Current Job Vacancies at ENGIE Energy Access

ENGIE Energy Access is one of the leading Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) and mini-grids solutions provider in Africa, with a mission to deliver affordable, reliable and sustainable energy solutions and life-changing services with exceptional customer experience. The company is a result of the integration of Fenix International, ENGIEMobisol and ENGIEPowerCorner; and develops innovative, off-grid solar solutions for homes, public services and businesses, enabling customers and distribution partners access to clean, affordable energy.

ThePAYGosolar home systems are financed through affordable installments from $0.19per day and the mini-grids foster economic development by enabling electrical productive use and triggering business opportunities for entrepreneurs in rural communities. With over 1,700 employees, operations in 9 countries across Africa (Benin, Coted’Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia), over 1.2 million customers and more than 6 million lives impacted so far, ENGIE Energy Access aims to remain the leading clean energy company, serving millions of customers across Africa by 2025.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Tests Manager

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Position Overview

• We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented IT Test Manager to join our team at ENGIE Energy Access.
• As an IT Test Manager, you will be responsible for leading the testing efforts for our IT projects, ensuring the delivery of high-quality software solutions that meet business requirements.
• Your expertise in test management, test strategy development, and quality assurance within the EEA context will be instrumental in driving the success of our IT initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Test Strategy Development: Collaborate with project stakeholders, business analysts, and development teams to formulate comprehensive test strategies for our projects. Ensure alignment with business goals and requirements.
• Test Planning and Execution: Create detailed test plans and test cases, covering functional, integration, regression, and performance testing within the EEA context. Lead and oversee the testing process, ensuring timely and accurate execution.
• Test Automation: Identify opportunities for test automation and work with the testing team to design and implement automated test scripts. Continuously improve test automation coverage for efficient testing.
• Defect Management: Establish an effective defect management process for tracking and resolving issues. Coordinate with development teams to ensure timely resolution of identified defects.
• Test Environment Management: Collaborate with IT infrastructure and operations teams to set up and maintain appropriate test environments in compliance our requirements.
• Performance Monitoring: Monitor and analyze test results, performance metrics, and quality indicators for projects. Provide actionable insights to stakeholders and drive continuous improvement.
• Test Reporting and Documentation: Generate comprehensive test reports, including status updates, test coverage, and defect summaries, for communication with project stakeholders and management.
• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor the testing team members, fostering a collaborative and performance-driven work environment. Provide guidance and support for professional development.
• Stakeholder Communication: Establish strong relationships with project managers, business stakeholders, and other teams involved. Ensure transparent communication about testing progress and results.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5 years of experience as an IT Test Manager or in a similar leadership role focused on test management.
• Extensive experience in developing test strategies, test plans, and test cases for complex IT projects.
• Proficiency in test automation tools and frameworks, with a focus on enhancing testing efficiency.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail in test execution and defect management.
• Familiarity with various testing methodologies, such as Agile and Waterfall.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire testing teams, ensuring effective collaboration and results.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to interact with diverse stakeholders.
• Relevant testing certifications, such as ISTQB, are a plus.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

Job Title: Software Engineer

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose / Mission

• We are looking for a talented, self-starting software engineer to join the digital team to help deliver affordable solar power to emerging markets.
• This position offers a great opportunity to work alongside an elite team of engineers and business professionals and directly contribute to the success of a mission driven company with social and environmental impact. Candidates will get the opportunity to work in a diverse technology stack at scale.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the bi-weekly software planning sessions, together with product managers and engineers to discuss delivery time estimates, risks, and key practical considerations (such as technical debt, feasibility at scale ….)
• Take requirements and deliver a complete solution subject to all engineering best practices, timeline considerations and potential dependencies in the software with minimal to no supervision.
• Develop complex software that optimally uses resources to best meet customer needs.
• Participate and contribute to   architectural discussion on important areas of software that impact performance and reliability of our software. Identify and communicate risk in approaches or implementation details, assumptions, etc…
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance.
•  provide support where engineering intervention is required (e.g. due to bugs or performance problems, on-call).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a relevant Engineering discipline (Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science).

