Job Vacancies at a Multinational Manufacturing Company - Adexen Recruitment Agency

Job description

• The incumbent manages the end-to-end recruitment cycle for the organisation, develops a talent pipeline, works with the business to forecast headcount plans and assists with succession planning cycles across the company and will be responsible for developing the recruitment function into a business-aligned, value-add function.

Main Activities / Responsibilities

• Designs, develops and maintain the recruitment process in the organization
• Review key jobs on an ongoing basis and ensure the pipeline is robust
• Designs the selection matrix for choosing the optimum recruitment channel and recruitment source
• Explores the market best practices in the recruitment and staffing and implement appropriate best practices in the organization
• Builds a quality relationship with the internal customers and external recruitment agencies and provides support to functional HR team leads and business partners in various recruitment activities and to assess and prioritize recruitment needs
• Monitors and constantly seeks innovative ways to reduce high costs of the recruitment process and delivers maximum value on time to hire and cost per hire
• Sets the social media communication strategy for different job profiles and functions in the organization
• Arranges for interviews for positions and sometimes conducts job interviews for the designated job positions
• Monitors the labor legislation and implements required changes to keep the process compliant
• Consolidate the LinkedIn Recruiter tool as well as the ATS applicant system and any other platform used by the country in hiring people
• Assist with Career Fairs and any job fairs or related events that the Company wished to engage in
• Acts as the first point of contact for HR business partners on recruitment and hiring matters
• Designs adequate training for HR Recruiters and hiring line managers
• Drives the graduate internship scheme currently in place in the organization.
• Plans innovative approaches to identifying resources and builds a qualified resource pool for current and future projects
• Ensure effective candidate selection assessment and on-boarding processes are in place

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in any discipline
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in related role
• Membership of HR Professional Bodies is preferred
• Basic knowledge of labour and industrial relations laws
• Knowledge of global best practices in recruitment and sourcing
• Experience with recruitment projects at any level in any organization essential
• Experience with handling third party recruiters and handling related services
• Handling multiple priorities
• Computer literate
• Structured methodical approach, with excellent operational standards
• Strong knowledge of the business, contemporary trends and practices in talent resourcing
• Strong interviewing and person assessment skills
• Knowledge of social media processes/tools an advantage
• Customer and service oriented
• Passion and focus on results
• Accountability and sticking with standards
• Excellent people and relationship skills
• Ability/Courage to make informed decisions and question submissions/requests
• Proactive and anticipating needs
• Organises self and others
• Strong presentation skills
• Creativity and Problem Solving

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Job Reference: 1277
Location: Lagos
Industry: Industry & Manufacturing

Job Description

• The main responsibility of the Head of Strategic Marketing is monitoring the market share in the industry and in each segment in the country, and in particular, versus competitors.
• This share should grow in a profitable way, and become stronger and stronger through differentiation.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties

• Design and set up the marketing & innovation organization of the country, which drives and contributes to the market strategy and profitable growth across all market segments (and all product lines).
• Responsible for developing the marketing & innovation capabilities within the country, in cooperation with Country HR: skills & competencies (assessment and evaluation criteria, learning & development), talent pipeline, succession planning, career development, IDPs, anticipation of new needed skills and competencies for the country.
• Together with product lines commercial functions and country HR, ensure the development of top level sales capabilities: sales effectiveness in all segments, in products, solutions and services, sales force skills and competencies, L&D, anticipation of new skills and competencies relating to new market trends, new products and solutions, new market approaches and differentiated ways of selling.
• Contribute in setting up country incentive schemes related to sales force effectiveness

Extra Mile:

• Define and contribute to Extra Mile growth strategy (product line related and cross product lines initiatives).
• Propose and lead the implementation of value propositions for selected relevant segments: identification and incubation of new offers, new business opportunities through new market approaches.
• Contribute to the development/ transformation towards a strong market and customer culture across the organisation, in all business functions (i.e. through training, value creation seminars, mobilization programs, communication etc).
• May contribute to specific Group transversal innovation / Extra Mile projects to support the roll out of initiatives in own market or share/exchange with other countries.

Country Marketing Operations:

• Lead the country key accounts management. Liaise for international accounts with Group International Key Account Management team.
• Define, organize and coordinate the overall relationship with architects, specifiers, influencers and standard setting bodies in/for the country. Lead the company’s lobbying activity in the country relating to products, solutions, raw materials, standards and labels.
• Lead the interactions between all functions involved in the development and launching of new value propositions, products / solutions / services. Propose the business case for country initiatives (ie new segments, new products, new systems, new services…) including the business stakes and objectives (market share, targeted customers or market segments, volumes,etc.).

