Vacancies at Fareast Mercantile Company Limited in Lagos

The Chanrai Family put down roots in Nigeria in 1890 with trading at the centre of all commercial activity. Today, Fareast Mercantile Co. Limited our flagship company in West Africa has dedicated its resources to supply chain management through the import and distribution of products covering branded food, fmcg, appliances and tires for the best multi-nationals in the world. A product portfolio spanning 1500 SKUs is managed with a capable professional team, robust infrastructure and strong delivery systems to ensure availability of products covering 93% of the throughput of the country. Other subsidiaries in the group focus on pharmaceutical distribution with a dedicated resource for institutional business in the area of health. Job Title: Shop Manager Location: Lagos Responsibilities

• Sales & overall management of the store
• General Management of the day to day operations of the showroom
• Approval of all supplies from and payments to Suppliers
• Daily management report to the MD/CEO of activities of the showroom
• Sales/Collection/stocks/overheads
• HR related activities, staff recruitment, remuneration approval, attendance
• Preparation and keeping of the books of accounts- Supplier Ledger/stock ledger/expenses/ daily Sales records
• Customer Management and other related functions.

• Retail management experience, at least 3+ year’s experience in similar position preferably in same capacity. Overall 10 years work experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Skilled in the use of Microsoft office and other ERP software
• Good administrative skills
• Matured, organized and a team player

• Define skills and competencies required by every employees to deliver on the job
• Conduct job evaluation to determine the monetary worth of each job
• Conduct job analysis to determine the job description, job specification, job categorization and for the purpose of organizational restructuring
• Conduct periodic industry salary survey to Benchmark FMCL’s position in the industry
• Work with line managers to identify and define KPIs for each job within FMCL
• Work with line managers to communicate identified KPIs to employees
• Conduct periodic company-wide employee survey to measure the climate in FMCL
• Work with line managers to measure employee productivity against set KPIs through the appraisal system
• Refine/define policies and processes
• Design and facilitate the implementation of change management programmes to support cultural & organisational change
• Handle the confirmation process of employees due for confirmation
• Identify competency gap /training needs through job analysis, appraisal and regular consultation with business managers
• Develop and refine training and development policy
• Track training and development implementation to ensure every employee is trained and to ensure ROI
• Identify competent and recognized training partner within the FMCG industry
• Monitor and review the progress of trainees through questionnaires and discussions with managers
• Ensure that statutory training requirements (ITF) are met
• Amend and revise programmes as necessary, in order to adapt to changes occurring in the work environment;
• Measure the effectiveness of training and development programmes
• Design self-development plan for every employee
• Research new technologies and methodologies in workplace learning and recommend improvement to training implementation

• 5+ years Human Resources experience
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Professional qualification in Human Resources is an added advantage