Vacancies at Food Concepts PLC

Food Concepts commenced operations in 2001. From inception, our aim has been clear-cut and focused: to revolutionize the food sector in West Africa and to deliver extraordinary satisfaction to our stakeholders.

Since launching in 2004, Chicken Republic (Subsidiary of Food concepts) has already opened 55 stores in Nigeria and Ghana. On this basis, we are proud of the brand’s hard-earned reputation as the fastest growing chicken QSR in West Africa and the number 1 chicken QSR in Nigeria (both in revenues and number of outlets). In addition, Chicken Republic was ranked as one of Nigeria’s top 20 brands across all categories (Financial Standards Awards 2009).

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Internal Control Associate

Requisition ID: 1124
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full Time
Reporting to: Internal Control Manager

Job Summary

• Ensure compliance with organization processes, procedures and policies and other support for Chicken Republic Stores

Responsibilities

• Ensures that internal control documentation is accurate and up-to-date
• Ensure compliance with organization processes, procedures and policies
• Verify and maintain internal control checks and records including asset tags to ensure the safeguard of the company
• Track cash advance for unnecessary delay in retirement
• Create and maintain an error log closed register to ensure that all identified documentation errors are corrected and closed
• Review Imprest and relate with stores for any irregularities when necessary
• Conduct a periodic physical verification of stock assets monthly
• Vouch and verify all payment vouchers for approval completeness and accuracy
• Supervise the receipts of goods from suppliers and certify the GRN
• Review of administrative operations (Admin and Maintenance)
• Ensure that all necessary corrections are effected, vouchers are properly authenticated
• Prepaid expense retirement review
• Call over of SCD- Finance and finance posting on Oracle
• Due diligence and pricing review
• Ensure that all internal control  registers are updated and closed daily
• Any other ad-hoc assignment as assigned by the HOD

Key Performance Indicators

• The time lag between internal control deficiency occurring and reporting
• Number of internal control improvement initiatives
• Number of internal control breaches
• Identify and respond proactively to business priorities and key controls
• Timely rendition of reports weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly basis to track support provided to the business and the impact of such support
• Prompt implementation and corrective action with employees and managers

Job Specifications

• Minimum of university degree or its equivalent in related discipline
• Minimum of 2 years post-professional qualification experience
• Knowledge of complex food manufacturing accounting systems would be an added advantage

Functional Competencies/Requirements:

• Financial accounting skills
• Strong knowledge of audit procedures

Desired Personal Attributes:

• Integrity
• Proactive self-starter
• Assertive and tenacious
• Ability to work with little or no supervision
• Ability to work with all levels of management, build partnerships and teams
• Highly organized and able to adapt quickly to changing priorities
• Ability to cope with and work under pressure.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

Job Title: Senior Manager, Warehouse and Logistics

Requisition ID: 1723
Location: Nigeria

Job Purpose

• To define, develop, implement, and manage best-in-class policies, processes and procedures which ensure the company’s supply chain is consistently able to deliver on its performance and risk management objectives.
• To manage various elements of the supply chain in such a manner that ensures goods and other inventory items are transported, stored, and delivered on time and in good condition to the stores and the regional warehouse hubs.

Core Responsibilities and Key Result Areas
Strategic Planning and Alignment:

• Assesses business requirements and recommend strategies to achieve objective
• Develop policies, systems, and processes to optimize the operations and management of all warehouse functions including but not limited to:
• Timely receipt, storage, and dispatch of goods
• Inventory control and management
• Optimization of materials flow
• Minimize of stock losses and receiving and or issuing lead times
• Control of all fixed and variable costs
• Develop, communicate and administer Warehouse/Logistic team performance and development plans
• Serve as the primary contact for Warehouse/Logostics related questions, policy and procedure interpretation and alignment by all departments.

