Hewlett-Packard Nigeria Graduate Development Program 2011

Hewlett-Packard (HP) is the largest technology solutions provider in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and worldwide. The company’s offerings span from IT infrastructure, personal computing and 

access devices to global services, imaging and printing. Our customers are virtually everybody: consumers, small and medium sized companies, large corporations as well as Government institutions.

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HP Graduate Development Program 2011 HP West Africa

Job Description

We at HP do not expect you to have already specific technical skills or professional experience. That’s precisely what we will provide you with through our HP Graduate Development Program. By Joining one of our teams, HP gives you the opportunity to transition from a fresh graduate to a young IT professional.

We will help you to achieve this by putting a comprehensive development plan in place that ensures a structured and blended learning – including on-the-job learning experience. You will be assigned a mentor who will give you support along the way as well as regular feedback on your performance and development.

In addition to broadening your understanding of the IT industry, projects and specific work assignment across several of HP’s business units will also help you to understand the various career opportunities within IT.

Graduate Career Paths

Inside Sales, Pre-sales support, Account Management, Business support

Job Responsibilities

• Assisting sales teams in selling products, services and software to selected customers in a designated market area.

• Inbound sales support, deal coordination, managing configurations/quotations/pricing and follow-up on the entire sales cycle, presales support

• Closing sales on assigned products and with assigned customers with supervision.

• Applying standard policy on total customer experience for following up on customer questions and requests

• Building customer confidence in HP’s remote or direct sales capabilities.

• Building and maintaining solid customer relations that protects or expands HP’s Installed base

• Working collaboratively with management to drive promotion campaigns, marketing programs and sales initiatives.

• Learning complete HP portfolio of technologies and solutions and working in cooperation with internal teams to complete routine tasks

• Provide sales and business reporting

Job Qualifications

The Ideal Candidate will:

• have graduated from top universities within the last 12 months or

• graduate within this academic year with degrees such as: Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Marketing or any other technical or business studies.

• Possess good language skills: Advanced level of written and spoken English

• Possess computing skills: Excellent knowledge of MS Office Applications

• Have good interpersonal skills: The ability to work well with people

• Possess flexibility: The ability to adjust to rapid change

• Be a team player: Willing to be a collaborative and reliable team member

• Possess analytical abilities: Eye for detail

• Be good in communication: Having the ability to communicate clearly and confidently in an international environment

• Have commitment: The dedication to achieve goals and being result-oriented

• Have a good personality: Possessing an attitude fueled with positive-thinking

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The Nigerian Breweries Plc is recruiting for Heineken International Graduate Trainees Program 2011

Job Description

Heineken has launched an 18 months international graduate programme, which provides you the opportunity to work across the Globe and make an impact from the first day. Our goal is to develop a pool of internationally minded individuals who have the potential and capability to eventually become leaders in Heineken. 

Although how far you go is in your hands, on the programme you will enjoy responsibility, formal training, development opportunities, travel, coaching and an environment that is intellectually stimulating and rewards high performance.

Job Expectations

• Selected candidates will specialize in either Supply Chain, Finance, Sales and Marketing, HR, IT or Corporate Relations

• Selected candidates will go through a one week induction programme

• There will be three international placements each lasting six months

• Applications will be open at the beginning of March till the 13th of April 2011

• Due to the high competitiveness of our industry, we require candidates who are motivated, adventurous and ready to prove themselves. Candidates also need to take a collaborative approach, as our success worldwide is very much a team effort. In return, we will prepare you for a career that could eventually see you becoming one of our leaders of tomorrow.

Job Requirements

Candidates are expected to:

• Have a degree - or be about to graduate (preferably a Masters Degree) or

• Have work experience, preferably up to two years - relevant to your chosen function, ideally gained outside your home country

• Speak (or have working knowledge of) at least three languages - one of which is English and two other (with preference for European languages)

• Have a desire to live and work abroad - as placements (or jobs after the programme) may be outside your home country

• Have proven leadership skills

• Have affinity with chosen specialism

• Have an interest in other countries and cultures

• Be able to demonstrate your drive to succeed

Job Remuneration

The advertised position offers good career opportunities and competitive remuneration. In addition to basic salary with performance related increments and a pension scheme, we offer performance related bonuses, housing, transport and leave allowances, free medical treatment for self and family, paid annual leave and other fringe benefits.

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Deadline

13th April, 2011