STRATEGY & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Lafarge Nigeria - Lagos, Nigeria
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Job description
MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITIES AND
ACTIVITIES
1.
Business
Development Opportunities:
Proactively identify, follow up and shortlist new business development opportunities.
Determine and convert viable ones into projects.
2.
Projects: Research, preparation of justifications documents
(executive summaries, detailed backup write-up, financial models…) necessary to
confirm viability or projects/business initiatives and key considerations for
their implementation. These will be in a variety of areas. Examples include:
1.
New Business Line Development e.g. Aggregates, Pre-cast, etc
2.
New Strategic Assets
Development e.g. Ports development,..etc
3.
Expansion of existing Business lines e.g. Cement new line, Readymix
expansion etc
4.
Energy Strategic Actions e.g.
partnerships with energy players, new power plants, new combustibles,.. etc
5.
Group Strategic Projects: projects identified as part of Lafarge Group strategy
6.
High impact productivity
Improvement Projects: Selected
projects aimed at exploiting new business opportunities and/or enhancing our
competitiveness
Business Unit (BU) Support: Collaborate with Business Units to identify value adding
projects/initiatives identified with
BUs - holder of position will be expected to
proactively identify such opportunities and propose to BUs with backup.
Collaborative mode of working with BUs will be very
crucial for success.
1.
Management
Cycle (Strategic Review):
1.
Own and drive the strategic
review part of the management cycle – ensure that all deliverables are
delivered on time e.g. (a) - Strategic Plan, Country Ambition Plan, Marketing
Plan,…etc) (b) Supply Demand campaigns etc
2.
Refresh and clarify the Nigeria
Strategic Roadmap (using appropriate tools as necessary e.g. Strategic Value
Analysis (SVA), benchmarking..etc). This should include Investment Roadmap and
key Strategic Progress Actions to enhance Lafarge competitiveness
2.
Market
Research:
Market Research: Carry out research/analysis that will help us to
understand the market and customers better. In particular, aimed at how we can ‘differentiate’ ourselves Vs competition.
Competitor/Industry
Intelligence & benchmarking:
gather data/intelligence on competitors & industry in general using
publicly available information and other best estimates – to cover business
performance & benchmarking (cost comparisons, efficiency ratios,
current/upcoming production & import capacities, ….), price comparisons
(including import zip prices), Supply/Demand balance etc
1.
Adhoc
Analysis: Provide
analysis on important topics that may be identified from time to time,…. and
assist to derive key messages/action plans from the analysis.
2.
Others
Tasks: As may be assigned from time to time by N+1 in
consultation with indirect report.
Desired Skills and Experience
·
A Bachelor’s degree preferably in a
business field. Possession of a relevant postgraduate qualification (e.g. MBA)
would be an added advantage.
·
At least 8 years’ experience. Variety
of experiences [e.g. sales, marketing, finance, supply chain, etc.] is
important.
·
Possession of good appreciation and
understanding of strategic and business planning frameworks, principles and
techniques e.g. investment analysis/justification
·
High level of analytical and
performance management skills and ability to pay attention to detail.
·
Very good project and change
management skills
·
The ability to demonstrate support
for innovation and for organizational changes needed to improve the
organization's effectiveness.
·
Ability to develop, maintain and
strengthen partnerships with others inside and outside the organization who can
provide information, assistance and support.
·
Good communication &
Interpersonal skills
·
Highly developed negotiation and
influencing skills
·
Ability to engage effectively at all
levels of the organization, including Executive/Board level
·
Ability to influence and work
independently with minimum supervision
About this company
Lafarge is a world leader in building
materials, with top-ranking positions in its Cement, Aggregates & Concrete
businesses. Located in 64 countries with 65,000 employees, the vision of
Lafarge in Nigeria is to be the most trusted and preferred partner of Nigerian
construction professionals and home builders by delivering cement and concrete
solutions that are best in quality, environmentally sustainable and nationwide
available at affordable cost.
Lafarge currently operates 4 cement
plants in Nigeria (Ashaka in North East Nigeria; Ewekoro I, Ewekoro II and
Sagamu in South West Nigeria) and 7 commercial readymix concrete
batching plants in Abuja, Port Harcourt and Lagos.
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