Credit manager
Lafarge Canada Inc. based in Laval, QC is inviting applications from suitable candidates for the position of Credit manager. Lafarge Canada Inc. is a leading provider of construction materials, offering cement, aggregates, and ready-mix concrete solutions. Renowned for its commitment to sustainability and innovation, the company serves diverse construction needs. With a focus on safety, quality, and customer service, Lafarge maintains a strong presence in residential, commercial, industrial, and infrastructure projects, ensuring timely delivery and support for sustainable development. The candidates selected for the vacancy will be required to start the work as soon as possible.
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Job Description:
Employer Name: Lafarge Canada Inc.
Position: Credit manager
No of Vacancies: 4
Salary: Salary is not mentioned, $55.00 – $60.00 hourly estimated salary
Employment Type: Full time
Location: Laval, QC
Requisition ID: 6274
Requirements:
Languages: Candidates must have knowledge of the English and French Language
Education: Candidates should have completion of Bachelor’s Degree in Business
Experience: Candidates should have minimum of 5 years’ experience in construction credit environment, with progressively positions within the field
Physical Requirements:
- The candidates should have the ability to drive and lead effective change in a complex multi-product line environment and display strategic thinking
- The candidates should be able to work in a fast paced, high-volume environment with a requirement to adapt to changing conditions
Other Requirements:
- The candidates should have strong analytical skills with an ability to interpret financial information
- The candidates should demonstrate proficiency in an ERP system, preferably in SAP and focus on process improvement, preferably with related experience
- The candidates should have the ability to influence, develop, and maintain strategic relationships
- The candidates should possess a strong working knowledge of credit principles and best practices
- The candidates should have strong communication skills, including a strong ability to deal with both internal and external customers
- The candidates should be analytical, goal-driven, customer-focused, and business-savvy and demonstrate business acumen, possess intellectual horsepower
- The candidates should exhibit managerial courage and demonstrate organizational agility and drive for results
- The candidates should be bilingual in English and French
Responsibilities:
- The candidates should be able to serve as a role model in the areas of safety, leadership, teamwork, customer focus, and continuous improvement to ensure alignment with the company’s vision and critical success factors and process credit approvals, write-offs to bad debt, and resolution of disputes and determine appropriate collection or conservatory action for problem accounts when centralized collection efforts are exhausted
- The candidates should be able to lead credit and collections activities for their market area in line with Company expectations and in adherence to Credit Policies, including credit approvals, risk management, pursuing timely collections, work-outs of collection problems, negotiating and taking security, litigation, maximizing collections of finance fees, and bankruptcy proceedings
- The candidates should be able to perform ongoing monitoring functions, including monitoring and maintaining appropriate credit limits for established accounts, monitoring local and regional economic conditions as well as customer and industry trends, and continuously monitoring the aging of accounts for customers in the market area to ensure adequate actions are being taken
- The candidates should be able to establish and maintain a close working relationship with ABS centralized Credit and Collections team to help maximize the performance of that team and ensure the financial services center achieves targets for collections and enable improvements in processes and controls while maintaining alignment and standardization and drive and lead process improvement plan in each
- The candidates should be able to enhance the Health and Safety culture of Lafarge by providing visible support of H and S policies or procedures and drive for efficiency and simplification of processes along with the ABS regarding automation and digital transformation
- The candidates should be able to establish a Credit service and performance which provides the Company with a competitive advantage in its markets and and determine the adequacy of the Bad Debt Reserve and recommend adjustments
- The candidates should be able to manage the overall credit or collections function and performance of all parties and manage risk and exposure in accounts receivable at all times by ensuring Credit Policy and best practices compliance
- The candidates should be able to ensure all stakeholders are well informed and have the information required to perform duties and frequent interaction with GM and other Area sales and operations personnel and regular interaction with other Area Credit Managers within the Country and in other Countries and regular interaction with local sales support staff
- The candidates should be able to have interaction with the Eastern Canada Finance team as required and frequent interaction with staff at ABS – both Credit and Collections and Customer Account Services teams
- The candidates should be able to have direct reports 2, product lines 2 (Aggregates and RMX) and manage collections ~$25 Million Accounts receivable or month
How to apply:
If the position is fit for you and the basic requirements are fulfilled then you can now apply directly to the employer (along with your resume) through the below-mentioned details.
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