Job Title: Senior Technical Trainer/Head Trainer
Employer: Siemens Nigeria
Job ID: 145660
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Others: Infrastructure & Cities Sector – Sales – Experienced professional (10+ years) – Permanent – Full time only
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
The duties of the Head trainer will include, but are not limited to the following:
• Developing and conducting training programs for internal and external customers.
• Conducting training needs assessment based on interaction with industry stakeholders and trainees;
• Designing training manuals;
• Evaluating the effectiveness of training sessions by collating and analyzing feedback from trainees;
• Developing programs to enhance training curriculum.
• Developing training packages based on customers' gap assessment
• Developing and maintaining customer relationship
• Developing and ameliorating processes for efficient training quality delivery
• Direct responsibility for budget and Cost of training centre
• Direct responsibility for offer management and resource planning
• Developing and managing the training centers' team /staff
• Conduct staff annual appraisal and responsible for staff development, retention and motivation
• Developing a marketing and sales' plan including necessary documents and templates for training centre
• Responsibility in offer management and training sales execution
• Present Siemens training portfolio at seminars, fairs and sales meetings
• Responsible to conduct business target agreements with local, cluster and HQ management
• Responsible for technical and financial reporting to local, cluster and HQ management
• Shared responsibility in managing the consultancy and engineering business of Siemens PTI in Africa.
REQUIREMENTS:
Work Experience: – Minimum of 8 years post qualification experience, preferably in the areas of power plant (or Transmission & Distribution network) commissioning, planning and maintenance. – Also, experience with customer trainings and customer management is required. – Additionally experience in project management especially with regards to offer management, cost management, account management, technical and financial reporting and quality is highly required. – Experience in sales, business development, marketing and account management is highly recommended for this position.
Educational Qualifications:
• Candidates must possess a minimum of a Bachelors degree in either Electrical engineering or Mechanical engineering
• A relevant masters degree or its equivalent would be an advantage
• Post graduation / additional degree in management, finance, marketing or similar will be required (if managing skills and competences were acquired in a similar position this could be accepted)
• Registration with COREN would also be an advantage
Technical & Managing Expertise:
• Understanding of the Nigerian power sector (Transmission, Distribution, Generation) — knowing the key concepts and variables;
• Deep practical and technical knowledge of power transmission and distribution networks;
• Demonstrable knowledge of power system protection and substation automation;
• Demonstrable knowledge of functions, features, and potential applications of electronic systems (like protection, substation automation, etc.) or mechanical systems (like switchgears);
• Extensive experience using communication solutions for utilities and industries;
• Familiarity with Siemens Power Generation, transmission and distribution products is desirable.
• Understand the design of efficient processes and their implementation
• Experience in design of marketing and sales strategy
• Proficiency in basic finance and design of business planning
• Proficient experience in business reporting and review.
• Accurate experience in customer / new account acquisition and their management
• Intensive experience in team leading and motivation
Others:
• High proficiency and understanding of computer applications (such as MS office -mail and project, ERP e.g SAP, CRM e.g. philos, offer calculation tools, etc...):
Advanced presentation Skills — Presents information effectively and persuasively across communication settings;
• Questioning Skill — gathering information from stimulating insight in individuals and groups through use of interviews, questionnaires, and other probing methods.
Handles work of diverse scope and complexity;
• Grasps technical concepts and communicates them effectively.
• Healthy and analytic mind set.
• Proficient business communication skills (both verbal, non verbal and written) are required.
• Ability to conduct difficult business discussions and negotiations is required
• Self starter and hyper motivated
• Additional language (French, Spanish, German) will be an advantage
• Position to led on a medium term to a full managerial position as head of training centre
• Familiar with Siemens business conduct guideline or Siemens compliance program or having your personal values aligning with both.
Date of start: 01.09.2013
Location: Lagos. Availability to undertake regular business trips is required
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