Lafarge Africa Plc Recent Job Openings

Lafarge Africa Plc is a member of the LafargeHolcim Group – the biggest building and concrete solutions company in the world. It is a publicly quoted company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and serves Nigeria with a wide range of building and construction solutions designed to meet housing and construction needs from small projects like individual home buildings to major construction and infrastructure projects.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Biomass Sourcing Coordinator

Job ID.: 2189
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Summary

• The Biomass Coordinator is the main point of contact with the customers.
• Liaise with customers/vendors about Biomass waste, orders and deliveries.
• Responsible to achieve Geocycle target on Biomass sourcing volumes in a region or Customer segment that will be determined from time to time.
• In conjunction with the Sales Administrator execute and organize the Sales and Marketing administration activities in order to achieve customer’s satisfaction with Geocycle services.
• Understand the Sales Process dynamics, set up a survey and identify the main internal & external stakeholders and have a deep knowledge about Customer service best practises.

Main Responsibilities

• Biomass Coordinator is responsible for the customer/vendor facing activities and to provide rest of the organization with market information.
• Quality, Health & Safety and Environment
  • Reinforce the Quality, Health & Safety and Environmental Procedures
  • Organize periodic audit to control the application of the QHSE process.
• Creation of prospects/customers/vendors and contacts
• Plan and perform visits to customers and vendor as necessary
• Register and follow up opportunities and action plans
• Create customer/vendor offers and initiate price negotiation
• Preparation of the content of the physical AFR Contracts
• Follow up customer/vendor complaints
• Introduce volumes in Planning Tool based on what is obtainable from the market
• Prepare sales reports as a base for weekly transportation planning.
• Search, identify new market and materials opportunities and triggering the AFR Material validation flow where necessary
• Liaise with Sales Administrator to provide Master Data management (Customers, Vendor, Materials)
• Assist in the preparation of commercial offer to Customers/Vendors to be reviewed and discussed with the Geocycle Commercial Manager
• Liaise with logistics department to ensure timely deliveries for customer’s satisfaction with Geocycle services.
• Participate in preparing budget proposals for Geocycle in the country.

Job Dimensions
List of Direct Reports:

• Biomass Sourcing Coordinator.

Key Interfaces, Stakeholders and Relationships:

• Internal
  • Geocycle Commercial Manager
  • Geocycle Sales Administrator
  • Geocyle Logistics/ Operations Coordinators
  • Plant Manager/ Plant AF/ARM Champion
  • Communication Managers. Lobbying, Strategy
  • Business Shared Services – Finance/ Accounting
• External
  • Partner Companies
  • Waste Producers
  • Waste Collection/ Disposal Companies.

Profile Required
Education / Qualifications:

• Agriculture / Business Management / Social sciences with sales development proven experience, preferably in service
• > 3 years of experience.

Technical competencies:

• Social and negotiation skills with the customers or vendors
• Training in the process and steps in CRM tool – Sales force, for the following processes:
  • Visit management, opportunity management, action plans, AFR Request
• Basic knowledge in MEA BM Business Partner Master Data Model and training in creation/modification of Customers/Prospects & AFR request in Sales force.
• Training in SAP (AFR Process steps)
• Excellent organizational and multitasking skills.

Behavioral competencies:

• A team player with high level of dedication
• Ability to work under strict deadlines
• Ability to work in a diverse and multicultural environment and to engage with broad range of internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent communication and influential skills
• High Adaptability and Resilience
• Result oriented
• Analytical Skills
• Strong sense of ethics.

Mobility Requirements:

• The job will involve travel across various Biomass waste sourcing points in Nigeria.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: AFR Operations Manager, Geocycle

Job ID.: 2188
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Summary

• Responsible for overall management of AFR development in the plant
  • Management of the activities related to the preparation and maintenance of pre-processing platforms installation.
  • Manages the staff and sub-contractor involved in Resource Recovery.
  • Reinforces and controls the application of Health, Safety, Quality and Environment in the operational activities.

Main Responsibilities

• Reinforce Health & Safety and Environmental (QHSE) Procedures as it relates to Alternative fuel
• Ensure ACERT protocol are implemented to prevent fire risk
• Ensure cleanliness of production sites
• Regular visit to AF materials sourcing area across the region to abreast with inherent risk of markets dynamics
• Manages the pre-processing activities with the platform manager, including sub-contractor workforce.
• Define and communicate production priorities.
• Control and ensure AFR supplied are in conformity with quality specifications.
• Analyze and control the stock of AFR materials and ensure supplies are guaranteed
• Report and keep track of all non-conformities concerning the waste that appear during the production.
• Control that the receptions are made on a timely manner to reduce the waiting time of the transporters.
• Coordinate weekly planning meeting with operations and logistics to assure supplies and trucks availability.
• Communicate on a weekly basis with the Commercial Manager and the Lafarge production responsible of any inherent risk.
• Validate work permit and control application of the LOTOTO at the platform
• Control that all paper-works and information needed to make the invoicing are ready on time.
• Record and allocate at the right treatment the incoming waste tonnage.
• Keep track of the worker hours and allocate them at the corresponding process.

Job Dimensions
List of Direct Reports:

• AFR Platform and Materials Manager
• AFR Sourcing Coordinators
• AFR Support Assistant.

Key Interfaces, Stakeholders and Relationships:

• Internal stakeholders:
  • Geocycle Commercial Manager
  • Cement Logistics Manager,
  • Cement Plant AF Champion
• External Stakeholders:
  • Alternative fuel / Waste registered suppliers.

Profile Required
Education / Qualifications:

• B.Sc. or HND Engineering or Science, Business Management, Sales
• Operations and maintenance Experience

Experience:
Specific Work experience:

• Operations Planning
• Logistics management
• Safety management.

