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Power and Utilities Company Vacancies for Experienced Personnel, December 2013
Global Talent Network Limited - Our client, an equal opportunity employer, is a foremost Power and Utilities Company covering the south eastern states of Nigeria looking to transform its organization, thereby
positioning herself to delivering exemplary service to customers and thus has urgent need to recruit extraordinary individuals for the following key roles:
Job Title: General Manager, ProcurementRef No: PI019-2013
Position Description:The successful candidate will report to the Deputy Managing Director and will oversee the management, administration, and supervision of the company’s purchasing programs. She/he will be in charge of contracting services, managing the purchase of supplies, equipment and materials, and negotiating prices and contracts in line with company policy. The successful candidate will provide guidance, advice, and support to ensure that procurement processes implemented are effective, efficient, ethical and provide the best possible value to the company.
She/he must have exceptional interpersonal and negotiation skills and will also be responsible for the following:
- Ensure consistent implementation and continuous improvement of the company’s procurement policy
- Analyze procurement requirements and select the most appropriate methods based on interpretation and assessment of established policies, practices, and experience;
- Plan, organize and lead the bid solicitation process including drafting and issuing Requests for Quotations (RFQs), Requests for Proposals (RFPs), and developing bid evaluation criteria
- Manage the issuance and receipt of RFPs, RFQs, and the evaluation of proposals, quotations and bids to enable the company obtain the best value
- Ensure that the procurement processes are perceived by regulators and vendors as fair, open and ethical
- Work with user departments to ensure that the quantity and specification of goods and services to be procured are intelligently determined and accurately specified
- Ensure the purchase of the equipment and materials of the best quality
- Maintain a database of local and international vendors for goods and services required by the company
- Maintain relationships with leading local and international vendors
- Negotiate for great terms with vendors using economies of scale and purchasing power
- Ensure that goods and services are delivered in a timely manner and at the best prices
- Ensure that vendors are paid on time and advise on discounts, warranties and other purchase terms
- Maintain records of purchasing, usage and inventory levels and advise on materials re-orders and equipment replacement options
- Provide advice and guidance on shipping methods and services, risks, and costs for domestic and international shipments, anaiyze logistical requirements and decide on appropriate methods and services to use, based on standard practice, and plan, execute and monitor shipments
- Provide required written authorizations, and prepare/issue instructions and import/export documentation to suppliers, freight forwarders, and/or carriers, to ensure timely and safe arrival of goods, and compliance with domestic and international shipping regulations, customs regulations etc., and take necessary action to resolve problems/disputes
- Supervise, train and assign work to staff in the procurement department
Educational Qualification:- Bachelors’ degree in Supply Chain Management, Finance, Accounting, or Economics.
Post-graduate/Professional QualificationExperience:- At least 15 year’s relevant experience, of which 7 must be in managerial position.
Skills and Competences:- Negotiation skills
- Leadership skills
- Oral and written communication skills
- Networking and interpersonal skills
- Research and analytical skills
Job Title: General Manager, Legal and RegulatoryRef No PI018-2013
Position DescriptionThe successful candidate will report to the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer and oversee the Legal and Regulatory Affairs Department. This position is responsible for strategically designing legal framework that-anticipates areas of potential risks, reduces liabilities, and prevents litigation and corporate losses. She/he also ensures that the organization is in compliance with the rules and regulations of regulatory agencies and advises on acceptable behavioral conduct for all organizational stakeholders. She/he will provide legal support to the company in respect of written communications to external parties, drafting legal documentation.
Key duties of the job include:- Working with the business teams, lead contract development and formation of new agreements with counter parties
- Handle all civil and commercial disputes
- Manage relationships with external counsel, outsourcing criminal and some litigation matters
- Identify potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risk; develop/implement preventive action plans
- Act as the chief risk officer with regard to corporate liability and employee issues
- Manage labor relations from a legal perspective, understanding relevant labor laws
- Ensure compliance of all employees with laws, regulations and corporate policies
- Lead the company’s regulatory strategy and oversee its implementation
- Maintain excellent relationships with regulators
- Lead the processes of minor and major rate case submissions and review
- Liaise and negotiating with regulatory authorities
- Provide legal interpretation to corporate communications and business transactions
- Keep abreast with changes in regulatory legislation and guidelines
Educational Qualification/Experience:- LLB and BL degree in Law or international equivalent.
