Vacancy for a Research Executive at The Place, Lagos

The Place is a trademark of Smackers Limited. It is a profitable player in the QSR industry in Nigeria with great prospects and staff strength of +1400 employees. Currently, our operations span across 17 locations (15 stores and 4 central operation units) in Lagos, Nigeria, with rapid expansion plans to penetrate more locations in the short to medium term. Our current management team consists of experienced hands with over 60 years of experience that spans industry as well as management consulting in foremost multinational professional services companies. We are recruiting to fill the position below:     Job Title: Research Executive Location: Lagos, Nigeria Job Type: Full-time Job Description

• Coordinate the plantain purchase , receipt and distribution process
• Carry out research on farm produce
• Monitor the preservation and packaging of ripened and diced plantain
• Ensure plantain distributed across outlet meet up with specification
• Documentation of all research and processing materials.
• Monitor and document local ripening process at the warehouse
• Liaise with plantain farmers at Edo state and IITA in fostering a good working relationship

• 3 - 4 years post NYSC experience in Food processing plant
• Work experience with any agric research institute will be a plus
• A science graduate of Food Technology, Agriculture, Botany.