Latest Vacancies at Hamilton Lloyd and Associates

Our client, a global pharmaceutical company with presence in Nigeria

Job Summary

• The Technical Director will be responsible for production management, QA/QC, preventive maintenance, plant management, S&OP process, TQM & Lean manufacturing as well as product launches (from development to commercialization).

Job Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a high performing manufacturing organization.
• Evaluate process and product quality requirements and develop programs to ensure that standards are achieved.
• Develop and execute departmental goals in compliance with corporate business plans and sales forecasts. Work with other members of the leadership team to the company’s goals, the necessary support strategies to achieve these goals, and develop supporting tactics to ensure timely completion.
• Establish and monitor departmental budget.
• Oversee production-planning activities to ensure the appropriate inventories and quality standards of manufactured components and level loading of work-center capacities.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to direct reports and affiliated departments.
• Plan and provide for necessary equipment.
• Assure that longer-term individual and organization development needs are identified, planned and implemented.
• Manage and supervise production processes and related quality control procedures.
• Establish and monitor metrics for key quality and productivity goals. Utilize LEAN principles to improve performance.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal and safety regulations.
• Work with development functions to optimize and transfer new manufacturing processes and ensure that regulatory needs are achieved.
• Manages performance of staff towards department and Company goals, including feedback on performance, appraisals and recommendations.
• Proactively identify business needs, develop plans, and deliver better outcomes to the site and BU
• Balances team and individual responsibilities.

Person's Specification

• Education: A degree in relevant course
• Experience: 10-15 years’ experience in high volume/manufacturing/relevant environmental likely to include:
  • Pharmaceutical with a minimum of 5 years at senior manager / associate director level.
  • Minimum 7 years of managing larger production departments

Additional Requirement:

• Strong knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP). Exposure to regulatory audits a plus.
• Demonstrated experience applying operational best practice (Lean Six Sigma, 8D problem solving, or similar)
• Established track record with evidence of excellent people management experience, project management, problem solving, collaborative, leadership and communication skills.
• Logical and problem solving skills.

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Our client is a leading consultancy firm which provides both financial, business and project advisory services focused on the entire real estate chain.

Job Summary

• The Personal assistants shall support the work of MD to undertake a variety of administrative, clerical and managerial tasks. He/she shall provide personalized secretarial and administrative support in a well-organized and timely manner.

Job Responsibilities

• Act as the point of contact between the manager and internal/external clients
• Screen and direct phone calls and distribute correspondence
• Handle requests and queries appropriately
• Manage diary and schedule meetings and appointments
• Make travel arrangements
• Take dictation and minutes
• Source office supplies
• Produce reports, presentations and briefs
• Devise and maintain office filing system
• Liaising with staff, suppliers and clients
• Preparing letters, presentations and reports

Person’s Specification

• Education: Degree in any relevant related course
• Experience : 3 - 5 years of similar work experience
• Proven work experience as a personal assistant

Additional Requirements:

• Knowledge of office management systems and procedures
• MS Office and English proficiency
• Outstanding organisational and time management skills
• Up-to-date with latest office gadgets and applications
• Ability to multitask and prioritize daily workload
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Discretion and confidentiality

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Our client, a global pharmaceutical company with presence in Nigeria

Job Summary

• The Purchasing Manager shall manage all purchasing demand of the affiliate and ensures compliance to local and global contracts.
• He is in charge of the affiliate based spends and is responsible for providing procurement support.

Job Responsibilities
Strategy:

• Ensures the good execution of any category sourcing plan in line with the local needs.
• Develops shares and contributes to the Global procurement strategy definition and supplier markets expertise with category management and regional procurement domain managers and customers.
• Anticipates and consolidates all business needs to carry out the negotiations at zone level.
• Adapts, elaborates and implements sourcing strategies according to category management orientations coming from global category managers and regional procurement domain managers.
• Accountable for achieving the objectives for the affiliate defined by global category managers.

Operational:

• Accountable for optimizing purchasing of goods and services within defined spend families to meet the needs of internal customers, in compliance with the purchasing/sourcing orientations and company procedures.
• Role may be cumulated with that of Lead buyer depending on the skill level regarding sourcing and supplier market knowledge.
• Ensures the accurate development in the iteration process of the Mapping, the sourcing and actions plan.
• Ensures the efficient execution of the Sourcing and action plan and its subsequent reporting.
• Ensures the alignment of the strategic negotiations with the supplier management.
• Ensures the compliance to contracts to be executed over the zone scope.