Warehouse and Logistics Management:

• Oversee contract development and administration.
• Identify and implement cost saving measures to reduce Food Concepts’ cost of storing and handling goods.
• Design and implement system to reduce risk exposure in the warehouse:
• Minimize stock losses
• Ensure full monitor adherence to health, Safety, and environmental guidelines
• Ensuring receipt of goods in line with specifications on Purchase Orders
• Continuous evaluation of warehouse security and implementation of necessary measures to maintain safety of stock.
• Develop preventative maintenance systems and contingency plans.
• Implement business continuity and resumption plans.
• Generate and analyze reports at pre-defined and agreed intervals to aid decisions relating to inventory and working capital management
• Line management of the warehouse staff (with emphasis on driving recruitment to fill approved headcount, performance management, succession planning and training and development)
• Manage the logistics activities of the division including drivers and other ancillary staff.
• Active management of the warehouse annual expense budget
• Ensure timely receipt, storage and dispatch of goods
• Manage the logistics activities of the division including drivers and other ancillary staff
• Maintain inventory control and management
• Ensure optimization of materials flow
• Ensure minimization of stock losses and receiving and or issuing lead times
• Ensure control of all fixed and variable costs

Risk and Cost Management:

• Minimize stock losses
• Ensure and monitor adherence to health, safety and environmental guidelines.
• Ensure receipt of goods in line with specifications on Purchase Orders
• Apply appropriate asset management procedures in order to achieve maximum return on assets
• Perform continuous evaluation of warehouse security and implementation of necessary measures to maintain safety of stock
• Develop preventative maintenance systems and contingency plans
• Implement business continuity and resumption plans

Reporting and Supervision:

• Plan, assigns and supervises staff
• Implement Initiatives and operations
• Plan, schedule, coordinate, review and report on the work of staff

Key Performance Indicators:

• Achievement of Company Sales, EBITDA, GP, PAT targets
• Achievement of Supply Chain Department’s budget/targets/objectives
• Achievement of Individual Personal Development Plans

Knowledge Requirements:

• Strong industry knowledge
• Strong interpersonal relationship, communication and presentation skills
• Advance Knowledge of Inventory Management
• Advance Knowledge of Cost management
• Advance Knowledge of applicable legislations, as well as policies and procedures
• Demonstrates expertise in Warehouse and logistics management.

Job Specifications

• A good First Degree in Social / management / Physical Sciences
• Possession of a Post graduate degree in Supply Chain Management/Procurement / Business Administration or related field is an added advantage
• Membership of the CIPS, CILS, CILCS, CISCOM, Lean Six Sigma or any other related professional qualification is required.
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in a similar role, especially in the QSR/Food Industry sector.

Decision Expectations:

• Acts on defined procedures and decisions
• Enforces agreed decisions
• Plans own work schedule and work schedule of subordinates
• Assigns work to subordinates
• Monitor subordinates’ work performance
• Appraises/evaluates subordinates’ performance

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

Job Title: Treasury Payment Associate

Requisition ID: 1140
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full Time
Reporting to: Treasury Manager

Job Summary

• To maintain creditors schedule and ensure accurate cheques writing and cash disbursement.

Responsibilities

• Processing of suppliers / vendor invoices for payment.
• Prepare Creditor’s Age Analysis for tracking un-paid invoices.
• Schedule payment of suppliers’ invoices and ensure that they are due before being paid.
• Maintaining the creditors’ schedule.
• Keeping the financials documents organized and filed.
• Detect and eliminate errors in payment request.
• Imputing of all invoices and payment vouchers to the general ledger.
• Process and disburse expense reimbursement.
• Confirm all retirement before another cash advance is processed for a staff.
• Ensure posting of items received by the store into appropriate Trade Creditor’s account
• Finalize posting of products received by Warehouse and recognize respective suppliers.
• Prepare schedule of paid invoices and Bank confirmation letter.
• Update Creditor’s account through proper allocation of payments made on daily basis.
• Ensure proper posting of Payment Vouchers for OPEX, salaries, projects and repairs.
• Prepare weekly Payment Analysis for Cash flow report
• Perform any other task as may be assigned from time to time

Key Performance Indicators
To be measured Weekly:

• Creditors ageing analysis
• Payment analysis schedule
• Status report of outstanding invoices
• Status report of Outstanding posting of invoices and payment vouchers.

Job Specifications

• Minimum of university degree or HND Accounting, Finance.
• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.

