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Recruitment at Ultimum Limited
Recruitment at Ultimum Limited
Ultimum Limited is a fast-growing alcoholic & non-alcoholic Beverage’s manufacturing company and Nigerian-based subsidiary of Union Camerounaise de Brasseries – a leading Total Beverages Manufacturer with over 50 years presence and tremendous success in Cameroon; also, a proud sponsor of the 2024 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Abidjan. Ivory Coast. We are committed to developing quality products that satisfy all aspirations of our customers, and constantly innovating on ways to improve our products and deliver quality and special experience for our customers.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Territory Distributor Manager
Locations: Abia, Imo, Edo, Rivers, Cross River
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Purpose
- The Territory Distributor Manager will be responsible for maintaining customer relationships, meeting sales targets, and ensuring efficient sales operations within assigned geographic area.
- The incumbent will devise sales strategies, analyze data, address customer concerns, and identify sales opportunities.
Key Job Roles & Responsibilities
- Manage territory sales team and identify, develop and manage Key Distributors/ wholesalers to deliver assigned territory objectives for:
- Sales Volume
- Numeric and Weighted Distribution
- Market Share (Volume and Value)
- Distribution and Retail Channels Product Visibility.
- Merchandising and world-class customer service to trade partners
- Ensure process management for distributors, to ensure high customer service levels at acceptable levels of risk in order to achieve volume and revenue targets, which includes ordering, payment, invoicing, delivery of goods and visit planning.
- Analyze data to establish optimal route and sales management practices for the territory
- Monitor sales performance for all UL products across all outlets within the assigned territory
- Train and manage the assigned Sales Representatives for the territory
- Engage all trade partners (distributors, wholesalers, retailers and other pipeline customers within the territory, addressing their concerns and helping to grow their business in a collaborative manner)
- Carry out regular field/market/trade/outlet and consumer research and distill insights to improve territory performance and to advise UTL regional and national leadership
- Participate in industry or promotional events (e.g. trade shows) to cultivate customer relationships
- Conduct training in sales techniques and company product attributes
- Monitor competition within the assigned region
- Optimise RTM including Route and Beat Distribution System to consistently deliver primary and secondary sales objectives in assigned area.
- Set reasonable sales, distribution and stocking targets to be achieved by the sales team.
- Ensure excellent in-outlet execution standards are maintained across all channels within assigned territory consistent with the company LOS
Experience & Academic Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in business management, Communication, Marketing, or Business Administration.
- Previous work experience as a Territory Sales Manager or a similar position in the FMCG industry.
- Demonstrate a track record of increasing sales and revenue; field sales experience is preferred.
Key Competency & Skills Requirements
Core Skills:
- Ability to develop sales strategies and use performance KPIs.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Strong organisation and analytical skills.
- Exceptional customer service skills.
- Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills.
- Customer-oriented individual and an outstanding problem-solver.
- Multi-tasking, strong networking and superior decision-making skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Tools and salesforce applications.
Technical Competencies:
- Clear understanding of the dynamics of the carbonated soft drink industry
- Strategic mindset. Ability to identify and act on opportunities
- Understanding of RGM and ability to covert same into winning strategies
- Project management skills
- Ability to manage budgets
- People management skills
- Excellent communication skills
Other Essentials Competencies:
- Building Value Based Relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Building Sustainable Organizational Capabilities
- Leveraging and Respecting Others
- Problem Analysis / Problem-Solving
- Strategic Thinker and Decision Making
- Attention to details
- Results focused
- Sustaining operational excellence
- Integrity
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Job Title: Utilities Engineer
Location: Abia
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Purpose
- The Utilities Engineer will manage and supervise the operation and maintenance of all equipment at the utility and power generation section in line with the approved ULs policies & procedures, to ensure the availability of quality utilities (various energies and water) to production & other areas of the plant.
- The incumbent will also monitor and report all utilities consumption, and consumption efficiencies, and lead consumption improvement activities.
- He/she will also ensure the effective delivery of services by 3rd party companies to meet SLA contracts terms and conditions.
Key Job Roles & Responsibilities
- Manage and supervise the operation of steam boilers, air compressors, power generation and distribution equipment and systems, gas supply equipment, HVAC equipment, CO2 production, supply, distribution and storage equipment etc.
