JOB DESCRIPTION: PERMANENT STRATEGY ANALYST
Lafarge Group
World leader in building materials, Lafarge holds top-ranking positions in each of its three Divisions:
N°1 worldwide in Cement
N°2 worldwide in Aggregates & Concrete
N°3 worldwide in Gypsum
More than 76,000 employees, 1,963 production sites in 78 countries
2010 sales: €16.2 billion
Group headquarters in Paris
ShuiOn Group
Diversified group engaged in property development, construction and construction materials
Interests in Hong Kong and the Mainland China
Chairman: Vincent Lo
Group headquarters in Hong Kong
LAFARGE SHUI-ON CEMENT
First foreign cement producer in China
JV Between Lafarge Group (55%) and Shui-On Group (45%)
11,000 employees in 5 Business Units (Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou & Yunnan)
Regional headquarter in Beijing
Job Title:Strategy Analyst
Function:Analyst
Job Physical location:Beijing
Position Reports to:Strategy Manager
Direct reports:Interns on a project bases
Work relationships:Beijing Headquarter and Business Unit level: most of the departments of the company
Overall purpose:
Strategy is the determination of the basic long term goals and objectives, and the adoption of courses of action and the allocation of resources necessary for carrying out goals
The strategist acts as a key input to Lafarge ShuiOn value creation, acting both as an advisor and an expert for ongoing concern and unforeseen business opportunities
Key activities:
- On ‘Ongoing Concern’ (current business):
To generate and maintain the adequate process and databases for gathering economical, building sector and cement macro-and micro-knowledge, follow-up, analyses, diffusion and competitive intelligence (actors, markets and products)
To create informed and timely dossiers with options for the ad-hoc projects and requests needed by the immediate management
- On ‘Strategic Planning’ (Long Term prioritization):
To assure the quality and standards and promote the strategic planning process. To seek the input, collaboration and information of all the functions involved in the key functions of the Strategic Planning
Key deliverables:
- Strategic Studies: Macro-economic and market studies
Research, collecting of information in markets, competition
Analysis, defining of information
Interviews, update of information databases
Cross-projects: impact on substitutes, vertical integration of concrete, new arrival
- Project Management: conducting the projects
Providing timely updated information relevant to the project
Supporting the process and the project teams with accurate tailored analysis
Assuring consistency, coherency and quality of the information and support hypotheses
Technical competencies:
- Hard skills (Technical competencies)
Analytical: Figure-driven, database knowledgeable, mathematically apt
Finance basics, economic assessment, value-creating profitability
Commercial market stakes
Technical: basic knowledge of processes and industrial tools is a plus
- Soft skills (Behavioral competencies)
Research of information
Creative and lateral thinking
Rigor and quality control
Analyses capabilities
Syntheses capabilities
Organizational skills, planning and self-timing of initiatives
- People’s skills (Behavioral competencies)
Capacity to build a network, internally
Inspire trust and knowledgeability
Assertiveness, integration into a group and team’s acceptance
Autonomy and self-sufficiency
Work experience:
Less than 2 years.
Languages:
- English: Fluent
- Mandarin: Fluent
To apply: Please e-mail your cover letter and CV to:
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Strategy department
Lafarge Shui On cement
20F, Beijing Hyundai Motor Tower
No38, Xiaoyun Road
Chaoyang District, Beijing 100027
People Republic of China
recruit@cn.lafarge.com
www.lafarge.com