🇳🇬 Job Vacancies @ PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc – 4 Positions

PZ Cussons is a dynamic consumer products group and innovator of some of the world's best known and loved brands. Calling on over 130 years of expertise, we operate internationally in carefully selected developed and emerging markets that present the greatest strategic potential for future growth. Our world-class supply chain and distribution networks enable us to meet our global consumer needs and deliver quality brands that add value and enhance everyday lives.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) Head of Category - Home Care
2.) Quality Assurance Technician
3.) Warehouse Specialist
4.) Brand Manager - Home Care

Job Title: Head of Category - Home Care

Job Requisition ID: JR001621
Location: Ikorodu, Lagos
Job Type: Full-time
Reports to: Head of Marketing, Family Care

Job Purpose

• Utilise a thorough understanding of the African consumer, customer and competitor environment to develop compelling category/brand strategies, aligned to group brand strategies

Significant  Relationships
(Internal & external):

• Regional Marketing team
• Brand Activation team
• Cross-functional teams from Finance, Commercial, Supply Chain, HR, NPD, Consumer Insight, Digital
• Advertising agencies & Service providers

Key Accountabilities

• Create and develop category/brand strategies to grow the category/brands market share volume/value and profitability
• Support the delivery of overall budgeted profitability of the Category by developing solid brand strategies that grow and sustain brand performance
• Monitor and report the regional category performance through brand health indicators (NNS, GM, MC) and key consumer KPIs (awareness, trial, attribute rating etc.)
• Explore & exploit new growth opportunities for the category.
• Lead the NPD process ensuring that its requirements are managed and delivered according to targets with clear hand over to CBUs at Gate 2
• Collate regional consumer insights and output from research plans to feed into the development of the brand strategy
• Define pricing policy for products within the category/brand portfolio in the Region
• Ensure development of regional communication material aligned to the category/brand strategy and that support the delivery of CBU brand plans
• Participate actively in company-wide initiatives as required – e.g. Margin Improvement
• Proactively identify sources and resource needs to support brand growth

Job Context & Special Features:
May require

• Significant in-country and regional travel
• International travel
• Flexibility to work on weekends

Qualification, Experience & Competencies
Qualifications Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Over 7 years demonstrated experience in Brand Management
• Professional Qualification in Marketing is essential
• Post graduate degree is desirable
• IT savvy including the use of MS Office Suite of Applications

Capabilities / Technical skills
Consumer Champion:

• Insight generation (Proven strength)
• Communication (Mastery)
• Digital (Proven strength)

Brand Champion:

• Brand propositions (Proven strength)
• Strategy (Proven strength)

Profit and Growth Champion:

• Commercial delivery (Mastery)
• RTM (Mastery)

Innovation Champion:

• Innovation (Proven strength)
• NPD and PLM (Mastery)

Business Leader:

• Personal leadership (Proven strength)
• Personal drive (Proven strength)
• Talent development (Proven strength)

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

Job Title: Quality Assurance Technician

Job Requisition ID: JR000949
Location: Ikorodu, Lagos
Job Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Carry out prompt quality Control activities cutting across in-process checks, results from the laboratory and inspection of final packaging quality of finished goods.
• Take charge of all production activity as regards quality per shift and enforces good hygiene during production.
• Conduct final inspection on products in store and ensure that status labels are well placed on products and materials.
• Involve in the full coverage of the entire manufacturing processes by   monitoring and controlling of the quality of intermediates and finished products.
• Anchors the responsibility of ensuring that manufacturing batch records and Lot   packaging records are filled adequately to ensure complete documentation.
• Generate routine QA compliance   shift reports and communicates all non-compliance observations and the corrective action taken in the reports as well.
• Carry out the withdrawal of retain samples for storage to ensure representative retention of Products before the expiration of such products and ensuring full inventory of retained samples with GMP expectations on documentation.
• Partake in all trouble shooting activities that may occur on production lines to ensure that the root cause is identified and solution found without compromising quality.
• Carry out the general quality inspection of finished goods/raw materials in the warehouse and other storage rooms to ensure finished goods/raw materials are kept at specified storage conditions.
• To ensure compliance with relevant QMS, Food Safety, OHS & EMS policies and procedures. To identify and rate aspects for the departmental (QA) activities and develop programs where necessary, to help control those aspects that could have adverse impact on the environment.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

