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About Hamleys:

Hamleys is not just a Toy Store but an entire Toy experience. Currently there are more 125 stores in India and we are present in more than 20 countries. 365 days of play is the brand philosophy of Hamleys. At Hamleys we believe in giving our customers an Instore experience that helps him build memories for lifetime.

Job Title: Fun Consultant

Grade: A1

Role:

• Warmly welcome and approach each customer – customer’s inclination to shop starts right from the first step & eye contact.
• Believes and lives the attitude of “Sheer customer delight” – go beyond
• To efficiently adhere to all “company procedures and policies.”
• To work with the team to achieve award winning “customer service.”

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to achieve store KPIs.
• Utilize the knowledge of trends and guide each customer on “what suits better” – in line with the customer needs, individuality and product range.
• Believes and lives the attitude of “Sheer customer delight” – go beyond

Desired Skills & Abilities

• Superior understanding of Indian retailing and global trends.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills - understand customer needs
• Good at relationship building - conversion to sales
• Ability to follow brand and store guidelines
• Good operations experience – receiving stock, inventory keeping, cash handling etc.

SENIOR DATA ENGINEER:

ROLE SUMMARY:

Own the design and delivery of petabyte-scale data platforms and pipelines across AWS and modern Lakehouse stacks. You’ll architect, code, test, optimize, and operate ingestion, transformation, storage, and serving layers. This role requires autonomy, strong engineering judgment, and partnership with project managers, infrastructure teams, testers, and customer architects to land secure, cost-efficient, and high-performing solutions.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Architecture and design: Create HLD/LLD/SAD, source–target mappings, data contracts, and optimal designs aligned to requirements.
• Pipeline development: Build and test robust ETL/ELT for batch, micro-batch, and streaming across RDBMS, flat files, APIs, and event sources.
• Performance and cost tuning: Profile and optimize jobs, right-size infrastructure, and model license/compute/storage costs.
• Data modeling and storage: Design schemas and SCD strategies; manage relational, NoSQL, data lakes, Delta Lakes, and Lakehouse tables.
• DevOps and release: Establish coding standards, templates, CI/CD, configuration management, and monitored release processes.
• Quality and reliability: Define DQ rules and lineage; implement SLA tracking, failure detection, RCA, and proactive defect mitigation.
• Security and governance: Enforce IAM best practices, retention, audit/compliance; implement PII detection and masking.
• Orchestration: Schedule and govern pipelines with Airflow and serverless event-driven patterns.
• Stakeholder collaboration: Clarify requirements, present design options, conduct demos, and finalize architectures with customer teams.
• Leadership: Mentor engineers, set FAST goals, drive upskilling and certifications, and support module delivery and sprint planning.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience: 15+ years designing distributed systems at petabyte scale; 10+ years building data lakes and multi-source ingestion.
•  Cloud (AWS): IAM, VPC, EC2, EKS/ECS, S3, RDS, DMS, Lambda, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, CloudTrail.
• Programming: Python (preferred), PySpark, SQL for analytics, window functions, and performance tuning.
• ETL tools: AWS Glue, Informatica, Databricks, GCP DataProc; orchestration with Airflow.
• Lakehouse/warehousing: Snowflake, BigQuery, Delta Lake/Lakehouse; schema design, partitioning, clustering, performance optimization.
• DevOps/IaC: Terraform with 15+ years of practice; CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) with 10+ years; config governance and release management.
• Serverless and events: Design event-driven distributed systems on AWS.
• NoSQL: 2–3 years with DocumentDB including data modeling and performance considerations.
• AI services: AWS Entity Resolution, AWS Comprehend; run custom LLMs on Amazon SageMaker; use LLMs for PII classification.

NICE-TO-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Data governance automation: 10+ years defining audit, compliance, retention standards and automating governance workflows.
• Table and file formats: Apache Parquet; Apache Iceberg as analytical table format.
• Advanced LLM workflows: RAG and agentic patterns over proprietary data; re-ranking with index/vector store results.
• Multi-cloud exposure: Azure ADF/ADLS, GCP Dataflow/DataProc; FinOps practices for cross-cloud cost control.

