Job Opportunities in an Indigenous Beverage Company, 14th January, 2020

KSBC Advisory Partners Limited – Our client is an indigenous Beverage Company with a global outlook. Birthed by consummate investors, the Company set out to build iconic, satisfying and lasting beverage brands that are available on every table in every locality. In the last two years, tremendous work has gone into fostering a major transformation in the overall systems and processes of the organization.

To enable it consolidate on its existing achievements and push to the next level especially the immediate expansion of its product lines, our client seeks the immediate employment of:

Job Title: General Manager

Location: Nigeria

Tasks / Key Responsibilities

  • As the General Manager your primary focus will be to contribute to and implement the operational and commercial objectives of Company.
  • This position also has the primary responsibility to achieve profitable production growth whilst providing technical support to systems /processes, business improvement, and manufacturing units to ensure the achievement of strategic goals.

Other responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

  • Ensure that all programmed activities operate consistently and ethically within the mission and values of the organisation
  • Transform the operations group to be in line with worlds best LEAN manufacturing practices
  • Prepare and submit annual operational budgets for approval, manage effectively within this budget and report accurately on progress made and challenges encountered
  • Providing leadership to the sales force to promote a high performance and customer centric culture to ultimately achieve prescribed sales targets
  • Contribute to business planning and monitor results and policies of competitive organisation in preparing future plans and strategy.

Minimum Requirements / Skills / Competences

  • The successful candidate must be a highly motivated and driven professional with at least 10 years recent experience as a General Manager in an industrial manufacturing environment.

Additionally, he must possess:

  • A successful track record of leading a large manufacturing business in an industrial environment
  • Exposure to a number of different beverage manufacturing environments with different processes and products
  • Proven financial, commercial, sales and resource leadership skills
  • A genuine passion for continuous improvement, developing people and driving a high-performance and collaborative culture
  • Ability to communicate with a diverse range of employees and customers and a hands-on approach toward team facilitation and conflict resolution
  • Excellent negotiation, influencing and stakeholder management capability
  • A tertiary education, preferably in management or engineering
  • Experience in LEAN manufacturing

 

Job Title: Operations Manager

Location: Nigeria

Tasks / Key Responsibilities

  • The operations manager shall oversee the overall manufacturing process in the company to ensure optimized production.

The major duties, tasks and responsibilities include as follows:

  • Design and implement plans for the effective use of material and labor resources to achieve manufacturing target
  • Supervise the operations of manufacturing personnel to ensure a manufacturing process is within budget and time schedule
  • Oversee the hiring, orienting, and training of technical production employees to ensure competent workforce
  • Monitor the manufacturing team to ensure operations are in compliance with health and safety standards
  • Schedule the maintenance of production equipment and machines to ensure efficient operations
  • Liaise with the quality assurance department to ensure product quality and specification are consistent
  • Collaborate with marketing and sales staff to implement strategies that’ll improve the marketability of manufactured products

Minimum Requirements / Skills / Competences
The successful candidate must have:

  • Education and Training: Bachelors degree in Production, Mechanical or other relevant Engineering discipline.
  • Technical Skills: Individual must be skilled in operating and examining production equipment for superior performance.
  • Project Management Skills: Individual must be able to handle a manufacturing process to ensure timely and cost-effective production
  • Organizational Skills: He/She must be adept at coordinating the different stages of production to ensure seamless operations

 

Job Title: Sales Manager

Location: Nigeria

Tasks / Key Responsibilities

  • The Sales Manager will be responsible for supervising and organizing the Company’s sales team.
  • He/She will be in charge of managing organizational sales by developing business plans, meeting planned goals, and coordinating with the marketing department on lead generation.

Sales Manager Responsibilities

  • Managing organizational sales by developing a business plan that covers sales, revenue and expense controls.
  • Setting individual sales targets with the sales team and meeting planned sales goals.
  • Coordinating with marketing on lead generation.
  • Developing the sales team through motivation, counseling and product knowledge education.

Minimum Requirements / Skills / Competences

  • A Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field is required. In order to succeed in this role, you will need excellent communication skills and the ability to lead a sale team. Previous experience in a sales-related role is a plus.
  • Experience in planning and implementing sales strategies.
  • Experience in customer relationship management.
  • Experience managing and directing a sales team.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

 

Job Title: Head, Internal Control and Systems

Location: Nigeria

Job Summary & Purpose

  • To provide management reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of Company’s objectives by continually monitoring set controls, evaluating improvement.

Tasks / Key Responsibilities

  • Provide assurance services as to whether the Company’s internal control and governance processes are in line with industry and regulatory practices and standards
  • Carry out due diligence and value for money review of all procurements and purchases with reference to pricing, payment and quality of products in line with set standard.
  • Review workflows, process steps and existing policies and procedures to ensure they are adequately adhered to.

Minimum Requirements / Skills / Competences

  • Minimum of a first degree in Accounting or related discipline
  • Relevant Recognized professional certification e.g. ACCA, CA, ACAMS, CRA, IARCP, CISA etc.
  • Minimum of 6 years’ experience in a similar role with at least 2 years in a supervisory role.
  • Must be vision-minded, thorough and arithmetic Oriented, conscientious and calculative with a high level of accuracy
  • Must be a person of integrity and ethically guided with willingness to disclose potentially illegal, criminal and unethical business practices or data
  • Possess good communication and interpersonal skills.

 

Job Title: Human Resources Manager

Location: Nigeria

Job Summary & Purpose

  • This role provides support in implementing and managing human resource systems

Tasks / key Responsibilities

  • Act to ensure the day-to-day administration of policies in the company
  • Participate in the development of manpower plan by collating staff requests from departments and functions at the SBUs
  • Coordinate recruitment, training programmes, disciplinary and grievance case hearings and other human resource department activities at the SBUs
  • Coordinate the administration of Performance Management system; ensuring compliance with guidelines.

Minimum Requirements / Skills / Competences

  • First degree in Arts, Social Sciences or BusinessAdministration
  • A professional certification in HR e.g. Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM), Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD), Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
  • Minimum of 7 years relevant experience in HR management, 2 of which must be in a supervisory role.

 

Job Title: Financial Controller (FC)

Location: Nigeria

Job Summary & Purpose

  • Responsible for providing sound financial leadership to ensure transparency and costeffective utilization of financial resources for optimal return on investment.
  • Ensure the delivery of effective financial decision-making support to the business and its management as well as oversee the development and execution of an effective financial strategy that will ensure optimal returns on investment.

Tasks / Key Responsibilities

  • Oversee the development of annual plans and budgets for the Finance Department and the organization as a whole to support the achievement of the corporate strategy
  • Play active role in the development of the corporate strategy by providing strategic insights on finance and investments

Minimum Requirements / Skills / Competences

  • Minimum of a first degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or other related discipline
  • An MBAor Master’s Degree is desirable
  • Relevant professional qualification e.g. Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAN), Association of Certified and Chartered Accountants (ACCA)
  • A minimum of 12 ears relevant experience with at least 4 years in a supervisory role.

Deadline: 28th January, 2020.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: ksbcvaclas@gmail.com with the Job Title as the subject of the email.


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