IT Manager at BrandCo Nigeria Limited

BrandCo's core focus is to identify high-street brands that appeal to the urban African consumer and offer these through world class retail experiences. We take time to understand a brand's offering and how it can be tailored to consumer's shopping habits and preferences in our target markets.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: IT Manager

Location: Lagos
Industry: Retail

Responsibilities

• Define and align IT infrastructure strategy and architecture with current and future business requirements and objectives. 
• Design, develop, implement, and coordinate systems, policies, and procedures.
• Manage business-critical IT tasks and systems administration.
• Analyse business requirements by partnering with key stakeholders across the organization to develop solutions for IT needs.
• Oversee the implementation and management of ERP and cloud service deployment.
• Manage IT projects and ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope of the project.
• Develop and maintain relationships with external IT vendors and service providers. 
• Facilitate IT security audits or system audits of technologies deployed across our stores and offices.
• Implement company-wide information security procedures and evaluate business risks associated with critical IT Operations.
• Preserve company IT assets by implementing disaster recovery, backup procedures, information security and control structures.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years working experience in IT Management.
• Preferably certified in Project Management.
• Experience leading and managing large IT projects and rolling out IT infrastructures across various technologies.
• Solid knowledge of Project Management processes, strategies, and methodologies.
• Expertise in data centre management, master data management and data governance.
• Strong knowledge of the IT best practices in the retail industry.
• Excellent knowledge of technical management, information analysis and computer hardware / software systems.

Key Skills:

• Excellent communication, people, and managerial skills
• Excellent project management and prioritization skills
• Business strategy aptitude 
• Strategic thinking and planning
• Problem-solving, critical thinking and innovation skills.

Application Closing Date
22nd October, 2021.