Expectations

• BSc/BA in Business Administration, Marketing and Communications or relevant field
• Masters Degree or MBA
• Strategic agility, business acumen, customer focus, drive for results.
• Constructive confrontation skills
• Demonstrated skills, knowledge and experience in the design and execution of (social) marketing, communications and public relations activities;
• Strong creative, strategic, analytical, organizational and personal sales skills
• Organisation and team leadership
• Strong oral and written communications skills

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Job Reference: 1278
Location: Nigeria
Industry: Industry & Manufacturing
Function: Commercial & Communication

Job Description

• This position is accountable for monitoring the market share in the overall market and in each segment in the country.

Main Activities / Responsibilities
Marketing & Innovation, Organisation & People:

• Design and set up the marketing & innovation organization of the country, which drives and contributes to the market strategy and profitable growth across all market segments.
• Responsible of developing the marketing & innovation capabilities within the country, in cooperation with Country HR: skills & competencies (assessment and evaluation criteria, learning & development), talent pipeline, succession planning, career development, anticipation of new needed skills and competencies for the country.
• Together with product lines commercial functions and country HR, ensure the development of top level sales capabilities: sales effectiveness in all segments, in products, solutions and services, sales force skills and competencies, anticipation of new skills and competencies relating to new market trends, new products and solutions, new market approaches and differentiated ways of selling.
• Set up, follow up and control the yearly objectives of the country marketing & innovation teams. Challenge the commercial objectives and action plans for all product lines in the country and strive for strong customer engagement and loyalty schemes and objectives.
• Contribute in setting up country incentive schemes related, sales force effectiveness, level of ambition.

Extra Mile:

• Define and contribute to Extra Mile growth strategy (product line related and cross product lines initiatives)
• Propose and lead the implementation of value propositions for selected relevant segments: identification and incubation of new offers, new business opportunities through new market approaches.
• Define and drive/coordinate the implementation roadmap for “go to market” actions relevant to the country
• Coordinate innovation initiatives in the country, ensuring consistency with the Extra Mile strategy. The Country Marketing Director is the country interface with the Group Innovation function.
• Contribute to the development/ transformation towards a strong market and customer culture across the organisation, in all business functions (i.e. through training, value creation seminars, mobilization programs, communication etc).
• Disseminate general knowledge and best practices across the organisation on market place, customers, products and solutions and their use in the industry.
• May contribute to specific Group transversal innovation / Extra Mile projects to support the roll out of initiatives in own market or share/exchange with other countries.
• Contribute to the communication efforts within country on Extra Mile and branding.

Country Marketing operations:

• Lead the country key accounts management. Liaise for international accounts with Group International Key Account Management team.
• Lead the management of the multi-product lines initiatives and value propositions in all market segments: products, solutions & services, pricing.
• Define, organize and coordinate the overall relationship with architects, specifiers, influencers and standard setting bodies in/for the country. Lead the company’s lobbying activity in the country relating to products, solutions, raw materials, standards and labels.
• Lead the interactions between all functions involved in the development and launching of new value propositions, products / solutions / services. Propose the business case for country initiatives (i.e. new segments, new products, new systems, new services…) including the business stakes and objectives (market share, targeted customers or market segments, volumes, etc.).
• Leverage on commercial branding.
• Leverage on knowledge platforms and IT enablers.
• Marketing plan
• Develop a deep understanding of the local industry: its segments, its players, our competitors (including other materials), influencers, decision makers, trends and opportunities.
• Translate end-user and stakeholders’ insights in actionable change approach.
• Contribute to management cycle and articulate the marketing plan of the country: country consolidated and segmented market knowledge (market data, customers, competition and players, decision process, products, solutions and services, access to market/segments, trends and markets/segments evolution), market opportunities and risks, regulation intelligence, branding, pricing strategy, marketing vision and strategic and market shares objectives, strategic marketing plan and operational roadmap for the coming years, including innovation.

Expectations

• Successful Marketing or Sales (ex. key account, prescriptive selling) experience.
• Ability to manage broadly the 4Ps: Product - Promotion - Place - Price and proven implementer or project management experience.
• Experience with a market focused company in another industry would be viewed as a Plus.
• Good knowledge of market channels
• P&L mindset.
• Leadership to drive cultural change
• Strategic agility, business acumen, customer focus, drive for results.
• Ability to work in teams and in networks with Sales teams in product lines and with Group experts (when relevant)
• Organization and team leadership, transversal leadership
• Constructive confrontation skills
• Open minded to diversity of skills, backgrounds in own teams
• Fast learner, entrepreneurial and promoter of continuous learning and experimentation.
• Ability to deal with complexity and ambiguity
• Curiosity, creativity, intellectual honesty and rigor

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Job Reference: 1105
Location: Lagos
Industry: Industry & Manufacturing
Function: Operations & Production

Job Descriptions

• The incumbent is responsible for performing varied assignments; although standard engineering practices apply, some judgement in selecting alternatives is required.
• Projects are designed to assist the plants and departments in increasing production, improving quality or reducing costs through process, product, equipment, materials and/or methods development and improvement.
• Projects are typically significant assignments of broader programs involving existing products or processes. Projects may involve annual objectives and a team effort.
• May provide technical direction to non-exempt personnel or line supervisors and operators but does not have regular supervisory responsibility.
• The incumbent will receive instructions on task specifications and design constraints, as well as technical direction during assignments.
• He/she will be responsible for planning the details, sequence, and priority of tasks to meet established time targets of which progress and results will be periodically reviewed.
• This could involve major modifications to existing equipment with newly designed equipment that more efficiently serves production needs or the application of an entirely new process being utilised in the manufacture of an entirely new product line.