OUTCOMES AND MEASURES:

• Engineering excellence: Adherence to processes, standards, and SLAs; reduced defects and non-compliance; fewer recurring issues.
• Efficiency: Faster run times and lower resource consumption with documented cost models and performance baselines.
• Operational reliability: Faster detection, response, and resolution of failures; quick turnaround on production bugs; strong release success.
• Data quality and security: High DQ pass rates, robust lineage, minimal security incidents, and audit readiness.
• Team and customer impact: On-time milestones, clear communication, effective demos, improved satisfaction, and completed certifications/training.

LOCATION AND SCHEDULE:

●      Location: Outside US (OUS).

●      Schedule: Minimum 6 hours of overlap with US time zones.

Should have at least 1 to 3 years of project/program management experience in Financial Services/Banking/NBFC/Fintech companies only.

Hands-on proficiency in data analysis and SQL querying, with ability to work on large datasets

Ability to lead end-to-end implementation projects and manage cross-functional teams effectively.

Experience in process analysis, optimization, and mapping for operational efficiency.

Strong client-facing communication and stakeholder management capabilities.

Good expertise in financial operations processes and workflows with proven implementation experience.

A Desktop Support Engineer is responsible for providing technical support for computer hardware and software issues in an organization's desktop environment. The role involves assisting employees with troubleshooting, maintaining, and resolving issues related to their desktops, laptops, and peripherals.

Job Summary:

1. Hardware Support:

• Install, configure, and maintain desktops, laptops, and peripherals (printers, monitors, etc.).
• Perform hardware repairs and upgrades.

1. Software Support:

• Troubleshoot and resolve software-related issues, including OS installations, software updates, and application support.
• Ensure proper functioning of office productivity software (MS Office, etc.) and enterprise applications.

1. Network Support:

• Provide assistance in connecting workstations to the company network and resolving connectivity issues.
• Troubleshoot network-related issues on desktops and laptops.

1. User Support:

• Assist employees with troubleshooting technical problems, including login issues, system crashes, and application errors.
• Offer guidance on proper system usage and IT best practices.

1. System Maintenance:

• Regularly update and patch desktop systems to ensure security and functionality.
• Backup important files and data as per company policy.

1. Documentation:

• Maintain logs of issues, solutions, and configurations for future reference.
• Document common problems and resolutions for knowledge-sharing purposes.

1. Customer Service:

• Provide excellent customer service and maintain a professional demeanor when dealing with users' technical issues.

Key Skills:

• Technical Knowledge: Proficient in desktop operating systems (Windows, Mac OS, Linux) and office software.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to diagnose and resolve technical issues efficiently.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact with end-users.
• Networking Basics: Understanding of network configurations and troubleshooting.
• Time Management: Capable of handling multiple requests and prioritizing tasks.

Job Role: Social Media Manager

Location- Kochi

Kapra Highness Ventures-Buyerzkart , is looking for a Social Media Manager. The candidate must have experience in Ecommerce business environment, as well as producing pertinent, interesting, and creative content for a variety of digital platforms.

The Content and Social Media Manager will create and distribute content in various formats across multiple channels with the goal of enhancing our brands and driving digital follower expansion

Job Responsibilities:

• Contributes to the marketing strategy by leveraging social media to identify and acquire customers.
• Develops social media marketing plans and programs for each product and directs promotional support.
• Maintains online relations with customers by organizing and developing specific customer-relations programs.
• Provides short- and long-term market forecasts and reports by directing market research collection, analysis, and interpretation of market data.
• Creates new strategies for market development, acquiring and analyzing data, and consulting with internal and external sources.
• Maintains research database by identifying and assembling marketing information.
• Provides marketing information by answering questions and requests.
• Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
• Completes social media marketing department operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees and following up on work results.
• Maintains social media marketing staff by recruiting, selecting, training, and managing employees.
• Develops marketing staff by providing information, educational opportunities, and growth opportunities.

