Eatwell is a retailer of a wide variety of raw, and value-added meats, seafood, fruits, and vegetables. Our products include wholesale and retail size cuts of beef, lamb and pork, diverse poultry items such as chicken, duck, quail and wide selection of seafood to include fish, crabs, calamari, and octopus.
Semi processed items like burger patties, meat balls, sausages, pre-marinated kebabs, are also offered, alongside ready to eat snacks. Our lean meat and superfoods section for the health conscious is supported with our in house food advisory staff. We offer convenience across all our sales channels and you can experience this by either walking into our store or shopping via any of our shopping channels.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Head, Commercial
Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Overview
The recruiter is a food service company with the vision to change the narrative of food business in Nigeria. The underlying concept of our business is healthy and convenience food prepared in a clean hygienic environment for the various palate in Nigeria.
Although the primary role is commercial which will include purchasing/procurement, stores/ inventory and accounts, the successful candidate will be part of the management team carrying out functions with other members of senior management to ensure the proper running of financial, administrative and operational goals of the business.
Responsibilities
You'll need to:
Collect, interpret and review financial information
Predicting future financial trends based on operations of the company
Reporting to management and stakeholders, and providing advice on how the company and future business decisions might be impacted
Producing financial reports related to budgets, account payables, account receivables, expenses etc.
Developing long-term business plans based on these reports
Reviewing, monitoring and managing budgets
Developing strategies that work to minimize financial risk
Analyzing market trends and competitors
Have a strong purchasing and negotiation capabilities
Understand the workings of stores and inventory
Working Hours:
Hours of work are generally long, should be willing to work evenings, weekends and on public holidays.
What to Expect:
The environment is fast paced, with an emphasis on delivering good customer service in a limited time frame.
The work can be both physically and mentally demanding.
Qualifications
Male or Female
Minimum of First Degree in any discipline related to Economics, Finance or Accounting
Minimum of ten (10) years post qualification experience with at least 3 years is a structured senior management role.
Must have previous roles of middle or senior management in supermarket management, food retail, hospitality or manufacturing.
An analytical mind
Negotiation skills and the ability to develop strong working relationships with vendors and suppliers.
Strong IT skills
Commercial and business awareness
Good communication skills – both written and verbal
A keen eye for detail and desire to probe further into data
Ability to stick to time constraints
Skills:
You'll need to have:
Entrepreneurial mind set
Excellent with numbers, Microsoft office package, particularly excel
Strong communication skills, tact and diplomacy
The ability to lead and motivate teams and influence people
Self-motivation and ambition
Commercial awareness
Enthusiasm and the ability to learn quickly
Good organizational skills
Energy and stamina, as well as resilience
A results-driven approach to work
Decision-making and problem-solving skills.
Application Closing Date
20th October, 2021.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CV to: [email protected] using "Head, Commercial" as the subject of the email.
Note: Only successful candidates will be contacted.