Current Vacancies

VACANCY: PACKING PLANT – TEAM LEADER

COMPANY: CARIB CEMENT– KINGSTON, JAMAICA

Objective:

Reporting to the Production Coordinator, the Packing Plant (PP) Team Leader is accountable for supervising packing plant production processes to ensure that quality standards are met in conjunction with maximum production requirements. The PP Team Leader manages the Packing Plant staff to operate and control the production process in a safe, efficient, and cost-effective manner. Guarantee the continuity of the maintenance processes (autonomous, predictive, and corrective).

Main Responsibilities include:

Supervision:

• • Supervises packing plant process to optimize the production of cement to achieve budgeted targets.
• • Ensure that manpower is effectively utilized to achieve budgeted targets.
• • Follows up the shift operations through the work instructions given by the Production Coordinator to fill in gaps and ensure the continuity of work and smoothness of operations.
• • Records the functional problems to provide control over the shift activities.
• • Ensures that staff adheres to the Company’s HSEQ policies and procedures and reports any unsafe act or condition immediately.

Inventory Management:

• • Maintain constant control over production material procurement and storage to ensure that the plant operates in an efficient manner.
• • Maintain adequate stocks of bags (small and jumbo) to maintain continuous operations.
• • Monitors all inputs to ensure that they are manufactured according to quality specifications.

Reporting & Meetings

• • Report all unscheduled issues and major equipment stoppages.
• • Attend daily meetings with production team.
• • Prepares shift reports to keep the Production Coordinator well informed about work progress.
• • Reports operational abnormalities to the maintenance department and follows up to ensure proper response and work continuity.
• • Supplies accurate data for timely preparation of payroll.
• • Prepare and monitor the financial budget applicable to operations in accordance with the company’s policies and Finance Manager’s schedules.
• • Ensures the housekeeping and cleanliness of work area and machinery is maintained by respective operating personnel to have trouble free running of the plant and bring equipment to show room condition.
• • Perform any other job-related functions as required.

Required Education/Expertise/Skills:

• • Diploma or associate degree in any Engineering.
• • Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word).
• • Excellent Supervisory skills.
• • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• • Excellent interpersonal and time management skills.
• • Ability to work both independently and within a team-based environment.
• • Able to work on shift.

Required Experience:

• • Experience in a supervisor role or similar.
• • Knowledge of production process.

Qualified persons professionals with the ability to add value to the Cemex Team (Caribbean Cement) are invited to submit applications and detailed resumes by May 10, 2024 to:

Talent Acquisition Analyst, , Kingston, Jamaica
Please send resume and cover letter to email: mariel.ortizbarrera@ext.cemex.com

VACANCY: JUNIOR NEGOTIATOR

COMPANY: CARIB CEMENT– KINGSTON, JAMAICA

Objective

The position requires the incumbent to support the negotiators in developing the best buying strategies for the organization with a view to consistently maintaining, quality and managing cost. The incumbent is also required to screen requisitions, tabulate bids, answer inquiries from vendors, and maintain purchase record files and related actives.

Main Responsibilities include:

Order Generation

• Keep constant check on stock levels to maximize business efficiency.
• Liaise with users and other relevant parties.
• Identify potential suppliers.
• Generate report and statistics using computer-based programmes.
• Prepare purchase orders.
  • Review requisition.
  • Generate order.

Request Quotes

• Ensure correct description.
• Ensure correct quantity.

Track Orders

• Dispatch orders to suppliers.
• Track orders through the approval system.

Track Delivery

• Communicate with supplier to schedule delivery and ensure delivery dates are adhered to.

Request Payment

• Liaise with Accounts Department to facilitate advance payments when they are a prerequisite for delivery.
• Track payment to supplier.

Report on Purchase

• Report on purchases.
• Liaise with suppliers to ensure goods are received, deliveries are maintained, and effective communication is maintained.

Required Education/Expertise/Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, logistic, management or related field.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel and Word).
• Ability to make complex arithmetical calculations accurately.
• Ability to conduct research to ascertain market trends and needs.
• Negotiation skills.
• Planning and organizing skill.
• Knowledge and skill of Administrative and clerical procedures.
• Customer Support.
• Excellent interpersonal and time management skills.

Required Experience:

• Minimum of two years’ experience in a similar role. preferred
• Knowledge of procurement procedures.

Qualified persons professionals with the ability to add value to the Cemex Team (Caribbean Cement) are invited to submit applications and detailed resumes by May 3, 2024 to:

Talent Acquisition Analyst, Kingston, Jamaica
email: mariel.ortizbarrera@ext.cemex.com

VACANCY: STRATEGIC PLANNING ADVISOR

COMPANY: CARIB CEMENT– KINGSTON, JAMAICA

Objective:

Accountable for the Jamaica & Bahamas Cluster financial reporting and co-development and execution of special projects at both corporate and operational levels with a view to enhancing the efficiencies and overall profitability of the company. The position is additionally accountable for identifying new business opportunities to be pursued.

Responsibility:

• Leading the process of preparing the company’s strategic business plans.
• Budget coordination and elaboration.
• Identifying cost improvement initiatives that increase profitability and monitoring monthly results of projects being executed.
• Preparing capital investment analysis, business cases for growth opportunities, and CAPEX execution follow-up.
• Participate in regional strategic projects targeted to achieve improved strategic positioning and increase profitability, growth opportunity assessment and valuation.
• Executing competitive analysis to identify strengths and weaknesses, monitor industry trends, and macroeconomic analysis.
• Preparing financial reports consolidation.

Required Education/Expertise/Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Management and Project Management.
• Accuracy in the financial calculations.
• Numerical skills.
• Communication skills.
• Must be able to find and present improvement solutions to on-going business processes.
• Constantly scanning the business horizon to discern trends and developments from which the company can extract business opportunities to be pursued.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including analysing key messages and conveying them in a clear, consistent, and meaningful ways.
• Knowledge in business case and projects development.
• Effective at multi-tasking, dealing with a wide range of challenges that are independent and distinct.
• Excellent research skills.
• Results oriented.
• Adherence to deadlines and targets.
• Planning, organization, and management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Required Experience:

• Minimum 2 years of experience in planning position, production, or finance.
• Desirable business intelligence course.
• Desirable master’s degree.

Qualified persons professionals with the ability to add value to the Cemex Team (Carib Cement) are invited to submit applications and detailed resumes by April 30, 2024, to:

Talent Acquisition Specialist, Kingston, Jamaica.
Please send all resume and email to: mariel.ortizbarrera@ext.cemex.com