Qualifications/Skills:

• Social media skills
• Creating and maintaining client relationships
• Managing Processes
• Self-motivated yet customer-focused
• Proficient in marketing research and statistical analysis

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in marketing or a related field
• Proven working experience of 3-5 years in digital/social marketing, particularly in E-commerce company.
• Demonstrable experience leading and managing SEO/SEM, marketing database, and social media advertising campaigns
• Solid knowledge of website and marketing analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics, NetInsight, Omniture, WebTrends, SEMRush, etc.)
• Working knowledge of ad serving tools
• Experience in setting up and optimizing PPC campaigns on all major search engines

• Should have experience in both sales (hunting) and Account Management (Farming)
• Should have a track record of managing an account for more than 4-7 years with the growth record
• Should possess excellent oral and written communication skills
• Should be willing to have short trips to US / UK for 4 - 7 times a year
• Should have a very good understanding of Technology services
• Should have managed multiple customers/clients
• Exposure to project/ program management would be desirable

Responsibilities:

• Establish productive, professional relationships with key personnel in assigned accounts.
• Build a deep understanding of the assigned account's business and identify potential opportunities.
• Build the pipeline for the existing and new services.
• Be the Primary contact to the assigned account and ensure the relationship is built at all levels.
• Coordinate the involvement of company resources, including delivery, support functions, and management team to meet the account performance objectives and customer expectations.
• Proactively assess, clarify, and validate customer needs on an ongoing basis.
• Responsible for Customer Satisfaction and work with the counterpart on the delivery side
• Own the account and perform the Account Analytics to be able to create growth
• Make sure the CRM is up to date.
• Ensure Account level metrics exist and run a monthly/quarterly steering committee meeting with the stakeholders on both sides
• Own the contract process with all the accounts
• Ensure the client has the complete visibility of all the Aspire services with periodic updates
• Meets assigned targets for profitability and strategic objectives in assigned accounts.
• Ensure compliance to the Account Management process as defined by the company

Accountabilities and Performance measures:

• Achieves assigned targets in the designated accounts.
• Meets assigned expectations for profitability.
• Ensure the collections are done on time (DSO is a metric)
• Achieves strategic customer objectives defined by company management.
• Completes strategic customer account plans that meet company standards.
• Work timing would be aligned to the respective geography.

Key communication points:

• Within Aspire: Senior Management, Service Line Heads and Managers, Project Managers of the assigned accounts, Marketing teams
• Customer Side: CXO, VPs, Product Managers
• Maintains high customer satisfaction ratings (CSAT) that meet company expectations.

About:

Pangolin is a brand consultancy and creative agency. We help companies create positive change in the world by raising awareness through branding and inspiring through storytelling. We’re growing our team of creatives and strategists. Join us if you’re craving work that makes a real difference in the world, and a work culture that allows you to have a balanced life. 

Role:

B2B Social Media Expert

Description:

Are you intimately familiar with the LinkedIn algorithm? Do you specialize in growing brand following on Twitter? Are you proficient in defining and executing social media strategies for Quora, Reddit, Instagram, and Facebook?  We’re looking for an expert with a solid understanding of how each social media channel works and how to optimize content so that it is engaging. As the B2B Digital Marketing Specialist, you will also be responsible for organizing and producing content that follows our clients’ brand guidelines.

Competencies:

• Consistent and self-driven to learn about social media platforms and trends. 
• Strong creative storytelling skills with a focus on visual and content aesthetics.

Skills:

• Working knowledge of SMM tools like Hootsuite, Moz, Loomly, etc.
• Working knowledge of design applications like Adobe Suite, Canva, etc., and other video editing tools.
• Adept at digital tools like Facebook Insights, Twitter Analytics, Google Analytics/Google Ad Manager.
• Adept at communicating in a professional, but unique social media “voice” for each client; directly aligned with the clients’ thought leadership and content platform.

Experience:

• Demonstrable B2B social networking experience and social analytics tools.
• Experience in managing multiple digital marketing campaigns with the ability to analyze and make recommendations on performance.
• Strong understanding of social media KPIs, keyword optimization tools, and social media algorithms.

Location and Type: 

Remote, Full-time

Evaluation:

Portfolios will be checked for expertise in the B2B domain. Please share only case studies of growth where the strategy and execution were owned end-to-end by you. Shortlisting will be followed by a video interview.