Facilities Manager at British American Tobacco (BATN)

BAT British American Tobacco (www.bat.com) is a market leading, global organisation with a long, established history and a bright and dynamic future. Thanks to our people we have continued to deliver growth and exceed expectations in an increasingly complex and challenging marketplace.

Our aim is to become the leading tobacco company in each of our markets by providing excellent products with confidence and responsibility expected of global consumer brands.

If you have the talent and motivation to help us succeed you'll find we are equally committed to helping you reach your full potential too.

British American Tobacco Nigeria (BATN) is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Facilities Manager

Job Number: 6398BR
Location/City: Lagos
Appointment type: Permanent

Job Description
This role is to ensure the efficient, reliable and safe operation of the new world-class Head Office building in Lagos including all employee facilities and residential accommodation. The role reports to the HR Director & Snr HRBP Commercial and manages 2-3 direct reports and over 100 indirect contractors.

Key Responsibilities

Business Objectives:

• Develop, align, communicate and implement the Company's Facilities strategy for the Area Head Office complex
• Manage the complete facilities and utilities on a 24/7 basis to meet all requirements of office and residential areas and also off-site facilities in Lagos.
• Ensure that EHS standards are fully observed by internal and external stakeholders within the premises in line with Company policy
• Develop and agree with stakeholders and suppliers Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for all areas of Facilities Management
• Manage relocation (accommodation) of assignees in Nigeria in accordance with set policies and guidelines and ensure that necessary immigration documents are processed in line with HR requirements
• Provide top support to all international assignees by ensuring that they are provided with adequate accommodation, equipped with furniture and fixtures necessary for their comfort and wellbeing in line with company policy and standard.

People Objectives:

• Ensure that individual and team performance targets are identified, measured, feedback given and appropriate developmental or other corrective action taken
• Develop and align team members’ skills as and when required
• Actively engage with clients to ensure their satisfaction with service provided
• Ensure that direct reports get basic training in facilities management to help develop them in planning and organisational skills.
• Develop and align team members’ skills as and when required.

Essential Requirements

• University egree in Facilities Management or Engineering (Preferably Mechanical or Electrical)
• 5-7 years experience (Min of 3 years as a manager) managing high-end state-of-the-art facilities
• Proven track record of managing people with excellent planning, cordination and organization skills
• Good communication and interpersonal skills ·
• Good computer skills in the use of Word, MS Project, Excel, Power point etc
• High energy and ability to manage multiple priorities / projects at the same time
• Experience in managing facilities and work comfortably with people from different background and cultural values.

Application Closing Date
23rd March, 2015.

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