Lafarge Africa Plc is a leading Sub-Saharan Africa building solutions Company and member of the LafargeHolcim group.
The vision of Lafarge Africa Plc is to be the most trusted and preferred partner of African construction professionals and home builders by delivering cement, concrete, aggregates and other building solutions that are best in quality, environmentally sustainable and nationwide available at affordable cost.
Making urbanization a success is one of the challenges of this century and at LafargeHolcim, our ambition is to contribute to Building Better Cities. As a world leader in building materials, LafargeHolcim supports the metamorphosis of cities with innovative solutions that provide cities with more housing, making them more compact, more durable, more beautiful and better connected.
For many years, Lafarge Africa Plc has been committed to a deliberate strategy of sustainable development that combines industrial know-how with performance, value creation, respect for employees and local cultures, environmental protection and the conservation of natural resources and energy.
We put certain values at the forefront of the way we do business viz: health and safety, environmental protection, corporate governance (Ethics) and social responsibility (in the areas of education, health, youth empowerment, and shelter). We develop a highly competent workforce to operate our plants and businesses, through intensive training and exchange programmes.
The company is committed to progress and attentive to the ever- changing needs of local communities. This is demonstrated by contributing to the improvement of their quality of lives in a sustainable manner through setting up local development programmes in key areas that have direct impacts on socio-economic well being of the people and their environment.
More importantly, Lafarge Africa Plc endeavors to create more value for our customers, providing them with innovative and high quality products and solutions. Our well-known brands – Ashaka Portland Limestone Cement, Elephant Cement, Powermax Cement, Supaset Cement, UniCem Cement as well as Readymix Concrete and Aggregates – all stand for quality, consistency and long term strength which help deliver solutions that contribute to more housing for people, more compact buildings, better connected communities, more beautiful structures and more durable construction.
For our concrete operations, we leverage on the Group’s 50 years of experience in innovative concrete solutions and this puts us in the position to provide quality solutions that are designed to meet the specific needs of today’s builders. Today, Lafarge Readymix operations have a production capacity of 3.5 cubic million metric tonnes in Nigeria.
Building solutions
Lafarge works with all actors in the building industry of Nigeria, from do-it-yourself builders to large construction companies, architects and local artisans. Whether supplying high-quality cement to a craftsman or helping leading architects explore and deliver creative possibilities, Lafarge Africa Plc is committed to providing solutions that fit the needs of all its clients.
Lafarge Africa Plc’s clients benefit from the technical expertise and product innovation that are the hallmark of LafargeHolcim, an international leader in building materials with a global presence in 90 countries and decades of experience. In Nigeria, LafargeHolcim offers a range of innovative and high-performance products.About the Job
The role is responsible for providing technical support, solutions and services to customers in all segments of our sales – by supporting Key Account, ReadyMix/ Aggregate, Precast and trade sales in pre and post sales customer engagement on applications and services & engaging professionals, contractors, specifiers on new developments and applications. Also, key element of the job is to handle customer quality/ application complaints and work to resolve and address internally corrective actions in co-operation with Manufacturing/ Customer Services/ other.
The scope of the role for each incumbent may cover a regional area and/or specific user segment.
What you’ll be doing
Technical Services- Provide Technical Services to customers and specifiers, by supporting Key Account, Precast and trade sales in pre and post sales customer engagement on applications and services & engaging professionals, contractors, specifiers on new developments and applications.
Infrastructure segment (Roads, Bridges, Dams, Power stations, jettys, etc.): work on ground with Key Accounts & ReadyMix/ Aggregate peers closely on prescriptive selling, identifying innovative & vertically integrated specific solutions (e.g. low heat/ Sulphate resistant cement/ concrete, cementitious (flyash/slag),etc. Provide cement/ hydraulic binder solutions for soil stabilization in roads & rigid pavement in concrete.
Industrial/ Commercial Projects (Large buildings, factories, etc): leverage bulk deliveries & RMX operations to provide suitable solutions on concrete with services on Concrete Mix design and performance, modern construction practices, portable silos, etc., to create differentiation (barrier) with competition offerings.
Building segment (trade channel – IHB’s & precast/ block-makers): Organize & Conduct with Sales promotional and guidance programmes by engagement of contractors, artisans, blockmakers, etc., through group & individual meetings.
Product Range- Identify & apply new product, service and integrated solutions. Collaborate with Product Development Manager & other functions in developing them.
Cement products: with high C/K ambition & leveraging on flexibility of our plant facilities. New applications of cement & cement based products to grow market in Road (rigid pavements/ paving blocks/ soil stabilization), Building & Industrial Sectors; Special cements – Low Heat, Sulphate Resistant, etc.
Special Concretes, mortars & integrated value added solutions.
Product Quality & Performance- input information from market/ construction sites and collaborate with Product Performance Manager & Manufacturing, to ensure our products meet customer expectations.
Lobbying: Engagement with stakeholders in Government (Works, Housing, Industry), regulators, other institutions, building professionals & their bodies, to grow cement & concrete consumption with products & applications in infrastructure, industrial & housing segments, e.g. Concrete roads, Soil stabilization, Oil well, SRC & other cements, mortars,
Special concretes, affordable & precast, housing, etc.
Standards and Specifications in Roads, Infrastructure (e.g. Energy sector) and Building sectors.
Customer Quality/ Application complaints: Work to resolve and address internally corrective actions in co-operation with Manufacturing/ Customer Services/ other.
Who you’ll be working with
Direct Reports
Nil
Key Interfaces and Stakeholder
Internal stakeholders: Internal stakeholders: Colleagues in Marketing, Sales Industrial and ‘Aggregate & Concrete’ and other functions (finance, logistics, etc.).
External Stakeholders: Policy makers in Government (e.g. Ministries of Works, Housing, Energy, Finance, Industry, etc.) Regulatory bodies, Academic/ Research & other autonomous institutions. Specifiers, Consultants, contractors and end users.
What we are looking for
Graduate/ Post-Graduate in Civil Engineering.
2-3 years in Building/ Infrastructure construction and/ or Technical Services in Building Materials sector is essential.
Hands on construction experience in concrete and road works.
Knowledge of cement/ concrete material properties & their application.
Knowledge of local and international building standards/ specifications
Ability to communicate and simplify technical literature.
Behavioral competence:
Interpersonal and communication skills.
Problem solving skills.
Ability to work cross functionally and external stakeholders.
Leadership and managerial abilities:
Ability to communicate effectively internally & externally.
Positive attitude with appetite for change and innovation.
Ability to manage cross functional teams.
Results driven