Experience and Skills
Required:

• At least 3 years of relevant experience
• Programming language proficiency in Python and mastery of at least one web frameworks (Django, Flask, fast API)
• Good knowledge of object relational mappers (and their implementation design patterns), No SQL, PostgreSQL, and storage options.
• Strong knowledge of design patterns and OOP practices, TDD
• Strong API development and documentation experience
• Experience using observability and monitoring tools.
• Working knowledge of good practices for computer and data security
• Experience with git: GitHub/Gitlab based source code management and deployment pipelines and best practice (CI/CD)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Desired:

• JavaScript and typescript proficiency with strong knowledge of one JS framework
• HTML4/5, CSS3, AJAX, Bootstrap along with strong knowledge of DOM.
• Strong software engineering and architectural patterns background (MVC, MVP, CQRS, DDD, SOLID, hexagonal, Microservices)
• Experience creating and maintaining scalable web applications in cloud context: elastic cache, distributed task processing, load balancing, containerization, clustering.
• Good experience on high availability, observability, and structured logging
• API design to scale in Python (REST, GraphQL,Apollo…)
• Knowledge of container and container orchestration
• Web and application Server backend management is a strong advantage.
• Good knowledge of web application security with standards such as OWASP
• Knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and its services, such as, but not limited to, EC2, RDS, EBS, S3, Lambda functions.

Language(s):

• English
• French is a plus.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

Job Title: Head of Commercial

Requisition ID:  14873
Location: Lagos (with travel throughout regional Nigeria, 25-50% of the time)
Job Grade: HL 19
Job Type: Full – Time
Contract Type:  Permanent
Deparment: Commercial
Division:  Energy Access
Reporting line: Country Director
Business Unit:  GBU Flexible Gen & Retail

Job Overview

• The Head of Commercial will play a critical role in ENGIE Energy Access Nigeria (EEAN). As Commercial Director, you are responsible for developing and implementing Sales, Marketing & Business Development (Partnerships) strategies to accelerate growth with our current and new, while maintaining strong customer repayments.
• You are also expected to identify new commercial opportunities, manage marketing efforts and coordinate the execution of market research and analysis to create business plans based on commercial opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Set and manage the overarching strategic direction, priorities and focus areas for sales commercial (sales, marketing and business development), cascading and ensuring alignment throughout EEAN.
• Manage consolidated country P&L commercial performance (primarily revenue and gross profit), with a secondary focus on driving overall EBITDA (given sales team core responsibilities for credit, product, operations, and CX outcomes).
• Where the country is underperforming on sales and commercial targets, manage turnaround efforts to remediate performance.
• Establish a best-in-class commercial operating model, with a high-impact and right-sized organizational structure, tools, reports, standards and systems.
• Lead our go-to-market strategy through understanding our customers, the market and competitive landscape then determining competitive positioning with regards to products, prices, channels and locations.
• Develop and lead a team a commercial team (including State Managers) on a local, regional and national level, with full responsibility for the team’s workplan, coaching and professional development.
• Lead and oversee strategic projects to improve commercial performance.

Detailed Responsibilities
Strategy, Planning & Budgeting (10%):

• Set and manage the overarching strategic direction, priorities and focus areas for commercial across EEAN over the short, medium and long-term
• Develop the commercial strategy to drive efficient customer acquisition and revenue growth throughout EEAN, including directly owning key inputs with our go-to-market strategy (locations, distribution channels, marketing, partnerships etc.) and collaborating cross-functionally to determine other key strategic inputs (e.g. product, pricing, CX, etc.)
• Ensure regions have localised strategies in line with the country strategy and have robust plans to deliver the country targets, including allocating sufficient investment and resources to reliably execute
• As part of the management team, provide thought partnership for cross-functional leads, provide input into strategies, act as a key stakeholder on cross-functional decisions and ensure that core commercial and enabling functions align with the sales strategy
• Develop the sales, marketing and business development team budgets, and track departmental expenditures, financial goals and budgets
• Where required, both lead and oversee strategic commercial projects to drive sales growth across EEAN

Governance, Reporting, Analytics & Performance Management (40%):

• Continuously manage country P&L performance, including:
  • Primary focus on revenue (though sales volumes, kit mix and price), gross profit (through maximizing sales of higher margin withs with a lower COGS) and cost of sale
  • Secondary focus on EBITDA, given sales team core responsibilities for credit, product, operations, and CX outcomes
• Set the overarching sales target setting process, approve regional sales targets
• Oversee the development of reports, analysis and insights for financial performance and other operational KPIs for sales (per sales manager / agent, active agents) and marketing (brand health, marketing spend, referrals, etc.)
• Establish the overarching governance framework to track performance against commercial goals, lead national] governance forums and hold State Managers and other departments accountable for results and plans
• Where there is underperformance, provide hands-on support to turnaround and make key decisions to remediate performance
• Continuously monitor performance of other key functions that drive sales, including product, pricing, sales, distribution, portfolio health, customer experience, software, and service with potential partners, working with them to take remediation action to address underperformance