- Develop and manage budgets for utility operations and maintenance, forecasting future needs, and controlling costs to achieve budget compliance and KPIs.
- Execute all utilities equipment, time-based and preventive maintenance according to schedules, within approved costing.
- Effective utility and power vendor management with detailed weekly report of vendor activities including SLA expectations.
- Deliver set objectives for energy and water generation/production and consumption efficiencies e.g. Generator Efficiency, Energy Cost.
- Drive innovative solutions for improvement of all Utility performance KPIs.
- Manage equipment health and production monitoring as per checklist, ensure documented findings and recommendations by technicians are closed appropriately.
- Implement strategies to optimize utility usage and enhance sustainability efforts.
- Ensure all team members use all company provided protective wears and gadgets and comply with all Health and Safety rules and requirements.
- Ensure compliance to Good Manufacturing Practice, food safety practice, good environmental management system, occupational health and safety practices in all utility activities, equipment and work area.
- Monitor maintenance and quality control points, etc., to prevent food safety related hazards.
- Manage and develop the teams to continuously improve in High Performance Team effectiveness.
Experience & Academic Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering
- Minimum of 7 years experience in production plant maintenance roles, preferably in the food and beverage industry; including previous utilities maintenance and management experience.
- Preventive and predictive maintenance skills, with the ability to read technical designs and drawings.
- Be well able to be on a 24 hours in case of emergency situations, including for weekends, if necessary.
- Strong Electrical Engineering and or Controls Engineering experience.
- Strong experience in developing, implementing, and managing continuous improvement initiatives.
- Strong experience working proactively as a member of a project team or organization.
- Be skilled at explaining technical processes to both technical and non-technical audience.
- Ensure spare parts availability by collaborating with Spare Parts management personnel and the Procurement team for timely supply of all spare parts in their optimum quantities.
- Possess a great degree of flexibility in dealing with ever-changing business conditions.
- Strong MS Office Suite experience.
- SAP PM and CMMS expertise.
Key Competency Requirements:
- Excellent management skills
- Highly effective team-building and leadership
- Effective planning & organizing
- Results orientation & drive for goals
- Ability to effectively work in non-standard conditions
- Manufacturing Excellence experience
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Analytical, reporting and communication
- Coaching and mentorship
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Job Title: Training Specialist – Engineering
Location: Abia
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Purpose
- The Engineering Trainer is responsible for coordinating all engineering technical trainings, The role has a duty to develop training needs (by training needs analysis, etc.,), design, and implement the trainings programs, across engineering teams across the engineering functions. This role requires a deep understanding of beverage production and bottling processes, expert level competency in maintenance processes, engineering systems, and engineering safety standards, as well as strong technical and instructional skills. The Engineering Trainer will ensure that engineering personnel are well equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to maintain and improve our engineering and production systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and deliver comprehensive training programs for engineering staff, focusing on beverage production and bottling processes.
- Assess training needs and create customized training plans to address skill gaps and enhance technical competencies.
- Conduct hands-on training sessions, workshops, and seminars on equipment operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
- Collaborate with engineering and production teams to identify areas for improvement and implement best practices.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of training programs through assessments, feedback, and performance metrics.
- Maintain up-to-date training materials and documentation.
- Stay current with industry trends, technologies, and best practices to ensure training content is relevant and effective.
- Provide ongoing technical support, coaching, and mentorship to technical staff, on their competencies.
- Create and manage training schedules to ensure all engineering staff receive timely and relevant training.
- Conduct trainings on safety procedures and processes to ensure there are no competency gaps against full safety compliances.
- Analyse training outcomes and make recommendations for improvements to enhance training effectiveness.
- Coordinate external training providers, and facilitate with them to supplement internal training programs as needed.
- Keep detailed records of all training activities, including attendance, assessments, and certifications.
- Train staff on the operation and maintenance of new equipment and technologies introduced into the production process, to close competency gaps promptly.
- Create, subscribe, and manage online training modules to provide flexible learning opportunities for technical personnel.
- Continuously update inhouse competency matrix with new industry knowledge, and implement trainings for personnel to close the gap.
Experience & Academic Requirements
- NABTEB, WAEC Technical, OND in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering.
