Managing Director Free Trade Zone - Nigeria
Our client, a Singapore-based company is seeking a topnotch professional for a large development project that includes a Port, a Free Trade Zone, and a Chemical Complex in Lagos, Nigeria. Managing Director - Free Trade Zone Responsibilities: • Plan, design and implement organization structure for start-up & operational phases of the project, and set clear mission and vision for the business. • Create, attract, retain top-class core team to execute the project and set SOPs to get team spirit, productivity and quality into performance. • Devise and implement congruent strategies for promotion and development of the Zone and reap maximum penetration of the market in order to attain strategic objective of becoming a global leader and brand-name in infrastructure business in Africa. • Prepare project proposal, total plan of set-up, and devise strategies to optimize returns for on-site facilities and infrastructure. • Secure required approvals and cultivate goodwill and relationship with Nigerian authorities. • Set-up deadlines, costs and projected revenue budget, manpower requirements and other measures of performance. • Supervise work of contractors and consultants, ensuring the provision of top class services and delivery of top quality products within planned budget and time scales. • Administer risk assessment, high-level project evaluation, project structuring and financing. • Establish policies on the provision of excellent customer service and relationship building with investors and tenants in order to turn in targeted revenue, profitability and growth from rental and leasing of sites.