Commercial Operations (30%):

• Lead and manage development of a robust sales operating model, including:
  • Develop procedures and policies for core sales operations functions (lead and opportunity management; recruitment and training, tools of trade, incentives, size and structure, government reporting and performance management etc.)
  • Implement procedures and policies throughout the sales function, monitor and ensure compliance, continually test and improve
• Lead and manage marketing operations, including:
  • Lead market research, including the market and competitive landscape to identify analyze threats and opportunities.
  • Segment EEA Nigeria’s customers and develop tailored strategies to target
  • Identify trends in customer behavior closely following sales, product usage, customer retention, upgrades and competitors, leveraging this data to enhance our commercial strategy.
  • Supervise all marketing channels and methods to ensure appropriate information is effectively communicated to external audiences (including leading campaigns).
• Establish and manage external partnerships, including negotiating ongoing contracts with suppliers and customers; managing and reviewing contracts and making recommendations regarding commerciality.

Leadership, Management & Culture (20%):

• Develop and lead a team of sales and commercial managers and analysts, including full responsibility for coaching and their professional development
• Manage the team’s work plan and workload to ensure delivery of agreed goals
• Help recruit, collaborate with, coordinate and train diverse teams such as Marketing and especially field sales and credit teams.
• Provide strong leadership, management and coaching for regional sales teams, including with support to other members of the Management Team

Manager Expectations
We believe that great managers:

• Deliver ambitious results: As a high-performing and accountable leader, you create an enabling environment for effective action and bold decision which contribute to successful delivery of results.
• Act with integrity: As an ethical leader you are honest, respectful, objective, and transparent. You create and build upon a foundation of trust and openness.
• Inspire and mentor the team: As an inspirational leader you walk the talk. You empower and coach your team with trust and humility.
• Are accessible: as an accessible leader, you develop and maintain deep connections with stakeholders through approachability and active listening.
• Ensure diversity and inclusion: as an inclusive leader, you ensure diversity and foster a sense of belonging

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration / Communications / Marketing / Journalism/ Public Relations or Business.
• MBA an added advantage.

Required Skills & Experience

• Minimum of 12 years’ experience in progressive business leadership experience, with 3+ years leading a Commercial function (particularly FMCGs, MNOs & financial institutions)
• Strong commercial capability across sales and marketing (particularly in B2C), with a demonstrated history of leading and delivering strong commercial results
• Outstanding leadership, having led large field-based sales teams and the ability to create a performance culture with strong governance, accountability and results
• Strong understanding of the Nigeria commercial environment, ideally with time spent in various regions throughout Nigeria
• General strategic, analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to set and communicate the strategic vision for commercial throughout the organization
• Ability to lead high-impact cross-functional strategic commercial projects end to end (including planning, analysis, conclusions and implementation) to achieve results
• Exceptional judgement and decision-making skills, with the ability to independently assess and take action to achieve results
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to develop relationships with key functional leads (especially Customer Finance, Customer Experience and Operations) but also with external strategic commercial partners
• Demonstrated passion for our mission, values and customers!

Language(s):

• English
• French is a plus

Technology:

• Knowledge of the latest communications related software, applications

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

Job Title: Freight Projects Manager

Requisition ID:  11457
Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Full – Time
Contract Type:  Permanent
Division:  Energy Access
Business Unit:  GBU Flexible Gen & Retail

Job Purpose/Mission

• The Freight Projects Manager is a critical link between upstream and downstream operations to ensure the smooth flow of goods from origin to destination by providing custodianship over quality freight services, while isolating, sealing, and implementing opportunities for cost optimization through efficient selection, contracting, onboarding, monitoring, and continuous improvement of freight vendor services for sea, air, rail, and land freights.
• This position requires acute internal/external relationships management skills to communicate with cross-functional teams and partners, including supply chain, operations, markets, freight service vendors and the senior leadership, as well as data driven monitoring of partner’s performance through KPIs monitored daily, weekly, monthly to identify and implement improvements in freight processes and services.

