Vacancy at Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc

Job Description

•         Business Development Opportunities: Proactively identify, follow up and shortlist new business development opportunities. Determine and convert viable ones into projects.
•         Projects: Research, preparation of justifications documents (executive summaries, detailed backup write-up, financial models,…) necessary to confirm viability or projects/business initiatives and key considerations for their implementation. These will be in a variety of areas. Examples include:
•         New Business Line Development e.g. Aggregates, Pre-cast, etc
•         New Strategic Assets Development e.g. Ports development,..etc
•         Expansion of existing Business lines e.g. Cement new line, Readymix expansion etc
•         Energy Strategic Actions e.g. partnerships with energy players , new power plants, new combustibles,.. etc
•         Group Strategic  Projects: projects identified as part of Lafarge Group strategy

Desired Skills and Experience

•     A Bachelor’s degree preferably in a business field. Possession of a relevant postgraduate qualification (e.g. MBA) would be an added advantage.
•     At least 8 years’ experience. Variety of experiences [e.g. sales, marketing, finance, supply chain, etc.]  is important.
•     Possession of good appreciation and understanding of strategic and business planning frameworks, principles and techniques e.g. investment analysis/justification
•     High level of analytical and performance management skills and ability to pay attention to detail.
•     Very good project and change management skills
•     The ability to demonstrate support for innovation and for organizational changes needed to improve the organization's effectiveness.
•     Ability to develop, maintain and strengthen partnerships with others inside and outside the organization who can provide information, assistance and support.
•     Good communication & Interpersonal skills
•     Highly developed negotiation and influencing skills
•     Ability to engage effectively at all levels of the organization, including Executive/Board level
•     Ability to influence and work independently with minimum supervision