Jobs at Clement Ashley Consulting

Ref No: HRM 2017
Job Objective

• To articulate, drive and communicate the HR Vision of the board throughout the organization and motivate staff to meet and achieve corporate objectives efficiently while maximizing staff retention.
• Plan, direct, and coordinate human resource management activities of the organization to maximize the strategic use of human resources and maintain HR functions, HR policies, and regulatory compliance.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Be a change champion encouraging staff to key in to the vision of the board as espoused by the CEO.
• Formulates HR policies and procedures and implement thereafter for recruitment, testing, placement, classification, on-boarding, orientation, talent management, human capital development, performance management, appraisal, compensation and benefits, and labour and industrial relations.
• Plans, directs, supervises, and coordinates work activities of subordinates and staff relating to recruitment, testing, placement, classification, on-boarding, orientation, talent management, human capital development, performance management, appraisal, compensation and benefits, and labour and industrial relations etc.
• Directs preparation and distribution of written and verbal information to inform employees of HR Policies.
• Analyses compensation policies, government regulations, and prevailing wage rates to develop competitive compensation plan in compliance with legal requirements.
• Develops methods to improve employment policies, processes, and practices and recommends changes to management.
• Prepares personnel forecast to project employment needs.
• Prepares monthly payroll and administers PAYE and other mandatory deductions in line with relevant legislation.
• Prepares and delivers presentations and reports to corporate officers or other management regarding human resource management policies and practices and recommendations for change.
• Negotiates bargaining agreements and resolves labour disputes (where applicable).
• Meets with shop stewards and supervisors to resolve grievances.
• Administers the performance and appraisal management system.
• Conducts exit interviews to identify reasons for employee termination and writes separation notices.
• Plans and conducts new and ongoing employee orientation to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives.
• Writes directives advising department managers of organization policy in personnel matters.
• Studies legislation, arbitration decisions, and collective bargaining contracts to assess industry trends.
• Maintains personnel and HR Information records and compiles statistical reports concerning personnel-related data such as hires, transfers, performance appraisals, and absenteeism rates.
• Analyses statistical data and reports to identify and determine causes of personnel problems and develop recommendations for improvement of organization's personnel policies and practices.
• Represents organization at personnel-related hearings and investigations.
• Contracts with vendors to provide employee services, such as canteen, transportation, or relocation service.
• Liaises with regulatory authorities with respect to employee regulatory compliance.
• Investigates industrial accidents and prepares reports for insurance carrier.

Qualification

• B.Sc, B.A and MBA. in Social Sciences, Management or Engineering. CIPM qualification would be an added advantage.

Experience:

• At least ten years’ experience as Head of HR in a fast growing company preferably in the FMCG sector. Experience relating with expatriate supervisors or CEO’s who have English as a second or third language is very important.

The Person

• Must have excellent health record. At least 35 years of age but not more than 50 years of age.
• Excellent spoken and written English is mandatory.
• Ability to understand English spoken with a foreign accent is necessary.

Skills & Attributes:

• Punctual, Must be highly visionary and strategic thinking/planning ability, Strong team building ability,
• Entrepreneurial skills and ability with an ownership mindset, Creative, Maverick, Detail oriented, Future minded, Proactive, Managerial and leadership skills,
• Good understanding of FMCG pay structure,
• Good interpersonal skills and persuasive power to motivate people, Articulate with excellent communication skills,
• Self Confidence, Relationship management, Marketing / Sales skills,
• Negotiation skills, Computer literacy and Understanding of the use of the balanced scorecard for performance management.

Remuneration
Excellent Salary and Remuneration package between 5 million and 8 million NGN per annum.

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Ref No: HOF 2017

Job Objective

• To provide relevant strategic performance, accounting, cost control, tax and other financial management information and leadership to meet the needs of the board, management, regulatory authorities and other recognized stakeholders.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the CEO in reporting to the board of directors and its three boards level committees.
• Drive the Strategic Planning and Budgetary Process including translating strategic objectives into Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and Key Risk Indicators (KRI’s) for all staff.
• Set operational objectives and goals for the units in the group and ensure achievement of set objectives by implementing balanced scorecard reporting
• Assist management in formulating business support policies that maximise the market value of the company and minimise its risk profile.
• Oversee all financial and accounting functions/ services in support of the operations including but not limited to:
  • Prepare monthly financial statements in line with IFRS
  • Review Trial Balance, Journals and Payment Vouchers
  • Prepare and review Stock/Inventory reconciliations
  • Prepare and review bank reconciliations
  • Undertake Tax Management and Planning
  • Checking and signing of advice's and funds transfer documents
  • Preparation of budget and monthly budgetary controls reports
  • Prepare monthly profitability reports and chair the meeting for monthly review of profitability and corrective action planning.
  • Prepare required returns for FIRS, LIRS, and NSITF etc.
  • Relate with Account and Tax Auditors for annual audits
  • Manage vendor payments as well as act as a signatory for business transactions and approve operating expenses within authorized limit
  • Manage the working capital of the company with special reference to creditors, inventory and debtors
  • Liaise with bankers, financiers and consultants as the need arises
  • Undertake treasury management by the development of investment proposals and advise the CEO on the best ways of investing surplus funds to grow the business in addition to capital resource planning
  • Ensure maximum efficiency and cost control in business administrative operations in order to minimise cost and maximise returns on investment
  • Ensure effective financial planning, accounting and cost control for the company
  • Prepare other ad-hoc reports as may be required
  • Contribute to customer needs identification and the development of new products to meet such needs
  • Establish performance objectives and targets for team members
  • Monitor and evaluate the performance of the department and of team members
  • Communicate with departmental staff on relevant business and corporate matters through regular meetings
  • Participate actively in Management Committee meetings and other management bodies
  • Provide on-the-job coaching for staff and ensure that other training needs of staff are identified and addressed
  • Prepare staff performance appraisals objectively and promptly
  • Perform other duties as assigned by the CEO

Requirements
Qualifications:

• B.Sc, B.A and MBA in Engineering, Finance or Business and Numerate related discipline.
• Professional Accounting qualification and / or Financial Analysis (ACA / ACCA / ACMA /CFA) is also required.

