Vacancies at PZ Cussons

PZ Cussons is a dynamic consumer products group and innovator of some of the world’s best known and loved brands. Calling on over 130 years of expertise, we operate internationally in carefully selected developed and emerging markets that present the greatest strategic potential for future growth. Our world-class supply chain and distribution networks enable us to meet our global consumer needs and deliver quality brands that add value and enhance everyday lives.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: IT Business Analyst

Job ID.: JR001474
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• Bridges the gap between business needs and technology solutions.
• Communicate with the top stakeholders in the organization to analyse business requirements, processes, and information systems, and will also help drive the business in the right direction by improving the products, services, and software with the help of data analytics.

Responsible to:

• Head of Digital & IT, Africa

Responsible for:

• No direct reports
• Would have key Internal Relationship with functional business leaders, commercial heads, Super Users and Regional Process Leads, other members of the global and regional IT teams, IT applications project team members.

Key Accountabilities

• Identifying the PZ SBU business needs and translating them into technical requirements
• Attending relevant business planning/production meetings to support to align needs of business with technical requirement
• Solution evaluation: Assessing potential technology solutions to meet business needs as aligned with Business Leaders and other stakeholders.
• Project management: Overseeing IT projects from conception to implementation.
• Stakeholder communication: Liaising between business stakeholders, IT teams, and vendors.
• Process improvement: Analyzing and optimizing business processes through technology.
• Testing and quality assurance: Ensuring solutions meet business requirements and quality standards.
• Training and support: Providing training and support to end-users.
• ROI analysis: Evaluating the return on investment (ROI) of IT projects.
• Driving digital transformation and process improvement.
• Provide deep SAP application knowledge in relevant areas on best practices and troubleshooting techniques to help drive improvements in the solution.
• Support the development and governance of the change/release plan to ensure changes are timely and well-managed.
• Provide structured input and advice to the Design Authority governance body so ensuring correct decisions are made.
• Provide first-line support to Regional Super Users and facilitate the Super User network.

Specifics and Key for F2S and P2P :

• P2P within SAP ECC:
• Materials Management (MM)
• Production Planning (PP)
• Logistics Execution (LE)
• Warehouse management (WM)
• Quality Management (QM)
• F2S within SAP SCM (APO)
• Supply Network Planning (SNP)
• Demand Planning (DP)
• Production Planning / Detailed Scheduling (PPDS)
• Integration between ECC & APO

Key Stakeholders: Internal/ External Relationships:

• Develop robust relationships with strategic stakeholders.

Applications Software suppliers:

• Local Vendors – for the translation of requirements into work packages and for subsequent testing
• Application Management Service (AMS) provider – for clarification of requirements, testing and change and release management.
• Internal relationships
• Africa IT Business Partners – to gather new requirements and identify opportunities to support the business functions
• Regional Super Users – to identify problems or opportunity areas and support the deployment of changes
• Global Business Solutions Team – identifying and assessing new requirements and providing feedback from the Region
• Design Authority – provide advice so ensuring correct decisions are

Requirements

• Educated to Bachelor’s Degree at least Degree level in an IT-related field.
• Proven track record in Business Analysis and/or Business Process Management
• Excellent knowledge of Supply Chain, Commercial, Retail, After Market or Finance processes gained through either working in a business environment or through exposure to ERP implementations.
• 4-5 years’ experience of implementing and supporting SAP systems ideally within retail or an FMCG.
• Technical knowledge of relevant SAP ECC 6.0 (PZC utilize SD Sales & Distribution, MM Material Management, PP Production Planning, FICO Financial Accounting & Controlling, AM Asset Management, QM Quality Management, PPM Portfolio & Project Management) modules, SCM 7.0 or BW 7.4.
• Experience of working in a matrix organization.
• Experience of successfully working in cross functional teams
• Experience of initiating and creating business process improvements with IT
• Ability to demonstrate planning and organizational skills
• Ability to demonstrate creative problem solving
• Strong team player, able to work closely with other IT BAs in the Global and Regional teams.
• Engaging and collaborative style
• Ability impact and convince others with logical data and reports.
• Good planning and organizational skills

Competencies:

• Managing Tasks
• Providing Solutions
• Team Working
• Providing Solutions.

Application Closing Date
31st August, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: IT Business & Data Analyst

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Grade: 5
Department: IT

Job Purpose

• This role is based in Lagos. Will forge a strong working relationship with business functions across Africa, enabling data-driven decision making through effective reporting and analytics solutions.
• The Business and Data Analyst is responsible for designing, developing and maintaining various reporting and analytics systems that empower data-driven insights and decision making across PZ Cussons.
• The role will work closely with business stakeholders and other team members to understand their reporting requirements and deliver user friendly, visually appealing and insightful reports and dashboards.
• Will be responsible for the administration and governance and user experience of reporting platforms like Power BI and Microsoft Fabric.