Other Broad General Responsibilities are as follows

• Organise, lead, and facilitate cross-functional project teams.
• Identify and manage resources, including cross-functional team members, to successfully execute projects.
• Define the problems of a requesting department, and translate them into engineering solutions through innovative and advanced engineering approaches to respond in an efficient and timely manner to production needs and requirements.
• Establish methods and processes to minimise cost while maximising productivity and quality.
• Apply required tools to projects and processes to improve quality, reduce defects, and thereby improving costs.
• Lead and execute plant trials for process improvements and implement next step solutions as appropriate.
• Conceive, create, develop, initiate and present innovative engineering ideas for viable new equipment designs and mechanisms for production machinery to promote more efficient and profitable processes.
• Direct the preparation of accurate project cost estimates, and predict anticipated performance from newly engineered and designed machinery, equipment and production systems to ensure compliance with objectives.

Expectations

• Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering with minimum 5-years of related experience is required.
• Experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment is a must.
• The incumbent should also possess team leadership skills, and excellent interpersonal and communication skills. He/she should have the ability to effectively influence and motivate others and be able to work effectively with all levels of people inside and outside of the organisation.
• Must possess strong project management, quantitative and analytical skills.
• This position requires an in-depth and expanding knowledge of the engineering disciplines of the assigned section and a broad knowledge of related disciplines, with exposure to a wide variety of practical engineering experiences and challenges.

Offer

• Attractive expatriate package.

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Job Reference: 1279
Location: Lagos
Industry: Industry & Manufacturing
Function: Operations & Production

Job Description

• His first responsibility within the organisation is to enforce and assure that safety standards are always fully implemented within his factory.
• His second responsibility within the organisation is to ensure at all time that operation are conducted within an excellent housekeeping (a clean environment is prone to excellence and safety).
• Full authority on the daily factory operations within the guide lines defined by the COO.
• Full responsibility for correct implementation of the recipe and operational production parameters (density and thickness) defined by the COO for achieving the expected raw material yield.
• Full responsibility for controlling with his managerial team the labour force (overtime, labour force allocated per production unit).
• Full authority for organising the maintenance interventions, for ordering the necessary external services and required parts (within the allocated yearly budget)

Other Responsabilities:

• Organize safety talks and trainings with his team and downwards within the factory structure.
• Ensure at all time that housekeeping is implemented as per company guidelines.
• Manage his Factory to obtain the best possible machine efficiency with the lowest possible level of stoppages to ensure the optimal production capacity at all time of the production lines.
• Ensure that finished products leaving his factory comply at all time and consistently to the quality and specifications defined by the company.
• Organize the monthly follow-up and strict adherence to the maintenance budget defined by the COO.
• Ensure that production is done with strict respect of raw material recipes and raw material yield as directed by the COO.
• Manage and organize the required number of shifts based on the yearly factory production budget defined by the COO.
• Ensure with procurement and technical store managements that vital spares and consumables are always available to have smooth operations.
• Prepare with his managers the annual shut down (list of works to be done, list of parts needed, ensure the availability of internal and external resources, prepare necessary risk analysis for exceptional works and define appropriate protective counter measures).
• Organize, participate and lead daily the factory operation meeting (safety, maintenance, process, operation review).
• Assist the COO in the elaboration of the yearly budget: heavy maintenance, capex replacement, labour optimisation…
• Participate to the weekly operational meeting with the commercial people for optimum definition of the production planning.
• Coaching and teaching to his close collaborator the best practice of management.

Expectations

• Graduated engineer (electro-mechanical with strong automation knowledge)
• Preferably 10 years with experience in manufacturing organisation or in maintenance management
• Able to negotiate with local contractors involved in the execution of projects allocated to the factory manager by the COO.
• Ideally, someone having already a strong exposure to the fibre cement technology.
• Good understanding of the production and process
• Good understanding of automation (be able to dialogue with added value with technicians in charge)
• Strong technical background for follow-up of maintenance team (generalist formation is ideal)
• Capable to manage a skilled workforce and his direct team.
• Communication skills and ability to motivate a team is most essential.
• Must be a leader motivating his team for achieving the goals defined by the COO and the company.
• Having participated to the Redco training is a must.
• SAP knowledge will be a plus

Salary
Attractive expatriate package