Functional Competencies/Requirements:

• Promptness in treatment of payments within SLA limits.
• Accuracy of written cheques and cash payment.
• Timeliness in accuracy of GL entry.
• Responsiveness of internal and external clients request.

General Management Competencies/Requirements:

• Strong Oral and Written Communication skills
• Good Presentation Skills
• Strong Negotiation Skills
• Relationship Management
• Strong Problem solving skills
• Ability to plan, schedule and coordinate effectively

Desired Personal Attributes:

• Integrity
• Proactive self-starter
• Assertive and tenacious
• Ability to work with little or no supervision
• Ability to work with all levels of management, build partnerships and teams
• Highly organized and able to adapt quickly to changing priorities
• Ability to cope with and work under pressure.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

Job Title: Senior Manager, Procurement

Requisition ID: 1722
Location: Nigeria

Job Purpose

• To Develop and/or update procurement policies and procedures; and develop a centralized procurement program that will add value and efficiency to the organization.
• Responsible for developing a strategic approach to the corporate procurement and material management process for the purchase of direct and indirect goods and services.

Core Responsibilities and Key Result Areas
Strategic Planning and Alignment:

• Assesses business requirements and recommend strategies  to achieve objective
• Develop and communicate a procurement business plan; establish, communicate and implement long-term goals for the department in order to promote effectiveness and efficiency.
• Develop, communicate and administer procurement team performance and development plans and appraisals.
• Serve as the primary contact for procurement related questions, policy and procedure interpretation and alignment by all departments.

Procurement Management:

• Oversee contract development and administration.
• Manage current procurement policies, procedures and programs with a focus on their ability to enhance organizational value and efficiency
• Develop a centralized procurement program that adds value and efficiency to the organization
• Development of KPIs for strategic sourcing which drives continuous improvement
• Set up policies and guidelines for delivering commercial and cost- effective purchasing process for the business
• Manage workflow from initiation to completion
• Managing and cultivating new and existing relationship with a large portfolio of supply vendors
• Research and anticipate shifts in the negotiating power of suppliers and develop effective negotiation strategies with the aim to secure profitable deals
• Develop and implement forward thinking procurement strategies to both optimize spending and minimize risk and generate savings
• Discover profitable suppliers and initiate business and organization partnerships
• Negotiate with external vendors to secure advantageous terms
• Plan and approve the ordering of necessary goods and services
• Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
• Collaborate with key persons to ensure clarity of the specifications and expectations of the company
• Oversight of the supplier evaluation and purchase negotiation process
• Work with other operational planning staff to analyse the material needs of the organization and create a procurement plan
• Monitor the purchasing reports for all the agreements they have with suppliers and vendors.

Risk and Cost Management:

• Manage unfavorable events through analysis of data and prepare control strategies
• Perform risk management for supply contract
• Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs
• Protection of Food Concepts from possible risks related to the procurement of goods and services
• Examine and test existing contracts
• Ensure clear audit trail, process transparency and clarity of roles of individual parties in the Procurement process
• Manage the budget on company’s overall cost of sales and Procurement Department annual expense
• Reporting and Supervision
• Plan, assigns and supervises staff
• Implement Initiatives and operations
• Plan, schedule, coordinate, review and report on the work of staff.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Achievement of Company Sales, EBITDA, GP, PAT targets
• Achievement of Supply Chain Department’s budget/targets/objectives
• Achievement of Individual Personal Development Plans.

Knowledge Requirements:

• Strong industry knowledge
• Strong interpersonal relationship, communication and presentation skills
• Advance Knowledge of Inventory Management
• Advance Knowledge of Cost management
• Advance Knowledge of applicable legislations, as well as policies and procedures
• Demonstrates expertise in Procurement management
• Educates team and internal users on procurement processes
• Enforces agreed decisions.

Job Specifications

• A good First Degree in Social / Management / Physical Sciences
• Possession of a Post graduate degree in Supply Chain Management /Procurement / Business Administration or related field is an added advantage
• Membership of the CIPS, CILS, CILCS, CISCOM, Lean Six Sigma or any other related professional qualification is required.
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in a similar role, especially in the QSR/Food Industry sector.

