Company Description
Lafarge Group – Created in 1833, Lafarge group, headquartered in France, is the world leader in building materials, with top-ranking positions in three of its activities: No 1 worldwide in Cement, No 2 worldwide in Aggregates & Concrete, and No 3 worldwide in Gypsum.
Located in 62 countries with 64,000 employees, Lafarge is a world leader in building materials, with top-ranking positions in its Cement, Aggregates & Concrete businesses. In 2013, Lafarge posted sales of 15.1 billion euros.
Lafarge ranked amongst the top 10 of 500 companies evaluated by the “Carbon Disclosure Project” in recognition of their strategy and actions against global warming. With the world’s leading building materials research facility, Lafarge places innovation at the heart of its priorities, working for sustainable construction and architectural creativity.
Lafarge Group is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Field Sales Executive
Location: Lagos
Business Unit: Aggregates and Concrete (A&C)
Job Type: Permanent
Job Description
Promote good H&S practices on customer forums, sites and at public forums
Execute the sales strategy on Micro-Financing & Micro-mass housing
Manage and organize the field work of the Easy Home team
Build partnerships with relevant prospect groups in the micro-housing sector
Execute the multiplier effect strategy at the field level
Represent Easy Home in various forums to create awareness on the programme
Implement Easy Home service to National scale
Identify opportunities for new products and/or service innovations
Duties & Responsibilities
Promote H&S best practices to staff and our customers
Manage Easy Home field activities to ensure they achieve their own KPIs and the Business Units ambitions & budget
Organize and track weekly activities of team leads, sales reps, and technical assistants
Planned and random site visits
Daily communication with the whole team
Ensure supply of cement is well supported by partnering retailers
Organize and drive the multiplier effect with partnering retailers
Network with other relevant stakeholders in the micro-housing segment in Nigeria (cooperatives, CDAs, religious associations, workers/market associations, company unions, etc.) to drive sales
Report & control Budget for Easy Home team
Aggregate and analyse Weekly reports on cement sales, clients numbers, and multiplier effect
Aggregate and analyse Monthly reports on cement sales, clients numbers, and multiplier effect
Ensure the alignment with the Cement function sales strategy
Execute the improvement of construction quality strategy
Train the team on selling the partnering workers supply organization and ensure implementation
Train the team on selling the standardized designs
Ensure roll-out of the Easy Home programme to the national level
Alignment with partnering microfinance team in all locations
Support in recruitment of the team
Training of Easy home team (LafargeHolcim and partnering microfinance bank) on sales
Identify relevant cement retailers, blockmakers and other building materials sellers – possibly one-stop-shops – according to pre-defined criteria to partner with the programme,
Drive the multiplier effect with the new partnering retailers.
Essential & Desirable Skills
Good knowledge of construction materials sales best practices, and housing market in general in Nigeria
Knowledge of LafargeHolcim products
Presentation, communication and networking skills
Vision, business sense, basic financial knowledge and negotiation skills
Strong customer focus
Results orientated, proactive, capable of delivering under pressure
Independent thinker and manager of own timings
Ability to discuss and influence others
Good team player with effective interpersonal skills covering group facilitation and customer interface aspects
Job Title: Project Engineer Affordable Housing and Building
Location: Oregun, Lagos
Business Unit: Aggregates and Concrete (A&C)
Job Type: Permanent
Job Descriptions
The Project Engineer would have the primary responsibility of managing a portfolio of projects concurrently including ensuring customer requirements agreed are delivered within each project.
Enforce good H&S practices on sites Plan, coordinate and oversee various projects as well as supervising on-site contractors, where applicable
Develop scope of work and secure resources necessary to accomplish the scope of work to time, scope, quality and budget
Manage the execution of housing projects within defined scope, quality, budget and timescales.
Represent Lafarge as primary contact on site with the various stakeholders
Provide technical support on site and collaborate with Lafarge colleagues in various departments to deliver projects.
Duties & Responsibilities
Enforce H&S best practices on site
Produce and control project plans to deliver projects
Maintain project schedule and budget by monitoring project progress. Coordinate activities on site, carry out resource planning, problem resolution and risk management
Prepare project status reports to disseminate information and trends as well as proposing corrective actions
Contribute to risk and opportunity assessments and manage throughout project life cycle
Coordinate the procurement process – aise requisitions, follow-up approvals of purchase orders and deliveries, as applicable
Manage project documentation
Ensure quality of jobs and manage process of acceptance by clients
Define communication plans and coordinate the change management process.
Track project milestones, financial deadlines and maintain the project schedule.
Essential & Desirable Skills
Good knowledge of construction best practices, project management, project budgeting, risk assessments
H&S evaluation and implementation
Proficient with project management tools – AutoCAD, MS Projects, Primavera Understanding of Construction law and contracts.
Working knowledge of quality assurance/control of concrete testing and aggregates specifications
Presentation, communication and networking skills
Possess strong verbal and written communication skills
Exhibit political and cultural sensitivity
Ability to build relationships and work well across functions
Be influential and take initiative
Ability to meet competing demands and effectively manage multiple priorities and projects
Deliver results, solve problems with flexibility and resourcefulness, effectively work independently with minimal supervision in a dynamic environment and manage through system and processes.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application Deadline 1st March, 2016.
The post Apply Now For Job Vacancies At Lafarge Group appeared first on Jobimu Blog.