Nigerian Airline Job Vacancies: Arik-Air Recruitment- Procurement and Commercial Managers

November 5, 2010

Arik Air is the largest commercial airline in West & Central Africa presently capturing over 40% share of the Nigeria aviation market. As a result of continuous expansion of our operations,
applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates who wish to make a rewarding career with the fastest growing airline in Africa, to fill the positions below:
Position: Commercial Managers
The Role:

* Specifically, the role of Commercial Manager will be to lead, manage and inspire a committed and motivated sales team in a very competitive and dynamic aviation market.
* He/she shall continually strive towards increasing revenue and improving performance targets and overall success of the airline.

Principal Responsibilities:

* Design the marketing and sales plan for penetration of Nigeria and regional markets.
* Aggressively initiate promote, market Arik Air to achieve set targets and improve on our current market share.
* Seek creative and innovative ways to retain customers and create benchmarks for measuring customer satisfaction.
* Follow up and evaluate monthly as well as yearly results and make recommendations to management on areas of improvement.
* Constantly seek now ventures, avenues of a commercial nature that will help the realization of the set goals.
* Undertake market intelligence and monitor the competition closely and report to Management accordingly.
* Impart the required skills to staff for selling and promoting Arik Air in Nigeria.
* Monitor the promotional campaigns mounted by Arik Air in Nigeria and report to the Chief Commercial Officer.
* Implement the ticketing sales account system including ticketing stock to be put in place by Arik Air.

Candidates Specification:

* A very good University degree and an MBA.
* Minimum of 5 years commercial experience preferably in an aviation company.
* Sound airline business knowledge and a good grasp of understanding contemporary marketing and sales strategies.
* A good knowledge of airline operations is a distinct advantage.
* Experience in managing and executing product marketing and sales.

Position: Procurement Manager
The Role:

* The Procurement Management shall be responsible for the procurement of all supplies, materials and equipment required by the airline for the smooth running of its operations.
* The Office of Procurement Management shall also establish contacts both locally and international for the supply of quality products in line with best practice standards.

Principal Responsibilities:

* To source and deliver goods and materials needed and approved for staff or groups in organization, at the right specifications, conditions, price and time.
* Process approved requisitions for materials and services necessary for staff welfare.
* Issue work orders and purchase order to vendors and suppliers.
* Negotiate with vendors and suppliers and degree favorable terms and conditions of their engagement to deliver required goods and services.
* Purchase all items required by the Airline for its business for both local and foreign suppliers.
* Provide logistic, transportation, clearing or other services necessary to deliver materials required for company operations.
* Carry out market research/survey to ascertain prices of goods and services that may be needed by the Airline.
* Ensure that company gets value for money in all procurement transactions.
* Carry out any other duties that may be assigned by the GM, Finance and Admin.

Candidate Specification

* Candidates should possess minimum of first degree Engineering, Social Science, or Business Administration.
* Should possess minimum of 5 years experience in similar position.
* Candidate must be very versatile and conversant with contemporary best practice models.
* Membership of relevant professional association could be an added advantage.

Other Requirements:
* Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
* Demonstrate ability to work under pressure in order to meet tight deadlines, which may involve working long hours.
* Ability to monitor and coordinate on-going process with local and offshore suppliers to ensure timely delivery of goods and services.
* Document and assessable to wide network of solution Providers.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates in any of the above positions should forward their current CVs to: HR@Arikair.com with the position applied for as the subject title: All applications should be submitted on or before 9th November, 2010. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.