Alfred & Victoria Associates Employment Opportunities

Job Title: Sales Representative

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Understanding customers’ diverse, specific business needs and applying product knowledge to meet those needs;
• Presenting and demonstrating company’s solutions to technical and business decision makers in the industry;
• Identifying and developing new business through networking and courtesy and follow-up calls;
• Developing effective sales plans using sales methodology;
• Ensuring quality of service by developing a thorough and detailed knowledge of technical specifications and other features of company’s systems and processes, and then documenting them;
• Preparing and delivering customer presentations and demonstrations of the software, articulately and confidently;
• Marketing and promoting a portfolio of products by writing and designing sales literature and through attending industry events;
• Maintaining awareness and keeping abreast of constantly changing software and hardware systems and peripherals;
• Providing technical advice to customers on all aspects of the installation and use of computer systems and networks, both before and after the sale;
• Advising on software features and how they can be applied to assist in a variety of contexts;
• Meeting sales targets set by managers and contributing to team targets;
• Networking with existing customers in order to maintain links and promote additional products and upgrades;
• Responding to tender documents, writing proposals, reports and supporting literature;
• Managing your own diary in order to organize and prioritize daily and weekly goals;
• Contributing to team or progress meetings and updating Management;
• Identifying opportunities across the industries covered and prioritizing among them to achieve best results;

Requirements

• University Degree or Equivalent
• 3 years of successful work experience as a Business Analyst, Pre-sales or Sales professional in an IT company.
• Candidate is expected to possess vast industry knowledge in commercial sector;
• Candidate is expected to perform independent research and analysis on the company and its products and services;
• Excellent demonstrations and Presentation skills;
• Good pre-sales experience;
• Ability to identify business opportunities and proffer solutions that are of value to our customers through our products and services;
• Solid Territory Management and Account planning skills
• Ability to identify potential customers (customer acquisition management) and retain them as esteemed clients;
• Candidate should possess leadership skills and ability to work within a local and virtual team
• Experience in working with local technology companies as business partners;
• Ability to work under pressure, to multitask, to focus and to deliver.

Job Title: Data Engineer (DBA)

Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Full-time [Hybrid]

Job Description

• The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of experience in data engineering and will be responsible for building and maintaining our data infrastructure and pipelines. You will work closely with our data analysts in the team to ensure our data is accurate, reliable, and accessible.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Design and develop data pipelines and infrastructure that enable efficient and reliable processing, storage, and retrieval of data.
• Develop and maintain data integration and ETL workflows to bring together data from multiple sources.
• Ensure the security and compliance of our data infrastructure and pipelines.
• Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to ensure data quality and accuracy.
• Optimize data structures and algorithms to improve performance and reduce processing time.
• Develop and maintain documentation of data infrastructure and pipelines.
• Continuously monitor and troubleshoot data infrastructure to ensure reliability and availability.
• Keep up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies in data engineering.

Essential Experience, Skills and Qualifications
Hard Skills:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in data engineering.
• Strong experience with data processing frameworks such as Spark, Hadoop, or Flink.
• Experience with ETL tools such as Azure Data Factory, Airflow, Luigi, or NiFi.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with database systems such as Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB.
• Strong experience with programming languages such as C#, Python, Java, or Scala.
• Experience with multi-cloud computing, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with DevOps CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Git, GitLab.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing and data modeling concepts and scripting.
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau or PowerBI is a plus.
• Familiarity with NoSQL, ML and AI concepts

Soft Skills:

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• High degree of initiative, dependability and ability to work with little supervision.
• Inherently demonstrate a high level of integrity and be trustworthy.
• The ability to maintain confidentiality in regard to information processed, stored, or accessed by the systems.
• The ability to develop knowledge of, respect for, and skills to engage with those of other cultures or backgrounds.

Job Title: Operation Manager (Museum)

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Responsibilities

• The Operations Manager is a full-time position strategically created to help realize the museum’s mission, vision, and strategic plan by ensuring Company’s location inspires visitors with a warm, comfortable, welcoming environment for a greater sense of belonging and deeper engagement with art.
• The Operations Manager’s primary responsibilities are to generate and implement superior customer service and destination experience that promotes membership, community engagement, shopping, safety, and the security of our exhibitions and educational programs.
• The Operations Manager focuses on our guests experience and facilities operations, all while staying true to advancing the museum’s mission and impact.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages all business and office operations (i.e., answering phones, accounts management, purchase orders, budgets)
• Oversees all information provided to visitors such as visitor guides, exhibit information, special event information, directions, etc.
• Assists with exhibit development, design, and installation.
• Manage day-to-day operations of the museum gallery and store.
• Schedule and oversee visitor service associates and other volunteer staff.
• All Museum operations-related activities (e.g., Lighting and Security Systems, museum policies and procedures)
• Museum Shop operations and management (e.g., inventory, purchase for resale, daily deposits, credit card machine)
• All Visitor Services Activities and Experience from pre-visit (i.e., social media, marketing, promotions, web content) to in-person visit (e.g., visitor hours, tour scheduling, creating friendly and approachable visitor programs) to post-visit (e.g., exhibition evaluation, social media, web)
• Training and management of student workers
• All social media accounts, marketing and promotions, web presence.
• Purchase Museum Store inventory base on sales reports, bestselling categories (home, jewelry, toy, etc.), and for people looking for: Art and design related items or that have art education value, High-quality, unique, well-designed items or gifts.
• Manage store inventory and report to Finance Director.
• Plan and execute building project plans (repairs, improvements, and annual inspections) based on building assessment.
• Work with curator to schedule adequate installation staff during installation timeframe.
• Manage operational aspects of events, programs, and exhibits, secure and reserve vendors for event equipment and supplies, setting elevator and door schedules, staffing, etc.
• Help with arrangements for exhibition installation, crating, un-crating, hanging, lighting, and shipping.
• Work with education manager to ensure that gallery staff is knowledgeable on the educational offerings and helpful with the daily operations of classes, tours, and field trips.
• Use our operations meetings to communicate with exhibition, marketing, and education programming on a weekly basis.
• Use Facilities Committee meetings to work on the strategic plan initiatives, brainstorm ideas, solve problems, ask advice, and vet new policies related to operations.
• Communicate with curator and education manager for smooth operations of education and exhibition programing.

