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Adexen - Our client, a multinational Manufacturing company with branches in Nigeria, is seeking to recruit suitably qualified candidates, to fill the position below: Job Title: Resourcing Manager Location: Nigeria Job description

The incumbent manages the end-to-end recruitment cycle for the organisation, develops a talent pipeline, works with the business to forecast headcount plans and assists with succession planning cycles across the company and will be responsible for developing the recruitment function into a business-aligned, value-add function.

Main Activities / Responsibilities

Designs, develops and maintain the recruitment process in the organization
Review key jobs on an ongoing basis and ensure the pipeline is robust
Designs the selection matrix for choosing the optimum recruitment channel and recruitment source
Explores the market best practices in the recruitment and staffing and implement appropriate best practices in the organization
Builds a quality relationship with the internal customers and external recruitment agencies and provides support to functional HR team leads and business partners in various recruitment activities and to assess and prioritize recruitment needs
Arranges for interviews for positions and sometimes conducts job interviews for the designated job positions
Monitors the labor legislation and implements required changes to keep the process compliant
Consolidate the LinkedIn Recruiter tool as well as the ATS applicant system and any other platform used by the country in hiring people
Assist with Career Fairs and any job fairs or related events that the Company wished to engage in
Acts as the first point of contact for HR business partners on recruitment and hiring matters
Designs adequate training for HR Recruiters and hiring line managers
Drives the graduate internship scheme currently in place in the organization.
Monitors and constantly seeks innovative ways to reduce high costs of the recruitment process and delivers maximum value on time to hire and cost per hire
Sets the social media communication strategy for different job profiles and functions in the organization
Plans innovative approaches to identifying resources and builds a qualified resource pool for current and future projects
Ensure effective candidate selection assessment and on-boarding processes are in place

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in any discipline
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in related role
Membership of HR Professional Bodies is preferred
Basic knowledge of labour and industrial relations laws
Strong interviewing and person assessment skills
Knowledge of social media processes/tools an advantage
Customer and service oriented
Passion and focus on results
Accountability and sticking with standards
Excellent people and relationship skills
Ability/Courage to make informed decisions and question submissions/requests
Proactive and anticipating needs
Knowledge of global best practices in recruitment and sourcing
Experience with recruitment projects at any level in any organization essential
Experience with handling third party recruiters and handling related services
Handling multiple priorities
Computer literate
Structured methodical approach, with excellent operational standards
Strong knowledge of the business, contemporary trends and practices in talent resourcing
Organises self and others
Strong presentation skills
Creativity and Problem Solving

Job Title: Head of Strategic Marketing Job Reference: 1277 Location: Lagos Industry: Industry & Manufacturing Job Description

The main responsibility of the Head of Strategic Marketing is monitoring the market share in the industry and in each segment in the country, and in particular, versus competitors.
This share should grow in a profitable way, and become stronger and stronger through differentiation.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties

Design and set up the marketing & innovation organization of the country, which drives and contributes to the market strategy and profitable growth across all market segments (and all product lines).
Responsible for developing the marketing & innovation capabilities within the country, in cooperation with Country HR: skills & competencies (assessment and evaluation criteria, learning & development), talent pipeline, succession planning, career development, IDPs, anticipation of new needed skills and competencies for the country.
Together with product lines commercial functions and country HR, ensure the development of top level sales capabilities: sales effectiveness in all segments, in products, solutions and services, sales force skills and competencies, L&D, anticipation of new skills and competencies relating to new market trends, new products and solutions, new market approaches and differentiated ways of selling.
Contribute in setting up country incentive schemes related to sales force effectiveness

Extra Mile:

Define and contribute to Extra Mile growth strategy (product line related and cross product lines initiatives).
Propose and lead the implementation of value propositions for selected relevant segments: identification and incubation of new offers, new business opportunities through new market approaches.
Contribute to the development/ transformation towards a strong market and customer culture across the organisation, in all business functions (i.e. through training, value creation seminars, mobilization programs, communication etc).
May contribute to specific Group transversal innovation / Extra Mile projects to support the roll out of initiatives in own market or share/exchange with other countries.

Country Marketing Operations:

Lead the country key accounts management. Liaise for international accounts with Group International Key Account Management team.
Define, organize and coordinate the overall relationship with architects, specifiers, influencers and standard setting bodies in/for the country. Lead the company’s lobbying activity in the country relating to products, solutions, raw materials, standards and labels.
Lead the interactions between all functions involved in the development and launching of new value propositions, products / solutions / services. Propose the business case for country initiatives (ie new segments, new products, new systems, new services…) including the business stakes and objectives (market share, targeted customers or market segments, volumes,etc.).

