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Core Responsibilities

• Responsible for providing leadership, general servicing, maintenance, repair of the vehicles to ensure zero breakdowns.

Specific Job Functions

• Provide leadership for the workshop by establishing vision, strategy and direction to meet Management objectives.
• Experienced in engine overhauling
• Shall administer the workshop on a daily basis.
• Shall ensure zero breakdown policy of the company is strictly adhered to.
• Plan strategies and coordinate resources for proper coverage of continuous improvement activities of the workshop
• Maintain an efficient, economical and continuous improved workshop operation by establishing the preventative maintenance
• Shall organize and supervise the servicing, maintenance and repair of the company’s fleet and shall ensure that the vehicles come to the workshop at the designated kilometers for servicing.
• Develop operating and capital budgets, manage expenses, identify opportunities to reduce costs and track performance against these budgets.
• Supervise and coordinate vendors, as required;
• Monitor inventory of spare parts; approve requisitions for new spare parts from Store, as required to ensure that such parts requested are used for the purpose for which they are requested.
• Deploy a spare parts management system to ensure best practice cost philosophy
• Ensure the mobile maintenance team is always available when called upon.

Candidate Profile

• HND/BSc in Automobile/Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum of 10 years relevant and practical experience in managing Technicians/Mechanics
• Experience in the repairs of Tata, Actros, Man Diesel and Mercedes Trucks
• Good multi-tasking skills
• Pro-active and organized
• Leadership, coordinating, scheduling and problem-solving skills

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Core Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a growth-focused strategy to increase the company’s investment portfolio in the Transportation sector in Nigeria
• Drive the financial performance of the Company.
• Implementation of relevant structures (process, people, and systems) to support the achievement of the company's vision, goals and promote investment opportunities for profitable growth.
• Ensure innovative processes for efficiency to promote customer satisfaction
• Drive business development that will transform the passenger and courier business of the Company during this challenging economic period.
• Report directly to the board

Candidate Profile

• Postgraduate qualifications in Business Administrations, Transport Management, and other relevant fields would be an advantage.
• Minimum of 15 years' experience in courier business operations of Redstar Express, DHL, FedEx, UPS and other reputable courier companies, with at least 5 years in a Senior Management position
• Must be above 45 years of age but not more than 55 years.

Skills and Competencies:

• Must be a visionary leader with a high level of commercial acumen and a track record in managing the Transport business at the senior management level.
• Must have a deep understanding of passenger Transport and Courier operations, trucks/buses maintenance, scheduling and branch management
• Strong Business development and marketing skills including the ability to identify and implement new business opportunities
• Strong business acumen to lead the business to commercial success
• Ability to plan strategically and successfully lead growth within an organization
• Good networking skills
• Ability to drive organizational changes needed to adapt strategically to changing business terrain and technology
• Provide direction for the operations, sales, technical and other teams for achieving challenging targets and objectives.
• Must have multicultural exposure with the ability to mix and interact at different levels of the society
• Excellent interpersonal and analytical skills