Systems / Development Executive African Cotton Industries

Job Details

• Do you look at a system and clearly see ways of improving and making it more efficient?
• Do you believe that online shopping is the future of retail?
• Are you able to set up and manage an online shopping platform?
• Do you want to work in a multi-functional organisation growing and expanding across the region?
• Are you an agent of change and transformation in how we approach doing business in 21st century Africa?
• Do you want to create the next big thing?

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African Cotton Industries is an established FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) manufacturing firm head quartered in Nairobi, Kenya. The firm has been producing and marketing its own brands across the region for over 50 years.

As part of the 5-10 year growth strategy, the business is looking to heavily invest in technology. We are looking for an enthusiastic, intelligent and experienced candidate to:

• Set up e-commerce solutions for both current and new product categories the firm is targeting to launch.
• Work with the existing ERP to drive better business systems, controls and reporting.
• Optimise existing (manual) systems, across all aspects of the organisation: Finance, Sales & Marketing, Administration, HR, Production, Distribution and Logistics.
• Refresh and maintain the corporate website.
• Manage the social media marketing efforts together with the Marketing Department.

Requirements

• Minimum 2.1 (upper 2nd Class) in ICT related field
• Hands on experience in setting up successful web and mobile based e-commerce solutions
• Strong ability to problem solve; with creative, and out-of-box thinking
• Excellent leadership skills, independent and innovative thinking, strong organizational and planning abilities and excellent analytical and implementation skills
• Independent worker who can project manage from vision to completion

Please send in both a CV and Cover Letter detailing why you are the ideal candidate for this role to: careers@africancotton.com