Knowledge & skills:
Technical / Functional skills:

• Problem-solving skills,
• Decision making ability,
• Organisational skills,
• Procedural mind-set,
• Good Knowledge of AFR Processes, SAP Cockpit tool and Logistic Execution.

Behavioral competence:

• Self-driven; ability to work independently with external stakeholders with limited supervision.
• Talent for recognising the opportunities for improvement

Leadership and managerial abilities:

• Ability to achieve results with external stakeholders.
• Positive attitude with appetite for change and innovation
• Business acumen.

Mobility requirements:

• The job will involve frequent travelling across various waste sourcing points in south west of Nigeria.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Reporting Accountant

Location: Nigeria
Emloyment Type: Full Time

Summary

• The Reporting Accountant is responsible for the application of International accounting & reporting standards, ensuring correct treatment of technical and complex accounting transactions, including but not limited to Lease Accounting, Fixed Asset Accounting, Financial Instruments valuation, Merger & Acquisition, Restructuring/Re-organization, Divestment and Investment Portfolio Management.
• Working with the Reporting & Consolidation Manager is the incumbent is also responsible for the preparation of Group Wide Consolidated Monthly, Quarterly & Annual Financial reports and report same to the Board of Directors, Group Parent, Statutory Regulators and Shareholders under applicable standards in adherence to Holcim Accounting and Reporting Principles manual (HARP).

Scope:

• Functional scope: Accounting, Reporting and Consolidation
• Geographical scope: All country product lines and sites.

Main Responsibilities
Financial Reporting Functions:

• Perform consolidation of the parent and subsidiaries financial statements in order to produce internal and external group financial reports using SAP Financial Consolidation Application.
• Assist in preparing monthly, quarterly and annual consolidated financial statements of the business and report same to Group management, Country management, the board and statutory regulators (Security and Exchange Commission, Nigeria Exchange Limited, Financial Reporting Council).
• Assist in the preparation of quarterly board papers with interpretation of financial statements to the Management and Board of director’s committee.
• Responsible for accurate usage of charts of accounts in the general ledger and financial statements.
• Prepare Quarter Closing Option Memo
• Provide recommendation for proper classification and booking of non-recurring but significant transactions
• Provide and/organise training for new employee in the accounting and reporting unit.
• Assist in the coordination of annual audit and quarterly review activities of external auditors
• Implement and maintain reporting procedures to comply with internal control requirements,
• Participate in other reporting projects/ assignments as required.

Lease & Trucking Accounting Functions:

• Provide accounting support service to logistics unit in the treatment of bulk tanker and other trucking arrangements
• Ensuring that the lease database held in SAP Real Estate Management Module is correct and complete
• Make changes in the lease database to reflect the correct accounting for lease changes and validate the impact of these changes reported by the service providers
• Monthly reconciliations of the General ledger and roll-forward of Right of Use and Finance Liability accounts
• Assist in the preparation and submission of leases group reporting forms per IFRS 16 to Country and Group Management for Lease recognition approval.
• Providing the appropriate information required by the Financial Planning and Performance Analysis (FPP&A) team for operating free cash flow and financial performance projection.
• Coordinate and provide information to all internal and external auditors for leases.

Technical Accounting Functions:

• Perform regular review of goodwill and intangible impairment including year-end test for impairment
• Assist in the preparing segment analysis to ensure compliance with requirements regarding consistency between internal and external reporting of reportable operating segments
• Prepare/review timely, high quality technical accounting memos on all key technical accounting matters for submission to the local management, Group management & independent auditor.
• Ensure that all financial instruments are accurately valued and recorded, this includes recognition, measurement, impairment testing & derecognition of financial instruments.
• Providing detail support to the external auditors and other consultants
• Manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines with strong attention to detail and accuracy.

Policies and Procedures

• Manage all changes in accounting policies received from the Group as well as from the Country.
• Optimize procedures and keep them up-to-date.

On Skills & Talent Management:

• Operate safely at all times; challenge unsafe acts; actively seek out ways of promoting a safe working environment.
• Provide guidance, work leadership, direction and advice to the team.
• Evaluate the performance of his/her team and take corrective actions.
• Coach his/her team providing continuous feedback.
• Identify training needs and development plans.

Job Dimensions:

• List of Direct Reports:
• Junior Reporting Accountant- Treasury.

Key Interfaces, Stakeholders and Relationships:

Internal to the Country Shared Services:

• Master Data
• General Ledger team
• Account Receivable and Credit Management
• Account Payable team
• Treasury Operations.

External to the Country Shared Services:

• Country legal department
• Procurement department
• Logistics department
• Industrial department
• Security department
• Sustainability department
• Other Country Shared Services counterparts and Related parties

External to the Group:

• External auditors
• Local tax authorities
• Financial services providers, KPMG, Deloitte, PWC, Ernst and Young etc

Profile Required
Level of Education / Qualifications normally required:

• B.Sc / HND in Accounting / Social Sciences
• ACA / ACCA (Compulsory).

Technical / Functional Skills:

• Good knowledge of an ERP environment – ideally SAP

Practical knowledge of IAS, IFRS:

• Internal controls
• Advance MS-Excel Knowledge
• Practical understanding of LHARP.

Behavioral Competence:

• Effective communication skills with people at all levels of the business
• Decisive under pressure considering the criticality and urgency of decisions
• Good analytical skills to identify roots causes of issues.

Experience:

• 5 years in an Accounting related function
• Audit firm experience.

Leadership and Managerial Abilities:

• Strong Leadership potential
• Personal and intra-personal communication skills
• Good integrity and ethics; trustworthiness
• Ability to pay attention to details.

Mobility Requirements:

• Relatively Mobile.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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