Our company needs the service of a qualified person to fill this position
OPERATIONAL MANAGER
LOCATION:LAGOS, ILORIN/OSOGBO
Responsibilities
- Provides the operating direction for the Container Terminal, ensuring that productivity and efficiency standards are met.
- Directs activities of Operations staff engaged in stevedoring, gate operations, yard operations, vessel planning, and support activities.
- Sets goals and objectives for the operation.
- Guides managers in resolving obstacles so that goals can be met.
- Analyzes performance statistics and trends in order to identify areas for improvement.
- Ensures good communications between Maintenance and Operations to minimize equipment downtime.
- Ensures good communications throughout Operations group and their group interactions so that activities are running smoothly on a regular basis.
- Holds weekly staff meetings with managers.
- Ensures work groups hold regular meetings with their staffs.
- Distributes information memorandums on current issues.
- Practices management “by walking around” to observe and obtain feedback about conditions, issues, and general environment.
- Creates and manages the operations budget.
- Creates capital expenditure budget.
- Monitors overtime costs and general expenditures
- Participates in financial reviews.
- Identifies areas of cost reduction, when feasible.
- Participates in sales/marketing activities to generate revenue growth.
- Provides reliable service to customers, ensuring vessels sail on schedule regularly.
- Monitors productivity levels to ensure efficient stevedoring operations.
- Reviews berthing windows with customers to ensure service levels are being met.
- Ensures appropriate manpower is available to provide adequate gangs/staffing in order to stevedore vessels.
- Ensures the purchase of appropriate equipment/materials for stevedoring vessels.
- Ensures procedures are in place to correct service failures in loading and discharging vessels.
- Ensures safety, health and environmental standards are met throughout the operation.
- Ensures monthly safety meetings are conducted at various levels of the operations group.
- Ensures all accidents/injuries are investigated thoroughly and reviews them with the management team..
- Reviews all environmental issues (i.e., oil spills, pollution, etc.) with appropriate personnel.
- Works closely with the head of HSSE (Health, Safety, Security and Environment) to ensure safety policies, rules, and regulations are reviewed, revised, issued and posted on an on-going basis.
- Ensures that company policies overall are applied consistently and fairly within the Operations Group.
- Works closely with the Human Resources Manager to obtain clarification, direction, and consultation regarding Nigerian labor law, company policy and procedures, and consistent application.
Qualifications and Requirements
- A University degree from a reputable Institution and a post graduate studies in Port or Terminal management.
- At least 5 years in management roles in any Port & Terminal Operations organisation,any APM Terminals is an advantage
- Extensive understanding of modern terminal operations including terminal management systems and EDI applications.
- Effective negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
- Ability to provide leadership an assistance to meet objectives.
submit your CVs to [email protected], first batch of interview comes up this Wednesday at ilorin, application close two(2) weeks after this advert.