Archives December 2009

PSR Lead (it168sh)

Description:

Build and manager performance, scalability and reliability testing strategy.

Responsibilities:

Establish the PSR testing strategy for the platform and application.
Setup process, tools and methodology for PSR testing.

Skills:

Use PSR Lead/Manager profile for this.

Strong PSR testing experience.

Experience with PSR assurance activities for large SaaS platforms/applications.

Experience working with leading PSR tools.

7-10 years of experience.

* Please send us your complete resume (in Chinese and in English) to: ‘topjob_it168sh@dacare.com'(Please replace “#” with “@”)
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Automation Lead (it167sh)

Description:

Build and manage test automation strategy.

Responsibilities:

Establish an automation strategy for testing the platform and application.

Setup process, tools and methodology for automation.

Automation strategy should encompass both black box and white box testing, Api/Service/UI level testing and maximize automation leverage as early in development cycle as possible.

Skills:

Use QA Automation Lead/Manager profile for this.

Automation experience not just at UI level, but API/service level automation is required.

Experience building automation framework.

Experience working with leading automation tools.

7-10 years of exerperience.

* Please send us your complete resume (in Chinese and in English) to: ‘topjob_it167sh@dacare.com'(Please replace “#” with “@”)
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QA Lead (it166sh)

Description:

Lead QA activities for areas of the platform or application as part of a SCRUM team.

Responsibilities:

Lead QA activities for SaaS platform or applications as part of an Agile SCRUM team.

Requirements analysis, test case development, development of test strategy and plan, test execution, tracking and reporting.
Must be hands on.

Skills:

Use Lead QA engineer profile for this role.

SaaS platform/application testing experience.

Experience testing applications at service/API level.

Good understanding of automation.

Strong experience with leading QA tools.

7-10 years of experience.

* Please send us your complete resume (in Chinese and in English) to: ‘topjob_it166sh@dacare.com'(Please replace “#” with “@”)
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QA Manager (it165sh)

Description:

Build and manage a strong QA organization

Responsibilities:

Build a world class QA organization from ground up that will serve development teams in US and China.

Define and implement QA strategy, processes, infrastructure and tools.

Skills:

Use a senior QA manager profile for this.

Provious experience building and managing large QA organizaitons.

Experience testing SaaS platforms and meta data driven applications.

10-15 years of experience

* Please send us your complete resume (in Chinese and in English) to: ‘topjob_it165sh@dacare.com'(Please replace “#” with “@”)
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Development Lead (it164sh)

Description:

Lead a SCRUM development team of 6-10 members.

Responsibilities:

Lead a SCRUM team of development and QA engineers to deliver high quality outcomes.

Own and deliver specific areas of the product using Agile SCRUM methodology.

Strong engineering skills are mandatory.

Requirements analysis, sprint planning, tracking and reporting, hands on involvement in development activities.

Skills:

Use development lead profile for skill details.

Must have strong hands on development skills and leadership skills.

Ability to understand complex domain, understand, refine and communicate requirements is required.

SaaS platform/application development experience.

Agile development experience.

Strong communication skills.

Strong experience in the following technology areas: Java, JavaScript, XML, XQuery, JASON.

Working experience with analytical or decisions support systems is desired.

7-10 years of experience.

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Number of Macao’s manufacturing employees down 4.4% in Q3

MACAO, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — A total of 16,321 persons were employed in Macao’s manufacturing sector at the end of the third quarter of 2009, dropping significantly by 31.8 percent year-on-year, according to the figures released on Thursday by the city’s Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).

The average earnings of full time employees in the manufacturing sector rose by 4.8 percent year-on-year to 5,630 patacas (713 U.S. dollars) in the third quarter this year, the DSEC figures indicated.

As for the hotels and restaurants sector, there were a total of47,345 paid employees in the period, dropping by 4.4 percent over last year, and the average earnings also decreased by 1.4 percent to 9,960 patacas (1,261 dollars).

Meanwhile, the local financial sector employed 5,475 persons in the third quarter, dropping by three percent year-on-year, with 4,640 working in local banks. The average earnings for full-time employees in the period rose marginally by 0.1 percent year-on-year to 17,470 patacas (2,211 U.S. dollars).