Business Partnering:

• Ensures local business partners’ service levels are satisfied.
• Is handling specific local needs and is a facilitator for the purchasing function between stakeholders and lead buyers.
• Develops strong relationship with his/hers executive customers with the support of the Regional Procurement Domain Managers
• Ensures procurement integration within the business with the support of the Regional Procurement Domain Managers.

Persons Specification

• Education: A degree in Business Administration or Economics
• Experience: Minimum of 8 years’ experience in related field.

Additional Requirement:

• Integrity
• Technology knowledge
• Microsoft Office tools
• Result orientation
• Goal-driven
• Personal Accountability
• Customer Service Orientation
• Responsiveness
• Team Work
• Ability to negotiate.

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Our client is a global pharmaceutical company with presence in Nigeria.

Job Summary

• The Warehouse and Distribution Manager shall plan and organize the safe, efficient storage and distribution of goods and ensure that orders are accurately fulfilled.

Job Responsibilities

• Plan or implement material flow management systems to meet production requirements.
• Supervise warehouse operations which include routine stocking of the warehouse and movement of goods from the warehouse.
• Keep stock control systems up to date and making sure inventories are accurate.
• Ensure proper documentation, arranging of SKUs on designated racks for optimal rack utilization.
• Ensure prompt posting of products received and also ensure adequate update of records.
• Coordinate activities of warehouse personnel involved in sorting (handling of Pick Slips), tracking, loading and unloading, as well as forklift operators.
• Prepare SLOB report and other relevant inventory management report
• Organize shipments and process orders for delivery.
• Liaise with clients and other departments to maintain statistical records.
• Coordinate drivers, vehicles, loads and journeys to ensure delivery timelines are met.
• Negotiate and agree to contracts.
• Waste management.
• Monitor and administer stock control.
• Ensure health and safety standards are met.
• General warehouse management.

Person’s Specification

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Logistics or any related course from a reputable higher institution.
• Experience: 8 years’ cognate experience in pharmaceuticals.

Additional Requirements:

• Knowledge of Health Safety and Environment.
• Experience working with ERP systems.
• Excellent communication skills
• Understanding of developing standards and inventory controls
• Good Supervisory skills and maintenance skill.
• Good at developing budget.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office packages.

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Our client is also heavily involved in the development sector, with a focus on socio-economic development .

Job Summary

• The Public Policy Analyst shall develop and analyse policies guiding the design, implementation and modification of government or commercial operations and programs of the business; and will also be responsible for managing the Managing Director’s public statements and pronouncements in the development sector.

Job Responsibilities

• Support management on public policy related issues, including assisting in crafting proposals, interfacing/relationship building with public officials and other stakeholders, and liaising across the industry to influence strategic direction.
• Provide guidance and insight to the business on public policy issues, including helping to shape solutions with a blend of policy knowledge and human centred design principles.
• Research, synthesize, design, and present thoughtful frameworks as required by the business and the Managing Director.
• Brainstorm creative solutions for meaningful interaction between stakeholders, public spaces, and local communities.
• Analyse contemporary socio-economic issues and synthesise the position of the company and the Managing Director.
• Work cross-functionally with product research and design teams through contribution of public policy domain knowledge.
• Support effective interface with public policy experts and stakeholders (i.e., Government Relations, Regulatory bodies, Non-Profit, et al).

Person's Specification

• Education: A Degree in Communications, Marketing, and Business, New Media or Public Relations or any related field.
• Experience: 3- 5 years' work experience
• Experience, interest, and commitment to learning and knowledge management principles, strategies, and frameworks, especially in the public policy space.
• Experience creating policy papers.
• Experience building relationships with public officials, NGOs, non-profits, etc.

Work Requirement:

• Knowledge of public policy issues impacting the real estate and development sector.
• Basic understanding of research, and analysis principles
• Enthusiasm for brainstorming, creative thinking, and participatory design
• Self-starter with penchant for working both independently and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to work laterally across multiple business projects simultaneously.

Personality:

• Gifted communicator across multiple stakeholders with experience of delivering material in a way that engages the audience.
• Very strong analytical skills and ability to simplify complex subject-matter.
• Empathetic listener, gifted in translating human wants into well designed solutions

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Our client is an organisation made up of several corporate entities, focused on supporting local and international Investment through local content strategic initiatives.