Decision Expectations:

• Acts on defined procedures and decisions
• Enforces agreed decisions
• Plans own work schedule and work schedule of subordinates
• Assigns work to subordinates
• Monitor subordinates’ work performance
• Appraises/evaluates subordinates’ performance

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

Job Title: Demand Planner Assistant

Requisition ID: 1581
Location: Nigeria

Job Purpose

• Assist in the demand planning duties including estimating future product demand, analyzing inventory flow and developing forecasts models.

Core Responsibilities and Key Result Areas
Demand Planning/Forecasting:

• Assist in demand planning and management activities of a company’s products
• Develop demand forecast based on demand patterns and business trends
• Make forecast adjustments based on seasonal products, promotions and discounts.
• Determine demand forecasts to support in budgeting and inventory management.
• Provide guidance to demand planning team as needed.
• Assist in developing and executing demand plan to achieve company goals.
• Perform market analysis and determine customer demands.
• Follow company rules and regulations.
• Maintain demand planning systems to improve forecast accuracy.
• Perform root cause analysis of demand issues and provide permanent resolutions.
• Escalate complex demand issues to management for immediate resolutions.
• Determine customer response for new products and price revisions and communicate the same to management.
• Work with inventory team to monitor inventory levels and replenish appropriate products.
• Provide forecast updates to management, inventory and operations teams on regular basis
• Schedule monthly forecast meetings with all customers as required

Key Performance Indicators:

• Forecasted vs Actual sales
• Monthly product category forecast error
• Weekly item location forecast error
• Forecasting accuracy
• Marketing intelligence of competitor activities

Knowledge Requirements:

• Knowledge of statistical supply chain management, distribution practices, inventory management
• Knowledge of forecasting models and industry trends

Job Specification

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or related field is required.
• Possession of any relevant certification is essential
• Minimum of 1 year experience in similar role

Decision Expectations:

• Analyse demand statistics for trends and anomalies that require understanding
• Develop demand forecast based on key patterns and business trends

Working Conditions:

• Jobholder typically works 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, although this role may involve working overtime, if there is workload.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

Job Title: Graphics Designer

Requisition ID: 844
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full Time
Department: Marketing
Reporting to: Marketing Manager

• To create visual concepts to communicate ideas that inspire, inform, or captivate customers.
• To develop the overall layout and production design for advertisements, campaigns, magazines, and corporate reports.

Core Responsibilities and Key Result Areas

• Study design briefs and determine requirements
• Schedule projects and define budget constraints
• Conceptualize visuals based on requirements
• Prepare rough drafts and present ideas
• Develop communications for the brand using required software(s)
• Use the appropriate colors, fonts and layouts for each graphic
• Work with copywriters and creative director to produce final design
• Test graphics across various media
• Amend designs after feedback
• Ensure final graphics and layouts are visually appealing and on-brand
• Collaborating with the team to launch projects.
• Create Exciting creatives for social media campaigns (still images, motion images, videos etc.)

Key Performance Indicators

• Response time
• Time to the first draft
• Alignment to requirement (%)
• Standard Compliance
• Social Engagement Numbers

Knowledge Requirements

• Good knowledge of administrative rules and regulations
• Knowledge of the business and Food industry

Job Specifications
Educational Requirements:

• Degree in Design, Fine Arts or related field is a plus

Professional Requirements:

• A strong portfolio of illustrations or other graphics

Experience Requirements:

• Proven graphic designing experience
• Experience using design software and technologies (such as Photoshop, Corel Draw, Premiere Pro, After Effect)

Decision Expectations:

• Evaluate existing brand visuals and provides improvements to changing organisational priorities and market trends

Working Conditions:

• The jobholder typically works 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, although this role may involve working overtime if there is workload.

 Contacts and Purpose of Contact
Internal Contacts (most frequent contacts):

• Middle Level Management
• Marketing Management team

Purpose of Contact:

• Exchange or provide information
• Obtain, clarify, and discuss information
• Present, discuss information and problems
• Collaborate, negotiate, and present ideas
• Deal with influence or motivate subordinates
• Promote, justify, or settle highly sensitive matters

External Contacts (most frequent contacts):

• Service Providers/ Vendors

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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