Tuesday, 3 January 2012

General Manager - Kisumu, Kenya

Position: General Manager – Hotel

Location: Kisumu

Company profile: Our client is a hotel that offers first class accommodation combined with ultra-modern conference facilities and choice of top of the range bars and restaurants makes any guest's business and leisure a pleasure.

Reporting to: Directors

Main Purpose of the position:

To oversee all aspects of hotel in accordance with Company mission statement, including maximization of financial performance, guest satisfaction, and staff development within established quality standards.

Responsible for the hiring, training and discipline of all hotel staff

Main Responsibilities:
  • Creates an operating environment that assures consistent guest satisfaction.
  • Monitors the performance of the hotel through verification and analysis of guest satisfaction systems and financial reports. Initiates corrective action.
  • Maintains product and service quality standards by conducting ongoing evaluations and investigating complaints. Initiates corrective action.
  • Develops accurate and aggressive long and short-range financial objectives consistent with the Company's mission statement.
  • Prepares financial reports for management that clearly explain operational effectiveness, trends and variances.
  • Establishes and maintains a pro-active human resource function to ensure employee motivation, training and development, wage and benefits administration, and compliance with established labor regulations.
  • Maintains an appropriate level of community public affairs involvement.
  • Executes marketing, sales, and operational activities, producing results that meet or exceed the hotel’s business plan.
  • Ensures good safety practices of employees and guests, assisting in the maintenance of proper emergency and security procedures.
  • Establishes and maintains applicable preventive maintenance programs to protect the physical assets of the hotel.
  • Implements and maintains effective open-door communication system that crosses departmental lines in order to reach all employees.
  • Understands the government regulations affecting hotel’s operations, ensuring hotel is operated in compliance with all applicable laws, ordinances, regulations, and requirements of any local municipal authority.
  • Deals with the general public, customers, employees, union and government officials with tact and courtesy.
  • Plans and organizes the work of others.
  • Accepts full responsibility for managing an activity.
  • Other duties may be assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:

Typically, directly supervises all employees at the hotel, including all department heads.

Indirectly supervises all hotel personnel. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the Company’s policies, training programs, and applicable laws.

Responsibilities include recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Education and/or Experience:
  • A Bachelor’s Degree/Higher Diploma in Hotel Management
  • Must have not less than 3 years’ experience in a similar capacity
  • Knowledge of financial management
  • Good knowledge of the Hospitality industry
  • Proven leadership skills
  • Excellent computer skills
  • Must show initiative, innovation and high level efficiency
  • Must be a person of high integrity with excellent PR and management skills
To apply for this position send your CV to mycv@myjobseye.com quoting the position in the subject line and preferred location.

Kindly also mention your current/ last salary and benefits.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Logistics Manager - Mombasa, Kenya

Job Title: Logistics Manager

Location: Mombasa

Company Profile:

Our client is one of the largest manufacturers of edible oils, fat and laundry bar soap in the region

Main Responsibilities
  • End responsible for warehousing and transportation departments
  • Responsible for all Inbound and Outbound transportation
  • Efficiency in Forklifts utilization and maintenance
  • Effective transportation planning both own and outsource
  • Efficiency of truck utilization and cost
  • Monitor, maintenance and develop proper preventive maintenance plan as well as make sure trucks are well maintained
  • Ensure training and job competency of direct reports.
  • Adherence to KBS Act 2005
  • Adherence to NEMA Act 2003
Required Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience
  • Degree in Logistics Management or related field
  • At least 5 years of Logistics management, materials management, manufacturing or master planning-scheduling and/or combination of education and experience.
  • Computer Literacy is a must for this position. Familiarity with ERP system such as Oracle will be an added advantage.
  • Ability to work independently in an FMCG industry.
  • Can cope with stress, pressure & extended working hours if required.
Functional Competencies
  • ERP Planning Concept
  • Advanced Planning & materials management
  • Advanced Warehouse Management
  • Advanced Transportation Management
Behavioral Competencies
  • Proactive
  • Result Oriented
  • Good training abilities
  • Advanced analytical skill
  • Excellent Leadership skill
  • Problem and trouble shootings skill
To apply for this position send your CV to mycv@myjobseye.com quoting the position in the subject line.

