AFR Operations Manager at Lafarge Africa Plc

Lafarge Africa Plc is a member of the LafargeHolcim Group – the biggest building and concrete solutions company in the world. It is a publicly quoted company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and serves Nigeria with a wide range of building and construction solutions designed to meet housing and construction needs from small projects like individual home buildings to major construction and infrastructure projects.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: AFR Operations Manager

Requisition ID: 12465
Location: Ewekoro, Ogun
Job type: Full-time

About the Role 

• Responsible for the overall management of AFR development in the plant. Management of the activities related to the preparation and maintenance of pre- processing platforms installation.
• Manages the staff and sub-contractor involved in Resource Recovery.
• Reinforces and controls the application of Health, Safety, Quality, and Environment in the operational activities.

What you’ll be doing

• Reinforce Health & Safety and Environmental (QHSE) Procedures as it relates to Alternative fuel
• Ensure ACERT protocol are implemented to prevent fire risk
• Ensure cleanliness of production sites
• Regular visit to AF materials sourcing area across the region to abreast with inherent risk of markets dynamics
• Manages the pre-processing activities with the platform manager, including sub-contractor workforce.
• Define and communicate production priorities.
• Control and ensure AFR supplied are in conformity with quality specifications.
• Analyze and control the stock of AFR materials and ensure supplies are guaranteed
• Report and keep track of all non-conformities concerning the waste that appear during the production.
• Control that the receptions are made on a timely manner to reduce the waiting time of the transporters.
• Coordinate weekly planning meeting with operations and logistics to assure supplies and trucks availability.
• Communicate on a weekly basis with the Commercial Manager and the Lafarge production responsible of any inherent risk.
• Validate work permit and control application of the LOTOTO at the platform
• Control that all paper-works and information needed to make the invoicing are ready on time.
• Record and allocate at the right treatment the incoming waste tonnage.
• Keep track of the worker hours and allocate them at the corresponding process.

What we are looking for

• B.Sc or HND Engineering or Science, Business Management
• Operations and maintenance Experience
• Operations Planning
• Logistics management
• Safety management
• Problem-solving skills,
• Decision making ability,
• Organisational skills,
• Procedural mind-set,
• Good Knowledge of AFR Processes, SAP Cockpit tool and Logistic Execution.

Who you’ll be working with
List of direct reports:

• AFR Platform and Materials Manager
• AFR Sourcing Coordinators
• AFR Support Assistant.

Key Interfaces, Stakeholders and Relationships:
Internal stakeholders:

• Geocycle Commercial Manager
• Cement Logistics Manager,
• Cement Plant AF Champion

External Stakeholders:

• Alternative fuel / Waste registered suppliers

Behavioral competence:

• Self-driven; ability to work independently with external stakeholders with limited supervision.
• Talent for recognising the opportunities for improvement.

Leadership and managerial abilities:

• Ability to achieve results with external stakeholders.
• Positive attitude with an appetite for change and innovation.
• Business acumen.

Mobility requirements:

• The job will involve frequent travelling across various waste-sourcing points in south west of Nigeria.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
CLICK HERE TO APPLY