[Vacancy] Information System Analyst at Promasidor

Promasidor was founded in 1979 by Robert Rose, who left the United Kingdom in 1957 for Zimbabwe to pursue his African dream. As Chairman of Allied Lyons Africa for over 20 years, he travelled extensively across Africa and gained a unique and thorough knowledge of the food industry throughout the continent. In particular he noticed a lack of availability of the one highly nutritious product that the developed world takes for granted – milk. He realised that with technology in the manufacture of milk powders advancing rapidly, there was an exciting opportunity to provide milk powder in small portions that could be packaged in flexible sachets. It was found that removing the animal fat from the milk and replacing it with vegetable fat allowed for a longer shelf life. This meant that for the first time, milk powder could be distributed across the vast African continent, providing access to affordable milk to everyone in Africa. A passionate belief in this vision fuelled the pioneering concept of selling filled milk powder in small sachets and Promasidor began selling the Cowbell brand in the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire) in 1979. Today Cowbell is sold in the majority of countries across the African continent.

Job Details:

Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
Experience: 2 – 3 years
Location: Lagos State
Job Field: ICT / Computer

About the job:

Business Analysis:

Elicit requirements using best practice techniques (interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process modelling, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task, and workflow analysis etc.).
Evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
Carry out requirements management, analysis, and communication.
Work as part of the team to liaise between the business units, technology teams and support teams.

Testing:

Develop and execute test plans.
Validate changes to PROMASIDOR Software Applications (for problem fixing, change request reasons or upgrades) and get appropriate sign-offs before the change is put in use in the “live” environment.
Responsible for all phases of the User Acceptance Testing process, and QA as it relates to PROMASIDOR
Software Application configuration.

Training and Communication:

Provide orientation, and training to end users of PROMASIDOR Software Applications.
Develop and update users’ manuals and training guides.
Provide comprehensive reporting and status back to ICT Information Systems’ line management.

Application Support:

Support PROMASIDOR Software Application Operation.
Contribute to the knowledge base and engage in knowledge transfer activities among team members and users.
Assist in the definition of software security settings/access roles for various user groups to ensure segregation of duties.
Create software functional specifications for development, customisations, and integration with third party applications.
Help define the PROMASIDOR Software Application usage, and integration of same applications with other systems and implement its features and functions to meet business requirements.
Document and understand our business requirements; and configure the software to meet them.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Informa,on Technology, or any other related course
2-3 years of experience in a business environment, performing as a Business Analyst
Knowledge of Business Process Analysis and Modelling
Knowledge of Dynamics NAV system
Excellent understanding of the end-to-end software development lifecycle
Strong understanding of accounting rules
Standard use of Microsoft office tools (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint…)