative approach will be key.
• This is a unique opportunity to increase your career currency. Touching on all parts of our business - and working alongside a wide range of colleagues - will give you an invaluable overview of everything that we do. And this will open up all kinds of doors for the future.
• Sound judgment, customer focus and the ability to work in a performance-driven environment are all essential. So if you know your way around technology - and have the entrepreneurial approach and commercial acumen that will make a world of difference to our customers - your future starts here.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
interested and qualified candidates should:
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Oil & Gas Training: Introduction to the Oil & Gas Industry Course

The Introduction to the Oil & Gas Industry course is a foundational class designed for individuals who are new to the industry or simply curious about how the industry works. It is a general overview of the industry's activities as relates to oil and gas exploration and production.

The course is designed for individuals with zero or little knowledge of the oil and gas industry and hope to work or do business in the industry.

The course is packed full of practical examples, photos, videos, diagrams and industry case studies that bring the oil and gas industry to life so you can get a deeper understanding of the operations of the industry.

www.petrocarbon-eng.com/introduction-to-the-oil-and-gas-industry/

COURSE CONTENT

DAY 1:

a.) Introduction

b.) Review of Nigerian Oil & Gas Operators

c.) Key Nigerian Onshore & Offshore Fields

d.) Origin of Oil & Gas

• Hydrocarbon Formation
• Hydrocarbon Migration

e.) Exploration

• 3D Seismic Survey
• Mapping 
• Exploratory Drilling

f.) Drilling

• Well Casing
• Well Cementing
• Drilling Fluids
• Well Completion

DAY 2:

a.) Oil & Gas Production

• Types of Production Vessels
• Onshore Production Operations
• Offshore Production Operations

b.) Oil & Gas Transportation

• Via Onshore Pipeline
• Via Subsea Pipeline
• Via CrudeOIL EXPORT Tanker
• Via LNG Export Tanker
• SPM & CALM Buoys

c.) Crude Oil Refining

• Refining Process
• Petroleum Products

d.) Oil and Gas Terminologies

e.) Role of DPR & NNPC

f.) Nigerian Local Content Information


COURSE INFORMATION

Training Date and Venue: 

Port Harcourt
Date: December 7 - 8, 2015,
Address: Offshore Technology Institute, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Rivers State

Lagos
Date: December 10 - 11, 2015,
Address: Fourpoints by Sheraton, Victoria Island, Lagos

Course Fee:
NGN 70,000.00 (Seventy Thousand Naira only)

Certificates will be issued to all participants on successful completion of the training and assessment test.

TO REGISTER:

Go to:  www.petrocarbon-eng.com/trainings/ and fill the form.

OR

Call us and your registration can be done via telephone: 07038958585, 08038304313
or send an email to: training@petrocarbon-eng.com

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