Project Assistant & Spares Analyst at British American Tobacco Nigeria (BATN)

British American Tobacco is all about freedom of choice - whether it’s our people or our products. Combined with our entrepreneurial spirit, it’s what’s driven our phenomenal success. We started trading tobacco over a hundred years ago. Today, we’re a multibillion dollar company with more than 200 brands in our portfolio. With robust positions in each of our regional markets, our future looks equally bright too.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Project Assistant & Spares Analyst

Location: Ibadan, Oyo
Job Type: Full Time
Seniority Level: Non-management
Function: Operations

Role Positioning and Objectives

• You will need to drive/lead the start-up activities of site/module/initiative start-up team(s) and serve as coach to site/module operations resources in execution of small change/small projects.

What You Will be Accountable For

• To support the Plant CBN by:
  • Execution of GSUM on the project he/she is Start-up leader, resulting in improved:
    • Plant unplanned downtime associated with all change and overall plant process reliability
    • Productivity & speed to deliver all change
    • Performance achieving project & initiative success criteria (including but not limited to: VSU)
• For Initiatives execution, engages typically at “Definition”/“Strategy & Commitment” Phase:
  • Charters the initiative start-up team(s)
  • Accountable for all tasks being completed on time
  • Owns the staffing and resourcing assignments/start-up support
• Owns reporting results and tracking for the Start-Up Work Process through to the end of Initial Verification and for the overall completion of project deliverables to close out (month 2 after SOP)
• Own Start-up charter and population/alignment of roles/responsibilities for the Start-Up Work Process phases and project deliverables.
• Owns identifying how many systems you have and what is included within each system to prepare required documentation and support the start up
• Establish communication plan for start-up team
• Initiate and lead manufacturing readiness & resulting action plan (Current Operations Assessment and initiative deliverables)
• Coordinate plant-level risk mitigation plan with external partners and operations and reflect in start-up plan
• Operations ownership of Pre and Post Start-Up list mitigation plans and the operations single point of contact for issue resolution and alignment
• Own plant-level start-up team/operations safety plan for project/initiative after construction turnover
• Own updates for masterplan, in process measures and output measures to the Site Change Masterplan and Dashboard over the life of their project(s)
• As required, develop and give presentations to various audiences and levels in the organization as the “voice of the project” giving updates, projects reviews, etc.
• Align with plant-level leadership (Engineering, Operations) on the project-specific start-up success criteria
• Supports the quarterly Site GSUM SWP Health Check & IM Pillar Annual Assessment
• Supports GSUM training sessions, both formal classroom training and informal one to one/small group training
• Material Resource Planning of class SMD A, B, C spares on a weekly basis
• Recommendation of Spares for sale to other plants
• Analysis of Spare usage to prevent Out Of Stock and keeping Inventory levels healthy

Essential Experience, Skills and Knowledge

• Higher National Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Science or related field
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in a manufacturing setting, preferably in FMCG industry
• Knowledge of cigarette making processes and experience of running these machines in a production environment or experience in supporting launch/delivery/start-up of cigarette making/packing machines would be an added advantage
• Experience in using MS Office Package; SAP working experience would be a plus
• A high degree of inter-personal skill will be required to establish credentials and to pass on knowledge and experience to newer team members.

Salary Range
Competitive salary package + excellent benefits.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.