Chief Operating Officer at Going Active Africa

Going Active Africa is based in the biggest emerging economy in Africa, Nigeria. We are a dedicated talent strategy, resourcing and organisational learning consultancy, with extensive experience of working with international organisations in Nigeria.

We are currently recruiting suitable qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Position: Chief Operating Officer
Job Location: Abuja

Job Description

• Experience with mechanised agriculture and services is a must
• Experience running an organisation or division of an organisation that has P&L responsibility
• Proven success in meeting revenue and profit goals of an organisation
• Demonstrated ability to build and motivate a team
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with stakeholders
• Good understanding of basic finance principles (profitability, cashflow and balance sheet management)
• Good understanding of how technology can support business
• Ability to execute business plan
• Strong risk management skills - ie understand where risks lie in business plan and business model and develop and implement plans to de-risk same

Personal attributes

• A people person that likes to engage with retail customers/smallholder farmers, understand their issues
• Problem solver
• Attention to detail
• Entrepreneurial
• Determination and drive

KPI’s:

• Revenue and growth
• Days Receivables
• Profitability
• Tractor utilization
• Customer Satisfaction

Note

• COO will be a potential successor to CEO
• Non Nigerians based in the region will be consired