Career and Business Mentor

This year we have decided to introduce some Guest Interviews to our blog. In this series we will be looking at Successful Entrepreneurs and how they applied Project Management Techniques and Skills to deliver their projects on time and on budget.These are going to be exciting times on this blog! Do have an inspiring reading and leave your comments and suggestions on our blog. Series 1,Part One: Successful Entrepreneurs applying Project Management Skills. Lets meet you? My name is Saheed Adepoju, 27. I am the strategy and Innovation Manager of Encipher Limited. Encipher's mission is to express and preserve our culture using Technology. 2 .   What's the buzz all about the 'Encipher Inye Project'? Encipher INYE project started out as a pet project to have a device to run my android-based applications. There weren't any devices but smart phone which naturally costs alot. The Apple IPAD helped with formulating the idea concretely and dropped the initial ...

SECTOR: DISTRIBUTION & FMCG – NIGERIA – WESTERN AFRICA   FUNCTION: SUPPLY CHAIN Adexen Recruitment   Agency is mandated by large international FMCG Group. The Group is looking for a Quality Manager its Lagos Office. JOB DESCRIPTION   The Quality Manager is responsible for fostering and developing a culture of quality within the Supply Division, by improving, monitoring and ensuring compliance with the company’s Global Quality Systems, Good Manufacturing Practices and local Regulatory requirements and to ensure that all the Suppliers and it’s co-packers adhere to the required quality and GMP standards. He reports directly to Regional Head of Supply with dotted line reporting to Supply Director Central Africa. RESPONSIBILITIES Maintaining and improving Quality Standards by co-ordinating and conducting internal and external audits Evaluating and reporting on audits Identifying and resolving quality problems, both internally and from outside suppliers (...

Happy New Year to You!  Lets talk about Setting Goals for 2011!Every new year has an attribute as goals are set then by the majority of people. According to Wikipedia:A goal or objective is a projected computation of affairs that a person or a system plans or intends to achieve—a personal or organizational desired end-point in some sort of assumed development. Many people endeavor to reach goals within a finite time by setting deadlines . We all have many things we'd like to achieve. Some things are small tasks - say, drop 3 dress sizes. Some goals, like wanting to set a monthly exercise schedule. And then there are bigger, broader dreams - like build a new house,get married etc which may take years to achieve. What are your goals for 2011?Let see your comments. Goals are intended to be achieved but they must be S.M.A.R.T. S-Specific M-Measurable A-Achievable R-Realistic T-Time Bound I always have this tradition on writing down my goals into a journal and then...