GENERAL MANAGER RETAIL
All Business Units – All States
The Role: General Manager Retail:
The successful candidate will be required to:
Ø Drive and plan marketing and sales objectives by contributing marketing and sales information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; driving productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving issues; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change.
Ø Meets marketing and sales financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
Ø Determines annual and gross-profit plans by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas for stores; projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products/stores; analyzing trends and results; establishing pricing strategies; recommending selling prices; monitoring costs, competition, supply, and demand.
Ø Drives with support from the marketing and sales human resources objectives by; recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations, planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; ensuring policies and procedures.
Ø Direct and establish marketing plans, evaluate advertising, merchandising, and trade promotion programs; developing retail sales action plans.
Ø Identifies marketing opportunities by identifying consumer requirements; defining market, competitor’s share, and competitor’s strengths and weaknesses; forecasting projected business; establishing targeted market share.
Ø Improves product marketability and profitability by researching, identifying, and capitalizing on market opportunities; improving product packaging; coordinating new product introduction.
Ø Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
The Person: The Right candidate must:
- A second degree in Management preferably MBA
- 12-15 years business experience with 3years in senior management role and preferably in Retail industry.
- Good understanding of the Nigerian Retail environment.
· Have a CAN DO attitude, exhibiting our core values – COURAGE, ACCOUNTABILITY,NETWORKING, DRIVE and ONENESS.
Closing date: 16 Nov 2012
Factory Accountant
HPZ – Lagos
The Role: FACTORY ACCOUNTANT
The successful candidate will be required to:
Ø Provide all required financial support to the Factory and the Supply Chain Finance Manager..
Ø Factory Operations:
· Ensure cost roll-up where changes to the BOM are made.
· Ensure all BOM changes go through correct process and are approved by required authorities.
· Ensure Items in transit locations are not more than:
7– Itran 7 days
On Way 14 days
0-Afloat 30 days
· Ensure correctness of runtime and routines for all SKU
· Prepare weekly recoveries report which shows recovery for the week and LE YTD.
Ø Month-End Reconciliations:
· Ensure cycle-count and back flushes are correctly carried out.
· Extract the Usage variance and get explanations for variances.
Ø Factory Overheads
· Ensure overheads are within budget and get explanations where there are variances
· Ensure proper accounts codes and cost centers for all factory spends.
· Ensure all Head-counts are in the right cost centre where they are budgeted.
Ø Stock Taking exercise
· Co-ordinate Half year and year end stock taking exercise.
· Ensure stock taking variances are fully explained.
The Person: The Right candidate must
Ø Be ACA or ACCA qualified with at least two years post NYSC experience in a FMCG outfit.
Ø Have demonstrated experience in financial accounting, budget preparation as well as financial controls.
Ø Have interpersonal skills and effective communication both verbal and written.
Ø Must be good on Microsoft Office – Excel & Word
Ø Have a CAN DO attitude, exhibiting our core values – COURAGE, ACCOUNTABILITY,NETWORKING, DRIVE and ONENESS. F
Closing date: 16 Nov 2012
Logistics Manager (Bulk Commodities)
All Business Units – All States
The Role: This role exists to ensure the smooth operation of receipt, storage and delivery of bulk commodities for all SBUs in Nigeria. The role performed well will mitigate/avoid significant financial losses to the business, whether from demurrage payments for delayed ships or Inventory losses on storage/distribution as well as supporting the smooth operation of our factories and servicing our external customers.
The sucessful candidate will be required to:
- Ensure all operations are run in a safe manner to protect people, assets, cargo and environment. Develop effective systems for managing safety, quality and environmental impact. (ISO14000, ISO 18000 etc – timings & scope TBC)
- Develop and Manage effective tank farm operations at PH, Tin Can & Ikorodu to minimize losses (<0.2%), stock variances and quality issues.
- Develop and implement tanker transport operations to support the requirements of the new PZ Wilmar Palm Oil refinery at Ikorodu at agreed service levels at optimal cost.
- Manage tanker transport operations to support soap factory at Aba and Detergents factory at Ikorodu at agreed service levels and optimal cost.
- Manage Port operations to ensure smooth customs clearance, effective berthing and discharge of cargos to ensure minimum demurrage charges, berthing charges and clearance costs.
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships with port authorities, regulatory agencies, ships agents, terminal operators and local communities in which we operate.
- Develop and agree Service Level Agreements and annual joint business plans with Customer SBUs and ensure delivery within agreed parameters for cost and service. This will include monthly KPI reporting.
- Develop Strong operations team to ensure continuous improvements and effective round the clock operations. Including clear roles and responsibilities, developments and succession plans.
