Biomass Sourcing Coordinator at Holcim Nigeria

Holcim builds progress for people and the planet. As a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, Holcim is enabling greener cities, smarter infrastructure and improving living standards around the world. With sustainability at the core of its strategy Holcim is becoming a net zero company, with its people and communities at the heart of its success. The company is driving the circular economy as a world leader in recycling to build more with less.

Holcim is the company behind some of the world’s most trusted brands in the building sector including ACC, Aggregate Industries, Ambuja Cement, Disensa, Firestone Building Products, Geocycle, Holcim and Lafarge. Holcim is 70,000 people around the world who are passionate about building progress for people and the planet through four business segments: Cement, Ready-Mix Concrete, Aggregates and Solutions & Products.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Biomass Sourcing Coordinator

Job Code: DJOB
Location: Lagos
Contract Type Regular Full-Time
Function: Geocycle
Local / International: Local Employment

Overview

• The Biomass Coordinator is the main point of contact with the customers.
• Liaise with customers/vendors about Biomass waste, orders and deliveries.
• Responsible to achieve Geocycle target on Biomass sourcing volumes in a region or Customer segment that will be determined from time to time.
• In conjunction with the Sales Administrator execute and organize the Sales and Marketing administration activities in order to achieve customer’s satisfaction with Geocycle services.
• Understand the Sales Process dynamics, set up a survey and identify the main internal & external stakeholders and have a deep knowledge about Customer service best practises.

Responsibilities

• Biomass Coordinator is responsible for the customer/vendor facing activities and to provide rest of the organization with market information.
• Reinforce the Quality, Health & Safety and Environmental Procedures
• Organize periodic audit to control the application of the QHSE process.
• Creation of prospects/customers/vendors and contacts
• Plan and perform visits to customers and vendor as necessary
• Register and follow up opportunities and action plans
• Create customer/vendor offers and initiate price negotiation
• Preparation of the content of the physical AFR Contracts
• Follow up customer/vendor complaints
• Introduce volumes in Planning Tool based on what is obtainable from the market
• Prepare sales reports as a base for weekly transportation planning.
• Search, identify new market and materials opportunities and triggering the AFR Material validation flow where necessary
• Liaise with Sales Administrator to provide Master Data management (Customers, Vendor, Materials)
• Assist in the preparation of commercial offer to Customers/Vendors to be reviewed and discussed with the Geocycle Commercial Manager
• Liaise with logistics department to ensure timely deliveries for customer’s satisfaction with Geocycle services.
• Participate in preparing budget proposals for Geocycle in the country

Education / Qualifications

• Relevant qualifications in Agriculture / Business Management / Social Sciences

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years relevant experience
• Sales development proven experience, preferably in service

Knowledge & Skills
Technical competencies:

• Social and negotiation skills with the customers or vendors
• Training in the process and steps in CRM tool - Sales force, for the following processes: visit management, opportunity management, action plans, AFR Request
• Basic knowledge in MEA BM Business Partner Master Data Model and training in creation/modification of Customers/Prospects & AFR request in Sales force.
• Training in SAP (AFR Process steps)
• Excellent organizational and multitasking skills

Behavioral Competencies:

•  A team player with high level of dedication
• Ability to work under strict deadlines
• Ability to work in a diverse and multicultural environment and to engage with broad range of internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent communication and influential skills
• High Adaptability and Resilience
• Result oriented
• Analytical Skills
• Strong sense of ethics
• Language Requirements
• Professional Proficiency in English Language.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.