IT Support Specialist - Wrigley Company East Africa

The Wrigley Company East Africa, a local Subsidiary of Mars Incorporated, a leader in the global confectionery industry and the world’s largest manufacturer of chewing and bubble gum seeks to recruit individuals in the following position.

IT Support Specialist

Reporting to: MEA IT Manager

Key responsibilities

Site Support

• Managing & Co-ordinating with IT vendors to ensure that local infrastructure is updated, maintained & run as its optimum level. Ensuring that infrastructure is being run as per the global standards.
• Ensuring that LAN / WAN / IPT are running with expected service levels of business.
• Perform various administrative tasks like procuring local IT assets, make & maintain budgets in accordance withbusiness.

Business Solutions / Relationship Management

• Working with business leaders to identify business priorities and aligning IT investment to deliver business value.
• Prepare, maintain & execute the IT Roadmap for East Africa
• Perform special projects at the request of the Regional IT Director or other members of senior management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology.
• Working knowledge of wireless and IP Telephony networks
• At least 2 year’s relevant working experience.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of information.
• Customer focused with demonstrated ability to form productive relationship with business partners, IT personnel and project leaders

Functional Area: IT

If you believe you fit into the above profile, please send your full curriculum vitae with details of your qualifications, experience, present position, day and evening telephone numbers, e-mail address and names and addresses of three referees to E-mail: hr.ke@wrigley.com to reach us not later than Friday 17th June, 2011.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.