BPCS Programmer/IBMi BPCS Technical Lead

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

● Understand the business and the potential to promote the business and brand.

● Analyzing market and sales information

● Identification of prospective clients.

● Preparing a go-to marketing strategy on digital, social media and print media

● Set up a Brand identification strategy and execution plan

● Research competitive products by identifying and evaluating product characteristics,

market share, pricing, and maintaining research databases.

● Tracks product line sales and costs by analyzing data and reviewing the competitors

reach

● Supports sales staff by pre-sales tasks, providing sales data, market trends, forecasts,

account analysis, new product information; relaying customer service requests

● Follow up with Clients through the CEO's contacts

● Website maintenance and press releases

● Marketing collateral – creation and maintenance and presentations

● E – campaign coordination

● Setting up tracking systems for marketing campaigns and online activities

● Reporting to management on marketing and sales activities

Must Haves:

● A marketing professional with a BBM/MBA in marketing

Must Haves:

● A marketing professional with a BBM/MBA in marketing.

● 4+ years of relevant experience.

● Academics from the city, where communication skills both written and spoken are

excellent.

● A dynamic professional who is very articulate, driven, and creative.

● Someone who understands the fundamentals of marketing (the 4P’s) as a foundation.

● The incumbent needs to be an expert in digital marketing that includes

a. Designing and conceptualizing visual aids – LinkedIn banners, videos, etc

b. Written skills to create thought leadership posts, blogs, etc

c. Content management to work around the products on digital mediums

d. An expert in LinkedIn and other digital tools

e. Google and derivatives

f. Website and traffic generation

g. Market research and campaigns

h. Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment

Requirements:

- Writing, editing and proofreading website content.

- Write Articles, Blogs, Social media,  Forum and other SEO best practices.

- Develop content to support SEO strategies to drive traffic to the site and improve website Ranking.

- Understanding of Web publishing requirements.

- Experience in creating content for the web and growing a social audience.

- Editorial mindset with an ability to predict audience preferences.

- Expertise in social media platforms.

- Collaborate with multiple teams to develop compelling content plans.

- Ability to deliver high-quality documentation paying attention to details.  

- Basic Knowledge of technical terminologies.

- Excellent communication skills in English both written and spoken.

ABOUT COMPANY

Our client is one of the strongest Consumer brands in the Bakery category, having a 25000 sq ft state-of-the-art centralized manufacturing facility with European equipment near Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The founding team consists of a ‘Master Baker’ from Le Cordon Bleu, Paris, one of the finest culinary institutes in the world and an IIM-A alumni with a McKinsey background.

JOB PURPOSE

The role requires to develop business by planning, directing and implementing sales strategies and programs to achieve or exceed the sales objectives for the company. Business Channels are Traditional Retail in Distribution, Modern retail, General trade and Corporate sales business for our bakery products

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. To effectively manage the business in the concerned cities/regions and achieving the sales objectives

a. Setting targets and monitoring them monthly to ensure that they are in line with the business plan

b. Meeting the revenue and margin targets for the business

c. Generating sales of company products through a team of salesmen/retail promoters in order to achieve or exceed the annual sales targets

d. Analyzing the sales trend and taking corrective actions wherever necessary

e. Any other special assignments as applicable

2. To develop and maintain a strong sales infrastructure and an aggressive sales team

a. Managing, directing and coordinating the activities of the Area Sales Managers & Sales Officers

b. Sales team deployment as per the company's requirement and as per the budget

c. Accomplishing sales human resource objectives by orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counselling, and disciplining employees in assigned retail stores

d. Appointing the right set of channel partners with appropriate experience, good infrastructure, financially strong and with an attitude to grow.