At the end of September this year, the Manufacturing, Hotels and restaurants and Financial sectors reported 1,534, 3,790 and 163 vacancies respectively, down 15.8 percent, 5.7 percent and 8.9percent year-on-year, according to the DSEC.?

PE firms add more jobs than listed peers

Private equity (PE) backed companies were more profitable and successful in creating jobs than their publicly listed peers in China over the past seven years, according to a survey conducted by Bain & Company and the European Union Chamber of Commerce.

The survey compared the performance of 100 companies that received at least $20 million PE funding, excluding real estate and bank investments, with 2,424 publicly listed Chinese companies between 2002 and 2008.

PE firms recorded nearly 100 percent growth in jobs and 56 percent in profits over their bigger peers during the period.

More importantly PE firms have fostered inland province development, boosted domestic consumption, transferred management know-how to businesses under their portfolios and greatly improved corporate governance, the survey said.

“Although private equity is a relatively new phenomenon in China, it is fast gaining ground and scoring over others,” said Michael Thorneman, managing partner, Bain & Company Greater China.

The biggest contribution of private equity has been the creation of better-run companies. Companies with PE shareholders posted annual revenue growth of 25 percent and an average earnings growth of 39 percent, up 3 percentage points and 12 percentage points over the benchmark companies.

The survey also shows that PE investors are showing keen interest in China’s consumer goods and retail industry. While PE investment in China as a whole increased by 58 percent since 2002, investment in the consumer goods and retail industries grew by 77 percent.

PE investments in consumer and retail businesses now rival those in traditionally strong sectors like IT and media.

Retailers backed by PE investors reported sales growth of 47 percent compared with 16 percent for publicly listed retail companies. Consumer goods companies backed by PE investors showed sales growth of 30 percent against 18 percent for listed peers.

“Over 50 percent of the PE firms that participated in the survey felt that consumer products and retail sectors are the most promising sectors, but also felt that the sector would become more competitive in the future,” said Thorneman.

Total employment at private equity-financed firms increased by 16 percent over the survey period compared with 8 percent at publicly listed companies. PE-backed firms also pay significantly higher wages. The gross salary growth rates at PE-backed companies outperformed those of the listed companies by 7 percentage points.

Private equity has also been a strong contributor to the government’s “Go West” policies. The survey found that 42 percent of the investment was directed to companies headquartered in inland provinces.

“China has emerged as one of the leading destinations for PE capital, and PE capital has a more positive image in China than in other western countries,” said Andre Loesekrug-Pietri, chairman of the European Chamber’s PE working group.

Commercial Manager(it163sh)

Job Title: Commercial Manager

Company introduction:

Our client is a world leader in Signal Systems for public transport. It successfully completed many metro projects for numerous cities around the world.
With the development in APAC, especially in China, they are looking for talents to join them.

Report To: GM _

Location: Shanghai

Job Description:

The job holder will be in charge of overall commercial operation and supervision of Signal projects, and responsible for analysis, evaluation the cost for signal projects and equipment transaction;
Responsibilities:

1. Tender preparation. Commercial Management of on going projects.

2. To ensure proper contract administration and commercial process are implemented.

3. Monitor contract performance to ensure effective control of contractual transactions, protection of company interests, and the preservation of project profitability.

4. Responsible for ensuring contract compliance. Responsible for preparation and negotiation of contract change proposals and change orders.

5. Responsible for preparation, transmittal and negotiation of claims, including all necessary back up documentation in accordance with contract requirements.

6. Responsible for administration of contractual insurance, bonding, warranty, escrow and other contract requirements (e.g. Localization).

7. In conjunction with legal counsel, develops contractual position and provides contract interpretation to the project team and senior management for all contractual issues.

8. Conducts research and obtains backup documentation with respect to controversial issues, contract interpretation, potential disputes, and make recommendations thereon…

9. Liaise directly with risk management analysts, brokers and sureties in connection with all contract bonding and insurance related matters.

10. Initiate, expedite and ensure timely responses to correspondence and completion of documentation by the project team and other departments as required.

11. Participate meetings with the Customer, internal project review and operation presentations.

12. Planning, coordination with all internal and external partners, execution of the tender submission. Take part in preparing the cost control rule and follow up the enforce status.

13. Inspect the signal equipment stock (include row materials, WIP, finish goods), analyze & forecast the profit or loss for products.

