Job Opportunities in an Out of Home (OOH) Advertising Company in Lagos

PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) - Our client, one of the Top players in the Out of Home (OOH) Advertising Industry with presence in Nigeria and other parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, is recruiting to fill the position of:








Job Title: Technical Procurement Manager

Reference Number: 130-PEO00509
Location: Lagos
Department: People & Change Nigeria
Job type: Permanent

Roles & Responsibilities

• Effective selection and management of suppliers/vendors in order to achieve the company’s strategic objectives.
• Efficient transportation & distribution practices to ensure seamless operations in the company.
• Forecast demand or create supply plans that ensure availability of materials or products.
• Identify opportunities to reuse or recycle materials in order to minimize consumption of new materials, minimize waste, or to convert wastes to by-products
• Establishing and sustaining relationships with Client and vendors
• Processing Approvals, Reporting and Documentations
• Design, implement, or oversee product take back or reverse logistics programs to ensure products are recycled, reused, or responsibly disposed.
• Forecast demand or create supply plans that ensure availability of materials or products.
• Timely customer communication and technology-enabled visibility to allow the company monitor product flows and collaboratively respond to potential delivery problems.
• Review or update supply chain practices in accordance with new or changing environmental policies, standards, regulations, or laws.
• Develop material costs forecasts or standard cost lists and negotiate prices and terms with suppliers, vendors, or freight forwarders.
• Monitor forecasts and quotas to identify changes or to determine their effect on supply chain activities.
• Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors, such as product cost or quality.
• Participate in the coordination of engineering changes, product line extensions, or new product launches to ensure orderly and timely transitions in material or production flow.
• Design or implement supply chains that support business strategies adapted to changing market conditions, new business opportunities, or cost reduction strategies.
• Conduct life cycle analyses to determine the environmental impacts of products, processes, or systems.
• Implement new or improved supply chain processes.
• Manage activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, material requirements planning, inventory control, warehousing, or receiving.
• Develop procedures for coordination of supply chain management with other functional areas, such as sales & marketing, finance, operations or quality assurance.
• Document physical supply chain processes, such as workflows, cycle times, position responsibilities, or system flows.
• Design or implement plant warehousing strategies for procured materials or finished products.

• A good Bachelor's degree in any discipline.
• A Master's degree in supply chain management, MBA or MSc., Finance would be an added advantage
• Minimum of 5 years relevant work experience in procurement/supply chain management within construction or Out-of-Home advertising industry.
• Possession of project management (PMP or PRINCE2) and/or supply chain management certification is required.

• Developing and overseeing the implementation of the asset management system, including the establishment of an effective and efficient operations unit
• Developing and maintaining the strategic annual asset management plans and aligning with the departmental strategy and budget
• Building and leading a multi-disciplined, multi-cultural and cross functional performance oriented project team
• Maintaining & building relationships with relevant OOH regulatory bodies & third party vendors
• Execute initiatives and innovations of products and services that contributes to the success of the Operations team and consequently to the organizational bottom line.
• Developing and maintaining asset registers
• Support Asset Development dept. with functional changes and site acquisitions
• Monitoring & supervision of project executions in all strategic business units (SBU) to ensure operational excellence & synergy of operations within all SBU.
• Managing cost and ensuring the units work within assigned operations budget.
• Ensuring quality assurance on all OOH projects, plants and sites.
• Designing and supporting better management reporting, information flow and management, business process and organizational planning.

• A university degree in Engineering (Civil or Electrical), Business Management or related field.
• At least 3 years’ experience at executive level (c-suite) plus minimum of 10 years’ experience at related field work in OOH business
• PMP/Prince 2/ COREN
• Professional membership of relevant regulatory authority
• Involvement and knowledge of site acquisitions, site investigations, erecting structures/foundations laying, reading and interpretation.