🇳🇬 Job Vacancies @ Lafarge Africa Plc – 5 Positions

Lafarge Africa Plc is a member of the LafargeHolcim Group – the biggest building and concrete solutions company in the world. It is a publicly quoted company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and serves Nigeria with a wide range of building and construction solutions designed to meet housing and construction needs from small projects like individual home buildings to major construction and infrastructure projects.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) Electrical Engineer
2.) Procurement Process & Performance Manager
3.) Zonal Sales Manager, Southern Core
4.) Team Assistant - O&HR
5.) BCMix Coordinator - A&C

Job Title: Electrical Engineer

Requisition ID: 112106
Location: Ewekoro, Ogun
Employment Type: Full Time

About the Job 

• Improvement of the reliability factor of plant electrical equipment and supply the electrical energy required by the company with the highest level of safety, quality and effectiveness at minimum cost to maximise equipment availability.
• Apply preventive and predictive maintenance practices, and contribute to their improvement.

What you'll be doing

• Supervise and inspect the installation, modification, testing and operation of plant electrical  systems and equipment
• Investigate electrical failures, document and communicate RCFA findings
• Analyze the results performance of electrical maintenance (time spent to perform the jobs, frequency of the job, spares and consumables utilized during the job in order to propose ways for optimizing efficiency.
• Control the isolation procedure and safety points during plant isolation and other activities in the sub-station using the LOTOTO work instruction
• Read and interpret Electrical drawings, manuals, codes and specifications to determine layout of plant equipment installations, write procedure or troubleshoot equipment failure.
• Install, inspect, replace or repair electrical wiring, switch boxes, feeders, lighting fixtures and other electrical components
• Test electrical equipment and components for continuity, current, voltage and resistance using Multi-meter, Insulation resistance tester or PDMA machine
• Maintain, repair, install and test breakers, switchgears, transformers and their accessories.
• Maintain, repair, test and install electrical motors, Substation UPS & their batteries, and pneumatic electrical control systems
• Troubleshoot, maintain and repair plant electrical & control systems and other related devices
• Develop maintenance and standard operating procedure for electrical systems and equipment
• Come up with design if required to modify or upgrade electrical equipment for improvement
• Start-up or shutdown the plant from the main substation and communicate with system power plant operators to coordinate transmission loads, frequency and line voltages.
• Operate plant emergency generator to provide power for lighting and air-conditioning systems in the plant in the event of total power outage
• Control the switching of power on Medium & Low voltage switchgears in respective MCC’s and ensures distribution of power downstream in respective shops, estates and buildings.
• Analyze and record instrument readings and equipment malfunctions and also observe relevant information for all actions involving switchgear and switchboard.
• Monitor and carry out work by inspection (WBI) and send daily report for plant equipment, switch gears, pumps, compressors, valves, gauges, alarms, meters and other instruments to measure temperature, flow, or other equipment malfunctions and to ensure plant equipment is operating at maximum efficiency.
• Carry out periodic calibration, Validation of instruments as per schedule or as required to enhance equipment performance and document results.
• Troubleshoot and perform corrective action and minor repairs to prevent equipment or system failure
• Carry out assessment of the section to ensure safety and clean conditions of the areas during and after every intervention.
• To control the execution of electrical interventions defined on the work orders and maintenance schedule and update all maintenance records
• Defining specification for purchasing of spares parts and appraising the quality of spares and suppliers
• Prepare material cost, timing estimates, reports and design specifications for electrical systems and equipment
• Prepare job scope, contract documents and evaluate tenders for maintenance with procurement team.
• Guides, train subordinates (Technicians & Craftsmen) in electrical activities, control the efficiency and effectiveness of, and appraise the subordinates once a year.
• Attend daily core team meetings and give Electrical Manager feedback every morning at the departmental meetings.

Safety:

• Ensure all transformer pens and Sub-stations are always locked
• Ensure all pull switches and cords on conveyors are tested periodically for efficient use
• Ensure all site electrical panels doors are closed always
• Ensure adequate closure of all safety related reports by subordinates.

