🇳🇬 Job Vacancies @ British American Tobacco Nigeria (BATN) – 4 Positions

British American Tobacco is all about freedom of choice - whether it’s our people or our products. Combined with our entrepreneurial spirit, it’s what’s driven our phenomenal success. We started trading tobacco over a hundred years ago. Today, we’re a multibillion dollar company with more than 200 brands in our portfolio. With robust positions in each of our regional markets, our future looks equally bright too.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) Communications Officer
2.) British American Tobacco Nigeria (BATN) Global Graduate Program - Operations 2023
3.) Commercial Security Manager
4.) Factory Security Executive

Job Title: Communications Officer

Location: Lagos
Function: LEX
Reports to: General Manager

Responsibilities
What you will be accountable for:

• Establishing the external and internal communication strategies, developing communication plans and campaigns across the organisation
• Development and implementation of a communications and outreach strategy based on the corporate communications strategy and communications needs assessment.
• Analysis of requirements and synthesis of proposals on ways to integrate advocacy and communication strategies
• Take the lead on identification of storylines for publications and drafting of substantive articles contributing to public debates on key development issues.
• Planning and implementation of public information campaigns on BATN Foundation agricultural programs.
• Organization of media activities including roundtable discussions, press conferences, briefing sessions, interviews and media launches
• Preparation of sustainability reports, education and community awareness activities as required to support program delivery.

Essential Experience, Skills, and Knowledge

• Bachelor's Degree in Communications, Social Sciences or in a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in the field
• Excellent oral, written communications and editing skills in English
• Proven experience in photography and editing skills
• Strong advocacy skills.
• Demonstrated skills in social and digital marketing.
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Team player

Salary
Competitive salary package + excellent benefits

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Title: Global Graduate Programme - Operations

Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Seniority Level: Global Graduate
Function: Operations

Role Positioning and Objectives

• Our Global Graduate Programme – Operations helps you develop outstanding Manufacturing, Corporate and commercial skills – full understanding of the fast paced and constantly evolving environment our Manufacturing functions work in.
• We operate in a controversial industry, in challenging markets and on complex projects.
• Our Manufacturing team has a broad view of the business, and work together to deliver business needs, while acting safely and responsively and improving efficiency and creating one truly integrated global manufacturing team.

What Is Global Graduate Program & What Do We Offer?

• It's a 12-month, fast-track development program to a management job for high potential fresh graduates and young professionals. The aim of the program is to raise future leaders of BAT Operations Team.
• You’ll build on your experience from the commercial challenge. Learn about the range of our Operations. And experience life at the sharp end in one of these business areas:
  • Make (manufacturing)
  • Plan (balancing supply with demand)
  • Logistics (managing supply chain flow and strategy)
  • Procurement (focusing on innovation, smart spending and quality partnerships)
  • Service (understanding consumer needs to put them at the heart of Operations; or supporting our transformation in Global Business Services)
  • Product Innovation (working with Marketing & Sale etc)

Can This Be Your Future Role?

• Are you ready for a real job with real impact from day one?
• Are you looking to the chance to progress to a managerial role in 12 months?

Essential Experience, Skills And Knowledge

• Graduated with Bachelor’s in Engineering or Physics with a minimum Second Class Upper Degree
• National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program completed
• No more than 3 years post graduate experience
• Leadership demonstrated through extra-curricular activities
• Globally mobile
• Fluent in English (both written & spoken)
• Nigerian National ONLY.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Commercial Security Manager

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Seniority Level: Management
Function: LEX

Role Positioning And Objectives
What are the key objectives and expectations from this role?

• The purpose of the role of the Commercial Security Manager is to support the WCA Head of Security and commercial teams to continuously improve the delivery of a sustainable, coordinated, professional, and cost-effective security risk management service to ensure that all personnel, assets, and business operations/activities in the West and Central Africa Cluster are effectively protected against criminal threats.

What is the direct impact of this role on the team or organization?

• The various countries in the West and Central Africa Area pose various dynamic but volatile environments in which BAT conduct its business, with several criminal threats that are aimed to adversely impact BAT operations or residential areas of BAT IA’s. These include criminal threats to BAT- and contracted personnel, including IA’s, BAT assets, business information, operations, market share and business reputation. It is important that BAT employees and contractors are kept abreast of said threats, what the approved cost-effective mitigation measures are, and how they must comply to these measures.
• An appropriate Security Programme is developed and implemented by the BAT WCA Risk and Security Team to handle current threats and as a critical member of the BAT WCA R&S Team, the role of the Commercial Security Manager is to identify and handle all risks to BAT assets and people to ensure that risks to people, infrastructure, assets and commercial operations are properly identified assessed and mitigated. All mitigation should respect the principle that measures designed are commensurate with assessed risk.

