Taafoo Job Vacancies in Lagos October 2014

Taafoo is one of the leading online destination in Nigeria. Started in August 2009 as a social messaging platform, taafoo com has evolved into a top ecommerce company in Nigeria. The taafoo.com team is a team that values Character and Individuality. Our work environment is flexible
and you are at liberty to explore your creativity.

We encourage our employees to aspire for the sky plus you have the opportunity to be a pioneer in the online retail space in Nigeria.

Enjoy each day as you meet people with diverse interests and skill. We have a passion for development that’s why we train our Staff to bring out the best in them.

Taafoo is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of Marketing

Location: Lagos
Available Slots: 1

Job Summary

    We currently are seeking the Head of Marketing who will work directly with management to grow online and in-store foot traffic using social media, guerrilla marketing, direct marketing and partnerships with complementary businesses.

Responsibilities

    Develop and grow channels for reaching consumers for taafoo.
    Structure, negotiate and close opportunities that drive traffic to taafoo Fashion Mall, Oregun taafoo.
    Leverage direct marketing, social media, search engine marketing, affiliate marketing & partnerships heavily as a marketing tool.
    Advice executives on competitive landscape and opportunities.
    Prepare written presentations, marketing & activity reports.
    Develop and execute consumer loyalty schemes.
    Continually learn new product knowledge and acquire better marketing skills.
    Attend and participate in sales meetings, product seminars and trade shows.
    Drive search engine marketing initiatives for taafoo.
    Manage and direct activities of other marketing team members.
    Develop PR models to increase mention of taafoo in the media.
    Maximize guerilla marketing techniques to maximize marketing ROI for taafoo.

Requirements:

    B.Sc Minimum in Sales, Marketing, Business Administration or related field.
    5-7 years experience, preferably in retail.
    Marketing concepts & strategy.
    Internet usage patterns & trends.
    Confidence & motivation.
    Dedication to concept.
    Deal development and closing.
    Must have Social Media, Search Engine Guerilla marketing experience.
    Must be willing to travel nationwide.

Job Title: Head of Sales

Location: Lagos
Available Slots: 1

Job Summary

    We are currently seeking for Head of Sales who will work directly with management to to drive sales plan, strategy and overall revenue target via all sales channels for taafoo.

Major Activities

    Develop and implement monthly and annual sales plan.
    Establish sales objectives by forecasting and developing channel quotas; projecting expected sales volumes and profit for existing and new product departments.
    Maintains sales volume, product mix, and selling price by keeping current with supply and demand, changing trends, economic indicators and competitors.
    Manage, recruit and develop sales team on all channels.
    Establish and adjusts selling prices by monitoring costs, competition and supply and demand.
    Create and sustain performance culture that consistently exceeds the expectations of all stakeholders (employees, customers, shareholders).
    Implement robust and ongoing performance measures and reviews to drive strong sales execution.
    Ensure on-going optimization of the sales function.
    Prepare written presentations, sales & activity reports.
    Continually learn new product knowledge and acquire better sales skills.
    Attend and participate in sales meetings, product seminars and trade shows.
    Represent the business at conferences, trade fairs and networking events.
    Set a clear direction for the sales team and ensure priorities are clear at all times.

Requirements:

    B.Sc Minimum in Sales, Marketing, Business Administration or related field.
    5-7yrs of sales experience especially in organizations that drive growth in revenue, number of customers and lifetime value of customers.
    Experience in retail sales strongly with advanced degree in business, technology or related field preferred.
    Ability to foresee, interpret and rapidly respond to market changes by adjusting strategies and realigning priorities accordingly.
    Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to motivate and inspire others to perform and achieve results in a diverse team.
    Strong business and analytical acumen.
    Strong execution focus and ability to develop solutions and strategies to further accelerate growth in untapped markets.
    Advanced written and verbal communication skills.
    Proven focus on customer acquisitions and revenue growth.
    Must be willing to travel nationwide.

Job Title: Customer (Telesales) Associate

Location: Lagos
Available Slots: 3

Job summary
We currently are seeking Customer Service (Telesales) Associates who will work with in a team to convert prospects to customers and therefore increase business profitability.