IMS:

• Comply with EMS Electrical activities
• Ensure involvement in the implementation and maintenance of integrated management system in the plant.

Tools:

• Maintenance Management software: CMMS (SAP), ADAP, etc.
• Best practices: Maintenance inspections & job plans..
• Methods and tools for safety management.
• Root cause analysis.

Performance Criteria
Financial performance:

• Actual costs versus budgeted costs

Technical performance:

• Reliability, especially raw mills, burning lines and cement mills, as well as equipment failure rate. (ADAP)
• Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF).

Maintenance Practices:

• Compliance to maintenance processes indicators.
• Frequency and severity rate of accidents of maintenance personnel and on-site contractors.

What we are looking for

• Good knowledge of cement manufacturing processes.
• Commitment to the highest standards of safe work habits
• Good knowledge of safety laws and regulations.
• Good written and verbal communications skills
•   B.Sc or equivalent in Electrical engineering/Electronics as main subjects.
• 5 years postgraduate experience.

Technical competencies:

• Strong technical knowledge of electrical maintenance operations
• Knowledge of instrumentation and control systems
• Knowledge in electricity and electronics.
• Local Safety rules and regulations
• Knowledge of quality management methods
• Knowledge of cement process is desirable.
• Computer literacy

Behavioural competencies:

• Result driven (reliability, cost)
• Accuracy and precision
• Good aptitude for organisation and communication
• Good interpersonal relationship
• Must have ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
• Leadership in managing projects

Managerial Competencies:

• Team player.
• Good aptitude for organization and communication
• Anticipative

Who you'll be working with:

• The job position has direct subordinates and 4 other similar engineers as shown in the chart above.

Interfacings:
Internal:

• Electrical Manager
• Production Manager/ coordinator/ Shift leader
• Instrumentation & Automation Engineers.
• Instrumentation & Automation Technicians..
• Methods department for scheduled maintenance shutdown and other jobs
• Warehouse manager for spares stock issues.
• The Plant Controller - to establish budget and for cash advances, remunerations, cash claims and reimbursements.
• The Safety Manager/ Coordinator for risk assessment and all safety issues.
• Environmental Manager – for issues relating to Environmental Management System.

External:

• Suppliers of Electrical Equipment.
• Wartsila Power plant
• Nigerian Gas company metering station staff
• TC Experts.
• Colleagues within Lafarge Group.
• Others as may be necessary and approved by any of the Superior Managers.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

Job Title: Procurement Process & Performance Manager

Requisition ID: 101233
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

About the Job

• The role holder is responsible for managing the Country Procurement reporting and performance in coordination with global and zone leadership.
• The role is on Procure-To-Pay (P2P) Process with working relationship with Local Procurement Operations, Local Procurement Category Management and Group Performance & Reporting.
• The role is also to challenge and guide category managers on saving initiatives and also ensure savings target are in line with budget.
• The role will provide analytical support to Line of Report to drive local Procurement improvements to processes, tools, and systems in support of category strategy execution, improved efficiency, and standardization.

What you'll be doing

• Challenge and guide category managers on saving initiatives and also ensure savings target are in line with budget
• Ensure group reporting is done and submitted on deadline
• Responsible for all local and group reporting in accordance with agreed time lines with local and group counterparts
• Management of Performance dashboards to drive visibility.
• Support the proper implementation and use of master data locally, including vendor, material and customer master data.
• Support the Category Management process in all subjects relating to spend and savings management.
• Custodian of Procurement Processes & Policy documents – update document in line with control standards as applicable in Minimum Control Standard (MCS) and ensure sign-off by all relevant stakeholder
• Business Process mapping for all P2P process.
• Support Procurement in setting up and validating benefit calculation.
• Support Performance Management, and Group Analytics with appropriate tools and capabilities to drive spend and transactional transparency
• Maintenance of Procurement tools and systems in close cooperation with the Global and regional teams, as well as IT service centers to ensure proper performance reporting and compliance measurement within Holcim Procurement.
• Ensure the proper implementation and use of master data locally, including vendor, material, and service masters.
• Development of a strong network with all relevant IT institutions within Holcim.
• Utilization of global and regional e-Sourcing and e-Procurement platforms once in place to drive center-led efficiencies
• Consult and guide the Group’s Procurement professionals to conduct eSourcing events
• Support the Category Management process in all subjects related to IT.
• Ensure a continuous improvement of both business and IT processes in Procurement in close cooperation with IT to achieve spend transparency and effective auditable processes.
• Support Procurement in setting up benefit strategies and IT processes.
• Support Performance Management, and Group Analytics with appropriate tools and capabilities to drive spend and transactional transparency
• Through direct report (Manager, Reporting), drive performance improvement in coordination with other teams from the global, zone, and local levels, providing insight, analysis, and reporting in support of improvement projects and initiatives
• Support and drive the spend management, reporting, and forecasting tools for Procurement within the local country.
• Support to Procurement Team in the area of IT tool use – e-procurement and contract review tools
• Support departmental planning through the budgeting and forecasting processes.

