IT Manager

Our client, a well established Manufacturing Company with a chain of retail shops across East Africa is looking for an IT Manager. He / she will lead, plan and co-ordinate all activities within the company related to information technology.

Key Responsibilities;

• Provide a strong, business focused solutions for all applications and processes supported by MIS.
• Manage point of sales, retail, manufacturing, accounting and email systems.
• Provide a strong and secure infrastructure foundation using active directory IT security and firewalls.
• Manage and provide IT support of all IT infrastructures in offices and working environments retail outlets.
• Provide project management skills and support by using established methodologies.
• Formulate a clear IT strategic plan by identifying and aligning with key stakeholders.
• Lead and manage multi-disciplinary MIS team and ensure they are working in accordance with company strategy.
• Work with MIS team members to analyze and resolve on-going day by day issues.
• Research and recommend solutions locally and in collaboration with group MIS.
• Lead, execute and manage development and implementation of MIS systems as well as on-going support, upgrades and maintenance.
• Negotiate and manage IT agreements with vendors and partners and establish and develop key relationships and establish and ensure adherence to SLA’s.
• Establish security processes and regular monitoring of IT systems, data and access methods.
• Establish and control IT budgets.
• Develop a training schedule to improve and strengthen internal skills to ensure knowledge transfer.
• Formulate internal SLA’s for key application provision and ensure SLA adherence.
• Regularly review, improve and test disaster preparedness and data security and integrity.

Qualifications;

• Must have a Bachelor’s or Master’s in MIS or a related field.
• Must have a minimum 8 years as MIS manager or similar role.
• Must have experience working for a large retail or manufacturing company.
• Must have project management certification (Prince2, PMP).
• MCSE or software development certification.
• Extensive hands on management experience of help-desk functions.
• Knowledge and experience of software development lifecycle and managing development teams.
• Working knowledge of databases (Oracle, MSSQL).
• Working knowledge of older IT infrastructure (e.g. COBOL).
• Strong knowledge of firewalls and networking security.

Monthly gross salary: Ksh. 150,000 - 200,000/= (Approx. 1,500 - 2,000 USD) depending on experience

Deadline: 29th February 2016

Applications:

To apply, please follow the link:  http://bit.ly/1mEjn0B

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Categories: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, RETAIL