Group Aviation Manager at Phillips Consulting Limited

Phillips Consulting Limited is a wholly owned Nigerian firm with offices in Lagos, Abuja and Johannesburg. Established in 1992, we offer an array of business and management consulting services to government and corporate organisations.

Our focus is on creating and managing change in organisations by formulating and implementing customer focused strategies. This assists in aligning their management systems to support service delivery and developing the competence and capabilities of their people to deliver on their promises.

Phillips Consulting Limited is recruiting to fill the vacant position of:

Job Title: Group Aviation Manager

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Job Description

• Management: Manage and provide leadership and guidance to the asset and operations function for group aviation business unit.
• Business plan: Prepare, control, monitor and support delivery of the business plan results for aviation in the group by working closely and influence outcome with personnel in all the entities
• Inspection: Carry out joint inspection group (JIG) and local inspections as per schedules (and non schedule as necessary) with a view to ensuring compliance of operations and product integrity to applicable standards. Prepare appropriate reports and makes recommendation. Provide assistance in implementation of recommendations.
• Marketing and Business support: Review and approve vendor invoices for payment and vet expenditure to ensure operational cost are kept within acceptable limits to increase departmental profitability.
• Work with all the aviation Managers to formulate marketing policies/strategies and tactics for local customers and international customers, to achieve tactical plan objectives. Review quarterly the financial results/statements to determine the correctness of the report and monitor progress against business plan.
• Operational Excellence: Carry out training programs for airport operators and supervisors to ensure product integrity, stewardship and excellence in our operation to ensure standards are maintained at all times. Actively implement training/motivational programmes and support for commercial, accounts and other units manpower
• Credit Management: Keep tract and monitor credit exposure for contracted customers in all the countries through close interaction with finance and accounting unit and commercial/marketing personnel.
• Technical support: Provide technical support and expertise to enhance and sustain the operations and carry out investigative work when there are Quality controls or operational problems for the group.
• Business Development: Assist to Identify/prioritize potential new airport entry possibilities, collate data, carry out field evaluations and analyze project economics and detailed strategies for high priority locations across the operating countries in collaboration with the aviation managers in each entity
• Liaise with governmental bodies on issues that concerns the Group’s Aviation and the government establishments
• Consortium Participation: Participate in consortium Management committees and represent the group’s interest on JUHI and JAFK consortium Management committees

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• To ensure the standardization of all Group Aviation business practices and processes
• To provide leadership and control of all tender process for the entities
• To recapture all lost businesses
• To ensure effective co-ordination of Inter-Co reconciliations and prompt settlement of all receivables and payables within and outside the entities
• To co-ordinate and provide leadership in all strategic partnerships – Joint Users Hydrant Installation (JUHI), Joint Action Front (JAF )etc in all countries where we have aviation businesses
• To provide leadership and direction in aviation business development
• To develop and co-ordinate all professional trainings
• To manage all technical partnerships with professional organizations
• To supervise all Aviation Managers in the entities
• To ensure all agreed targets and objectives are at least met

Requirements
The following competences and experience are required:

• A minimum of 5 years in senior managerial position in Aviation fuel marketing business and a minimum total of 15 years in the same field
• A Graduate degree
• Ability to speak French is an advantage

Application Closing Date
30th December, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should
Click here to apply online