Procurement Manager, Finance Manager, HR & Admin Manager, Sales Manager, Technical Manager and Trainers Jobs in Kenya

Logistics and Procurement Manager
 

General Tasks

• Collaborate with other departments to integrate logistics with business systems or processes, such as customer sales, order management and company finance


• Supervise the work of logistics specialists, planners, or schedulers


• Import / export / forwarding related tasks


• Direct inbound or outbound logistics operations, such as transportation or warehouse activities, safety performance, or logistics quality management


• Coordinate comprehensive logistical or reverse logistical functions for product life cycles, including distribution, internal allocation, delivery, recycling, reuse, or final disposal of resources


• Confirm accuracy of declaration and authenticity of warehousing and import entries as well as all other supporting documentation.


• Take ownership of all customs related issues, advice key milestones, timelines, and cost implication as well as identify potential risks.


• Internal / external compliance and improvement tasks


• Plan or implement improvements to internal or external logistics systems or processes


• Monitor product import processes to ensure compliance with regulatory or legal requirements


• Develop risk management programs to ensure continuity of supply in emergency scenarios


• Conducts Root Cause Investigations for all injuries and incidents, ensuring consistent discipline and retraining


• Documents problem fixes and provides instructions to dispatch/service should problems recur


• Supplier / procurement tasks


• Negotiate with suppliers or customers to improve supply chain efficiency or sustainability


• Direct distribution center operation to ensure achievement of cost, productivity, accuracy, or timeliness objectives


• Negotiate transportation rates or services


• Analyze the financial impact of proposed logistics changes, such as routing, shipping modes, product volumes or mixes, or carriers

Minimum requirements:

• Diploma/Degree in Procurement/Logistics


• At least 2 years’ experience in similar jobs


• Ability to take leadership and own complex customs issues and be able to work with Government officers to come up with clear way forward


• Excellent negotiation skills


• Exceptional integrity and a strong sense of ethics


• Ability to effectively communicate timelines for both internal and external customers


• Experience of Budgets and Financial controls is preferred

Finance Manager
 

Responsibilities:

• Ensure development, proper interpretation, implementation and review of financial regulations and procedures to enhance internal controls;


• Ensure provision of quality and timely accounting services; process payment vouchers for suppliers payments, travel advance requests and other payments request.


• Ensure preparation of supporting information for annual audits;


• Maintain an inventory on all bank accounts of the organization and their approved signatories;


• Oversee authorization of payments, signing of cheques, identification of suitable cheques signatories and setting financial limits as appropriate;


• Plan and budget for the division;


• Supervise and coordinate staff development and performance appraisal in the division.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounts, Finance, Commerce or any other business related course.


• 2 years working experience

Human Resources & Administration Manager
 

Responsibilities:-

• Manage recruitment process


• Organize and conduct new employee orientation


• Management and updating of personnel files


• Conduct exit interviews and share feedback with Senior Management


• Provide Human resource advice and formulate and implement human resources policies and procedures


• Manage the staff medical scheme and other relevant insurances.


• Ensures work place safety; clean and conducive working environment for all Staff, clients and visitors


• Oversees the regular servicing, repairs and proper usage of office equipment by users


• Oversees day to day administration processes for effective support to operations and service delivery.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource; Business Administration Major in Human Resources


• Member of accredited HR professional body


• 2 years’ relevant experience in Human Resource Management.

Sales Manager
 

Responsibilities:

• Lead preparation and scheduling for quarterly business review meetings with all regional representatives to review progress on strategic plans.


• Review weekly market intelligence reports from the regional representatives. Ensure there are set priorities for the month and that there is progress on the same.


• Review weekly sales report together with the regional representatives and ensure they are all aligned.


• Receive weekly sales report with action plans for any individual region that is behind target from individual regional representatives.


• Prepare monthly regional penetration and sales uplift report.


• Ensure the performance management system for each member of staff is duly filled with appropriate actions taken for those below the target.


• Effectively manage all staff under the national sales manager including the Area Sales managers, senior sales representatives, retail sales representatives.


• Ensure development of close relationships including regional key account staff and other stakeholders relevant to the success of the Consumer business.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Commerce/Management with a bias in Sales and Marketing;


• A minimum of 2 years’ experience of National Branch Operations


• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to quickly understand and process operations data;


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;


• Proven team work and leadership skills, and the ability to successfully build and manage a team and mentor all staff and agents in order to support professional development;


• Organized, systematic and process oriented with good administrative skills;


• Flexible and resourceful; the ability to work under minimal supervision,travel and willingness to be responsible for a varied set of tasks that will support the company’s growth and expansion;

Technical Manager
 

Roles and Responsibilities

• Must ensure teams follow the correct procedures, policies and documentation requirements across project phases


• Provide direction and technical expertise


• Able to make quick decisions and solve technical problems to provide an efficient environment for project implementation


• Identify resource and equipment requirements, efficient capacity planning


• Must provide technical training to teams when required and serve as a technical mentor to team members


• Ensure standard operating procedures and project guidelines are in place


• Task allocation and performance evaluation of team members


• Project scheduling and resource management


• Make presentations on project status, present monthly and annual reports to senior management


• Interview candidates and hire resources


• Conduct performance reviews of team members and identify areas of improvement, give feedback


• Estimate project budgets, coordinate with finance department for funds and plan for purchasing of equipment and hardware in a cost-effective way


• Provide an efficient working atmosphere to project teams and ensure objectives are met within stipulated time.

Requirements:

• Diploma/Degree in a technical field


• 2 years experience in similar role


• Flexible: role requires extensive travel within Kenya

Trainers (2)
 

Responsibilities:

• Identifying training and development needs within an organization through job analysis, appraisal schemes and regular consultation with business managers and human resources departments;


• Designing and expanding training and development programmes based on the needs of the organization and the individual;


• Considering the costs of planned programmes and keeping within budgets as assessing the return on investment of any training or development programme is becoming increasingly important;


• Conducting appraisals;


• Producing training materials for in-house courses;


• Managing the delivery of training and development programmes

Requirements:

• Experience in technical and sales training


• Ability to develop training manuals.


• 2 years experience in similar role


• Flexible: role requires extensive travel within Kenya

If you meet the above requirements send your detailed CV with the subject as the job title to bfpjobs2016@gmail.com by latest 29th February 2016.