Chief Executive Officer at a Power Generating Company

Phillips Consulting Limited is a wholly owned Nigerian company with offices in Lagos, Abuja and Johannesburg. Established in 1992, the firm offers an array of business and management consulting services to government and corporate organisations, seeking superiority in all they do.
We focus on creating and managing change in organizations by helping them formulate and implement customer focused strategies, align their management systems to support service delivery, and develop the competence and capabilities of their people to deliver on their promises.
We draw our competitive strength from collaborations with global partnership firms in Europe, North America and Africa. Our delivery skills reflect our highly competitive recruitment of bright, vibrant and experienced consultants whose competence we continuously enhance through intensive training in the use of our proprietary management tools and techniques.
Clients benefit from our consultants’ varied skills through our cross-functional approach to assignment execution. We also ensure we empower clients with the knowledge and skills to continuously improve, long after we are gone.
We believe in Africa and its future and dedicate ourselves to achieving the African dream by actively seeking out alliances, partnerships and friendships throughout the continent.
We are a proud African consulting firm.
Phillips Consulting is geared to recruit talented professionals with proven track record into the re-emerging power sector generation and distribution landscape, in the following position:

Job Title: Chief Executive Officer

Ref: PSE 305

Location:

Responsibilities

• The CEO provides the strategic vision, planning and operational leadership and is responsible for developing and implementing high-level strategies, making corporate decisions and managing the overall operations and resources of the company.
• Undertake strategic and operational planning in collaboration with senior management and appropriate stakeholders
• Develop and maintain an effective organizational structure to support performance objectives that reflect industry and market requirements
• Establish and maintain positive and productive relationships with government agencies, other organizations, communities, industry representatives, media and other stakeholders
• Ensure efficient utilization of financial resources
• Provide strong and effective leadership to the work force; motivate and inspire employees
• Ensure effective communication of the company’s strategy, objectives and performance to create a positive corporate image
• Report to the board on timely basis, all relevant information regarding company operations
• Drive business growth and performance improvement

Requirements

• Minimum of a 1st degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, with an MBA or a relevant Masters degree
• Minimum of 15 years industry experience with at least 5 years experience at senior management level
• Thorough understanding of electric utility-related issues from concept to commissioning such as land acquisition, site permitting, environmental clearances etc
• Experience in developing long-term business plans and strategies, presenting investment proposals at the board level and managing a multi-disciplinary team of professionals
• Experience in negotiating commercial contracts, financing agreements with lenders, and greenfield power projects will be an added advantage

Application Closing Date
30th April 2013.

Method Of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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