- MBA is an added advantage
- 12-15 years’ relevant professional experience, with at least 10 years at managerial level
Skills and Competences:- Experience working in a complex legal/regulatory environment.
- Excellent legal research, analytical and writing skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.
- Ability to work within a team environment and independently (must be self-motivated, dependable and detailed-oriented).
Job Title: General Manager, Internal AuditRef No PI017-2013
Position Description:The successful candidate will report to the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer and will be responsible for ensuring compliance with laws, regulations and company policies. He/She will lead investigative forensic and routine audits of high risk areas. He/She will also have overall responsibility for examination and evaluation of the adequacy; effectiveness and efficiency of the organization’s internal control systems and procedures and recommend corrective actions. He/She will be responsible for the following:
- Draft the Internal Audit Charter of the organization in line with international standards
- Develop risk-based annual audit plans detailing the scope, nature and timing of audit activities.
- Design internal audit procedures and work programs
- Review all commercial contracts and payment steams for compliance
- Analyze and conclude on effectiveness and efficiency of control environment
- Acts as primary liaison within Internal Audit with the CEO and Board of Directors
- Contribute, as appropriate, to the year-end financial audit with external auditors
- Provide advice on internal controls and participate in enhancing internal audit standards and practices
- Monitor timely follow-through of corrective recommendations in the audit reports
Educational Qualification:- Bachelors’ degree in accounting, management, finance or related field
Post-graduate/Professional Qualification- Candidates must possess an MBA or Professional certification in Accountancy
Experience:- 10-12 years professional experience with at least 10 years at a managerial level
Skills and Competences:- Strong investigative and analytical skills
- Negotiation skills, relationship building and problem solving
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Detail orientation
- Rigorous analytical ability
- Perverance
Job Title: General Manager Human ResourcesRef No PI016-2013
Position Description:The successful candidate will report to the Deputy Managing Director and will be responsible for providing support in the various human resources functions of the company, which include recruitment, staffing, training and development, performance management and employee career development. He/She will also be responsible for the following:
- Plan and oversee operation of company’s HR function and ensure HR budget compliance across the entire organization
- Supervise and provide consultation to management on strategic staffing plans, compensation, benefits, learning and development and labor relations.
- Take a leadership role in developing transforming a culture that is merit-based and performance driven
- Effectively plan, design, develop and evaluate human resource-related initiatives which support company’s strategic goals
- Lead performance management, talent assessment and effective labor relationships, including negotiating and administering labor agreements.
- Direct the development and implementation of organizational development programs; employee orientation and training programs; benefits plans (where approved), policies and guidelines; database management procedures; equal opportunity employment programs; and employee records and documentation policies. Evaluate the effectiveness of same through compiling and analyzing available data.
- Regularly advise company’s managers on legal implications of HR issues related to discipline and employee grievances.
- Improve manager and employee performance by identifying and clarifying problems; evaluating potential solutions; implementing selected solution; coaching and counseling managers and employees.
Educational Qualification:- Bachelors’ degree in HR Management, Humanities or Social Sciences Masters degree in HR Management an added advantage
- HR/ professional certification and affiliation (SHRM, CIPM, CIPD) an added advantage
- Knowledge of Labor laws and Industrial relations
Experience:- 10-15 years’ professional experience, with at least 8 years in a managerial role.