- Minimum of 5 years experience in production and maintenance roles, preferably in the food and beverage industry.
- Good experience as a technical trainer, in a beverage, FMCG, or general manufacturing environments, with strong instructional and presentation skills.
- In-depth knowledge of beverage production and bottling equipment, Utilities processes, and safety standards.
- Proficiency in use of SAP PM, or other CMMS, and Microsoft Office.
- Ability to create engaging and effective training materials.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency in using training software and tools.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Certification in training and development or a related field.
- Experience with Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies.
Key Competency Requirements:
- High level knowledge of maintenance and Utilities process and controls.
- Proficiency in data analysis and presentations.
- Proficiency in MS Office, PM SAP documentation and reporting.
- High planning and organizing capabilities.
- Collaboration and customer relationship skills.
- Safety standards, processes, and practices.
- Good ability to make training manuals.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Job Title: Utilities Operator
Location: Abia
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Purpose
- The Utilities Operator is responsible for operation of utility plants and equipment; including water (various forms), CO2, steam, electrical systems, compressed air, cooling plant, and effluent treatment plant.
- This role requires technical expertise, attention to detail, and a commitment to ensuring the continuous and efficient operation of utility services.
- To perform all types of operations and autonomous maintenance as defined for the plants and equipment, record and diagnose failures, and ensure proper related documentations.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform machine rotations to ensure availability and reliability for operations, and availability for maintenance.
- Perform routine inspection of all HACCP PRPs, PRP+s and CCPs to ensure the quality performance requirements are satisfied, always.
- Ensure and sustain product quality, hygiene and process conditions throughout the Utilities work area in compliance with set quality standard.
- Maintaining basic conditions and resolve all types of losses(safety, energy, material, etc)
- Participation in planned maintenance day activities on the machine together with PM Specialist.
- Collects, store and dose chemicals into the plants in a safe manner, and ensure that chemicals usage and storage are in in compliance with set standards.
- Execution of autonomous maintenance (cleaning, lubrication. tightening and inspection) within work areas.
- Perform quality checks on each plant, e.g. CO2 purity, PH water, boilers & conductivity checks and dew points record the data in HACCP log sheets, and resolve deviations.
- Participate in improvement teams to improve utilities generation, distribution, and consumption efficiencies.
- Participate in BD analysis of machine(s) in work area to avoid re-occurrence, reduce minor stops, optimize maintenance cost.
- Document maintain records online (in SAP PM), and offline (in logbooks), of maintenance activities and system performance.
- Collaborate with other departments and external contractors to coordinate Utilities plants operation activities.
- Participate in the development and implementation of preventive maintenance programs.
Experience & Academic Requirements
- NABTEB, WAEC Technical.
- Minimum of 3 years experience in production and maintenance roles, preferably in the food and beverage industry.
- Able to read and understand simple engineering manuals.
- Experience BD analysis of plants and equipment failures, to prevent re-occurrence, reduce minor stops, optimize maintenance cost, increase maintenance performance parameters.
- Proven good communication and collaboration skills.
- Proven experience in Utilities operations.
- Strong knowledge of Utilities systems, including water, gas, and electrical systems.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Good knowledge of engineering and production safety practices.
- Proven good commitment to safety and regulatory compliance.
Key Competency Requirements:
- Basic use of MS Office, PM SAP documentation and reporting.
- Productive team membership and collaboration.
- Customer service orientation.
- Utilities plants operations.
- Commitment to workplace safety.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Job Title: Maintenance Supervisor – Production / Packaging
Location: Abia
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Purpose
- The Production Maintenance Supervisor is responsible to supervise the maintenance team, to ensure the efficient and effective maintenance of all equipment and machines on the production line, as well as in all of production department. This role involves coordinating maintenance activities, troubleshooting equipment failures, and implementing preventive maintenance programs to minimize downtime and maximum production assets availabilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement preventive maintenance schedules for all production equipment and machines.
- Conduct and report inspections, according to the schedules.
- Supervise maintenance activities on all production equipment and line machines.
- Assign tasks and monitor the performance of the team to ensure high standards of work.
- Coordinate maintenance trainings for the maintenance personnel.
- Coordinate safety trainings and ensure safety compliances.
