The Place (Smackers Limited)| Full-time

GRADUATE TRAINEE OPERATIONS ANALYST AT THE PLACE (SMACKERS LIMITED) | GRADUATE TRAINEE JOBS IN LAGOS

Lekki phase 1, Lagos, Nigeria | Posted on 07/05/2026

About Company:

The Place - We are a fast growing, world class, and dynamic, multi-billion Nigerian conglomerates, established and managed by a team of professionals with decades of management consulting and accounting experience/ training from Arthur Andersen (now KPMG in Nigeria). We are presently into restaurants, hotel, and nightclubbing. We are opening new outlets in Lagos and looking for high-flying individual who shares the values of hard work, commitment and integrity and places high premium on personal development and career growth.

Job Description:

  • We are looking for an Operations Analyst to join our team and help improve operational efficiency across our organization. 
  • Responsibilities include reviewing current policies and operating procedures, identifying issues, collect (customer feedback, sales histories, market research etc) and analyze data from different sources, provide recommendations and implement improvement initiatives.
  • Ultimately, you will work with different stakeholders to provide ways our organization can improve efficiency and reach our goals in less time.

 

Key Responsibilities
​​​​​​​General Central Operations:

  • Review, analyze and act on key negative customer and compliance audit feedback. This may result in: update to our strategic tasks list/structure, update to detailed process (including equipment handling policies)/training materials, and creation/update of a project
  • Collaborate with the PD team to review and agree best approach for performing new or existing processes.

 

Technology/Tools/Equipment/Utensils Standardization:

  • Conduct extensive research incorporating the 5Ms (Man, Machine, Material, Method, Money) to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Analyze data to determine ideal equipment/tools/utensil requirement for all kitchens.

 

Training and Development:

  • Train experienced Production Operations Staff to mentor new branch staff.
  • Oversee the documentation and implementation of training materials and help track staff progress.
  • Develop training guide for experienced staff to prepare them for milestone leadership roles
  • Analyze manning requirement and document approach for branch operations.

 

Projects:

  • Develop and implement cost control strategies.
  • Review and agree proposed drawings for the kitchens and follow up with the Projects team on implementation
  • Drive the centralization or zonalization of complex (labour intensive, time-consuming) tasks to the Central Production Units
  • Support new outlet setup by agreeing staffing needs (based on menu), kitchen equipment requirements/layout and liaising with relevant department for execution.
  • Document policies to address resource wastages at RKs. Policy may cover production planning, input material management, energy conservation (gas and electricity)

Requirements:

  • BSc degree with a minimum of a second-class upper rating in any discipline ─ business administration, management, Applied sciences (engineering/technology, food sciences), Pure sciences (biology, biochemistry) or relatable field are preferable.
  • Intermediate to High Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Word, Power point and Excel)
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
  • A self-starter and a team player with high levels of drive and energy.
  • Must possess a high level of integrity, determination and personal commitment.
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Must be able to work with minimal supervision
  • Good interpersonal skills to work with different management levels
  • Strong business acumen
  • Must not be more than 26 years old.

 

Additional Information:

  • Our remuneration is very attractive and includes our profit-sharing scheme

Salary

Very attractive

Application Closing Date: Not specified

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Job Information

Deadline

Not specified

Job Type

Full-time

Industry

Trainee

Work Level

Graduate Programme

City

Lekki Phase 1

State

Lagos

Country

Nigeria

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