National Environment Manager at Nigerian Bottling Company Limited

Nigerian Bottling Company Limited is one of the biggest Companies in the non-alcoholic beverage industry in the country and is the sole franchise bottler of The Coca-Cola Company in Nigeria.

Our Company NBC Ltd started operations in Nigeria in 1951. Based in the city of Lagos, we operate 13 bottling plants across the country. In addition, we channel products through 59 warehouses and distribution centers.

Nigerian Bottling Company Limited currently has the below job vacancies;

Job Title: National Environment Manager

Job Reference: NEM/03/2014
Job Location: Head Office
Department: Quality & Sustainability

Job Details
The position reports to the Head of Quality & Sustainability in Head Office.

This job involves activities such as strategic environmental planning, training of associates, liaising with plant and Head Office management teams as well as regulatory bodies, environmental consultants engaged by the company, among others.
The job holder’s major responsibilities include;

Monitoring

• The job holder monitors plants’ environmental activities through the analysis of the various environmental parameters – water, energy, solid waste.
• This analysis presents a clear picture of the plants’ status, based on which strategic environmental planning which culminates in improved environmental standing of the company is achieved, is initiated by the job holder.
• He/she monitors the performance of the Effluent Treatment Plants, to ensure efficient operation, resulting in the production of treated effluent that conforms to environmental standards.
• The job holder liaises with Euromarket to ensure a very smooth operation of the Effluent Treatment Plants

Environmental Reporting
The job holder uses the reports as a tracking tool, ensuring that environmental issues brought out by the reports are promptly addressed to forestall any negative publication that might arise from such issues when enlarged, due to lack of adequate top management attention. By doing this, high corporate social responsibility is maintained by the company.

Regulatory Bodies:
The job holder liaises with environmental regulatory bodies to ensure good relationship. In doing this, full compliance with environmental regulatory statutes and laws is ensured. Regular meetings with top management of the bodies are arranged by the job holder to acquire first hand information on new developments and the expectations of the bodies. He/she communicates to the bodies environmental progress reports of the company, with the aim of scoring some very good environmental points in the books of the regulatory bodies.

Environmental Management
He/she plays a leadership role in the formalization of the environmental targets and programmes. The job holder identifies existing skills gap among the plant environmental coordinators and ensures that these gaps are closed, by organizing relevant training programmes. He/she develops environmental tools for use to achieve good environmental practices.

People Management
He/she works directly with Plants and Head office senior (top) management as well as top management of Environmental Regulatory Bodies and Environmental Consultants. Thus, environmental issues are expressly discussed at the top management level and resolved without much protocol.

• Ensure plants operate in an environmentally friendly manner
• Ensure cordial relationship exists between the company and State /Federal Environmental Regulatory Bodies
• Ensure all NBC plants are ISO 14001 certified.
• Achieve environmental goals at the end of the year
• Ensure plant personnel are well aware of the dos and don’ts in environmental matters.
• Manage and coach subordinates in order to increase their capability and efficiency in carrying out their duties
• Liaise with the plants and Euro market to ensure that the ETPs are properly managed to deliver expected results

He or She should be ready to travel to any of our plant locations at any time.

Desired candidate profile

• The minimum Qualification of the jobholder is B.Sc. or HND in Microbiology or any science based discipline.
• Masters Degree or Relevant Professional Qualification will be an added Advantage.
• Desired candidate should have at least 7 years cognizance experience in any related food industry.
• The jobholder must have people management skills and must be analytical to enable him or her to trouble shoot, analyze and execute his or her functions.
• He or she must have ability to create alliance by working effectively with other team members, maintain constructive alliances and manage risks intelligently and take responsibility for making well analyzed business decisions (thinking, ‘as an owner of the business) in order to achieve organization goals

Application Closing Date
10th April, 2014

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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