Unilever Nigeria Plc Recruitment 2023 (2 Positions)

Main Job Purpose

• Managing C&CA for the Unilever West Africa region, Head of C&CA for Unilever Nigeria, business partner / trusted advisor to the Managing Director, West Africa and the Executive Leadership team.
• Work with the West Africa and Nigeria Leadership Teams to align work plans, communications and objectives that promote corporate image and avoid it being brought into disrepute
• Ensure deep, strategic relationships with Governments, Communities, and key Stakeholders to drive Unilever’s image positively, guarantee our licence to operate and manage short term issues
• Develop strategies with relevant stakeholders for partnerships and programs to support Unilever’s sustainability agenda in West Africa. NYSC portal

Job Summary
The role has the following Main Accountabilities:

• Developing and implementing a strategy of engagement and strategic relationships with Government, industry, and others to support the business and secure our licence to operate.
• Implementing issues and crisis management processes and proactively / reactively managing reputational threats.
• Motivating and enthuse employees behind Unilever’s leadership, vision, sustainable living and growth ambition.
• Providing top quality strategic political and communications guidance to the West Africa Leadership team, Africa and Global Communications and Corporate Affairs teams.
• Driving an integrated programme of communication aligning West Africa within the Africa business and with Unilever’s global objectives, ensuring seamless roll out of global policy.
• Sharing resources in Africa and the region, use budgets effectively, collaborate and innovate to ensure communications plays a full role in delivering cost and margin targets.
• Supporting financial and sustainability reporting and investor communications with shareholders and regulators for our listed business in the region. jamb Portal

Key Interfaces
Internal:

• West Africa and Nigeria Leadership team
• Africa C&CA team
• Unilever global functions

External:

• Media, Government, External Partners

Key Experience & Requirements

• Must have 10 – 15 years relevant experience, ideally with a multinational or cross border company
• Ability to bring in good networks and experience with industry, media and government
• Familiar with the FMCG business, brands, and marketing
• West Africa regional experience, ideally including the Francophone region
• High impact communication skills including message design & delivery expertise
• Public policy and external environment analytical prowess
• High editorial skills with super attention to detail
• 3P Communications Agency management experience
• Traditional and new media channel management experience
• End to End project management skill
• Strategic thinker, proactive self-driven champion,
• Prolific influencer with high executional prowess
• Accessible, resourceful, and prolific
• Team player with both inter and intra-functional capability
• High business acumen 200 Romantic Love messages

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Your Key Tasks

• Contribute to the development of a high quality, efficient, and effective credit control organization Jamb Result
• Support the implementation of any local variations to global processes and policies covering billing, credit management and collections
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure business and customer needs are being met
• Meet all the operational and financial performance targets and obligations, including delivering on collection and credit management KPIs and SLAs
• Handle escalations from Operational teams
• Deliver on local and global credit risk policies and collections strategies.
• Drive proactive customer communication to manage timely credit and collections management activities and improve ekaterra’s working capital position
• Evaluate, create and maintain credit limits for the customers in the system.
• Responsible for collecting debts from our company debtors
• Approve or reject blocked orders
• Block and unblock customers
• Negotiate payment plans
• Provide reporting for the company accountant
• Customer account reconciliations
• Support credit insurance and factoring activities if applicable

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Business (preferably Finance, Accounting or Business)
• At least 5 years business experience in Credit or Collections roles
• Familiar with SAP functionalities Good morning my love messages
• Ability to work cross functionally
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proactive and self-leading
• Service oriented attitude
• Able to adapt to changes quickly.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.