Senior Technical Trainer / Head Trainer Job at Siemens Nigeria

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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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