Expectations

BSc/BA in Business Administration, Marketing and Communications or relevant field
Masters Degree or MBA
Demonstrated skills, knowledge and experience in the design and execution of (social) marketing, communications and public relations activities;
Strong creative, strategic, analytical, organizational and personal sales skills
Organisation and team leadership
Strategic agility, business acumen, customer focus, drive for results.
Constructive confrontation skills
Strong oral and written communications skills

Job Title: Country Marketing Director Job Reference: 1278 Location: Nigeria Industry: Industry & Manufacturing Function: Commercial & Communication Job Description

This position is accountable for monitoring the market share in the overall market and in each segment in the country.

Main Activities / Responsibilities Marketing & Innovation, Organisation & People:

Design and set up the marketing & innovation organization of the country, which drives and contributes to the market strategy and profitable growth across all market segments.
Responsible of developing the marketing & innovation capabilities within the country, in cooperation with Country HR: skills & competencies (assessment and evaluation criteria, learning & development), talent pipeline, succession planning, career development, anticipation of new needed skills and competencies for the country.
Set up, follow up and control the yearly objectives of the country marketing & innovation teams. Challenge the commercial objectives and action plans for all product lines in the country and strive for strong customer engagement and loyalty schemes and objectives.
Contribute in setting up country incentive schemes related, sales force effectiveness, level of ambition.
Together with product lines commercial functions and country HR, ensure the development of top level sales capabilities: sales effectiveness in all segments, in products, solutions and services, sales force skills and competencies, anticipation of new skills and competencies relating to new market trends, new products and solutions, new market approaches and differentiated ways of selling.

Extra Mile:

Define and contribute to Extra Mile growth strategy (product line related and cross product lines initiatives)
Propose and lead the implementation of value propositions for selected relevant segments: identification and incubation of new offers, new business opportunities through new market approaches.
Define and drive/coordinate the implementation roadmap for “go to market” actions relevant to the country
Coordinate innovation initiatives in the country, ensuring consistency with the Extra Mile strategy. The Country Marketing Director is the country interface with the Group Innovation function.
Contribute to the development/ transformation towards a strong market and customer culture across the organisation, in all business functions (i.e. through training, value creation seminars, mobilization programs, communication etc).
Disseminate general knowledge and best practices across the organisation on market place, customers, products and solutions and their use in the industry.
May contribute to specific Group transversal innovation / Extra Mile projects to support the roll out of initiatives in own market or share/exchange with other countries.
Contribute to the communication efforts within country on Extra Mile and branding.

Country Marketing operations:

Lead the country key accounts management. Liaise for international accounts with Group International Key Account Management team.
Lead the management of the multi-product lines initiatives and value propositions in all market segments: products, solutions & services, pricing.
Define, organize and coordinate the overall relationship with architects, specifiers, influencers and standard setting bodies in/for the country. Lead the company’s lobbying activity in the country relating to products, solutions, raw materials, standards and labels.
Lead the interactions between all functions involved in the development and launching of new value propositions, products / solutions / services. Propose the business case for country initiatives (i.e. new segments, new products, new systems, new services…) including the business stakes and objectives (market share, targeted customers or market segments, volumes, etc.).
Leverage on commercial branding.
Leverage on knowledge platforms and IT enablers.
Marketing plan
Develop a deep understanding of the local industry: its segments, its players, our competitors (including other materials), influencers, decision makers, trends and opportunities.
Translate end-user and stakeholders’ insights in actionable change approach.
Contribute to management cycle and articulate the marketing plan of the country: country consolidated and segmented market knowledge (market data, customers, competition and players, decision process, products, solutions and services, access to market/segments, trends and markets/segments evolution), market opportunities and risks, regulation intelligence, branding, pricing strategy, marketing vision and strategic and market shares objectives, strategic marketing plan and operational roadmap for the coming years, including innovation.

Expectations

Successful Marketing or Sales (ex. key account, prescriptive selling) experience.
Ability to manage broadly the 4Ps: Product - Promotion - Place - Price and proven implementer or project management experience.
Strategic agility, business acumen, customer focus, drive for results.
Ability to work in teams and in networks with Sales teams in product lines and with Group experts (when relevant)
Organization and team leadership, transversal leadership
Constructive confrontation skills
Open minded to diversity of skills, backgrounds in own teams
Fast learner, entrepreneurial and promoter of continuous learning and experimentation.
Ability to deal with complexity and ambiguity
Experience with a market focused company in another industry would be viewed as a Plus.
Good knowledge of market channels
P&L mindset.
Leadership to drive cultural change
Curiosity, creativity, intellectual honesty and rigor