Executive Assistant in Management Consulting

FoodCo Nigeria Limited is a diversified consumer goods company with interests in retail, quick service restaurants, entertainment and manufacturing. Founded in the rustic city of Ibadan, south-west Nigeria in 1982, FoodCo is currently one of the Top-5 leading national supermarket chains in Nigeria, ranked by annual sales volume of national consumer brands and number of outlets. FoodCo is the only true multi-channel retailer in Nigeria, offering both in-store and online channels for its full assortment of programs.

The company employs over 850 staff across its fifteen outlets in Ibadan, Lagos and Ogun State. FoodCo continues to expand with other outlets currently under construction and scheduled for opening within the next year.

FoodCo has also made significant investments in social enterprise as a facilitator for small business growth. This includes providing access-to-market channels for small-scale suppliers as well as hosting capacity building workshops to help small businesses scale their operations.

Job Objectives

• Provide strategic, administrative, and development support to the CEO and the Executive Management Team.
• Lead strategic initiatives and provide oversight of key operational priorities.

Principal Duties /Responsibilities

Strategic Functions

1. Support and help drive company-wide transformation and strategic initiatives while building and maintaining key relationships across the Organization
2. Assist to oversee strategic business initiatives from development through successful execution under the guidance of the executive management
3. Design and implement cross-functional systems and processes that the Organisation needs to grow at scale. Lead targeted process improvement initiative and be a role model for continuous improvement mindset.
4. Maintain rhythm of key operating mechansism to assist CEO in driving business operations and strategy projects. Work with the senior and mid level leadership to ensure effective and timely execution of key business reviews.
5. Collaborate with the leadership to track, analyse and report Organisation performance periodically

Administrative Functions

1. Plan/ Organise the CEO's weekly and monthly administrative duties; manage an active calendar of appointments, composure and preparation of correspondences, preparation for meetings, etc.
2.  Assist the CEO on his external commitments including engagements with a variety of external stakeholders
3. Ensure the CEO has all the information needed to be as productive as possible and sending out agendas to meeting attendees as necessary
4. Monitor information flow; sometimes act as the gatekeeper, ensure the CEO's involvement in a project or decision making process is at the right moment.
5. Managing the meeting cadence for the board of directors and leadership team, ensuring materials are sent in advance, time is well spent, and objectives are achieved.
6. Planning and leading company retreats, and other special events.

Qualification

• 5-7 years experience at a top tier management consulting firm
• A Masters in Business Administration will be an added advantage.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Very high intellectual capacity
• Proven track record of generating results
• Logical thinking and great communication
• Good business instincts; ability to quickly understand the key drivers of our business
• Creative and curious; comfortable in bringing new perspectives
• Strong bias towards action
• Ability to juggle multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Self starter: can make decisions without supervision
• Inspired by our mission of becoming the foremost retailer in the country
• Kind, respectful and self-aware
• Naturally organized