Depot Scheduler, West at Lafarge Cement

Lafarge is a world leader in building materials, with top-ranking positions in its Cement, Aggregates & Concrete businesses. Located in 64 countries with 65,000 employees, the vision of Lafarge in Nigeria is to be the most trusted and preferred partner of Nigerian construction professionals and home builders by delivering cement and concrete solutions that are best in quality, environmentally sustainable and nationwide available at affordable cost.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Depot Scheduler, West

Requisition ID: 8484
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time

About the Job 

• The Nigerian cement market has changed from an undersupplied to a highly competitive over-supplied market. Competition is gaining incremental market share through delivery reliability and speed to market.
• LAP’s Depot strategy is designed to drive flexibility and reliability in line with customer need to ensure we are winning at trade. With the incremental volume expected from the Depot, it shows the need for a versatile Depot manager whose profile is able to handle the requirements.
• The Depot Scheduler is to organise and plan so that trucks run efficiently and on time. The role holder schedules trucks on a daily basis to ensure that deliveries to customers are completed quickly and efficiently.
• The main challenge is to deliver below 12 hours at the right cost to serve, in a healthy, safe and controlled environment.

What You'll Be Doing

• Ensure compliance with LAP Workplace Heath, Safety and Environnement polices, procedures and other regulatory requirements
• Coordinate with all Depot Managers to ensure adequate stock for target dispatch
• Ensure that the principle of FIFO is followed in dispatch process at all the depots.
• Ensure physical stock corresponds with DR1 - DR6, HODIM, LOGON and SAP reports every month
• Proactively identify potential operational issues at all times and escalate to LOGON SPOC
• Be responsible for compiling all orders status in LOGON yet to be on finished to all depot managers for close out
• Ensure that all BCP orders done during the month, are duly dispatched and closed out in the system on or before the end of the month
• Sharing daily of depot stock level with planner
• Transport scheduling for outbound deliveries in line with customer expectation and the customer service level policy (CSLP).
• Vehicle and Driver allocation in line with the depot Manager’s recommendation and the Operating Company (OpCo) logistics safety policy
• Ensure LMAPP compliance by scheduling only PDA compliant drivers
• Be responsible for delivering all scheduling KPIs, and making  LOGON reports available as required

Heath and Safety:

• Ensure compliance with LAP Workplace Heath, Safety and Environnement polices, procedures and other regulatory requirements
• Reporting of Unsafe Acts and Unsafe Conditions and at Risk behaviour on icare.

Stock Management:

• Comfirm all depot have adequate stock for daily target dispatch 
• Ensure that the principle of FIFO is adhered to for direct delivery dispatch from the depot
• Ensure physical stocks correspond with the book and system stocks balance all the time.
• Managing stock levels to ensure stock availabity of the right product type at all time.

Sales Drive & Competitive Intelligence:

• Schedule daily dispatch target including resolving barriers to meet target 
• Liaise with Customer service and sales managers on availability of order in the pool to meet dispatch targets
• Collaborate with the transport manager and planning managers on the right stock level at the right time 
• Drive >95% on time delivery of orders as regards scheduling

Cost and Control:

• Drives 100% adherence to business continuity plan standard procedure
• On time scheduling
• Ensure utilization of depot strategic trucks

Reporting:

• Structured information and report shared regularly as per direction
• Weekly and Monthly report and reconciliation in line with standard

Requirements
What we are looking for:

• BSc Degree in Science or Business Administration, Accounting, Purchasing & Supply or Economics
• Product Knowledge
• MS Office and Excel  
• Knowledge of basic construction practices
• Selling skills
• Minimum of 3 years work experience in a similar role 
• Logistics Capability
• Warehousing Management
• SAP and knowledge of systems

Behavioural Competencies: 

• Extrovert – good personality
• Leadership skills
• Communications  
• Negotiation & persuasive skills
• Tenacity
• Time-management.
• People Relationship and collaboration skills
• Self –starter, initiative, responsive
• Ability to listen

Other Competencies:

• Strong oral and written communication skill
• Result -Oriented
• Team-working
• Analytical

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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