Saturday, 24 September 2011

Country Manager – Kenya Job Vacancy - Who’s Who


Naspers Labs is looking for a highly motivated person to launch Who’s Who in Kenya.

Who’s Who of Southern Africa (www.whoswhosa.co.za) is the leading reputation and professional networking platform in the Southern African region, featuring thousands of biographies across various fields of expertise. Membership is free to all professionals, 18 years and older. We’re expanding to key territories in Africa, starting with Kenya.

The ideal candidate is an entrepreneurial leader who can ensure maximum growth and efficiency for Who’s Who’s operations in Kenya.

Responsibilities:
  • Launch and operationally run Who’s Who in Kenya (based in Nairobi).
  • Grow the reputation and professional networking platform to that of a dominant position, meeting targets set by executive team.
  • Design, implement, and evaluate organization and staffing to effectively accomplish the goals and objectives; recruit, employ, train and manage staff.
  • Interact and report regularly with executive team to ensure that regional operational priorities are aligned with overall company direction.
  • Research, initiate and participate in content acquisition and marketing strategies to ensure product uptake and growth.
  • Liaise with community members (profile owners), as well as establish and network relationships with third parties.
  • Manage budget and oversee accounting/payroll functions.
  • Continually investigate and introduce process improvement measures and present suggestions for consideration.
Experience & Knowledge:
  • Excellent knowledge of local market trends (online and offline), regulatory situation and competitors.
  • Proven experience in product development, deployment, marketing, growth and sustainability.
  • Experience in customer support and building loyalty, trust and customer relationships.
  • Experience in mobile, online and traditional marketing.
  • Working knowledge of PC and mobile based Internet and software applications.
  • Proven experience with organizational development, product strategy, process reengineering and cost analysis.
  • Budgeting and forecasting experience.
Education:
  • A relevant graduate degree in Business (with Marketing) or Information Technology.
  • Programming knowledge will be advantageous.
Skills & Competencies:
  • Ability to analyze and interpret financial and operational data and prepare business reports, projections, and recommendations.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset.
  • Skill in examining and re-engineering operations and procedures, formulating policy, and developing and implementing new strategies and procedures.
  • Employee development and performance management skills.
  • Advanced verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community.
  • Active internet community member with presence extending to global and regional social networking and professional networking sites.
  • Ability to work under pressure.
If you meet the above requirements and would like to apply, please forward a comprehensive CV listing relevant skills and experience for attention of Minette Havemann to minette.havemann@media24.com quoting the reference CM/WWK/2011 in your subject line.

Applications Close on 06 October 2011

Interviews will take place 10-13th October 2011 in Nairobi.

Should you not hear from us within 1 month of the closing date, you may assume that your application was unsuccessful

QBU Business Development Manager Job Vacancy (Net Salary: 80,000-150,000 p.m.)


Our company provides the following solutions to its clients: Online / TV Program, Online Marketing, Advertisement Platform, Sales and Promotion Platform and Market research.

Its’ Clients are both Corporate / Organization entities and the general Public.

Quiz Show Ltd is looking to fill the Vacancy of a QBU Business Development Manager.

Responsibilities:
  • Conduct extensive market research prior to start up and continue gathering information throughout in the life of the Business.
  • Prepare a detailed business plan so you will not lose sight of your goals and objectives. Key focus is Marketing, Sales and Client care.
  • Intelligence gathering on customers and competitors generating sales leads.
  • Provide customers with quality service, building good rapport and loyal relationship.
  • Follow up on overall sales activity; undertake formal proposal writing and business model design.
  • Attend workshops, trade shows and seminars to keep up with changes and representing the company in a responsible, professional and mature way.
  • Adopt a team approach, works with the accounts manager in pursuit of common goals and making corporate business decisions.
  • Support and manage existing customers and develop new sales leads.
  • Use effective sales and marketing techniques to acquire new accounts.
  • Manage complete sales cycle right from prospection, relationship management up to collections.
  • Create quality leads by cross selling and up selling products.
  • Data Analysis and provide commercially useful information to existing and prospecting accounts.
  • Adherence to all business, departmental and customer policies, procedures and processes.
  • Ensure accurate and timely reporting of business.
  • Shall head the marketing, sales & client care departments [all structured within the QBU Business Development Department].
Requirements:
  • A degree in, Business Administration , Marketing or other relevant subject area;
  • This is an 8-5 working contract; Thus the individual or firm must be willing to give full time working hours.
  • Must be willing to work late hours and travel out of town including the weekends.
  • At least 3 years experience in business development.
  • Proactive and confident in approach.
  • Excellent communication skills; and a friendly and amiable person.
  • Proactive and confident in approach.
  • Leadership abilities.
  • Ability to maintain a high level of self motivation and to work with minimum supervision.
  • An ability to understand the needs of potential customers.
  • Proven ability to overcome objections.
  • A desire to make the most of opportunities available.
  • Able to build strong customer relationships based on trust and service delivery.
Interested candidates should submit an application letter, CV, attach the relevant testimonials and contact details of at least 3 referees. 

Closing date for receiving application is 28th September 2011.

Applications received past the deadline will not be accepted.

Location: Nairobi Area 

Wage/Salary: 80,000-150,000 (Amount is net – sales target commissions) 

Start: immediately 

Type: Full Time

How to apply: The recruitment agency needs to shortlist for us four people.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Regional Manager Job Vacancy - Nairobi, Kenya


Basic Purpose:

To procure high quality raw product, recruit and train suppliers in the region and generally manage the region efficiently and effectively in terms of product collection and delivery to the collection centres.

