Techbiz Jobs in Kenya


Techbiz is a dynamic company with a vision to provide excellent services and bring new global technologies at our customers doorstep.  

Our approach in providing ICT and Software solutions to our customers begins in clearly understanding the customer’s needs and maintaining an infrastructure that will respond to those needs.  

At Techbiz we work inter and intra dependently with very little supervision and no micro-management, enabling true breakthrough results.  
 
We are looking to fill the following positions with focused and target oriented talent.
 
SAP Functional Consultant
 
Responsibilities
  • Build a strong relationship with business experts and translates business requirements into system requirements and system settings.
  • Document business requirements, analyze impact of the changes, prepare functional specifications, technical specifications, develop, configure and perform unit tests.
  • Involve in implementing solutions, advising and supporting system users.
  • Involve in project rollouts and implementations and in improvement projects to facilitate better usage of the system, as well as maintenance and support e-business environments by providing techno functional support of operational business implementations.   
  • Mentors Functional Consultants to up skill themselves in their domain of functional expertise.
  • Map requirements to SAP functionality, Create project Documentation, Develop and conduct testing as per testing methodology
  • Should manage the relationship and any contractual issues between consultants and client on a day to day basis
  • Should implement SAP per approved schedule and recommend effective solutions to the ERP system, processes and customization to suit company’s needs & implementation.
Qualifications & Experience
  • Candidates with the Bachelor’s degree in the related field will be preferred
  • SAP Business One certification preferred
  • Should have experience in implementing SAP and ERP
Skills & Competencies
  • Should have strong interpersonal, communication, presentation, analytical & problem solving skills
  • Strong Interpersonal, verbal, writing and communication skills
  • Be adaptable and have a high stress tolerance
Technical Consultant
 
Job summary
 
The primary responsibility is to provide support and successful implementation of all aspects of projects related to SAP while ensuring client satisfaction.

Duties & Responsibilities
  • Successful delivers of SAP projects while working on a highly pressurized environment
  • Deliver excellent customer service
  • Provide accurate information to the SAP customer base and in depth technical assistance
Required skillsets:
  • Experience with MS Visual Studio .NET VB, C#, C++,ASP or similar
  • Experience in creating and developing reports in XL Reporter, Crystal Reports and PLD layouts
  • Strong knowledge of SQL Server DBMS, writing SQL Queries, and stored procedures
  • Experience in applying patch level upgrades and service packs to SAP Business One customer Installations
  • An advanced understanding of ERP software applications
  • Experience with B1i framework
  • Developed and deployed add-ons for customers based on the SAP B1 SDK framework
  • 3+ years of experience implementing software, preferably ERP systems
  • SAP Business One certification preferred
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Strong communication skills both written and oral
  • Ability to work on different Software Technologies and platforms
  • Taking and dealing with incoming technical related client calls.
Project Manager
 
Job Summary
 
Project Manager is responsible for planning, organizing and managing specific task/projects and to bring about its completion with Excellency.
 
Duties & Responsibilities
  • Work with Sector leads to ensure compliance with quality at entry requirements regarding: budgets;  indicators and targets; Integrity Due Diligence (IDD) and other relevant areas prior to Concept Review discussions;
  • Coordinate a schedule of upcoming project discussions – pre Concept Review Meeting (CRM), pre Project Supervision Reports (PSR), and pre Project Completion Reports (PCR);
  • Provide high-level review of pipeline projects to ensure key elements to project success are included during design, and managerial review. Such elements include baseline survey, budget, work plan, monitoring framework, risk and mitigation plan;
  • Implement an effective system that identifies real time portfolio maintenance tasks on: Periodic monitoring reports on budgets and performance; PSRs; Client Survey reports; PCRs and Project termination/droppage as needed.
  • Work with project teams to ensure approved projects remain aligned to Techbiz strategic objectives;
  • Monitor projects approaching closure and provide tactical support to transaction leaders to ensure projects close out smoothly. Moreover, ensure financial and operational closure requirements are satisfied.
  • Collate the current data quality requirements, standardize requirements and communicate with management team to ensure consistent application;
  • Work with Task Leaders to ensure that at project level, accurate data facilitates timely project review and meaningful interpretation;
  • Design an alert system that identifies and monitors projects that fall out of Process and Information Quality (PIQ) requirements. Work with task leaders to remedy the shortcomings.
  • Coordinate and recommend quarterly portfolio reviews and ensure lessons drawn are effectively shared for real time portfolio improvements;
  • Monitor on a monthly basis portfolio performance against projected targets. Business Line score card should be designed and used to track among other attributes financial and development impact achievement;
  • Prepare scheduled portfolio reports as well as occasional ad hoc reports as may be required and electronically publish reports and or others as needed.
  • The Project Manager may be required to undertake occasional field visits for portfolio monitoring purposes.
Education & Experience
  • Minimum of a degree in relevant field
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in Project development and management.
Skills & Competencies
  • Strong skills in project management, financial projections, scenario analysis as well as a good knowledge of Monitoring and Evaluation.
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision and to demonstrate autonomy and initiative.
  • Ability to function in a fast-paced high-performance environment, to manage multiple tasks, and to deliver under tight deadlines with very short notice.
  • Excellent communication skills, analytical skills, problem solving skills and ability to develop and sustain good interpersonal relations.
  • Good report writing skills
Applications:
 
Please send an up to date CV, stating your current salary, accompanied by at least 3 referee telephone numbers/email addresses to: recruitment@techbizafrica.com by 30 April 2013.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.