14. Risk management and commercial insurance. Ensures compliance with all contractual insurance requirements. Ensures compliance with Gate requirements.

15. To carry out effective negotiation with all stake holders and securing reasonable and feasible commercial solution for all tender and contracts.

Requirements:

1. Bachelor degree above, majored in finance, commercial or relevant

2. At least 5 years of financial and contract management experience, commercial experience will be a plus.

3. Strong business sense, teamwork and good communication skills. P&L Management. Negotiation Bid Management

4. Knowledge of project management. People Management/leadership International Relations

5. Good organizational abilities. Self-starter demonstrated ability. Capable of working independently with minimal supervision/direction.

6. Available to travel in connection with business as required.
Ability to deal professionally with problematic persons and difficult situations.

7. Team player demonstrated ability. Problem solving ability. Persistency and tenacity.

8. Strong sense of responsibility, highly initiative and flexible, mature, independent, good interpersonal and communication skills

9. Strong analytical, organizational and panning skill required.

10. Good command of English both spoken and written.

* Please send us your complete resume (in Chinese and in English) to: ‘topjob_it163sh@dacare.com'(Please replace “#” with “@”)
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Business Development Director (it162sh)

Job Title: Business Development Director

Report To: GM

Location: Shanghai/Beijing

Our client is a world leader in Signal Systems for public transport. It successfully completed many metro projects for numerous cities around the world.
With the development in APAC, especially in China, they are looking for talents to join them.

Job Description:

The job holder should spare effort to operate the signal project in the Middle East well by good coordination with the General Contractor? other contractors and internal project team; The job included the project bidding, commercial negotiation, project implementation and team management but not limited;

Responsibilities:

1. As a key person, coordinate with the General contractor, clients, partners, onshore and offshore signal project teams to ensure the project smoothly being carried out and achieve the commitments in the middle east;

2. Strong relationship with the General Contractor to finish Tender preparation Bidding, Commercial Management of potential projects;

3. As project required, coordinate with GM to prepare project plans, technical plans and build up the project team;

4. Prepare the project reviews and action plans, control the project potential risk or issue that potentially affect performance at Project Level;

5. Support GM in managing all projects to achieve Quality, Cost and Delivery commitments through the delivery of all work packages according to the contract requirements;

6. Review regular status and the progress reports and meeting minutes from the Project Manager, Project Engineer and the Customer;

7. Attends all meetings with clients, project managers, site managers and sub-contractors;

8. Supervise the performance of all the work packages of the project;

Requirements:

1. Bachelor degree in technical engineering – preferably with major in Signal with solid electrical knowledge;

2. 8-10 years relevant working experience;

3. Working knowledge of Metro Signal products ;

4. Rich projects management experience Railway industry; Oversea project operation and management experience is prefer;

5. Able to understand technical specifications / standards / drawings;
6. Fluency in English, both written and verbal;

7. Able to work under pressure and manage issues with priority;

8. Strong negotiation and communication skills;

9. Rigorous, autonomous, result-oriented;

10. Readiness to travel within China and occasionally beyond.

* Please send us your complete resume (in Chinese and in English) to: ‘topjob_it162sh@dacare.com'(Please replace “#” with “@”)
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China recruiting foreign workers

For those with a financial background who are looking for an opportunity to work overseas, China may be the place to go.

Reuters cites a Chinese government official saying that China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) began its first global recruitment search for money managers to aid in the investment of the country’s $2.3 trillion of foreign exchange reserves.

A SAFE official told Reuters that the government would like to increase its return on the reserves and wants to tap into the global resources of bankers who may be looking for a job.

The official, who could not be named because he was not authorized to talk to the media, told the news source, “It is time for us to hunt talent from overseas financial markets, as the post-crisis economic outlook becomes clear to financial professionals and their institutions.”

According to the SAFE website, there are a range of positions open such as, portfolio managers, operations and legal consultants and research staff. Applicants should have a working knowledge of both Chinese and English as well as at least two years of work experience at a well known financial institution.

The government official interviewed by the Reuters declined to say how many foreign workers SAFE was looking to hire.

According to oDesk research, China is a popular country for providers on its site. There are currently 947 providers from China who charge an average hourly rate of $18.27 for their services.