Demand on the job:

• Will work Monday to Sunday, off day is during the week.

Required Education and Work Experience:

• Candidates should possess a Master of Art (MA) in Communications, Museum Studies, Graphic Design, Museum Administration, Anthropology, or related field.
• Minimum two years’ full-time employment in an office, business, gallery, academic museum, or very similar setting working in operations-related activities.

Skills and Competencies:

• Experience and knowledge of management of operations in a business, gallery, or museum.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft office, accounting principles, and inventory, personnel, and event management.
• Advanced experience in managing social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.), social media practices, marketing and promotions, and web content.
• Must be familiar with best practices in the various operations-based activities in museums and proactively keep up with innovations.
• Impeccable record-keeping.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, writing, proofreading and analytical skills, with meticulous attention to detail.
• Excellent customer service skills
• Ability to work alone, to supervise and train volunteers and student workers, and to work as part of a team with the Museum Director and Collections Manager/Registrar.
• Ability to exercise discretion, confidentiality, and independent judgment.

Salary
Very Attractive.

Job Title: Credit Controller

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Role Objectives

• A Credit Control Officer is responsible for recovering money owed by customers to the organization. The credit function plays a vital role in the finance department to ensure that invoices are paid on time to assist the organization manage its cash flow.

Essential Duties

• Reporting to the Credit control supervisor, the credit Control Officer role will perform a wide range of duties and responsibilities. These may include, but are not limited to:
• Chasing overdue payments via telephone and email and visits
• Invoicing
• Resolving customer Accounting queries and issues
• Setting credit limits
• Reconciliation of payments to customer’s accounts
• Solve problems regarding incorrect payments.
• Identifying clients that exceeded credit limits for disconnection.
• Highlighting problem customers to senior management
• WHT recovery and follow-up.

Requirements

• HND / B.Sc. or equivalent in relevant discipline
• A minimum of 3 years cognate experience in a similar role

Skills and Attributes

• The more common skills and attributes that are most needed for this role may include:
• Understanding of the end-to-end Accounts Receivable process
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including Management
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Ability to prioritize and multitask
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Tenacity and ability to have difficult conversations
• Willingness to escalate debt issues
• Intermediate computer software skills, including Excel and Accounting packages.

Salary
Very Attractive.

Job Title: Area Sales Manager

Locations: North-West, North-East, North-Central, South-West, South-East and South-South
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Provides quality leadership for all sales team in his area.
• Implements a monthly area sales plan with his sales team which will deliver projected volume of growth and weighted availability targets through proper DSS and Wholesale initiatives and their management.
• Ensures sales reps, supervisors and have daily, weekly and monthly volume objectives and KPIs (key performance indicators) and that performance is tracked and reviewed daily.
• Takes an active interest in the top wholesalers in his area, ensures that these wholesalers have open communication lines to the ASM and makes regular calls to them to visit their warehouses and understand their market and trade opportunities. When necessary the ASM maybe required to directly manage these wholesalers
• Implements a standardized Market Intelligence Report which will capture information through salesmen and supervisors and give feedback on this information concerning competition activities at retail & wholesale, pricing initiatives, unauthorized products and other product opportunities to the Head Office.
• Implements a daily and weekly planning and performance review schedules to monitor his area performance and find opportunities for improvement
• Ensures the proper use, management and maintenance of all company assets in his area.
• Takes initiative to develop his sales teams; identify both high and low performers and finds solutions to improving the value and performance of all his team members.
• Manages all government related issues in his area to avoid operational issues.

Requirements

• Minimum of HND / B.Sc.
• MBA is an added advantage.
• Relevant professional qualification.
• Minimum of 7 years cognate experience.
• Strong understanding of customer and market intricacies and requirements.
• Able to establish and maintain good customer service with internal and external customers.
• Able to learn products, sales processes, and systems.
• Analytical skill set.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Outstanding Written and Verbal Communication Skills.
• Not more than 40 years old.