Career Opportunities at Nextzon

Location: Zaria, Kaduna
Sector: Fertilizer Blending

Qualifications & Other Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or a related field is required.
• Any additional academic or professional qualifications in the agricultural field will be advantageous.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in fertilizer blending is required.
• Proven managerial experience
• Knowledge and experience in competitive inventory management, customer credit worthiness, and product knowledge and proficiency.
• Understand the processes of safety, quality, productivity, demand creation, inventory, and stewardship.
• Must be able to obtain and keep all necessary certifications, licenses, and permits from appropriate institutions.
• Exhibits critical skills such as business knowledge, collaboration, communication, customer focus, decision making, and skill development.
• Excellent team-building, decision-making, and people-management abilities
• Should have analytical skills, structured problem-solving abilities, and management system expertise
• Contribute strategically to system development to reduce product failure or reprocessing costs and improve customer satisfaction.
• Capable of working efficiently under pressure and adapting to changing priorities

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Sector: Marine Services Operations

Qualifications & Other Requirements

• First Degree in Marine Engineering or related field
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in Shipping / Marine Operations of which 5 years at managerial level
• Extensive shore-based operational and general management experience gained within the shipping industry
• Strong inter-personal and people-oriented management skills with experience of leading and motivating multi-disciplinary teams
• Substantial experience of working closely with all regulatory bodies and stakeholders
• Good understanding of ISM / ISO procedures and experience in training of personnel
• Budgetary management experience with commercial acumen
• Proactive and innovative attitude
• Excellent communication skills in English, other languages an advantage
• Strong interpersonal & negotiation skills, able to deal with clients at a senior level
• Computer literate and able to utilize analytical and presentation PC tools.

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Location: Zaria, Kaduna
Sector: Fertilizer & Rice Milling

Qualifications & Other Requirements

• First Degree in Business Administration or related field
• Any other academic or professional qualification in agriculture or related field will be an added advantage
• Minimum of 8 years of plant management experience in fertilizer blending or rice milling production
• Adequate knowledge of business and management principles (budgeting, strategic planning, resource allocation and human resources)
• Familiarity with industry standard equipment and technical expertise
• Be knowledgeable of safety, quality, productivity, demand creation, inventory and stewardship processes
• Ability to create accountability and to lead by example
• Strong team building, decision-making and people management skills
• Strong management skills, with ability to take charge
• Must be a hands-on plant manager
• Analytical knowledge, structured problem-solving skills and expertise in management systems
• Proven leadership, communication and teamwork skills with demonstrated abilities to both work collaboratively
• Strategically contribute to the system development to minimize product failure or reprocess to reduce cost of poor quality and improve customer satisfaction
• Adaptable to changing priorities and capable of working efficiently under pressure

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Sector: Fertilizer & Chemical

Qualifications & Other Requirements

• First Degree in Business Administration or related field
• Any other academic or professional qualification in agriculture or chemical engineering field will be an added advantage
• Minimum of 8 years of plant management experience in fertilizer blending or chemical production
• Adequate knowledge of business and management principles (budgeting, strategic planning, resource allocation and human resources)
• Familiarity with industry standard equipment and technical expertise
• Be knowledgeable of safety, quality, productivity, demand creation, inventory and stewardship processes
• Ability to create accountability and to lead by example
• Strong team building, decision-making and people management skills
• Strong management skills, with ability to take charge
• Must be a hands-on plant manager
• Analytical knowledge, structured problem-solving skills and expertise in management systems
• Proven leadership, communication and teamwork skills with demonstrated abilities to both work collaboratively
• Strategically contribute to the system development to minimize product failure or reprocess to reduce cost of poor quality and improve customer satisfaction
• Adaptable to changing priorities and capable of working efficiently under pressure

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Sector: Trade & Export

Qualifications & Other Requirements

• First degree in Agriculture, Business Administration or related field
• A minimum of 12 years’ experience in the agricultural industry
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in multidisciplinary senior management positions
• Passion for the agriculture business, especially in trade and export.
• Excellent knowledge of current thinking in agriculture, trade and export
• Significant experience and proven track record of developing and executing agriculture trading and export initiatives in a competitive context.
• Strong network and visibility with main partners relevant to the agriculture sector, with entrepreneurial skills including a proven track record in mobilizing financial resources.
• Exemplary leadership skills and extensive experience in creating and leading high-performance teams.
• High level of integrity and credible player in development.
• Extremely effective communicator across a range of audiences; strong presentation skills.