Chief Operations Officer at Hamilton Lloyd and Associates

JOB OBJECTIVE(S)

• To provide overall operational leadership and guidance to the supply chain management team.
• To ensure the purchase of right items from right sources at the right price and delivered in the right quality, right quantity and on time to client.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee the provision of strategic sourcing, procurement, expediting, transportation, local handling, warehousing and associated logistics services to third party clients and on all Hyprops Nigeria Limited-owned projects
• Proactively analyse the different elements of the Supply Chain for the delivery of individual orders or project materials and optimize service delivery costs at all levels
• Lead the development of new opportunities for our existing OEM products and other products so as to ensure that revenue generating sources for the unit are sufficiently diversified.
• Establish contacts in the oil and gas industry that will enhance the performance of the unit
• Establish useful contact with suppliers
• Secure new OEM relationships
• Source price quotations from suppliers/OEMs in response to RFQ /Enquires/ITT
• Negotiate terms with suppliers in conjunction with relevant in-house personnel and technical partners or related companies
• Liaise with HNL legal advisors and relevant in-house/units personnel to review procurement contract terms
• Liaise with technical personnel for technical inputs on procurement related matters on a need basis.
• Business development activities so as to constantly review the performance of the unit
• Ensure that the units maintains high OTD(On Time Delivery) performance with all clients
• Liaise with the Finance team to process import duty/VAT and exemptions (If required)
• Coordination of importation documentation
• Prepare invoice for submission and follow up on payments
• Provide expediting reports on Purchase Orders to Client’s
• Coordination of clearing and delivery of goods to clients/project premises
• Prepare list of all goods and equipment to be procured for projects
• Maintain and periodically update a register of procured items on any project, by type, quantity, and location
• Maintain a register for the delivery of procured items/under the project by type, quantity, and location
• Maintain a data base of all OEMs and suppliers for frequently procured items
• Come up with suggestions of ways to improve and grow the units operations
• Undertake periodic working visits to colleagues handling similar projects to gain and share experience for learning better ways and methods of executing projects
• Provide weekly invoice ageing repot to management
• Participate in bilateral and multi-lateral meeting on projects
• Any other duties assigned by the management

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Education: A university degree in engineering or any relevant field from an internationally recognized tertiary institution.
• Experience: A minimum of 10 years’ cognate work experience in the oil and gas industry.

KEY COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS

• Strong understanding of oil and gas service contracting
• Familiarity with project management
• Knowledge of Ariba network
• Can work independently without much guidance
• Ability to accurately identify risks that affect supply, transformation, delivery and customer demand
• Knowledge of warehouse management system applications
• Ability to effectively locate and source key material suppliers
• Ability to develop inventory management strategies and objectives
• Competent in BD activities

KEY SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Leadership and strong management skills
• Excellent communication & Presentation skills
• Contract Management
• Strategic thinking
• Influencing and negotiations skills
• Great time management skills
• Ability to follow procedures exactly
• Highly organized
• Good MS Office skills particularly in Excel, Words and Powerpoint.
• Ability to delegate and enhance the performance of subordinates
• Excellent time management skills