Responsibilities:

    Courteous and prompt cold calls /warm calls in a bid to establish profitable business relationships.
    Services existing accounts, obtains orders, and establishes new accounts by organizing team’s work schedule to call on existing or potential sales targets.
    Monitors changes in sales results and competitive developments.
    Responds/Resolves customer inquiries/complaints (online&offline) by investigating problems; developing solutions and preparing reports.
    Provides support to floor sales customers as needed.
    Provides historical records/trends by maintaining records on customer sales.
    Achieves daily work schedules/sales target for the telesales team.
    Actively participates in the telesales team to ensure accomplishment of work schedules within deadline.
    Helps to establish process improvement within the telesales team.
    Any other duties that may be assigned to you by the Head, Telesales from time to time.

Qualifications and Requirements:

    Minimum OND in a related discipline.
    1-2 years Experience in Retail or Online Industry.
    Ability to multi-task and work under pressure.
    Deal Closer in nature.
    Charismatic, Mature and pleasant attitude.
    Great attention to detail.
    Ability to meet assigned deadlines.
    Proactive and independent.
    Flexible and enthusiastic.
    Solid organizational and computer skills.
    Excellent written and verbal communication.

Job Title: Head of Software Development

Location: Lagos
Available Slots: 1

Job Summary

    We currently are seeking the Head of Software Development who will responsible for designing, building, testing, deployment, maintenance and growth of all software development aspect for taafoo across all platforms.

Responsibilities:

    Design, build and test applications, modules and functions for taafoo. taafoo is currently using ASP . NET, ASP MVC and AJAX.
    Establish a clear vision for software development within taafoo.
    Assist with building a world class software team.
    Implement software development methodologies, best practices and standards for producing the highest product quality.
    Contribute new features that facilitates usage of website and reduces bounce rates.
    Incorporate design elements using CSS into taafoo to facilitate maintainability.
    Troubleshoot and fix bugs identified from production website.
    Design build scalable technical architectures for growth of taafoo.
    Manage Integration effort with Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Hotmail other relevant third-party sites.
    Leverage New technologies such as Cloud Computing for Scalability of taafoo.

Qualifications and Requirements:

    5 years programming experience.
    5 years Internet programming experience.
    Problem analytic solving.
    Confidence motivation.
    Problem solving analytic thinking.
    Organization planning.
    Creativity.
    ASP . NET, ASP.MVC in out.
    Basic Andriod n Mobile App Development Experience.
    Server architecture design.
    Software development, testing, deployment approaches.
    Software testing.
    Visual Studio Environment.

Job Title: HR Manager

Location: Lagos
Available Slots: 1

Job summary

    We currently are seeking the HR Manager – Recruitment & Training who will work with management to handle all recruitment and training needs for employees at taafoo

Responsibilities

    Assist with recruitment, selecting, orienting and training employees.
    Maintain the work structure by updating job requirements and job descriptions for all positions.
    Establish recruiting, testing, and interviewing programs.
    Conduct and analyze exit interviews.
    Manage the employee onboarding process.
    Assist with the company training development and training plan management.

Qualifications and Requirements

    Minimum of a degree in a related discipline.
    Minimum of 3 year working experience in similar role.
    Knowledge of HR Recruitment processes.
    Computer literate – strong Excel and Database Management skills.
    Good communication skills.

Job Title: Image/Photoshop Associate

Location: Lagos
Available Slots: 3

Job Summary

    We are currently seeking for Image/Photoshop Associates who will work with others to take pictures with Digital Camera, Crop and Treat with Photoshop then upload pictures with data to taafoo and other partner websites.

Major Activities

    Uploading Product description and pictures to taafoo.
    Taking pictures of products that need to be uploaded to taafoo.
    Crop Treat Pictures with Adobe Photoshop.
    Description products uploaded to taafoo and other third party sites.

Skills Required

    Fast Typing Skills.
    Ability to use a digital camera.
    Ability to differentiate colors (Not color blind).
    Creativity.
    Good command of English.
    Usage of Photoshop a plus.
    Quick Learner.
    Good command of English Language.
    OND minimum.


How to Apply

Interested candidates should forward their CV’s to: Careers@taafoo.com with The Job Title as the Subject of the email eg: “Head of Sales.”


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