Responsibilities 

• Manage and optimize Sea Freight services from all providers (vendors). Track, measure, report and evaluate performance to optimize product flow and service costs.
• Liaise with service providers via daily/weekly/ monthly/ quarterly (as applicable) meetings to understand issues and barriers to meeting performance target and driving future improvements.
• Develop and implement performance improvement plans, leveraging internal cross functional expertise and resources. Report performance and provide insights via weekly/ monthly/ quarterly (as applicable) forums with senior leadership (or procurement/ sourcing team as required).
• Track, assess and resolve all issues, providing mitigation to management and senior leadership. Actively identify, document and lead opportunities to continuously enhance efficiency and quality delivered by external and internal partners.
• Facilitate vendor searches, contracting, onboarding, and portfolio benchmarking and with internal stakeholders as required. Negotiating contracts with carriers to find the best rates for freight shipments.
• Establish professional relationships with vendors and suppliers to develop new business opportunities. Maintain awareness to sea freight operators of service quality and cost, review carrier choices, service frequency, transit times to ensure a competitive advantage.
• Ensure vendors are continuously supported and aware of performance goals and contractual obligations. Work closely with the department quality supervisor to monitor and control monthly KPIs which enable company performance requirements.
• To establish and maintain business relations with Customs, Agents, Brokers, Shipping Lines, suppliers, or any other local business partners; negotiating contracts and setting clear standards for the vendors to deliver agreed KPIs consistently.
• Become the contact window to provide business support to internal and external freight partners and networks by enabling the team to provide timeline responses including solutions and proposals for further optimization opportunities.
• To support country operations and supply chain customers to develop Sea Freight Operating Model and drive improve KPIs. Initiate corrective route plans to improve department service, quality, and data led cross-functional decision making for key freight results.
• Reviewing shipping documentation to ensure compliance with company standards and federal regulations. Maintaining records of all incoming and outgoing shipments, including tracking numbers, dates, and customer information
• Coordinating with insurance companies to ensure that cargo is covered for damage or loss during transport.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders (finance, supply chain, operations) to align favorable incoterms for shipping to the 9 markets in EEA.
• Communicating with key internal and external customers regarding shipment details and delivery schedules.
• At EEA, we have high expectations for our managers. Each manager plays a key role in creating an exceptional experience not only for our customers but for every person on our team. Our managers help EEA realize our ambitious goals while developing their own leadership skills and facilitating growth for their direct reports.

We believe that great managers:

• Deliver ambitious results: As a high-performing and accountable leader, you create an enabling environment for effective action and bold decisions which contribute to successful delivery of results.
• Act with integrity: As an ethical leader you are honest, respectful, objective, and transparent. You create and build upon a foundation of trust and openness.
• Inspire and mentor the team: As an inspirational leader you walk the talk. You empower and coach your team with trust and humility.
• Are accessible: as an accessible leader, you develop and maintain deep connections with stakeholders through approachability and active listening.
• Ensure diversity and inclusion: as an inclusive leader, you ensure diversity and foster a sense of belonging.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Freight forwarding, Procurement of imports / exports services or international business management or other closely related fields.
• A Master’s Degree in Business Management or Financial Management, Contractual Law or related field is an added advantage.
• Possesses critical certifications in supply chain planning such as CSCP, CPIM, CLTD, CIPS, SCPro, or other relevant supply chain management association certifications.

Experience and skills:

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in freights management, vendor management, shipping, clearing, and forwarding, imports / exports business.
• Proven track record of developing and implementing freight management and optimization processes that drive business results and cost reductions in fast-paced supply chain environments.
• Experience and comfort dealing with contractual freight agreements that may impact critical business decisions, procurement, bidding, and tendering processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to use performance related data to drive key decisions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams – experience to speed up decision making is important.
• Strong leadership and team management skills with the ability to develop and motivate a team.

Language(s):

• English
• French is a plus (for West Africa).

Technology:

• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, NAV, Oracle is very important.
• Experience with other supply chain software and tools such as Streamline, JDA, Logility, Infor are an added advantage.
• Advanced user analytics tools such as Tableau, Mzee, PowerBi, Excel, are important for this role.
• Experience working with customs interfaces for declarations, import, assessment, are an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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