Promasidor was founded in 1979 by Robert Rose, who left the United Kingdom in 1957 for Zimbabwe to pursue his African dream. As Chairman of Allied Lyons Africa for over 20 years, he travelled extensively across Africa and gained a unique and thorough knowledge of the food industry throughout the continent. In particular he noticed a lack of availability of the one highly nutritious product that the developed world takes for granted - milk. He realised that with technology in the manufacture of milk powders advancing rapidly, there was an exciting opportunity to provide milk powder in small portions that could be packaged in flexible sachets. It was found that removing the animal fat from the milk and replacing it with vegetable fat allowed for a longer shelf life. This meant that for the first time, milk powder could be distributed across the vast African continent, providing access to affordable milk to everyone in Africa. A passionate belief in this vision fuelled the pioneering concept of selling filled milk powder in small sachets and Promasidor began selling the Cowbell brand in the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire) in 1979. Today Cowbell is sold in the majority of countries across the African continent.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for
CODING
- Code, test, troubleshoot and fix programs applications, programs, modules, functions, reports or make changes to existing ones by researching, designing and writing programs and scripts that adhere to the company’s coding, user interface and documentation standards.
- Ensure all code produced is under strict version control.
TESTING
- Carry out unit test on colleagues coding outcomes to ensure accuracy and compliance with functional requirements.
- Support broader functional testing (IT System testing, User Acceptance testing) as required.
ANALYSIS
- Understand business goals and needs inorder to translate process and functional specifications into application functionality and technical specifications.
- Assist Functional analysts as required.
GENERAL - TECHNICAL
- Master the company’s programming languages and environments and other necessary tools used by the ICT department, including the architecture, applications and modules composing the company’s Information Systems.
- Continuously seek ways to improve the performance of information systems by identifying potential (technical) system enhancements and reporting these to the Information Systems Technical Manager.
- Work with other analyst or programmers (Internal and External) to find the most efficient solutions to business requirements and systems issues.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor of Science degree or Higher National Diploma (HND) in Computer Science or a related field.
- At least three(3) years programming experience, preferably using JavaScript and .Net (C, C#, VBasic or similar programming language as well as SQL (or Microsoft Access databases
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
Programming Languages & Environments
- JavaScript and .Net (C, C#, VBasic or similar)
- HAL (or, as an alternative, C Language or similar) • SQL
- Filemaker Pro (or, as an alternative, Microsoft Access)
- Java
Platforms & Operating Systems
- Mac OS X (or, as an alternative, Microsoft Windows)
- Unix (or, as an alternative, Linux)
Others
- Good understanding of business practices: stock management and accounting principles
- ITIL Certification
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
- Ability to learn and apply technical standards and techniques
- Ability to investigate and analyse information and to draw conclusions
- Problem solving capabilities
- Good arithmetic, verbal and written communication skills
- Attention to details
- Time management
Method of Application
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