Manager, Group Business Applications at Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc Full Time

Job Title: Manager, Group Business Applications

Location: Apapa, Lagos

Purpose of the Job

• Delivering management, technical and administrative services to support and maintain live applications.
• Planning, estimating and executing systems development work to time, budget and quality targets.
• Ensuring that service components have the capacity and performance to meet current and planned business needs.

The Job

• Take ownership of the Business Applications portfolio and provide system implementation, software development and support service to meet the demands of the business.
• Direct the definition, implementation and continual improvement of the organization’s systems architecture management framework.
• Oversee the business application lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, creating value from business applications as the main goal.
• Draft and maintain procedures and documentation for applications support and implementation.
• Advise on application security, licensing, upgrades, backups, and disaster recovery needs.
• Keep abreast of new developments and forecasts future trends in the area of application integration.

Qualification and Experience

• B.Sc / HND in IT or social science related course.
• 10 years cognate experience.
• Demonstrable experience deploying configurations of large, complex software for integration platforms/suites- (ERP); CRM; server OS; (SaaS) Solutions, (IaaS) platform & (PaaS) providers.
• Experience working with an offshore application support provider.

The Person Must:

• Have strong communication skills and be able to collaborate with people from all levels of the organization.
• Have excellent leadership abilities.
• Possess strong problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Be able to think creatively about how technology can be used to improve business processes.
• Have the ability to manage projects effectively, ensuring that they are on time and within budget.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.