Skills and Competencies:- Exceptional people skills
- Strong leadership and team building skills
- Coaching and counseling skills
- Negotiation skills
- Exceptional communication (oral and written) and excellent interpersonal skills
- Highly skilled in leveraging technology to measure results of human resources programs
Job Title: General Manager, AdministrationRef No: PI011-2015
Position Description:The successful candidate will report to the Deputy Managing Director and will oversee the company’s administration function to ensure effective management of communications, security and facilities for the corporation. Communications involves developing and implementing communications strategies aimed at customers, community stakeholders and employees. Security includes the provision of proper security of assets and personnel over a wide region. Facilities management involves management of over 100 company locations including property, vehicles, and general staff welfare including medical. He/She must have strong experience in turnaround management and will be responsible for the following:
- Develop performance standards and strategies for each of the administration departments and their managers
- Oversee the development of a comprehensive communications strategy that conveys the company’s external and internal messages
- Work with television, radio, billboard and print media to develop communications campaigns
- Drive the publication of internal company newsletters and other communications
- Develop a comprehensive security program that will effectively safeguard physical assets and personnel
- Develop a proactive executive security program that leverages police intelligence and is commensurate with threat levels
- Oversee facilities management for a large number of facilities
- Manage facilities access, maintenance, repairs and general staff functions
- Manage titles, property records and real estate documents
- Manage the company’s transport fleet of vehicles, including automobiles and trucks
- Supports travel and movement of employees in the organization
- Supervise the performance of administrative support providers.
Educational Qualification:- Bachelors’ degree in Business Administration, Management or a related field.
Post-graduate/Professional QualificationExperience:- At least 12 year’s relevant experience, of which 10 must be in managerial position
Skills and Competences:- Leadership skills
- Strong networking, communication and Interpersonal skills
- Results oriented
- High energy
- Service orientation
- Customer focus
Job Title: General Manager, TechnologyRef No: PI014 -2013
Position Description:The successful candidate will take a research and development approach to lead the engineering and information technology teams. He/She will bring an integrated approach to technology selection and deployment across the corporation, which includes Engineering Technology (ET) and Information and Communications Technology (ICT). ET will drive the tools of our business including use of technology to manage the grid, interactivity between offices & customers and efficiency. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in engineering as well as major aspects of ICT. He/She will be responsible for the following:
- Research and recommend technologies that will drive more efficient control of the distribution grid
- Build sophisticated infrastructure solutions
- Contemplate new methodologies for data communication
- Drive the integration of ET and ICT to produce synergies
- Develop software solutions that will inform operations to optimize management of outages and perform preventative maintenance
- Evaluate new technologies and utility best practices globally
- Support Operations, Maintenance & Procurement with technology
- Lead the development of MIS solutions to fill critical gaps
- Assess and improve the communications capabilities and associated infrastructure
- Assess and optimize the company’s IT hardware capabilities, including servers and laptops
- Evaluate and develop capital projects to assist in development of strategic plans
- Manage a large data center
- Enhance network security
- Support the corporate strategy to continuously improve performance and efficiency
Educational / Experience:- Bachelors’ degree in Electrical Engineering, Information Technology (IT) or related field
- 12-15 years’ professional experience in consulting and/or technology management, with at least 10 years at managerial level.
Skills and Competences:- Advanced engineering knowledge in utility or manufacturing industries
- Experience leading significant technical advances in a medium to large-sized organization
- Good knowledge of IT capabilities and their applications across industries
- Understand web-based software architecture/engineering as it relates to’the infrastructure and network operations
- Creative, practical approach to technology
- Excellent communication skills and ability to capture complex issues in a concise manner
- Ability to manage multiple critical concurrent projects
Job Title: General Manager, Revenue Cycle ServicesRef No PI013-2013
Position DescriptionSuccessful candidate will report to the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, and will be responsible for all activities in customer service, billing and metering. He/she will build a robust customer call center that will have the technology and service capability to address and promptly resolve customer issues. He/she will lead a major new program that will result in installed meters for all customers. The successful candidate will be highly proactive and a major change driver for the organization, employees and customers. He/she inter alia is expected to perform the following functions:
- Working collaboratively, to design the functionality of a new system-wide customer call center, which will address customer issues regarding billing or service delivery.
- Lead the market investigation and internal analysis to determine whether the call center should be in sourced or outsourced
- Working with ICT and others, develop the information and communications infrastructure necessary to provide agents with the tools needed to understand customers’ usage and billing history and interact effectively with operations regarding service issuesStaff the call center and lead a rigorous training program
- Enhance the capabilities of the billing department. Perform billing and collection analysis to optimize cash flow and income.
