Route to Market Manager at Lafarge Africa Plc

Lafarge Africa Plc is a member of the LafargeHolcim Group – the biggest building and concrete solutions company in the world. It is a publicly quoted company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and serves Nigeria with a wide range of building and construction solutions designed to meet housing and construction needs from small projects like individual home buildings to major construction and infrastructure projects.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Route to Market Manager

Requisition ID:  5814
Location: Lagos

About The Job

• The RTM is responsible for the definition of the D2R strategy and development of the model in line with the established strategy.

What You'll be Doing
Leader of overall D2R project design and execution:

• Key Interface with any 'outsourced'  data/analytics partners - e.g. BCG
• Validate all key elements of final D2R design (e.g. sales, logistics, marketing, finance, etc)
• Responsible for creating and executing against roll – out calendar

Set strategic agenda of each functional area of the project:

• Active participation in all marketing meetings with other directors
• Active participation in key logistics meetings

Managerial Responsibilities:

• Support Head Of Business Development in recruitment of a skilled team for an optimal management of the model
• Support HOBD to manage 'outsourced data/analytics partners e.g BCG
• Day to day management of all core team members
• Responsible for Core Team PMO
• Includes weekly updates to Project Leadership
• Regular updates to Steering Committee - e.g. KPI tracking

Who you'll be working with:

• All members of the Commercial team (i.e. Marketing, Sales, Logistics/Supply Chain/IT)
• Corporate Commercial Performance or other Corporate

Requirements
What we are looking for:

• First Degree in relevant course
• Minimum  10+ years consumer/retail experience in Nigeria (preferably RTM) General expertise includes
• Deep knowledge of !he Nigerian retail ecosystem
• Experience in building materials a secondary priority
• Project management experience

Critical Knowledge:

• Strong Leadership, drive and  ability to lead  large-scaIe change management
• Customer Centric approach and understanding
• Ability to manage large cross-functional project team
• Finance Knowledge (i.e. Income Statement, Balance Sheet etc.)
• Solid analytical skills to run/interpret complex and detailed analysis
• IT skills to develop, use and maintain analytical tools
• Good communication and negotiation skills
• Business development

Functional Competencies:

• 10+ years of experience
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, Visio and Project
• Detail-oriented
• Effective communication skills
• Professionalism, courteousness, and ability to work within a dynamic office atmosphere
• High level of initiative and ability to work in both individual and team environments
• Handles stressful situations and deadline pressures well
• Must be able to work in a complex and fast moving environment

Leadership Competencies and Behaviours:

• Have a clear path to drive a project till completion
• Know the business and its trends
• Creative
• Communicate clearly and effectively
• Mobilize people
• Inspire commitment
• Strong Business drive

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.