Business Innovation Manager

Sahara Group nutures businesses in the energy sector. These companies operate essentially within the energy industry and its associated sub-sectors. The Group consists of individuals, who are determined to make a positive impact on the business environment.

We are recruiting to fill the below position:

Job Position: Business Innovation Manager
Job Location: Nigeria
Job Grade: Supervisor
Line Manager: Business Innovation Manager

Purpose Statement

• The Business Technology Analyst performs activities including evaluation of technology solutions, process design and re-engineering as well as synthesis of innovative business solutions. 

Key Deliverables

• Synthesis of out-of-the world tech ideas to solve current and future business problems
• Documentation of business cases to evaluate new ideas and concepts
• Documentation of data flow diagrams, flowcharts, etc for the communication of ideas to application developers
• Evaluation of solutions presented by app developers to ensure they meet requirements
• Creation of business solutions from analysis of simple to complex datasets
• Championing activities that can funnel innovative ideas to the department
• Communicate effectively and persuasively in a business context
• Supports team goals
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Business Innovation Manager

Knowledge/Skills

• Strong quantitative and analytic skills
• Excellent business writing and verbal communication skills
• Excellent numeracy skills
• Excellent project management skills
• Intermediate to advance modelling skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio for effective presentation of ideas

Minimum Qualification/ Experience:

• A University degree (Preferably in Computing, Engineering or Management Sciences)
• 2 - 5 years of cognate working experience (Post NYSC)

Personality Traits:

• Candidates must be highly imaginative and open-minded
• Candidate must be able to multitask and manage multiple projects at the same time
• Candidate must be result-oriented
• Articulate, effective written and verbal communication
• Candidates must be tech-savvy
• Candidate must possess strong interpersonal skills

Working Relationships

• Board of Directors
• Business Innovation Manager
• Application Developers
• Business Heads
• External stakeholders