General Manager at Shonny Investments and Properties Company Limited

Shonny Investments and Properties Company is the first wholly indegenuous company to develop a fully integrated, mixed residential estate in Nigeria. The Maryland Estate (Shonibare Estate).

Over the years the company has expanded its portfolio from residential development to include hospitality, initially with a 50 bedroom Hotel and Commercial with an 18 Storey Office building in Marina.

Shonny Investments and Properties Company Limited is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: General Manager

Location: Nigeria

Job Description
Responsible for managing a privately owned property portfolio, across residential and commercial real estate, in an efficient and value enhancing manner that is consistent with the overall strategic plan for the company. Accountable for all business, financial, and management aspects of the business including preparing, implementing and adhering to the approved strategic plan, annual budgeting across individual projects and the company as a whole, developing and maintaining strong working relationships with tenants or occupants, and supervising the day-today activities of the management staff as well as contract services. Will be responsible for directly supervising a variety of staff which may include building, administration, operations, maintenance and finance/accounting and reporting the board of directors.

Principal Responsibilities
As General Manager, you will be responsible for performing the following tasks to the highest standards:

• Work in conjunction with the management team to actively manage key property issues (including capital projects; customer service; refurbishment)
• Assist the development of meaningful, achievable budgets and other short and long term strategic goals.
• Provide effective leadership to the management team and team members to ensure targets are met and exceeded
• Respond to audits that are completed by the company to ensure continual improvement is achieved.
• Plan, direct and coordinate the service delivery of all operational departments in order to meet and exceed client expectations
• Comply and exceed industry Service Standards
• Ensure that costs are controlled throughout the operational departments and results are analysed regularly to highlight problem areas and take appropriate action
• Manage and develop the members of the management team to ensure career progression and effective succession planning within the company
• Seek and respond to client feedback in order to achieve positive outcomes and high levels of customer satisfaction
• Hold regular briefings and communication meetings with the management team

Benefits
Your benefits will include a competitive starting salary and holiday entitlement. As an employee you will be provided with an executive car and driver, health benefits pension scheme .We look forward to explaining in detail the range of excellent benefits that you would expect from an organisation like Shonny Investments & Properties Company.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree
• A minimum of 8 years working in real estate with residential property management; 8 to 10 years experience preferred.
• Must have knowledge and experience with financial accounting in commercial real estate, financial reporting and budgeting.
• Hands-on experience with tenant improvement construction projects preferred; ability to plan, organize and coordinate multiple projects, ability to read and understand construction specifications and blueprints.
• Minimum of 5 years experience directly supervising and managing a staff including experience in planning and assigning work, performance assessments, training, hiring, discipline, and development.
• Strong literacy in MS Word and Excel.
• Highly organized and skilled with time management.
• Strong customer service/tenant relation skill required.
• Excellent communications skills (written reports/analysis and oral presentation).
• Strong leadership skills to effectively manage and motivate the team to achieve high performance levels and exceed targets
• Accountable and resilient
• Ability to work under pressure

Application Closing Date
Not Stated

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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