- Implement and sustain emergency preparedness plans for production areas.
- Ensure prompt and effective response to machine failures/breakdowns.
- Carry out routine inspections required for compliances with standards, such as HACCP, Process Machine Safety, OH&S, Quality Assurance, etc.
- Allocate human, material and service resources, adequately, for OTIF execution of maintenance plans.
- Coordinate improvement teams to identify and implement performance improvements actions.
- Coordinate continuous maintenance sustainability and improvement systems, such as Total Productive Management (TPM).
- Coordinate training and development of team members and support coaching them, to improve their skills, performance, and productivity.
- Report on maintenance performance indicators periodically (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.,), as determined necessary.
- Collaborate closely with production teams and other departments, for optimal synergy.
Experience & Academic Requirements
- NABTEB, WAEC Technical, OND in Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering.
- Minimum of 5 years experience in production and maintenance roles, preferably in the food and beverage industry.
- Good knowledge and experience of manufacturing industry safety standards.
- Experience in collating and reporting maintenance data.
- Experience in leading maintenance and machine availability improvement teams.
- Good experience of preventive maintenance and engineering systems.
- Proficiency in use of SAP PM, or other CMMS, and Microsoft Office.
Key Competency Requirements:
- High knowledge of Utilities process and controls.
- Proficiency in data analysis and presentations.
- MS Office, PM SAP documentation and reporting.
- Highly effective team building and leadership.
- High planning and organizing capabilities.
- Collaboration and customer relationship skills.
- Utilities safety principles and practices.
- Good ability to read engineering designs.
- Autonomous maintenance.
- Analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Job Title: Utilities Operator
Location: Abia
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Purpose
- The Utilities Operator is responsible for operation of utility plants and equipment; including water (various forms), CO2, steam, electrical systems, compressed air, cooling plant, and effluent treatment plant.
- This role requires technical expertise, attention to detail, and a commitment to ensuring the continuous and efficient operation of utility services.
- To perform all types of operations and autonomous maintenance as defined for the plants and equipment, record and diagnose failures, and ensure proper related documentations.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform machine rotations to ensure availability and reliability for operations, and availability for maintenance.
- Perform routine inspection of all HACCP PRPs, PRP+s and CCPs to ensure the quality performance requirements are satisfied, always.
- Ensure and sustain product quality, hygiene and process conditions throughout the Utilities work area in compliance with set quality standard.
- Maintaining basic conditions and resolve all types of losses(safety, energy, material, etc)
- Participation in planned maintenance day activities on the machine together with PM Specialist.
- Collects, store and dose chemicals into the plants in a safe manner, and ensure that chemicals usage and storage are in in compliance with set standards.
- Execution of autonomous maintenance (cleaning, lubrication. tightening and inspection) within work areas.
- Perform quality checks on each plant, e.g. CO2 purity, PH water, boilers & conductivity checks and dew points record the data in HACCP log sheets, and resolve deviations.
- Participate in improvement teams to improve utilities generation, distribution, and consumption efficiencies.
- Participate in BD analysis of machine(s) in work area to avoid re-occurrence, reduce minor stops, optimize maintenance cost.
- Document maintain records online (in SAP PM), and offline (in logbooks), of maintenance activities and system performance.
- Collaborate with other departments and external contractors to coordinate Utilities plants operation activities.
- Participate in the development and implementation of preventive maintenance programs.
Experience & Academic Requirements
- NABTEB, WAEC Technical.
- Minimum of 3 years experience in production and maintenance roles, preferably in the food and beverage industry.
- Able to read and understand simple engineering manuals.
- Experience BD analysis of plants and equipment failures, to prevent re-occurrence, reduce minor stops, optimize maintenance cost, increase maintenance performance parameters.
- Proven good communication and collaboration skills.
- Proven experience in Utilities operations.
- Strong knowledge of Utilities systems, including water, gas, and electrical systems.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Good knowledge of engineering and production safety practices.
- Proven good commitment to safety and regulatory compliance.
Key Competency Requirements:
- Basic use of MS Office, PM SAP documentation and reporting.
- Productive team membership and collaboration.
- Customer service orientation.
- Utilities plants operations.
- Commitment to workplace safety.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
