VACANCIES AT BLUE MAHOGANY

About us.

We are a fully integrated interior design company dedicated to providing bespoke interiors for residential and commercial clients across Nigeria. To further strengthen our capacity to deliver, we require an exceptional candidate in the roles mentioned below;

1. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER – DSI/BDM/001:

Job Summary

The Business Development Manager seeks and sells new business opportunities, while managing client relationships and developing and executing marketing strategies.

Key Result Areas (KRAs)

The key result area(s) of this role are:

Revenue Growth

• Achieve personal sales targets by developing new business with existing and potential clients
• Take a proactive and consultative approach to ensuring that clients’ needs are accurately met.
• Develop and implement sales strategy
• Design and development of new service packages.
• Design and present effective and professional graphic presentations on Blue Mahogany Limited’s products and services.
• Initiate regular market research to identify new business opportunities and potential clientele.
• Prepare proposals, detailed cost profiles and contract documents for review by Senior Designer and Creative Director prior to negotiation with clients.
• Representing Blue Mahogany at appropriate professional events such as exhibitions and shows.

Client Experience

• Deliver an excellent client experience at all times, ensuring client needs are met or exceeded.
• Proactive and responsive to clients and prospective clients.
• Deliver an outstanding sales process, sales support and after sales support to clients.
• Offer assistance and explanation when difficulties arise and ensure that satisfactory solutions are obtained for both the customer and Blue Mahogany.
• Proactively develop and improve processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness of service provided to clients.
• Identify, build and maintain client, consultant and agent business relationships and network.

The Person

• Minimum academic qualification of a Higher National Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in business administration or any related field.
• 6 - 8 years relevant experience in sales and marketing, business development, branding corporate communications.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and business presentation skills.

Job Application information

• Interested applicants should please send their CV to recruitment@cipmnigeria.org with the job title and corresponding code as the subject of the email.
• Application closes on July 29th 2014.

2. CLIENT RELATIONSHIP & SOCIAL MEDIA OFFICER – DSI/CRSM/002:

Job Summary

This role is responsible for improving the overall client experience by acting as the link between the client and the organisation. The role is also responsible for business development in the form of generating repeat business from customers.

Key Result Areas (KRAs)

The key result areas of this role are:

Relationship Management;

• Resolving service or product problems by addressing client complaints
• Manage customer arrivals to maximize relationship building opportunities
• Attract potential clients by answering service / product enquiries.
• Plan and execute client appreciation events, seasonal events and client gift distribution.
• Manage the handover process upon project completion.
Provide post project completion services in form of follow up discussions with clients to measure satisfaction

Administration

• Preparation of weekly service or product reports from analysis of client feedback information.
• Maintaining client records by updating client information database.
Social Media
• Develop and implement Blue Mahogany’s social media strategy, develop online brand awareness, generate traffic to online platform and grow sales of the business through the online space.
• Develop an online content strategy.
• Develop and implement traffic conversion strategy.
• Manage social media marketing campaigns and day-to-day activities.
• Monitor, listen and respond to users in a cordial and positively social manner.
• Create and maintain an online blog and expand community of readers.
• Oversee the design of all Blue Mahogany social media platforms.
• Become an advocate for the organisation in social media spaces, engaging in dialogues and answering questions were necessary.

The Person

• Minimum academic qualification of a Higher National Diploma (HND) or Bachelor’s degree in mass communication, business administration, digital marketing or any relevant or related field.
• A minimum of 3 years related work experience.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Job Application information
• Interested applicants should please send their CV to recruitment@cipmnigeria.org with the job title and corresponding code as the subject of the email.
• Application closes on July 29th 2014.


3. FINANCE MANAGER– DSI/FM/003

Job Purpose

This role is responsible for providing financial management services in order to ensure effective, efficient and accurate financial and administrative operations through provision of financial advisory services to the management, budget development and implementation and general financial support.
Key Result Areas (KRAs)

The key result areas of this role are:

Financial Advisory Function:
• Provide financial and investment advice to the CEO and stakeholders in the business.
• Financial management through control of expenditure, asset management and risk management.

Budget Preparation and Implementation:
• Budget preparation for a financial year.
• Budget monitoring and quarterly reporting.

Financial Reporting:
• Preparation of profit and loss, financial statements on individual projects.
• Treasury report
• Monthly management report
• Monthly stock valuation report.

Account Management:
• Preparation of monthly bank statements.
• Follow up on debtors and creditors and reconcile company accounts.
• Review bank postings from the assistant Accountant and post transactions.
• Drafting Bill of Quantity (BOQ) to determine profit or loss on a project.
• Issuance of invoices and payment monitoring.

Business Administration:
• Payroll preparation and administration.
• Management of the Assistant Accountant

Organizational Tax Management :
• Calculating and reconciling income tax payments of all employees to ensure adherence with National Taxation Legislation.
• Forecasting, calculating and ensuring payment of corporate tax in adherence to National Taxation Legislation

The Person:
• Minimum academic qualification of an advanced degree in accounting and/or finance.
• 6 - 8 years relevant experience, 3 of which must be demonstrable experience spent at a management level managing teams, resources and people.
• Membership of professional associations such as ICAN, ACCA.
• Knowledge of the Microsoft office package and other accounting software.
• Excellent communication and business presentation skills.


Job Application information
• Interested applicants should please send their CV to recruitment@cipmnigeria.org with the job title and corresponding code as the subject of the email.
• Application closes on July 29th 2014.


4. PROJECT COORDINATOR – DSI/PC/004:

Job Summary

This role is responsible for delivering design projects of varying size, scope and complexities. The coordinator is responsible for directing, organizing, coordinating and controlling all project activities on behalf of Blue Mahogany

Key Result Areas (KRAs)

The key result areas of this role are:

Project Planning, Implementation and Delivery
• Project management from initial concept to project delivery
• Preparation of project organization and communication chart.
• Regular site inspection for individual projects
• Coordination of time lines, order deliveries, and installations.
• Prepare project completion documents on behalf of Blue Mahogany.
• Interpretation of Autocad and 3Ddrawings.
• Report writing on status of projects twice a week.
• Managing core project themes of cost, time and quality.
• Responsibility for risk assessment and health and safety on all project sites

Vendor Relationship Management:

• Coordinating all vendors and contractors to final delivery of project.
• Dissemination of design information and update to vendors
• Vendor research, communication and relationship management
• On-site quality check and control
• Management of contractor Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

Client Relationship Management:

• Client meeting attendance/participation
• Circulation of project information to the Client Relationship Officer for weekly client update and social media distribution

Project Budget and Financial Management

• Management of project budget
• Weekly updates on spending and financial requirements to the finance team
• Negotiation of vendor agreements in conjunction with the Estimation and Billings Officer and Practice Manager

The Person
• Minimum academic qualification of a Higher National Diploma (HND) or Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Civil Engineering or any related fields.
• Minimum of 6 years work experience in project management, construction or project site management.
• Proficiency with Microsoft office package, Microsoft Project, Autocad, Archicad, Revit and other design and construction management software.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Job Application information
• Interested applicants should please send their CV to recruitment@cipmnigeria.org with the job title and corresponding code as the subject of the email.
• Application closes on July 29th 2014.