Kindly also mention your current/ last salary and benefits.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Retail Manager

Our Client, in the manufacturing industry of Hardware (tools, building materials, industrial equipment), home-ware (garden and home accessories) and super store, is seeking to fill the position of a Retail Manager who will report to the CEO.

Overall Purpose of the Job:

The retail manager, will be responsible for running a chain of retail outlets. This could mean anything from a large supermarket to a small independent store. The principal responsibility of the retail manager will be handling and overseeing all the day-to-day processes that are carried out in the stores.

Specific Roles and Responsibilities:

Brand Visibility
  • Build strong client base through effective promotional marketing by setting up promotional displays and materials Present new marketing strategies to widen audience reach
  • Approve visual store displays, prints and TV ads
  • Create store presentations, ideas, and concept to successfully promote store merchandises
  • Promoting the organization locally by liaising with newspapers and the clients in general
Business Development
  • Analyzing sales figures and forecasting future sales volumes to maximize profits.
  • Implement marketing plans and effective store strategies to improve sales
  • Updating colleagues on business performance, new initiatives and other pertinent issues;
  • Maintaining awareness of market trends in the retail industry, understanding forthcoming customer initiatives and monitoring what local competitors are doing;
  • Initiating changes to improve the business.
Customer Relations
  • Ensuring standards for quality, customer service and health and safety are met.
  • Responding to customer complaints and comments.
  • Engaging with the clients on the floor regularly
In-store Merchandising
  • Review visual merchandising of the store on regular basis and make changes according to change in environment and customer feedback.
  • Make special arrangements to strategically display certain goods within the store to attract customer.
  • Prepare visual merchandising strategy & Plan.
  • Spearhead in-store promotion to boost sales.
Inventory Management
  • Managing stock levels and making key decisions about stock control.
  • Setting up control systems for data analysis and forward planning.
  • Oversee inventory management
Team management
  • Managing and motivating the team to increase sales and ensure efficiency.
  • Dealing with staffing issues such as interviewing potential staff, conducting appraisals and performance reviews, as well as providing or organizing training and development;
  • In conjunction with the HR manager, resolving health and safety, legal and security issues
How to apply:

If you are interested in the position and have the skills and talents our client is looking for, we would like to hear from you.

Please forward a copy of your updated resume, and your current salary and benefits package to info@dorbe-leit.co.ke before close of business 10th January 2012.

Only successful candidates will be contacted

Head of Business Development

Our client is a Kenyan based ICT organization which has been in business for over 21 years.

It is one of East Africa’s strongest ICT business houses with regional offices in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda.

They are looking to fill the position of a Head of Business Development who will report to the CEO.

Overall Purpose of the Job

To increase business opportunities for the organization by developing and executing strategies that will complement the adopted organizational Brand Strategy, enhance the smooth running of the organization, customer acquisition, product development and product distribution.

Specific Roles and Responsibilities
  • Responsible for planning, organizing, control & monitoring the sales force
  • Responsible for defining, approving and implementation and monitoring of the annual budget for the company, divisions, business units and sales executives
  • Advise Directors on strategic issues related to the sales function
  • Develop operational and management policies
  • Develop a detailed sales forecasting system that includes a sales quotation register, lost sales register, pending orders register;
  • Maintain close relationship with other Business Unit heads
  • Evaluate with the management team, other proposals, and reports.
  • Maintain financial control of the department
  • Evaluate and recommend training needs of the sales force – both technical and non-technical training.
Candidate
  • Over 35 years old.
  • Over 10 years experience in sales profession – the last 2 or 3 in a management position
  • Should have exceeded sales targets regularly
  • Should be well versed in sales management systems, techniques and report generation
  • Should be able to motivate, educate and drive a large educated/technical Sales force with a view of expanding into the region
  • Should be highly motivated, results driven and a good team player.
  • Needs to understand Strategy and Sales Operations and be able to contribute to the management team
  • Should be able to travel and communicate with multinational vendors on their strategy for the region and help implement this!
How to apply:

If you are interested in the position and have the skills and talents our client is looking for, we would like to hear from you.

Please forward a copy of your updated resume, and your current salary and benefits package to info@dorbe-leit.co.ke before close of business 10th January 2012.

Only successful candidates will be contacted

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