What You Will Be Accountable For

• Support the design, implementation, and maintenance of sustainable performance standards of the BAT WCA security team in conjunction with contracted security service providers through improving the appropriate risk and security infrastructure, (people, processes, and digital transformation), and related security procedures in line with the objectives of the BAT security policy.
• Identify all risks to BAT Commercial activities across the BAT WCA by assessing key business risks in our operating environment while ensuring that cost effective, proportionate measures are put in place to mitigate such risks.
• by conducting Business Impact Analyses/assessments and propose mitigating actions to bridge identified gaps.
• Set up a reliable information network including BAT service providers and multiple external sources
• Liaise with government security Agencies and other external sources to optimise risk assessments within the trade universe.
• Conduct Site Security and Vulnerability Assessments (SSAVAs) for all BAT premises and premises used by BAT (Distributor and warehouses owners) and propose cost effective measures to mitigate identified risks.
• Review and update security SOP’s for Head offices and IA residences in Lagos, BAT offices and warehouses in WCA.
• Facilitate the Business Continuity Management process for Commercial activities in Nigeria
• Responsible for the management of security service providers and ensuring that required services are provided and delivered in full and on time as per contractual arrangements.
• Ensure the Security Risk Management template is updated annually, and the SRM model is embedded in our commercial activities.
• Interact with Distributor regarding threat assessment (SSAVA) and BCPs. Coordinate and support the business continuity process in other commercial activities
• Work with the investigations team to carry out objective enquiries/investigations into all reported cases or incidents, breaches by figuring out facts, understanding vulnerability and drawing appropriate supportable conclusions to make recommendations.

Essential Experience, Skills and Knowledge

• Diploma in Security and Risk Management or Criminology.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in security, project and finance management within the corporate security function or private security sector.
• Leading 3rd parties and security service providers.
• Handling financial budgets.
• Performance reviews and audits.
• Project Management of required security infrastructure changes and security equipment implementation.
• Providing input into the design of security service provider contracts.
• Providing written reports and presentations for Business Cases, threats, incidents, and investigations.
• Engaging with BAT Managers from all functions to build and leverage trust relationships for the successful implementation of security initiatives.
• Understanding potential threats to BAT Commercial activities across WCA.

Salary Range
Competitive salary package + excellent benefits + market leading bonus.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Factory Security Executive

Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Seniority Level: Management
Function: Legal & External Affairs
Reports To: Operations Security Manager

Role Positioning and Objectives

• The purpose of the Factory Security Executive’s role is to execute, coordinate and implement action plans on a range of security issues with respect to factory security, finished goods while in the factory, and all internal warehouses in the factory.
• The general factory operations, including all aspects of personnel security, access control, running the security Command and Control Centre, journey management, and company information security are the primary areas of responsibility for this role.
• In addition, support the Operations Security Manager in providing a coordinated and cost-effective security risk management service to ensure that all personnel, assets, and business operations/activities in the BAT Ibadan factory are effectively protected.
• This must be achieved through managing the security measures to the agreed standard as well as the proactive identification, evaluation, and reporting of security threats faced by the Ibadan factory.

What You will be Accountable For

• Monitor the performance of security service providers, security systems and security procedures pertaining to the Security Plan for the factory.
• Identify and report any potential threats to factory operations and assets, personnel and visitors arising from security risks to the Operations Security Manager and provide advice on appropriate actions.
• Inform the Operations Security Manager on poor security compliance and make suggestions on systems and/or procedural improvements.
• Manage access control to the factory by maintaining the agreed security systems, security standards, search procedures and performance of contracted security personnel.
• Create, Review and update SOP’s for the Ibadan factory. Task, develop and train security personnel to implement Sop’s.
• Conduct the clear desk exercise in quarterly basis and issue the report in timely manner.
• Support the assessment and investigation of incidents within the factory and provide recommendations on preventative measures to minimize future occurrence.
• Provide frequent security reports to the Operations Security Manager on the performance of the service providers and security related operations and incidents.
• Ensure that all physical and technical security systems and equipment are well maintained and in good working order and govern service providers’ compliance to security equipment maintenance standards.
• Support the implementation of improvement initiatives and provide progress and status feedback to the Operations Security Manager.
• Support the Operations Security Manager in all security related activities for the Ibadan Factory operations.
• Provide subject matter input for security training and awareness programmes for all security personnel.
• In collaboration with the Commercial Security Manager, provide security support to the field force personnel in Ibadan and neighbouring states.

Essential Experience, Skills and Knowledge

• A Bachelor's Degree in Safety Management, Information Technology Systems, or Education in Security Administration or similar field will be an asset (CSMP, CPP, PSP).
• Minimum of 5 years experience in security management, preferably in an FMCG company.
• Ability to manager 3rd parties and security service providers.
• Working experience with Criminal Law, Government and Security agencies.
• General knowledge of service provider contracts.
• Producing timely, accurate, detailed, and concise written and verbal reports.
• Good anticipation, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Presentation of security threats.
• Security Supervision Certification would be an advantage

Salary Range
Competitive salary package + excellent benefits + market leading bonus

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online