- Design and lead a new program that will greatly enhance penetration of prepaid metering for all customers.
- Collaborate with ICT to recommend a smart meter strategy for the future
- Oversee meter vendor selection with regard to technology, features, pricing, installation and quality.
- Develop and manage staff across a wide geography
- Provides information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
- Manage and monitor follow-up of customer’s complaints and develop related reports
- Support the corporate strategy to continuously improve performance and efficiency.
Educational /Experience:- Bachelors’ degree in marketing, business, or related field. MBA an added advantage.
- 12-15 years’ experience in customer service for an organization with over 500 customers, with at least 10 years at managerial level
Skills and Competences:- Strong background in customer service and vendor relationship management
- Familiarity with complex billing solutions and technologies
- Change driver -Strong strategist and comfortable with change management
- Deep personal commitment to customer satisfaction
- Excellent conflict resolution and negotiation skills
- Experience with developing a field service team
- Strong Project Management skills
Job Title: General Manager OperationsRef No: PI012-2013
Position Description:The successful candidate will report to the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer and will oversee the company’s core operations. He/She will be responsible for system maintenance, outage management, system control and procurement. He/She will also be responsible for the following:
- Redesign and implement a qualified, responsive outage management program including corrective responses.
- Lead and direct all routine preventative maintenance for the entire region.
- Assume primary responsibility for the efficient distribution of electricity and grid reliability.
- Develop an effective organization structure to serve customers across 5 states and 18 regional offices.
- Manage and maintain technical assets, warehousing and procurement activities.
- Manage technical capital projects to construct and rebuild aging infrastructure.
- Develop training, safety and performance standards for the operations organization.
- Maintain strict compliance with environmental, health and safety standards.
- Support the corporate strategy to continuously improve performance and efficiency.
Educational Qualification:- Bachelors’ degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering. MBA is an added advantage
Experience:- 10-15 years post qualification experience in utility or manufacturing environment, with at least 10 years at managerial level
Skills and Competences:- Knowledge of power distribution operations and systems.
- Familiarity with power assets such as substations, transformers and meters.
- Experience with power systems analysis, fault studies.
- Understanding of power system construction, communication protocols and technologies.
- Excellent managerial and communications skills.
- Utmost integrity, highly motivated to succeed, strong work ethic, attention to details.
Job Title: Chief Financial OfficerRef No: PI011-2013
Position Description:The successful candidate will report to the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer and will oversee the company’s financial affairs, work closely across all business functions to maximize profitability and contribute to the formulation and successful implementation of the corporate financial plan. He/She must have strong experience in turnaround management and would specifically be responsible for the following:
- Design and implement a financial controls environment across all functions
- Establish financial planning, budgeting and forecasting capabilities
- Manage cash flow and working capital across the organization
- Coordinate the development and implementation of the company’s capital expenditure program, as well as oversee its implementation
- Develop detailed performance and manageie1t reporting capabilities
- Lead the companys fund raising activities
- Oversee preparation of financial statements
- Manage and optimize the company’stax exposure
- Work closely with the MD/CEO in the development of critical strategies
- Lead the reorganization of the Finance Department, developing standard operating procedures
- Monitor and report on shareholder’s return and company financial performance.
Educational Qualification:Bachelors’ degree in accounting, economics, finance or related field
Post-graduate/Professional QualificationCandidates must possess an MBA or Professional certification in Accountancy
Experience:12-15 years professional experience with at least 10 years at a managerial level.
Skills and Competences:- Extensive knowledge of IFRS accounting principles, financial controls, financial reports, operating plans, budgets and banking relationships
- Confidence to challenge the status quo and initiate constructive change
- Exceptional communications skills
- Restructurings and change management
Method of Application: Interested and qualified persons should forward their curriculum vitae (CV) and cover letter in a word document format, quoting the appropriate job title and reference to:
[email protected] . All applications will be treated in confidence and only shortlisted persons will be contacted.
Application Deadline 2nd January, 2014
