Head, Corporate Planning

Job Description

Our Client is a Leading Group of Companies in Nigeria. Due to expansion they are in need of a HEAD, COPORATE PLANNING

LOCATION : Lagos

Job Summary :   To provide enterprise-wide strategic leadership for planning and performance across the downstream value chain

to drive profitable growth, capital discipline, portfolio optimization, and resilient compliance under regulations.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Lead development and annual refresh of the 3–5‑year strategic plan, aligned to market outlook, regulatory changes, and corporate vision.
• Translate strategy into clear priorities, roadmaps, and Balanced Scorecard for each business line.
• Facilitate strategy workshops with EXCO; steward strategic choices on markets, formats, products, partnerships, and capabilities.
• Orchestrate Integrated Business Planning across demand, supply, finance, and operations; ensure tight link between strategy and annual operating plan.
• Drive volume / margin forecasts, working capital outlook, and cash conversion targets across value chains.
• Chair cross-functional reviews to resolve trade‑offs (sourcing, depot throughput, fleet capacity, retail promotions, pricing).
• Build structured views on demand, pricing, forex dynamics, policy shifts, import parity, and competitor plays.
• Run scenario planning and stress tests (e.g., exchange rate shocks, landing cost volatility, regulatory changes).
• Publish monthly market outlooks to inform supply, pricing, network expansion, and contract bids.
• Define and cascade KPIs (volume, margin, OPEX, etc.) in conjunction with other manageme
• Produce monthly / quarterly performance packs for the MD / Board with insights and corrective actions.
• Establish scorecards and dashboards (e.g., Power BI) for real‑time visibility and accountability.
• Partner with relevant internal stakeholders to integrate strategic, operational, market, and regulatory risks into planning.
• Ensure compliance with PIA, NMDPRA guidelines, local content (NCDMB), SON standards, and audit requirements.
• Maintain governance for planning calendars, stage gates, documentation, and Board submissions
• Provide analytics on import parity, landed cost build‑up, pricing corridors, and margin protection across channels.
• Support trading / supply decisions (FOB / CFR options, freight, demurrage exposure, hedging policies in line with Board risk appetite).
• Optimize product mix (PMS / AGO / ATK / LPG / lubes), depot throughput, and loss control / shrinkage initiatives.
• Inform network planning (new sites, upgrades, closures) using geo‑spatial and demand modeling.
• Shape customer value propositions (loyalty, fleet cards, SME / industrial offers, aviation / marine solutions).
• Evaluate pricing / promotions, channel economics, and B2B contract profitability; enable tenders / bids.
• Prioritize capex for integrity, reliability, metering, automation, and debottlenecking in depots and engineering assets.
• Track OEE, turnaround, maintenance backlog, and reliability projects’ ROI with Operations & Asset Management.
• Champion digital / IoT / SCADA data usage to improve throughput, safety, and energy efficiency.

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