3. To plan, prepare and exist control over sales budget, sales forecast, sales plan etc.

a. Developing sales plan to ensure optimum utilization of resources in the region

b. Meeting sales financial objectives by forecasting requirements

c. Preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analysing variances and initiating corrective actions

d. Ensuring that all promotions are within the budget

e. Preparing sales growth blueprint for the future

4. To ensure coordination and relationship management with distributors, customers, as well as other departments

a. Ensuring that distributors and customers in the region are provided with information about new products and services in order to improve sales in the region

b. Developing and maintaining an efficient distribution network

c. Ensuring commercial hygiene by monitoring damages, complaints etc

d. Liaising with the Marketing team to ensure that adequate marketing support by way of merchandising and promotions is available in order to provide brand visibility and promote sales in the region

e. To continuously gain and update category and channel expertise

f. Continuously acquiring knowledge regarding the industry, market construct, and customer behaviour to enable effective business plans

g. Acquire knowledge regarding competition product, strategies to counter attack competition in the best possible manner

SKILL REQUIREMENTS

1. Knowledge: 

a. Sound knowledge of sales and sales administration processes

b. Strong understanding of modern trade and general trade

c. Understanding of perishable/limited shelf life products (e.g. dairy, bakery, juices etc) would be preferable

d. Knowledge of ERP systems would be a plus

2. Skills: 

a. Strong leadership skills

b. Excellent communication and negotiation skills

c. Presentation skills

d. Ability to manage and lead a team

e. Strong decision making ability

f. Ability to build relationships

g. Excellent business acumen

3. Attitude: 

a. Self-motivator

b. Aggressive

c. Sincere

d. Positive approach to problem solving

e. Commitment to achieving the sales targets

f. Dynamic and exploratory

4. Educational Level

a. Graduation: Any specialization

b. Post-Graduation (Must-have): PGDM/ MBA in Marketing or Sales Management

5. Experience

a. Preferably be from FMCG or Organised Modern retail background

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Candidates from Mumbai who can join immediately are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performing quantitative and qualitative research based on the project requirements (Use/Implement other market research databases, tools, and methodologies for executing the project as per the contract)
• Compiling data and preparing reports related to the current market and sharing a depth understanding of market trends, customer demographics, market sizing, and other factors influencing the product and service
• Analyzing and interpreting project data to identify patterns and offer solutions/consultation to the clients
• Supporting other consultants/analysts in the organization to deliver optimum results for a project
• Liaising with the client to keep them updated regarding project status, deliverables, and other related information
• Market research for competitors, customers, suppliers, industries, market trends, and technologies
• Prepare competitor and customer profiles and reports including operational, financial, and corporate data
• Prepare Competitive Benchmarking reports (technical and financial)
• Prepare analysis of targeted industries

Qualifications

• Master's/Bachelor's degree in Business or Economics or a related discipline
• 2 - 3 years of experience working with data in a related field
• Excellent communication skills
• Fluency in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

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They have a development center in Mumbai and they are looking to scale up the teams in Pune and Bangalore as well.

What does the role entail:

● Design, develop, and maintain software applications using .NET Core ,C#

● Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code

● Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze requirements, design solutions, and implement new features

● Develop and implement unit tests and integration tests to ensure software quality

● Troubleshoot and debug applications

● Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers

Required Skills:

● B.E/B.Tech in computer science

● 1 - 3 years of experience

● Hands-on experience following skills

MS Technologies: NET CORE 7+, C#

Backend: MSSQL / MySQL /Postgres

● Preferred understanding of Cloud: Azure/AWS.

● Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, Design principles, data structures, and algorithms

● Worked in an Agile software development environment

Role and Responsibilities:

1. Designing and developing test automation scripts for a web application (Angular) using test automation guidelines.
2. Performance, Security, Penetration, Vulnerability testing.
3. Build tools and frameworks to aid continuous delivery, deployment, and debugging.
4. Supporting the development team and software engineers during the development and testing phase.
5. Prepare defect reports and report test progress.

Qualifications and Requirements:

1. Experience in Automation Testing with Cypress, JavaScript, Typescript, or similar end-to-end testing tools.
2. Experience with Regression, Smoke testing, API, and Backend testing.
3. Experience with non-functional testing, performance, vulnerability testing.
4. Excellent knowledge in testing skills (design test plan and test strategy, writing and executing test cases, opening bugs, verifying bugs, etc).
5. A team player, fast learner with good interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.