Recent Jobs in a Quick Service Outlet Chain in Lagos

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Hamilton Lloyd and Associates - Our client is a Quick Service Outlet chain with over 25 years of experience in providing rich pastries, Nigerian and continental dishes for the family. Due to internal expansion, we are looking to hire a highly tenacious candidate for the position below: Job Title: Business Development Manager Location: Lagos Job Summary

• The Business Development Manager shall work to improve an organization’s market position and achieve financial growth.
• The incumbent shall be responsible for locating, developing, defining, negotiating, and closing business relationships.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop a wide network of contacts and build effective relationships within the market place through which you will generate opportunities for new business.
• Opening profitable new accounts and build strong relationships with new customers.
• Maintain a strong knowledge of market trends including client and competitor activity and industry innovations.
• Help prepare and deliver all aspects of the strategic sales process including awareness campaigns, presentations, exhibitions and sales collateral.
• Work closely with the Operations team to identify new service stream opportunities with existing customers
• Convert leads to order and account manage the delivery of services through mobilization
• Actively contribute towards the successful delivery of the Divisions business plan and targets.

Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degrees in Marketing or other related courses.
• Minimum of 5 years’ related work experience

Additional Requirements:

• The ideal candidate must have an excellent knowledge of food service and generating revenue through new sales prospecting and client development.
• Significant experience of new business development within the food industry.
• Experience of developing cost proposals and writing tender documents.
• Experience of presenting at tender presentations.
• Proven track record of selling and achieving a sales target.
• Thorough understanding of the bid, tender and decision making process.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen.
• An understanding of contract legislation would also be an advantage.
• Demonstrate a total passion for food and service, including an understanding of a range of food trends and insights.

Job Title: Marketing Manager Location: Lagos Job Summary

• The Marketing Manager is responsible for the planning, direction, implementation and evaluation of marketing programs and strategies.
• Specifically supporting business strategies and projects including but not limited to sales growth, market penetration, customer retention, quality, image, improved profit margins and improved market share.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing a comprehensive marketing strategy (with tactical outcomes and timelines).
• Develops and manages systematic approach to implement and track marketing projects for region and corporate team.
• Focus groups, surveying, facility mapping, trend development, and competitive pricing analysis.
• Frequent client interaction reporting project status, planning innovation and presenting new ideas.
• Ensures necessary training and support are provided to the team and that brand standards are fully executed at all identified points of service, resulting in brand consistency.
• Supports front line management with administration of marketing training and development programs for employees.
• Assist in Safety communications.
• Investigates market trends; communicates results as they relate to the consumer, client, and region and/or designated accounts.
• Provides innovation in reporting and alternative market facing materials.
• Fosters long-term learning and development well organized, strong process management/organization skills and detail oriented.

Main Specifications

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business Administration or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum 6-8 years of marketing or related experience within the food and beverage, quick service restaurant, or consumer products industries.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to evaluate data, trends and consumer preferences and translate that into innovative concepts and solutions.
• A proven ability to increase sales and measure the impact/ROI on implementation of programs.
• Must be comfortable working in a client environment and having demonstrated the ability to communicate recommendations and solutions.
• A creative mind with “out-of-the-box” thinking skills is strongly desired.
• Digital marketing experience preferred.
• Ability to present ideas and influence others without authority, and have strong communication skills; interacting with clients, vendors and corporate leadership.

Job Title: Executive Chef Location: Lagos Job Summary

• The Chef oversees a restaurant's kitchen staff, handle administrative tasks, prepare meals, and plan menus.

Responsibilities

• Develop Work within month set food cost budget, adjust requisitions reduces waste and spoilage.
• Creates and implements menus, recipes, and costing and food quality standards.
• Controls all food requisitions and orders to ensure proper quantities and best quality is purchased.
• Control and direct the food preparation process and any other relative activities
• Must ensure that the food produced in the kitchen is presented properly and is of uniform quality
• Educate and train team members in compliance with company standards, service behaviors and country regulations.

Required Qualification and Experience

• A Degree in relevant course.
• Minimum of five (6) years’ work experience.

Additional Requirements:

• Proven experience as business manager or relevant role
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities
• Thorough understanding of diverse business processes and strategy development
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office, databases and information systems
• Good understanding of research methods and data analysis techniques.

Job Title: Pastry Chef Location: Lagos Job Summary

• The Pastry Chef shall responsible for the preparation a variety of pastries and other baked goods.
• The ideal candidate will be well-versed in culinary arts with a passion for sweet and delicious creations. They must adhere to health and safety standards to provide clients with the best possible serving.
• The goal is to enhance customer satisfaction so that we can maintain and expand our clientele.

Responsibilities

• Prepare a wide variety of goods such as cakes, cookies, pies, bread etc. following traditional and modern recipes
• Create new and exciting desserts to renew our menus and engage the interest of customers
• Decorate pastries using different icings, toppings etc. to ensure the presentation will be beautiful and exciting
• Monitor stocks for baking ingredients such as flour, sugar etc. and make appropriate orders within budget
• Check quality of material and condition of equipment and devices used for cooking
• Guide and motivate pastry assistants and bakers to work more efficiently.
• Identify staffing needs and help recruit and train personnel.
• Maintain a lean and orderly cooking station and adhere to health and safety standards

Main Specifications

• Education: Certificate in culinary arts, pastry-making, baking or relevant field
• Experience: Minimum of three (3) years’ work experience.
• Working knowledge of baking with ingredient limitations (pastries that are gluten free, sugarless etc.)

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Proven experience as Pastry Chef, baker or relevant role
• Great attention to detail and creativity
• Organizing and leadership skills
• Willingness to replenish professional knowledge
• In depth knowledge of sanitation principles, food preparation and baking techniques and nutrition

How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's, with the job title as subject, to: [email protected] Note: Only successful candidates will be contacted. Application Deadline  14th February, 2017.

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