Company Description
IHS Towers is one of the largest independent owners, operators and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world by tower count and is solely focused on the emerging markets. The Company has over 40,000 towers across its 10 markets, including Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Kuwait, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia. For more information, please email: or visit: www.ihstowers.com
Job Description
Purpose:
We are currently seeking to enhance our Enterprise Asset Management processes to increase efficiency, reduce costs, more precise reporting, enhance overall asset lifecycle management and ultimately maximize the value of assets.
We are specifically interested in leveraging industry best practices to optimize our processes, rather than focusing solely on technology or platform-specific solutions.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
- Evaluate our current Asset Management Processes: Identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and areas for improvement.
- Develop a comprehensive data-driven re-engineering plan: Outline industry best practices for our specific industry and asset types.
- Provide resources and expertise:
- Experience in Design and Delivering Best industry standard EAM systems. I
- In depth experience of data, data transformation, process deployment, integrations, system processes, automation, simplification, standardization, asset portfolio, maturity framework & assessment, risk profiling, asset management policies.
- Support in implementing best practice asset management in the asset portfolio (following ISO55000 Asset management standard), working closely with functional teams across the business to optimize commercial (asset life and value maximization) and technical performance.
- Define Asset management Master Data categories, asset data quality, and initiatives to improve and sustain its quality.
- Assist in detailed Asset management processes (level 4 = workflows) for priority process areas that ensure improved asset data quality and control, and should be consistent with IHS Architecture.
- Support in maintaining and ensuring Asset Management activities are undertaken in accordance with local legislation and HSE policies.
- Developing metrics for measuring the success of Asset management implementation.
- Work collaboratively with our team: Open communication & collaboration throughout the process and equip our team with the necessary knowledge & skills to implement the revised processes.
- Develop overall knowledge of Finance & different Operations of IHS. Excellent understanding and experience of Management Processes, Business Processes, Financial Processes & Support Processes.
- Drive Process Automatization and efficiency enhancement. (Operation Process Mapping, Process Improvement). Being able to translate those processes and business needs.
Qualifications - Act as SME for Asset Management and adjacent domains.
- Expert knowledge in the entire Asset Management Life Cycle.
- 10+ years of experience in Operational Process Design and Improvement.
- Very good knowledge on EAM adjacent domains such as Warehousing & Supply Chain.
- An undergraduate or postgraduate degree in computer science, engineering, business management or a related field. Or similar knowledge.
Functional Competencies
- Certification in Process Management such as Six Sigma is a plus.
- Overall understanding of IT (Architecture, Development, Infrastructure)
Behavioural Competencies
- Motivate staff and create a space where they can ask questions and voice their concerns in a transparent fashion.
- Develop productive relationships with business leaders across the organization to influence how applications can enable new sources of value
- Cooperation/Teamwork: Works harmoniously with others to get a job done; responds positively to instructions and procedures; able to work well with staff, co-workers, peers and managers; shares critical information with everyone involved in a project; works effectively on projects that cross functional lines; helps to set a tone of cooperation within the work group and across groups; coordinates own work with others; seeks opinions; values working relationships; when appropriate facilitates discussion before decision-making process is complete.
- Judgment: Makes sound decisions; bases decisions on fact rather than emotion; analyses problems skilfully; uses logic to reach solutions.
- Problem Solving: Anticipates problems; sees how a problem and its solution will affect other units; gathers information before making decisions; weighs alternatives against objectives and arrives at reasonable decisions; adapts well to changing priorities, deadlines and directions; works to eliminate all processes which do not add value; is willing to take action, even under pressure, criticism or tight deadlines; takes informed risks; recognizes and accurately evaluates the signs of a problem; analyzes current procedures for possible improvements; notifies supervisor of problems in a timely manner
Additional Information
Organizational Competencies
Customer Focus - People demonstrating this competency understand & exceed our customers’ needs. They develop trusted, reliable & collaborative relationships. They are consistently operating to the highest standards of service & delivery.
Innovation - People demonstrating this competency constantly seek new & improved ways to deliver our products & services. They champion engineering & skills development, and work to create a collaborative and supportive operating environment.
Integrity - People demonstrating this competency are open & honest in everything they do. They support financially & environmentally sustainable growth. They make socially responsible decisions and treat their stakeholders with respect.
Be Bold - People demonstrating this competency are thorough in analyses & decision-making. They are courageous in expanding existing markets & developing new ones. They confidently pursue appropriate financial returns and are forward-thinking and ambitious.
Sustainability- People demonstrating this competency are constantly seeking to create positive impact in the communities we serve.
Our Vision
IHS is committed to improving the quality and availability of telecommunications infrastructure, the lifeline for an increasingly connected world. We are dedicated to helping create a sustainable future for the communities in which we operate, and our sustainable strategy is structured around four pillars: ethics and governance, environment and climate change, education and economic growth, and our people and communities.
