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NOTICE TO
PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS
We want to build our business with dedicated
professionals who wish to grow and prosper
with us. At LaGray, we value hard work,
professionalism and integrity, along with a
commitment to uncompromising quality,
teamwork
and customer satisfaction.
LaGray is a continuous learning company
dedicated to providing training, educational
opportunities and a working environment that
allows individuals to achieve their very
best. We expect a great deal from our
employees, and in return we have a great
deal to offer. We offer competitive salaries
and benefit packages for eligible employees
on contract or full-time basis.
OUR VALUES & GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Every human endeavor must be guided, shaped
and supported by basic underlying values.
These values should be the foundation for
every decision we make and every action we
take. We have a set of ten such values at
LaGray that we expect everyone to live by.
These values facilitate decision making in
our day-to-day activities and keep us
focused on the right way forward in order to
live up to our mission and realize our
vision.
These values give everyone, in the LaGray
family, the freedom and ability to make
independent decisions about how to treat
customers, their fellow workers, vendors and
our community in the "LaGray Way."
They also clearly
define the characteristics of the
individuals who will be happiest and most
successful as part of the LaGray family.
Here are the ten values:
- Uncompromising quality and customer satisfaction
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Customer
Satisfaction
- Respect
for people
- Adherence
to environmental health and safety standards
- Continuous learning and improvement
- A hard work ethic
- Empowerment of our people
- Teamwork
- Personal accountability
- Integrity
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Uncompromising Quality
The philosophy of
the founders of LaGray Chemical Company
is that, like the beautiful kente cloth,
excellence has to be woven into every
aspect of our business. We are in the
business of preserving and improving
human life and
cannot afford to compromise on the
quality of our products. The hallmark of
LaGray is quality. Every member of the
LaGray family must have the passion for
providing uncompromising quality in
everything we do. Just being "good" is
not good enough. We must be outstanding.
Customer
Satisfaction
We must
continuously raise the standards of
performance, always seeking new ways of
providing our customers with quality
products to improve their lives. By
giving our customers uncompromising
satisfaction, we will achieve
everything we set out to do.
Respect for
People
We believe in the
fundamental rights of every individual to
freedom of opinion and expression, freedom
of association, non-discrimination,
protection of privacy and the right to be
heard. Our success depends, first and
foremost, on all of us here, the LaGray
family. We must encourage constructive
dialogue and open communications and should
actively seek and encourage one another, as
employees, to be committed to improving
our work practices.
Respect for people includes respect for
their choices and their decisions. Under no
circumstances must we make any of our
colleagues feel threatened or uncomfortable
at work. With this in mind, sexual
harassment should never
emerge as a problem at LaGray.
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Environmental
Safety & Health
We are deeply committed
to environmental safety and health (ESH).
The health and safety of our employees,
neighbors, customers and the public at large
as well as the protection of the environment
takes priority in all our
activities. We should perform our jobs in a
safe manner in accordance with our
comprehensive ESH policy.
Maintaining a safe,
healthy and productive environment is
essential to our success as a company. Our
goal of
excellence can only be achieved if we remain
on the job as safe, healthy and productive
employees. We are the most important
component of our company. The responsibility
for a safe work environment resides with
each one of us. As individuals, we are
challenged to be informed and continually
motivated to assume the responsibility of
our own safety and the safety of our fellow
employees. We need each and every one of us
to make our company succeed.
Continuous
Learning & Improvement
Our goal should be to
help each other become the best we are
capable of, so we can make LaGray the best
company in Africa. Many companies say that,
"people are our most important asset." At
LaGray, our goal is to
make that a reality by providing the
training and opportunities for personal and
professional growth and development as well
as a working environment that helps each
individual become the very best he/she can
be.
Education and training of our employees is
an investment priority.
There are constant changes in the market
place, in technology, and in customer
expectations. Also, each of us has different
levels of knowledge and ability and we all
must constantly strive to raise those
levels. Each employee is expected to make
the commitment and effort to take advantage
of learning opportunities.
We must constantly
learn from our customers, from the best of
other companies, from each other and from
other sources. It is a mind-set we must
acquire - a never ending pursuit of
knowledge. That is the only way we can stay
at the leading edge in every area of our
business. It is everyone's responsibility to
learn and to teach others about customers
and their needs, about our company and about
effective business practices. We must strive
for continuous improvement of processes and
quality of products and monitor performance
by measuring results carefully.
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A Hard Work Ethic
It is only
through intelligent hard work and fun in
what we do, that each individual within
the company can make a difference to
his/her own success and to LaGray's
success. So we must expect a lot from
each other.
Success lies in the aggressive and
outstanding execution of our strategies
and tactics and not just in the genius
of the strategies and tactics
themselves. We must "go through brick
walls" to achieve our goals. We
constantly strive to improve our
performance in every way.
Empowering People
All of us as
individuals in the company are empowered to
do our job as it should be done. "Risk
taking" and "trust" are the critical
elements behind this ideal. We are the
owners of our jobs and must consistently
come up with
ideas for improvement.
Innovation and scientific excellence are
keys to our growth and profitability. We
therefore strive to provide our employees
with a stimulating and challenging work
environment and encouragement to dare to try
new paths.
Teamwork
There is an old Akan adage that
says: “Tikoro nk- agyina”, meaning: Two
heads are better than one. Teamwork enhances
both individual and corporate performance.
When individuals have the opportunity to
combine their talents and knowledge in the
quest for solutions and improvements, they
produce much better results. They also learn
from the experience and broaden their
knowledge and abilities.
LaGray encourages
teamwork in every area of the company. In
seeking improvements as well as in problem
solving, we use the team concept: within
departments, between departments and across
the whole company. We
extend this concept in working with our
suppliers and distributors in "partnering"
relationships. We treat our vendors and
affiliates as partners working together to
provide high quality, cost effective
products to our mutual benefit.
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Personal
Accountability
Each one of us as individuals, every
person at every level, is accountable
for every task we are required to
perform. We must ensure that our tasks
are performed flawlessly, as the sum of
our individual contributions contributes
to the overall success of our company.
Every task at LaGray, from maintenance
of our facilities, through discovery of
a new drug or process has equal
importance in making LaGray the premier
company we aspire to be.
Unwavering
Integrity
Integrity simply means
having sound moral principles, including
honesty and decency. It also means being
trustworthy, caring and dependable. It is a
character quality that allows our customers,
suppliers and fellow workers to depend on us
in all our dealings. We expect integrity
from the people we deal with and should
expect it from ourselves.
In conclusion, we are
making history. We are building the most
coveted business and work environment while
making the name LaGray synonymous with
quality and health care in Africa.
We encourage you to
apply to join the LaGray family if you share
our goals and ideals. Thank you for your
interest.
LaGray is an equal
opportunity employer. We do not discriminate
on the basis of race, religion, color, sex,
age, national origin, citizenship or
disability. LaGray is a Non-smoking and
drug-free environment.
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