Vacancy for a chief operating officer

Our client is a Turnkey Engineering Services organization; servicing mostly the Telecommunication and Oil & Gas organizations.

Job Location: Lagos State.

Job Summary:
The Chief Operating Officer is responsible for managing all hands-on operational aspects of the company and assists the CEO in the aggressive and successful growth of the business. He /she plans, directs, and oversees the company's operational policies, rules, initiatives, and goals. Execute long-term and short-term plans and directives by implementing judgement, vision, management, and leadership.

Job Responsibilities:
· Design and implement business strategies, plans and procedures
· Oversee daily operations of the company with the Head of Units
· Participates in developing and implementing a strategic plan that supports the organization’s vision and goals; translates the strategic plan to staff to ensure support; and modifies the plan in response to changing internal and external factors.
· Work with the CEO and other leadership team members in setting policies and determining strategies to meet or exceed revenue, profit, and cash flow commitments to the company.
· Analyzes current and future trends and needs and accurately assesses functional responsibilities competitive strengths and vulnerabilities
· Builds and maintains a departmental structure, operating standards and practices that are responsive and adaptable to evolving business needs.
· Develops and implements a talent plan to ensure the right people are in the right place at the right time to meet the strategic needs of the organization.
· Manages employee performance by establishing clear goals and expectations, tracking progress against the goals, ensuring timely feedback, and addressing performance problems and issues promptly.
· Establishes, coordinates and administers as an integral part of management, an adequate structure for the delivery of effective and efficient administrative operations (e.g. finance, HR, Engineering)
· Direct the functions of budgeting, accounting, reporting, financial counseling of leadership team to appraise operating results in terms of costs, budget, operating policies, trends and increased profit opportunities. Analyze revenue, profit and cash flow opportunities for the business and recommend actions.
· Write and submit reports to the CEO in all matters of importance
· Measures effectiveness and efficiency of operational processes both internally and externally and finds ways to improve processes
· Coordinates with human resources department to recruit skilled talent and keep the best employees
· Provides a system for employee salaries and benefits, and makes sure employees feel valued
· Promotes communication between colleagues for the benefit of information flow and to curb any problems that arise
· Any other duty of related responsibilities.

Critical Success Factors:
Intrapreneurship
· Ability to build a culture of people who take disciplined action and are willing to go to extremely lengths to fulfil their responsibilities.
· Ability to see all of the forces, events, entities, and people that are affecting (or being affected by) the situation at hand, and establish a course of action.
· A penchant for being proactive and a “sensible risk taker” with an intelligent point of view.
Mobilizer
· Ability to design and deliver an agile organizational structure that enables the movement of people and resources quickly to capture new market opportunities.
· Ability to marshal the internal (perhaps external) resources and people necessary to make an opportunity a reality.
· Ability to anticipate and plan for changes to current organizational policies, practices, systems, etc. needed to move in new strategic directions and to ensure long-term business viability.

Required Skills, Knowledge, and Characteristics:
Legal Compliance, Logistics Knowledge, Industry Knowledge, Hands on, IT Knowledge, Problem Solving, Plan Implementation, Critical Thinking, Presentation Skills, Leadership, Time Management, Crisis Management, Risk Management, Budgeting and Sales Experience, Strategic Planning, Business Development Critical Thinking, Team Building, Client Management Skills.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering/ Electro-mechanical or a related field required.
• Masters Degree in Operational Management/ Project Management/ Business Management or a related field preferred.
• 14 - 15+ years progressive related experience preferably in the
  Telecom/Fleet Mgt/aviation/defense sectors.

Salary & Application:
· Salary range for the role is between N 16,800,000 – N 20,500,000 / annum
· Qualified applicants’ should forward updated CVs to ‘[email protected]’ using ‘Executive Operations’ as subject of mail before 3^rd November, 2016. Wrongly titled applications will not be considered, please be guided.