Job Title: Warehouse Specialist

Job Requisition ID: JR001628
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Store, stack or palletize material in accordance with prescribed storage and shipping methods;
• Perform related duties and responsibilities as assigned/requested;
• Operate power lifts, hand trucks, carts and other material handling equipment in performing warehousing duties;
• Other logistics duties as assigned in response to contractual reporting or mission requirements;
• Shipping and Receiving support;
• Respond to requests from warehouse lead for logistics support as required;
• examining stored materials and reporting deterioration and damage;
• noting and reporting discrepancies and obvious damages;
• selected candidate may operate hand or power trucks in performing warehousing duties;
• rearranging and taking inventory of stored materials;
• Oversees inventory and maintains required Table of Allowances (TOA) material in warehouse locations, to include shelf life surveillance;
• Other duties may include;
• Material handling, packaging, marking, movement;
• routing materials to prescribed storage locations; storing, stacking, or palletizing materials in accordance with prescribed storage methods;
• Forklift or equipment operations.

Qualifications

• First Degree in any discipline
• 3 – 4 years’ experience
• Significant experience in warehouse/logistics management
• Good understanding of inventory planning

Application Closing Date
27th September, 2024.

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

Job Title: Brand Manager - Home Care

Job Requisition ID: JR001610
Location: Lagos
Reports to: Category Lead, Home Care

Job Purpose

• Utilise a thorough understanding of the African consumer, customer and competitor environment to develop compelling brand strategies, aligned to group brand strategies

Significant Relationships (Internal & external)

• Regional Marketing team
• Brand Development & Activation Team
• Cross-functional teams from Finance, Commercial, Supply Chain, HR, NPD, Consumer Insights, Digital
• Advertising agencies & Service providers

Key Accountabilities

• Contribute to the creation and development of brand strategy to grow brands market share volume/value and profitability; and oversee strategy implementation.
• Support the delivery of overall budgeted profitability of the brand by developing solid brand strategies that grow and sustain brand performance.
• Monitor and report the regional brand’s performance through brand health indicators (NNS, GM, MC) and key consumer KPIs (awareness, trial, attribute rating etc.)
• Explore & exploit new growth opportunities for the brand.
• Initiate and lead the NPD process ensuring that its requirements are managed and delivered according to targets with clear hand over to CBUs at Gate 2 .
• Collate local consumer insights and output from research plans to feed into the development of the brand strategy.
• Define pricing policy for products within the brand portfolio in the Region.
• Develop regional communication material aligned to the brand strategy and that support the delivery of CBU brand plans
• Participate actively in company-wide initiatives as required – e.g. Margin Improvement
• Proactively identify sources and resource needs to support brand growth

Job Context & Special Features:
May require:

• Significant in-country and regional travel
• International travel
• Flexibility to work on weekends

Qualification, Experience & Competencies
Qualifications / Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5-7 years demonstrated experience in Brand Management
• Professional Qualification in Marketing is essential
• IT savvy including the use of MS Office Suite of Applications

Capabilities / Technical skills:
Consumer Champion:

• Insight generation (Developed)
• Communication (Proven strength)
• Digital (Proven strength)

Brand Champion:

• Brand propositions (Developed)
• Strategy (Developed)

Profit and Growth Champion:

• Commercial delivery (Proven strength)
• RTM (Proven strength)

Innovation Champion:

• Innovation (Developed)
• NPD and PLM (Proven strength)

Business Leader:

• Personal leadership (Developed)
• Personal drive (Developed)
• Talent development (Developed).

Application Closing Date
27th September, 2024.

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