Reporting to: Managing Director

Job Summary

• The Chief Operations Officer (COO) heads the entire business function of the company’s Leadership Academy.
• The Chief Operations Officer (COO) drives, creatively designs, and implements effective training interventions for the Leadership Institute like the Empower Nigeria Initiative Summit, delivering on partnerships like the Leadership Bootcamp with the NSE, the National Development Strategy Institute and the Entrepreneurship Institute and Clinic

Job Responsibilities

• In conjunction with the Managing Director, Chief Operations Officer will set a strategic vision for the Academy.
• Oversees all activities of the department and identifies the businesses developmental needs ensuring that there is consistency with core competencies and goals.
• Plans, organizes, and leads training programs, ensuring proper execution at all levels of the department.
• Ensures consistency in the delivery and application of training standards across the business and oversees the planning, prioritization, and development of new training programs and initiatives, ensuring that these programs and initiatives are consistent with the business overall strategies, objectives, and needs.
• Plays mentorship role to key personnel in the training and development department, ensuring constant development in their professional skills, and readying them for the occupation of his position in the event of his absence or retirement.

Analytics:

• Tasked with an analytical role where he conducts research, approves, and makes further recommendations for appropriate learning management systems and databases.
• He additionally develops, implements, monitors, and maintains both initial and ongoing training programs across the business.

Knowledge:

• Tasked with the maintenance of knowledge in the training and development department. In this position, the Director stays up to date with the latest instructional technologies through the establishment of personal networks, attendance of workshops, reviewing of professional publications, and participation in professional industry associations.
• This way, the COO is able to introduce the latest and most applicable trends in training and development for inclusion in the overall strategy, constantly maintaining and updating training programs within the business.

Persons Specification
Education:

• A degree from a reputable Institution, MBA/Msc would be an advantage

Experience:

• A candidate for this position must have had at least 10 years in working experience in a training and development capacity, preferably at a senior position such as the Head of Training and Development or Head of Programs in a higher institution.
• The candidate must also demonstrate experience in content creation, maintenance of training processes, and the successful development of ongoing training and development programs.
• A suitable candidate will also have proven and successful experience leading a training institute or academy, leading to the proper execution of programs, subsequent improvement of employee performance across the business, and ultimately the achievement of the business’s goals by directing the activities that support multiple distribution channels.
• The candidate will also demonstrate experience in designing training materials.
• A suitable candidate will also have a proven ability to foster mentoring relationships and to drive continuous results of lower department managerial personnel.

Communication Skills:

• Communication skills are a must have for this position, both in written and in verbal form. As a departmental leader, the clarity of the COO’s messages and instruction down the line will determine the performance and efficiency of junior personnel.
• Communication skills will also be a necessity in enabling efficient and effective cross functional/collaborative communications and the proper execution of training programs in departments across the business.
• The COO will also be required to create training materials and reports, which must be clear, concise, and understandable.
• He will also have an ability to tailor the most complex messages for different audiences in a manner that they can understand and relate to.
• The candidate for the position must be highly proficient in the use of Ms Word, Ms Excel, and PowerPoint, necessary for the creation of visually and verbally engaging training materials and reports for senior training and development management and key stakeholders.

Analytical Skills:

• The candidate for this position must possess strong analytical skills as well as a demonstrated passion for research, data analysis, and the insights that are derived from it.
• The COO will demonstrate an ability to carry out analyses on the performance of training
• Programs while drawing insights that lead to their improvement, and formulating lasting solutions and the development of new strategies.
• The candidate for this position must have an ability to prioritize tasks completing multiple tasks in a timely manner, be flexible and welcoming to change, have an ability to work independently with minimal or no supervision, and be self-motivated.
• He must also be a prompt decision maker, be a strategic and creative thinker, have excellent problem-solving skills, have a positive and easy-going attitude, demonstrate strong work ethic and integrity, and demonstrate calmness and composure in times of uncertainty.

Main Internal & External relationships:

• Internal: Administration, Business Development, Training Faculty, and Finance
• External: Distributor, Government, Customers, Partnerships, and Regulatory Agencies

Remuneration
Subject to negotiable and totally dependent on the skills and ability of the candidate