Responsible to:

• Reports directly to the Head of Digital and IT, Africa.
• Part of global data engineers and analysts
• Part of a team of Business Analyst within Regional IT

Responsible for:

• No direct reports.
• Would have key Internal Relationship with functional business leaders, commercial heads, Super Users and Regional Process Leads, other members of the global and regional IT teams across Africa.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of BI systems and technologies, such as data warehouses, data lakes, dashboards, reports, and data models, using SQL, Python, and other tools.
• Collaborate with data analysts, data scientists, and other stakeholders to understand their data requirements and provide data solutions that meet their needs.
• Perform data analysis, data validation, and data quality checks to ensure the accuracy and reliability of BI data and outputs.
• Implement and refine strong patterns and standards relating to data modelling, data pipelines and change management
• Administer and manage the reporting platforms, such as Power BI and Microsoft Fabric, including user management, security, and governance.
• Optimize and improve the performance, scalability, and user experience of reporting and analytics solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve any reporting or analytics issues that may arise.
• Document and communicate reporting best practices, standards, and processes.
• Transformation of data into usable structures.
• Optimise and improve the performance, scalability, and security of BI systems and technologies.
• Create data observability processes to highlight data quality issues and general health of the data products deployed
• Develop release pipelines for the data platform using Github Actions
• Troubleshoot and resolve any data or BI issues that may arise.
• Stay updated with the latest trends and developments in BI and data analytics.
• Supporting end users through training and documentation.
• Mentoring and training junior staff.
• Ensure that data compliance and security requirements are met during system build.

Key Stakeholders: Internal / External Relationships:

• Develop robust relationships with strategic stakeholders.

Knowledge / Skills / Qualifications / Technical / Professional Experience

• B. Sc degree in Computer Science or IT related field.
• 3- 4 years of business analyst, data analytics & project Management.
• Proven track record in Business Analysis and/or Business Process Management
• Extensive experience in BI development, data engineering or similar role.
• Proficient in reporting and data visualization tools like Power BI, Tableau, or similar technologies.
• Strong understanding of data modelling and semantic modelling for reporting and analytics purposes.
• Experience with SQL and data querying.
• Understanding of data warehousing and data integration concepts.
• Experience in gathering reporting requirements and translating them into effective visualizations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Understanding of UX concepts related to data visualisation and data products.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Understanding of the Microsoft cloud ecosystem, including Power BI and Microsoft Fabric.
• Experience in training and mentoring junior staff.
• Experience working with an agile framework, such as Scrum, Kanban, etc.
• Familiarity with data governance, security, and compliance best practices.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Instrumentation Engineer

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• To ensure efficient implementation and coordination of all site instrumentation services that will optimize operation strategies in improving productivity, improving product quality, reducing downtime, reducing waste and developing people’s skills.

Responsibilities
Operational:

• Ensures critical instrumentation systems and processes operate effectively, efficiently and safely.
• Ensures that maintenance cost is tracked and gradual reduction is noticed.
• Ensures that machines operate with minimal downtime
• Ensures reliability and maintainability of equipment.

Leadership:

• Assess technical competence of team and develop plans to address areas of improvement.
• Lead team by example.
• Plan human and material resources for execution of planned maintenance jobs.
• Ensure training/coaching of team for improved productivity and multi-skilling.
• Ensure team adheres strictly to HSE rules and regulations.
• To ensure the effectiveness of the Quality Management System (QMS) and improve on the system.

Innovations:

• Undertake continuous improvement activities to improve uptime, quality and reduce operational cost.

Key Accountability:

• Key Activities: To consistently and visibly demonstrate their personal commitment to an involvement in occupational Health and Safety issues at all times.
• Performance Indicators: Employees, contractors/suppliers and visitor Knowledge and awareness of site policies
• Key Activities: Ensures instrumentation systems and processes operate effectively, efficiently and safely.
• Performance Indicators: Documented calibration schedules.
• Key Activities: Ensures that machines operate with minimal downtime.
• Performance Indicators: Improved uptime
• Key Activities: Takes responsibility for compliance with all EMS related activities in the department.
• To prevent, reduce or control environmental pollution arising from environmental aspects identified in the department as documented in the EMS Manual, Departmental Aspect and Impacts register, EMS related SOPs and other relevant documents.
• Monitor and prepare environmental performance reports relating to the extent of compliance with EMS requirements

Performance Indicators:

• Prepare environmental performance reports in compliance to EMS requirements
• Key Activities: To drive and maintain a high performance in Occupational, Health & Safety and Environmental Care standard/practise
• To consistently and visibly demonstrate their personal commitment to an involvement in occupational Health and Safety issues at all times.
• Ensuring that all incident involving and/ or potentially involving, injury to persons, to property or environment are reported immediately
• Ensure that Health, Safety and Environmental issues are fully considered and successfully resolved during the design, installation and commissioning of all building/process/ procedural modifications and that an appropriate HSE Audit has been successfully completed before modification is handed over to operational management.
• To maintain procedures to enable a quick response to emergency situation if it occurs and minimise its impact on the Health & Safety of employees, contractors, stakeholder and Environmental
• To heighten employees’ HSE awareness and provide appropriate training for employees, emphasising individual responsibility for sound HSE management.
• To be aware of the hazards in the workplace under his control and control measures to reduce the risk presented by those hazards.
• To develop and maintain appropriate two-way communication and training programmes on HSE matters.

Performance Indicators:

• Employees, contractors/suppliers and visitor Knowledge and awareness of site policies
• Reduction in number of factory incidents
• Number of Management of change
• Response and recovery time
• Training Hour recorded and Reduction in number of incidents
• Reduction in number of incidents
• Training Hour recorded
• Key Accountability: To coordinate Good manufacturing Practice activities on site in line with agreed GMP standards (PZC GMP Standard/NAFDAC GMP requirements).

Requirements

• Knowledge, Skills & Experience Needed:
• Required Qualifications: B.Sc. / BEng.   Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Required Experience:

• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft office suite
• Excellent Analytical and Numerical skills
• Strong knowledge of monitoring and control systems, programmable logic controller
• Ability to work under pressure
• Sound knowledge of electrical circuit diagram interpretation.
• Ability to handle electronic equipment and tools.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem solving skills with a good eye for details.
• Excellent planning and scheduling skills.
• Good communication skills.

Application Closing Date
22nd September, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online