General Manager - Marine Operations at HRLeverage Africa

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job Band: Executive Management

Role Summary

• The General Management of Operations at the Executive level position. This role is responsible for all operational and resource management as well as ensuring the organization meets her target on customer satisfaction through high levels of safety, quality service and efficient service delivery.
• Involvement in Charter Management
• Vessel Management Operations
• Vessel Standardization and Budget Management Operations
• Team Management and Development Regulatory and Stakeholder Management
• Develop and implement strategic plans for a safe, efficient marine services operation that serves the needs of internal and external clients.
• Reviews and progresses the standardized new-build strategy and provides marine input to contract concept selection
• Continuously assessing operating environment and clients business contexts to identify opportunities for new business, including innovative partnership possibilities.
• Align the organisation’s operations to its strategic goals; keeping and improving on budget and ensuring financial performance
• Acts as escalation point-of-contact and interface on all operational matters
• Plans and coordinate budgets and schedules to ensures strict compliance
• Controls the assigned budget and actively seek operational leverage to improve cost efficiency via creating a continuous improvement operational culture.
• Carries out monthly operational budget review, prepare variance analysis including expenditure trend and other relevant reports for management
• Develops and maintains internal controls and policies for an effective operations system.
• Supervises the preparation for all statutory surveys (Class and Flag) including dry docks as at when due.

Target Industries:

• Our target organizations are organizations with process driven operations like FMCGs, marine and Multinational companies.

Requirements

• Years of Experience: Over 15 years
• Minimum Educational Requirement: MBA, Msc, or related Business Degree

Professional Certification:

• Lean Six sigma
• Kaizen improvement certification
• Other related process improvement certifications

Key Skills Required:

• Process improvement and efficiency
• Quality Management
• Vessel Operations and standardization
• Resource management
• Planning and Maintenance
• Budgeting
• Regulatory and Stakeholder management
• Business performance monitoring
• Experience leading cross-functional teams
• Decision making skills

Behavioural Traits For Ideal Candidates:

• Detail oriented
• Personal discipline
• Strong sense of personal accountability
• Integrity
• Leadership and Personal effectiveness
• Team Player

Culture Traits:

• Entrepreneurial
• Results-driven
• Customer focused
• Quick thinker

Other Job Requirements:

• International work exposure is an added advantage for this role
• Knowledge of Class and Flag state requirements is compulsory for this role.
• Extensive knowledge of Marine Operations is compulsory for this role.
• International work experience is an added advantage for this role.