Managing Director/ Chief Operating Officer at an Independent Real Estate Company - Nextzon Business Services Limited

Nextzon Business Services Limited - Our client an independent Real Estate company located in Lagos, Nigeria whose focus is on property development, management, marketing and sale of real estate products and services with special skills in facility maintenance and specializing in developing innovative and unparalleled luxury apartments, duplexes and detached homes, seeks to recruit suitably candidates for the position below:

Job Title: Managing Director/ Chief Operating Officer

Reference Code: MD-REM-NXT-001
Location: Lagos

Job Objectives

• The Managing Director / Chief Operating Officer provides the required leadership and day to day management that ensures the company delivers on its promise to clients, professionally, profitably and to the satisfaction of key stakeholders including regulators and the public in general.
• Ensures by working with the Technical that all projects are executed to the highest of technical standards and delivered within a reasonable time.
• Working with the Sales and Relationship management team, ensures that the sales team is high performing and customers are highly satisfied
• Ensures optimality in the finance function and the reporting function is comprehensive and compliant with best practises by working with the Finance team
• Responsible for the efficient management of the enterprise functions within the company in collaboration with the Group Head, Business Support

Core Responsibilities

• Ensures the efficient and smooth running of the operations of the company toward the achievement of all set goals and targets
• Takes new projects originated by the office of the Executive Vice Chairman, plans and actions them to approved standards of quality, financial profitability and timelines as well as total promise to customers
• Through the coordination of the key elements of the company, ensures the enhancement of the brand
• Charts the course of action and ensure effective teaming at the executive level that guarantees the realisation of the mission and vision as well as shared values
• Works with the Sales & Relationship Management teams to organise and build the sales team into a formidable machinery
• Inspires team to consistently achieve and occasionally surpass company financial targets;
• Ensures strict adherence to policies and procedures in the development of quality houses thereby promoting and strengthening the company’s brand;
• Ensures adherence to corporate governance rules, compliance with approved accounting standards in the operations of the company
• Cascades goals and targets from the EVC office to the relevant levels and manages performance of same within the company;
• Ensures projects are adequately and optimally funded at all times, establishes medium term and short term plans that are derived from organisation strategy;
• Sets and ensures that best practices/standards are entrenched in all functions of the company.

Qualifications & Experience

• A good first degree in Business Administration or related field
• An MBA or MSc in Real Estate Management will be an added advantage
• Membership of relevant professional bodies
• Should possess at least 18 years post-graduation experience with at least 10 years in managerial position in construction or real estate development
• Demonstrated proficiency in managing analytically rigorous initiatives and a track record in sales and leadership at a senior staff level
• Proven track record of delivering results in an establishment of comparable size, scope and complexity
• Required competencies:
• Knowledge and understanding of real estate business including knowledge of finance, project origination and deal structuring as well as Technical Services
• Proven track record of success in developing and providing growth strategies, sales processes, and marketing tactics improvements.
• Hands-on leader, skilled at coordinating purchase, negotiations, and deals with potential customers and vendors.
• Visionary with an entrepreneurial advantage in establishing and operating successful real estate business using consultative sales approach and relations-building skills.
• Adept at identifying business requirements and developing practical solutions toward attainment of goals and objectives.
• Strong leadership skills and Interpersonal Skills
• Resilience, Tenacity, Discretion and Integrity
• Written & Oral Communication
• Planning, Organizing and Coordination skills
• Coaching & People Management
• Analytic skills/Problem Solving
• Commercial Acumen

Remuneration
Competitive.

Application Closing Date
10th May, 2017.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to: [email protected] quoting the reference code- MD-REM-NXT-001 as the subject to the mail.

Note: Only those who meet the above criteria need apply.