Who you'll be working with:
List Direct Reports:

• None

Key Interfaces/ Staekholders (External):

• Regional Performance Management / Analytics
• Country Category Management
• Country Finance / Controlling organization
• Country IT organization and Service Centers.

What we are looking for

• BSc./HND minimum (Finance background will be an added advantage)
• Proven performance in managing and developing P2P or other business processes, with requisite drive and energy to ensure a challenging benefits and capability building agenda is successfully delivered
• Experience in Project Management and IT support
• Finance acumen
• Analytical
• Digital skills

Behavioral competencies / Leadership and managerial abilities:

• Highly effective time management, planning and organization skills; ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities and drive tasks to completion in a fixed time-frame and in a pressured environment.
• Strong written and oral communication skills; ability to communicate effectively (including technical and operational) and with all functions.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and build relationships across multiple functions
• Ability to deal with ambiguities, conflicts and adversarial relationships
• Experience and knowledge of SAP (Preferred, other ERP system experience considered)
• Demonstrated ability in analysis and interpretation of data including database management and solution design
• Proven ability to identify problems quickly, make sound judgments, establish and implement solutions.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

Job Title: Zonal Sales Manager, Southern Core

Requisition ID: 7573
Location: Mfamosing, Cross River
Employment Type: Full Time

About the Job

• The Zonal Sales Manager is responsible for the implementation of Route to Market strategy and execution of Trade marketing activities in the assigned territories.
• Ultimately, the role holder is expected to maintain strong relationships with customers so as to boost the brand and profit in the long-run.

What You'll be Doing

• Responsible for the implementation of Route to Market strategy and the execution of Trade marketing activities in the assigned territories
• Responsible for the overall management of distributors and the retail trade
• Manage and improve the distribution channels of the existing go to market plan in addition to championing any identified improvements.
• Responsible for managing and leading the Sales Operations Partners and the 3rd party Sales team to deliver the territory objectives as detailed by the sales leadership team.
• Drives his team for market development to grow LAP share of market and value
• Responsible for the demand planning and forecast accuracy for his territory
• Responsible for the review and approval of the bottom-up sales plan in alignment with the top-down volume strategy.
• Should aim at satisfying the demand of general purpose distribution and redistribution in trade.
• Build relationships in the channels through planned regular field visits and problem solving, thus maintaining brand and customer loyalty.
• Ensure that the ROI of the channels remain attractive for sustained patronage.
• Responsible for target volume achievement, pricing and margin management. He would be required to track prices and volumes, in the light of strong competitive activities.
• Assign monthly, quarterly and yearly customer visit targets to his team, run the visit tracker reports on SFDC to monitor performance and carry out the coaching visit with his team members.
• Recommend offers to customers with focus on margin and bottom line objectives
• Responsible for the profitability of his customers to ensure business sustainability and succession planning
• Leads his team to develop and track the customers Business plan
• Ensure regular customer engagement by field sales staff with a view to meeting and surpassing customer expectations.
• Influence customer buying decision through regular engagements and customer forums, which will allow for information flow.
• Grow the LH share of customers wallet based on target market ambitions as specified by the Sales leadership for various markets. eg core market ambitions.
• Carry out regular retail mapping as may be agreed by the Country Sales Director to align and realign territories for efficient customer coverage and management.
• Make inputs into the development of customer loyalty programs that will be sustainable at the various channel levels
• Responsible for market intelligence gathering and prompt reporting
• Ensure the standards for quality, customers’ service and safety are met.
• Responsible for improved affinity and sustained partnership between LAP and dealers, ensuring retail endorsement for our products, thus “turning them to Brand ambassadors”
• To engage dealers/retailers in order to build strong brand image and gain their support in terms of improved product availability & visibility.
• Coordination of Sales and operations activities to achieve world class execution at retail
• Drive process adherence in the use of the CRM tools and ERP within his team.
• Drives team compliance with all business processes and policies
• Responsible for the safety of the company’s assets within his territory
• Responsible for the implementation of HSE actions in his territory
• Develop expertise and insight in the dynamics of market across territories, with focus on competition, end-user, and customer knowledge in order to develop market insight
• Provides leadership and direction for his team, while driving their motivation and morale
• He is responsible for the performance and development of his team through regular coaching, feedback and exposure to senior sales leadership