Experience:

• Candidate must have minimum of cumulative 10 years’ experience in a retail distribution or FMCG firm, at least 5 of which must be at Senior Managerial level.

The Person:

• Must not be more than 40 years of age, medically fit with lots of stamina as the job demands the ability to work 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, if need be.
• Excellent spoken and written English is mandatory. Ability to understand English spoken with a foreign accent is necessary.

Skills & Attributes:

• Punctual,
• Must be Strategic Thinking/planning,
• Accounting,
• Audit and Business Analysis skills,
• Financial Management Skills,
• Advanced Computer Literacy,
• Skilled in the use of Microsoft Dynamics,
• Knowledge of the Balanced Scorecard as a Performance Management Tool,
• Interpersonal Skills,
• Communication Skills,
• Negotiation Skills, Managerial and Leadership skills,
• Training/Coaching skills and Project Management Skills

Remuneration
Excellent Salary and Remuneration package between 5 million to 8 million NGN per annum.

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Ref No : HOO 2017
Location: Lagos

Job Objective

• To own, end-to-end in store processes, in the supermarket operations ensuring full alignment across functions as well as data and process integrity and reliability.
• To manage the human and material resources in the company in order to deliver the required products to customers in line with service standards advertised to customers.
• To ensure the optimisation of overall service delivery process in a manner that guarantees the supermarkets business’s sustainable
• existence as a going concern.
• To coordinate all supply chain activities towards ensuring the achievement of overall company goals – sales targets, market share, contribution to margin, cost control, profit etc.

Duties and Responsibilities
Purchasing and In-bound logistics:

• Liaise with the Commercial Manager and team to ensure the right products are purchased in the right amounts and of the right quality
• by accurately forecasting sales figures and inventory requirements for each store keeping unit (SKU) and location.
• Inventory Analysis and Warehousing
• Supervise the Warehouse Manager and undertake regular periodic inventory analysis for each SKU and location and using that analysis coupled with sales figures to determine the optimal stock levels.
• Determine how much of each (SKU) product or brand should be ordered for each location in line with Just In Time (JIT) ordering
• policies, when it should be delivered and encourage ordering protocols to optimize store stock to build sales figures without overstocking.

Cost Control and Cost Management:

• Constantly review store sales numbers, cost of inventory, operational expenses and inventory losses. Use results of analysis to determine whether or not the store is meeting its goals.
• Develop a plan to improve cost control, minimize wastage and maximize profits.

Visual Merchandising:

• Constantly improve visual merchandising in store, ensuring displays set up aesthetically for customers.
• Determine a layout of store merchandise that is visually appealing to consumers.
• Instruct the in store/sales employees on how to maintain the design with the arrival of new merchandise.
• Design and maintain an ambience appealing to customers with health and safety of customers and staff in mind.

Sales Administration:

• Supervise the Sales/Store Manager and his team to set sales targets and ensure the store is staffed correctly at all times with sales
• personnel that are proactive to meet set targets.
• Provide employee operations manuals to store/sales managers and help to provide employee training when necessary.
• The operations manager must be able to accurately estimate the needs of each store location and work with the store's management to solve conflicts, make sure that scheduling needs are met and assist in improving employee performance and retention.
• This involves regular floor visits to check employee performance and gauge customer satisfaction and customer retention.
• Review sales reports weekly or more often to take necessary corrective action to ensure that financial objectives are met.

General Administration:

• Work with the Administration manager to ensure effective administration of general services, including premises and equipment maintenance, health and safety, insurance, procurement and storage of supplies, telephone services, advertising and public relations.

Process Design and Process Improvement:

• Take responsibility for the overall design, documentation and improvement of technical and operational business processes to ensure smooth and efficient service delivery.
• Use tools such as flow charting to identify bottlenecks as well as redundancies and thus improve cost control and minimize wastages.
• Produce and constantly review and update technical and operational manuals for staff training, orientation and guidance.
• Achievement of performance target
• Profitability, Revenue Growth rate, Sales per square foot etc.

Qualifications

• B.Sc, B.A, MBA and M.Sc in Business Management, Business Administration, Accounting, Materials Management, Warehouse Management, Logistics, Sales, Engineering or Marketing Management.
• Membership of professional associations would be an advantage
• Experience: Candidates must have at least 10 years previous experience, in the operations of a large retail supermarket or hypermarket.
• At least five years of which should be as an operations manager.
• Previous experience in the retail operations and retail sales of a member of the
• TESCO supermarket chain will be a big advantage.
• The person: Not more than 45 years of age. medically fit with lots of stamina as the job demands the ability to work 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, if need be.
• Excellent spoken and written English is mandatory.
• Ability to understand English spoken with a foreign accent is necessary.

Skills & Attributes:

• Punctual, Must be Strategic Thinking/planning, Accounting, Audit and Business Analysis skills, Marketing Management and Sales Management Skills, Operations management Skills, Process Design Skills, Flow charting Skills, Advanced Computer Literacy, Skilled in the use of Microsoft Dynamics,Knowledge of the Balanced Scorecard as a Performance Management Tool, Interpersonal Skills, Communication Skills, Organizational Skills, Managerial and Leadership skills, Project Management Skills and Training/Coaching skills.

Remuneration
Excellent Salary and Remuneration package between 8 million to 10 million NGN per annum.