Corporate Headfitters Limited is a reputable company in the Fashion Industry with high network clientele. For decades they have dressed top celebrities and fashion forward women in the society and abroad. Corporate headfitters is represented through its three brands: a high-end millinery brand, a low to mid-range millinery brand and a low to mid-range Afrocentric clothing line.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Chief Operations Officer
Location: Lagos
Reports to: Managing Director
Supervises: Unit heads
Summary of Duty
Responsible for researching, planning, developing, executing, overseeing and supervising the company's activities and employees to ensure the company's financial and other goals are met.
Details
Managing and supervising: Oversee the day-to-day operations and activities of workers and ensure they understand their duties and have the resources to meet goals and targets set for them. Allocating resources; reviewing progress; making mid-course corrections.
Financial management: Develop and implement budgets, prepare reports for senior management and ensure the department complies with company and government policies.
Human resource activities: Increase company's effectiveness by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, coaching, counseling, and disciplining unit heads, communicating values, strategies, and objectives; assigning accountabilities; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; developing incentives; developing a climate for offering information and opinions; providing educational opportunities where possible.
Research and Development: Carry out regular research pertaining to the industry and Develop strategic plans for success, make recommendations to improve standards. Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies
Coordinating: Co-ordinating activities between departments daily by establishing procurement, administrative, financial, production, sales and marketing plans, policies and practices in line with company objectives.
Plans, Meetings, Reports and Feedback: Weekly meetings, planning and rendering daily feedback and detailed written reports on the daily activities of all departments of the company
Represent company: Build company image by collaborating with customers, government, community organizations, and employees; enforcing ethical business practices.
Quality control: Ensure company lives up to it's brand image in delivery products and services at all times and on all platforms.
Targets: Ensure all financial and company targets are met by all staff and in all departments.
Miscellaneous: All other duties as will be reasonably requested of you.
Skills and Qualifications
A Degree in Accounting with be a great advantage or any relevant discipline
Minimum of 5 years experience in a managerial position in a structured environment
Able to use peachtree or Quickbooks
Must write and speak English fluently
Must be at least 40 years of age
Performance Management
Management Proficiency
Coordination, scheduling
Coaching/training
Time management
Developing Standards
Financial Planning and Strategy
Process Improvement
Decision Making
Strategic Planning
Problem solving
Team building.
Abilities:
Ability to multitask and produce excellent results
Ability to think fast, analyze situations, and come up with workable solutions to challenges faced by the company and staff
Work to very tight deadlines and targets
Able to solve problems
Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills to direct employees and lead the company
Possess outgoing skills to ensure smooth business relationship with customers and third parties such as financial institutions, government organizations etc
Possess good sense of judgment
Possess computer operation skills and ability to use a number of Microsoft Office packages, like Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word.