Vacancies at Total Solutions, Nairobi, Kenya

Our client, Total Solutions Limited, is a leading ICT Solutions provider in East Africa region and has retained a top position in Top 100 mid-size companies listing in Kenya for the last six years consecutively.

They are seeking to recruit a highly talented professional to fill in the following position in their Nairobi office:
Senior Sales Executive
Reporting to the Business Development Manager, the Senior Sales Executive will be responsible for generating revenue for the Software Sales business side of the Company.

Principal Accountabilities:
·         Ensuring constant growth and conversion
·         Following up on sales quotes and prequalifications
·         Adding new quotes to the pipeline
·         Collecting the payments when need be from the clients
·         Working on clients’ issues to ensure a smooth flow of events to satisfy the client
·         Introducing new products to clients to make them aware of the services offered
·         Ensuring timely delivery of items and services
·         Contacting new/prospective clients
·         Sending quotations and follow up on them till they make orders
·         Responding to customer queries on time
·         Reporting pipeline and debtors list to show booked sales and projected sales
Key Skills and Qualifications:
·         Bachelor degree in IT or related field
·         Minimum of 2 years of work experience in IT Sales
·         Experience in retail operations
·         Customer focus and ability to multitask
·         Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
·         Proven problem solving skills

·         Strong analytical, interpersonal and team leadership skills

Software Developer
Reporting to the Software Support Manager, the Software Developer will be responsible for building and customizing applications, systems and interfaces to support internal process and business departments.
The incumbent will interact with third party service providers as well as other internal IT units to ensure that the tasks are well delivered.
Principal Accountabilities:
·         Advising and providing customers with the best solutions in line with their business requirements
·         Dealing with risks that accompany project management
·         Providing support to existing customers as well as In-house support
·         Generating reports on project designs, support manuals and project plans
·         Assisting with integration of Fiscal devices with client software
·         Proposing alternative solutions to meet customer needs
·         Ensuring the sales personnel are trained on the solutions provided
·         Facilitating and Arranging product demonstrations events
Key Skills and Qualifications:
·         Degree in IT or related course and a Certification in IT
·         A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar role
·         Proven experience in software development in building headless and web applications in Java (J2EE).
·         Experience with professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing and maintenance.
·         In-depth knowledge of programming for diverse operating systems and platforms using development tools.
·         Strong knowledge and experience in database technology [Oracle and MySQL] and writing database scripts including complex SQL queries and PL/SQL procedures and functions.
·         Detailed knowledge of common front-end development tools and technologies, including HTML5 / CSS3, JavaScript application libraries and frameworks (including Angular JS), frontend performance optimization, progressive enhancement, cross-platform development.
·         Conversant with Redhat Linux Operating system and experience in RH Linux system Administration and Linux shell scripting
·         Knowledge and experience management and deploying of web applications to web containers including Jboss, Wild Fly and Oracle Web Logic
·         Excellent understanding of software design and programming principles
·         Excellent communication, problem-solving and analytical skills as well as a team player
Interested candidates are requested to forward their updated CVs to recruit@virtualhr.co.ke stating the subject heading “SOFTWARE DEVELOPER” by 21st April 2019, clearly indicating their current and expected remuneration (MUST), daytime telephone contacts and addresses of three referees.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.