What we are looking for
Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant course
• Minimum 8 years of commercial working experience, 6 of which is in Sales / Marketing supervisory position

Functional Competencies:

• In-depth understanding of trends, challenges, opportunities, regulations and legislations relating to the cement manufacturing industry.
• Sound knowledge of LAP’s product and service offerings.
• Very good understanding of sales planning, modelling and business performance analysis.
• Very good understanding of micro and macroeconomic environment, relevant indices, trends and their impact on LAP’s business.
• Very good knowledge of retail/ distributor management and development
• Sound financial acumen with ability to perform financial analysis of customers and territory
• Excellent communication, presentation and facilitation skills.
• Very good analytical and problem solving skills.

Vision & Purpose:

• Constantly ensure stickiness with Customers
• Know the business and its trends
• Creative/innovative

Leading People:

• Communicate clearly and effectively
• Inspire and Motivate
• Develop self & team
• Teamwork and Leadership skills

Driving for Results:

• Strong Business Foresight
• Autonomous and Accountable for his/her actions
• Result Oriented
• Self starter
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills
• Hardworking and highly disciplined with a strong work ethic.

Leading Change:

• Build trust and get people’s buy-in
• High integrity
• Challenge and be open to be challenged
• Strategic thinking.

Who you'll work with:
Indirect People Relationship:

• All members of the Commercial Team
• Logistics
• Industrial teams
• Legal
• HSE
• Finance

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

Job Title: Team Assistant - O&HR

Requisition ID: 10612
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

About the Job

• The Team Assistant provides support to the function by performing a wide variety of responsible, complex, administrative, secretarial, analytical and research duties for the team.
• In this role, organisational skills are vital. Due to the volume of work that will be ongoing at any one time, the Team Assistant will need to be able to juggle a multitude of priorities and work to tight deadlines, specifically as the role will be supporting several team members with differing remits and agendas.
• He/she will also support the Functional Director by effectively and confidentially managing their schedule. The role holder will work closely with other colleagues multiple departments/functions to ensure team coherence and effectiveness.

What you'll Be Doing

• Provide confidential administrative support to the Functional Director including daily diary management, organising meetings, producing any associated materials and creating presentations, making travel and venue arrangements and liaising with key internal and external contacts.
• Provide administrative support to the functional leadership team including organising meetings, producing any associated materials and creating presentations, making travel and venue arrangements and liaising with key internal and external contacts.
• Office management including stationery & hospitality, liaison with facilities management team
• Tracking and monitoring spend against budget by performing reconciliation as required
• Ensure a seamless and efficient processing of payments
• Process all supplier and prompt payments for the department
• Follow- up with purchasing department to ensure the PO process is speedily executed
• Follow-up with Finance department to ensure payments have been made to suppliers
• Process all incoming and out-going mails, file and retrieve corporate documents and reports as well as handling enquiries and requests as appropriate
• Ensure department housekeeping and maintenance including ordering stationery and office equipment
• This list of responsibilities is not exhaustive and the job holder may be required to perform duties outside of this as operationally required