Key Responsibilities
  • Supervise Field Officers and entire staff working in the region in procurement of raw product.
  • Regulate raw product procurement to the levels required by the Company in allocated region.
  • Handle supplier complaints within the region.
  • Ensure that product procured meets the quality standards of the company.
  • Ensure continuous update on new developments within the industry with particular regard to quality and product management.
  • Organise and participate in Company field days and any other forums, so as to disseminate information to suppliers.
  • Pay particular attention to the economics of product procurement in all areas allocated.
  • Ensure that this is within set cost at all times.
  • Oversee and ensure smooth operations within the allocated areas
  • Ensure control of expenditure in the region
  • Oversee staff management and discipline
  • Submit daily, weekly and monthly reports and explain any variances.
Education and Experience

The ideal candidate should:
  • Be a Degree holder in Food Science and Technology or Agriculture or related field.
  • Be in possession of a Diploma in Agriculture
  • Have 5- 8 years experience in a similar role
  • Have good management skills
  • Possess good knowledge and understanding of Dairy Technology
  • Be skilled in Quality Management Systems
  • Be a good communicator, and have analytical and problem solving skills
  • Have tact, with ability to handle suppliers
Application Process

Interested candidates are requested to submit their applications on e-mail, together with the latest copy of CV, day time telephone number and details of their current remuneration to: recruit@idp-ea.com so as to be received on or before Friday 30th September 2011.

Data Management Assistant Job Vacancy - Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) - Nairobi, Kenya


The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is a not - for - profit organization formed in 2006 to work with African governments, farmers, donors, NGOs and the private sector to reduce hunger and poverty in Africa through agricultural development targeted at resource poor farmers.

AGRA has its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya and an office in Accra, Ghana.

AGRA is seeking to recruit a highly competent and experienced individual to fill the following position.

Data Management Assistant

This position will be based in Nairobi and will report to a Program Coordinator, Program for Africa’s Seed Systems (PASS).

Job Description

Scope: The Program for Africa’s Seed Systems (PASS) is a five-year, $150 million initiative aimed at increasing smallholder farmers’ crop yields through the development and supply of seed of improved crop varieties.

PASS is implemented via four sub-programs which fund:

1) post-graduate (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) training in plant breeding and/or seed technology;

2) breeding programs capable of generating higher-yielding, well-adapted crop varieties;

3) the creation and strengthening of private, independent seed enterprises; and,

4) the training and networking of village-level agro-dealers who market certified seed and fertilizers to smallholder farmers. PASS began operations in March, 2007.

PASS has been gathering detailed data from over 220 grants on seed production, breeding activities, demonstrations, field days, seed and fertilizer sold, and students enrolled and graduated etc.

A database has also been developed for this purpose, and is just becoming operational.

PASS, coming toward the end of its first phase of five years, is at a critical stage where accurate data is required to show progress and justify further funding. Data will also be used to establish gaps and potential linkages as PASS moves to its second phase. The need for collection of accurate, full and timely data cannot be overemphasized.

Responsibilities:

Data Management: The incumbent will be responsible for collection, organization, cleaning, entry and processing from grantees according to plans approved by the program director, program coordinator, and AGRA’s M&E unit.

This will include ensuring grantees have the requisite data sheets, preliminary grantee training on data recording, sending reminders on due dates, confirming data accuracy with grantees and program officers, recording data and dates of data received, generating monthly desktop, quarterly and annual reports.

The incumbent will likewise be responsible for uploading data into the PASS database and maintaining the overall functioning and updating of the database in consultation with AGRA IT unit.

Analysis and Data Presentation: The incumbent will be responsible for generating individual reports, tables, and figures from the collected data as required by PASS and AGRA staff or other partners such as donors.

In addition to collection and management of data for the database, the incumbent will be responsible for facts and figures which are currently maintained separately by PASS program staff which are not compatible with the database at the moment.

These include but are not limited to: post-graduate student information, training course participants, crop release traits and release data, contacts of seed affiliates, master tables and sub-tables for seed production, and tracking disbursement of loans by seed company funds.

This will be centrally maintained by the incumbent and constantly updated, and late incorporated in the larger MIS database being developed. Once developed, overall responsibility for updating this new database will form part of the responsibilities.

The incumbent will work closely with AGRA IT department, and other providers to ensure that the database is always functional, and raise any arising issues immediately.

Follow up on reports: One-third of PASS grantees are required to submit reports quarterly, while the rest report half-yearly. All grantee payments are dependent on receipt and approval of the reports. The incumbent will work with the respective program assistants and the PASS program coordinator to ensure timely grantee reporting, approvals and disbursements.

Travel grants: PASS makes approximately 20 travel grants that need to be generated, approved, paid out and accounted for. This will be handled by the incumbent.

GIFTS entries: The incumbent will be expected to update grant and grantee records as need arises.

Meeting assistance: The incumbent will be required to assist in arranging program meetings as required.

Backstop support to Program Officers and any other related duties.

Qualifications: First degree from a recognized university in computer systems, or related field.

Experience: 2 years’ working with databases including direct data entry, sorting, cleaning and generation of reports.

Special Attributes: Thorough, accurate, attention to detail, ability to work under minimal supervision, ability to work under tight deadlines.

Reporting: This position reports to the Program Coordinator PASS, and has secondary reporting to the M&E Program Officer assigned to the PASS program.

Applicants should submit their applications with a detailed CV, stating their current position, remuneration, e-mail and telephone contacts, quoting reference number DMA/09-11 on both the application letter and envelope.

To be considered your application must be received by 7 October, 2011 addressed to:

The Director
Executive Selection Division
Deloitte Consulting Limited
Deloitte Place, Waiyaki Way Muthangari, Westlands
P O Box 40092 00100, Nairobi, Kenya

or by email: agra@deloitte.co.ke

Tel: +254 20 423 0000

Fax: +254 20 444 8966

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