- Work with colleagues in Materials Management, factory operations and key supplier to ensure optimization of End to End supply chain. Work with CIL / PZW to ensure shipments are effectively planned and executed.
The Person:The right person for the role must possess a:
- B.Eng. degree with significant operations experience (>5 years) managing high volume, high value bulk commodities Logistics. E.g. Petroleum, Palm Oil.
- Experience of managing Bulk Tanker transport operations, Tank farm Operations and receiving bulk vessels essential.
- Experience of establishing new start up operation desirable.
- Experience of handling bulk food grade materials (E.g. for brewery or flour mill) desirable.
- A CAN DO attitude, exhibiting our core values – COURAGE,ACCOUNTABILITY, NETWORKING,DRIVE and ONENESS
Closing date: 16 Nov 2012
Area Sales Manager
All Business Units – All States
The Role: Area Sales Manager
The successful candidates will be required to:
- Consistently meet or exceed agreed business development targets.
- Have detailed knowledge and experience in the distribution of FMCG products.
- Develop the annual area sales plan.
- Motivate, train and develop the local sales teams.
- Manage and drive customers/partners towards profitable growth.
- Identify and develop new and incremental sales business opportunities.
The Person:The right candidates must:
- Have good knowledge in distribution & customer development in the sector of FMCG.
- Possess a good university degree in any discipline.
- Possess first class numeric and communication skills.
- Have excellent customer relation skills.
- Possess three to five (3–5) years successful selling experience at sales management level.
- Possess high levels of determination and desire to succeed in a result oriented environment.
- Be a good team player but with the ability to drive the team to unsurpassed success
- Be mobile and willing to be flexible in terms of location.
- Have a CAN DO attitude, exhibiting our core values – COURAGE,ACCOUNTABILITY, NETWORKING,DRIVE and ONENESS.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Closing date: 16 Nov 2012
Commercial Finance Manager
HPZ – Lagos
The Role: COMMERCIAL FINANCE MANAGER
The successful candidate will be required to:
Ø Support Business Planning Process by providing financial reports and analysis, evaluating impacts and identify gaps, risks and opportunities concerning business decisions.
Ø Drive Budget, PFs and 5YP processes in line with group timeline.
Ø Monitor brand performance against plan and/or forecast and report on major variances with particular reference to margin%.
Ø Monitor Channel performance against plan and/or forecast and report on major variances.
Ø Organize monthly financial review meetings and follow through agreed action points.
Ø On a monthly basis conduct balance sheet reconciliation review to highlight all profit risks and opportunities.
Ø Drive regional performance through regional profitability report
Ø Drive the weekly financial reporting process and ensure effective weekly overhead.
Ø Ensure adequate and effective control in After Sales service operations
Ø Monitor After Sales Spares consumption and ensure that calculation of warranty provision accurate and well understood.
Ø Prepare accurate costing for all CAC projects and ensure that each project financials are prepared and shared on monthly basis.
Ø Ensure spending controls are in place.
The Person: The Right candidate must
Ø Be ACA or ACCA qualified with at least two years post NYSC experience in a FMCG outfit.
Ø Have demonstrated experience in financial accounting, budget preparation as well as financial controls.
Ø Have interpersonal skills and effective communication both verbal and written.
Ø Must be good on Microsoft Office – Excel & Word
Ø Have a CAN DO attitude, exhibiting our core values – COURAGE, ACCOUNTABILITY,NETWORKING, DRIVE and ONENESS.
Closing date: 16 Nov 2012
BRAND MANAGER
All Business Units – Lagos
The Role: BRAND MANAGER:
The successful candidate will be required to o Generates and applies compelling category, consumer, shopper and customer insights that leads to competitive business opportunities across the 4Ps
§ Develops insightful, engaging and effective consumer communications, using all media
§ Uses digital tools and media to understand and engage relevant consumer audiences to achieve brand objectives and drive sales
§ Develops compelling brand propositions that drive brand equity and value
§ Delivers short and long term brand strategy and direction
§ Manages the 4Ps to maximize growth and profit delivery
§ Drives on time delivery of NPD to market and manage products through their entire lifecycle
§ Drives innovation to identify and deliver evolutionary and revolutionary initiatives across the 4Ps
The Person: The Right candidate must
§ Have a degree (preferably Marketing / Business Related Discipline)
§ Have 2-3 years Brand Management experience preferably within FMCG
§ Have NPD Project Management experience
§ Have excellent consumer insight, innovation and NPD skills.
§ Have a CAN DO attitude, exhibiting our core values – COURAGE, ACCOUNTABILITY,NETWORKING, DRIVE and ONENESS
Closing date: 16 Nov 2012
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