Who you'll be working with:

• Direct Reports
  • None
• Key Interfaces, Stakeholder
  • O&HRDirector
  • Executive Committee

What We Are Looking For

• Bachelors degree in any discipline
• 3 - 5 years’ office administration and co-ordination experience.
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Good working knowledge of SAP is compulsory
• Strong computer Skills especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint and email applications
• Ability to prioritise with excellent time management skills
• Good attention to detail
• Able to manage confidential information.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

Job Title: BCMix Coordinator - A&C

Requisition ID: 10616
Location: Oregun, Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

About The Job

• This role involves full accountability for the performance and upkeep of BCMix systems and equipment, ensuring seamless integration with other digital business systems such as FireQ, SAP, and LogOn.
• It includes acting as the team leader for BCMix upgrades and improvement initiatives, while exemplifying strong leadership in Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) and Diversity & Inclusion (D&I).
• Promoting and embedding H&S and D&I practices within the function is a key aspect of the responsibilities.

What You'll Be Doing
Health & Safety:

• Ensure all associated equipment is maintained in a safe condition.
• Conduct Regular VPC across the RMX plants / offices in line with Objectives set, to assess H&S compliance, with documented report.
• Reports all incidents/VPC and near misses
• Participate in the conduct of RCA of any incidents relating to their scope of work.

BCMix Core Responsibilities:

• Ensure inconsistencies related with BCMix software are addressed timely, especially during batching / production.
• Ensure BCMix Database files are updated and properly backed up for all plants.
• Regularly check the interface system to ensure all files (including failed files) are sent to the ERP system.
• Ensure the BCMix Server is up and running and follow up with the central team in the event of any scheduled maintenance activity.
• Carry out OTC request duly approved by the head of business and reconcile as at when due. OTC requests could be as a result of the following: Poor network, System application failure, Insufficient funds, maintenance activity, Etc.
• Ensure successful roll-out of all new applications introduced into the business with due regression test (end to end) carried out.
• Align with the central team on updates available for BCMix, newly introduced software and improvements introduced into the business.
• Generate on a monthly basis BCMix Error Report and all KPI’s for RMX business.

SAP / Other I.T based Responsibilities:

• Regularly support the sales admin in delivery reconciliations as per request and ensure seamless end month activity.
• Support procurement department with inconsistencies / issues related to purchase orders and scheduling agreements for all RMX plants.
• Support the quality department in resolving any form of mix creation, optimizations, material properties and integration issues.
• Support inventory reconciliation for all plants on a monthly basis addressing all forms of failed consumption / reception reports not integrated in SAP. Ensure all pending idocs are processed successfully.
• Support the logistics department whenever there is an issue with the introduction of a new fleet / vendor / supplier in all RMX plants

Other Responsibilities:

• Fix errors that are electrical and Instrumentation related for all plants
• Participate in Plant Installation and Commissioning for new and renovated plants.
• Support in electrical related faults for all plants.
• Ensure all plants are calibrated on a monthly basis and supported when necessary.
• Assist in plant modifications for effective performance

What We Are Looking For 

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Physics or related disciplines
• 3 – 5 years of professional experience in automated plants or production lines, especially Readymix concrete
• Strong acumen in industrial automation, electrical technology and IT
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Have knowledge on PLC (if possible Schneider) and be able to set up connection between PLC and PC, download and upload programs
• Be able to fix PLC issues during installation
• Connect the PLC to the devices according to electrical diagram
• Manage all equipment connected with the PLC for the Readymix operation, have a proven fault finding and diagnostic skill set
• Understand electrical diagrams, be able to identify and document modifications performed
• Be able to connect, replace, and remove equipment and accessories and supervise electricians doing the same during installation.
• Have a minimum knowledge of PC and Windows environment to be able to do all the necessary operations at the plant level
• Install databases (such as Sybase) and be able to run basic database operations to confirm successful installation.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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