Senior Sales Executive Job in Nairobi Kenya

Position: Senior Sales Executive

Location: Nairobi

Our client an international manufacturing firm in the packaging industry is looking for a Senior Sales executive to run a manufacturing plant.

The successful candidate will be in charge of handling and growing the business.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Build and manage a sales force and distribution network capable of marketing and selling the company full product line in the market.
• Measure the sales teams progress against leading indicators
• Grow product sales for the company and hit high volume targets
• Engage a range of distribution partners, including multi-national corporations and regional distributors.
• Assist in negotiating pricing, terms and conditions with distributors
• Forecast sales volumes, profit margins, and net profit and achieve clearly defined, mutually agreed upon revenue/gross profit targets
• Deliver innovative business models, branding, and marketing approaches
• Work closely with the company’s manufacturing and design officers to consistently improve their product line.
• Train sales representatives, assign territories and help develop leads.

Qualification and Experience

• At least a Diploma in Sales and Marketing or any other business related field
• Should have minimum of 5 to 7 years of field experience.
• Should possess selling experience from Packaging Industries, Industrial Equipments / consumables.
• Should be proactive, independent, aggressive and passionate about the client business
• Willing to handle the business as his own
• Good interpersonal skills
• A person of integrity
• Creative, professional, strong leadership and communication skills,

To apply, send your CV only with no other attachments to recruit@flexi-personnel.com before Monday 26th March 2012.

Clearly indicate the position applied for and the minimum salary expectation on the subject line

Branch Manager Job in Nakuru Kenya

Hawkins Associates Ltd

Branch Manager - Nakuru

Ref. No:116/BG/FN

This position is available immediately with our client, a market leader in Kenya's insurance industry.

The successful candidate will be in charge of the company's South Rift operations, coordination and supervision of the marketing team and agency force with a view to raising productivity and customer service to achieve business plan targets.

The following are among the key responsibilities of this position:-

• Acquiring new business in accordance with set targets and criteria.
• Formulating appropriate marketing strategies, focused on increasing the company's market share in the South Rift region.
• Ensuring continuous improvement of customer satisfaction by implementing appropriate customer service initiatives.
• Developing and implementing effective business retention strategies.
• Co-ordinating recruitment, development and retention programmes for sales teams in the branch.
• Building and motivating a strong team which constantly delivers superior results.

We invite applications from Kenya citizens who:

• Hold at least a Bachelors degree in a business related field.
• Hold an ACII qualification or be within reach of attaining full qualification.
• Have a minimum of 5 years experience in a similar position, preferably in the insurance industry.
• Have a demonstrable track record of business production.
• Have excellent interpersonal, organizational and administrative skills, especially adept at setting priorities and mobilizing teams towards achieving set goals.
• Have the ability to engender strong working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels.

Our client will offer a competitive remuneration package and excellent opportunities for further career advancement.

Send your application letter and CV- do not attach certificates/testimonials and state how your experience matches the specification, quoting job Ref. No. to hawkins.associates@khigroup.com

Examinations Officer (Insurance) Job in Kenya - Insurance Training and Education Trust (ITET)

Hawkins Associates Ltd

Examinations Officer - Insurance

Ref. No.: 86/AH/FN

The Insurance Training and Education Trust (ITET) is the leading provider of training in insurance and related studies within Eastern and Central Africa.

The Trust is looking for a dynamic, self-motivated, result-oriented and innovative individual to take up the position of Examinations Officer within its Examinations Secretariat.

Working closely with the Examinations Secretary and deputizing him when necessary, the successful candidate will assist in the following key tasks:-

• Development of new syllabuses, rules & regulations as well as reviewing existing ones;
• Conduct regular research on examinations to ensure relevance and validity;
• Identification and training of setters, moderators and markers of examinations;
• Preparation and finalization of examination papers with designated setters;
• Selection of examination centers and supervision of invigilators;
• Ensuring that all examination scripts are accounted for and strict procedures for examinations are followed
• Processing of examination results and dispatch of results slips and certificates to candidates;
• Analysis and dissemination of approved statistical data to candidates and institutions

Knowledge and Skills requirements:

• At least a first degree preferably in education
• A professional qualification in insurance such as AIIK, ACII, FLMI or equivalent;
• At least five years experience in a similar environment or in insurance;
• Unquestionable integrity, high accuracy and reliability;
• Proven ability to work without supervision and meet tight deadlines.

Closing date for receipt of applications: Wednesday 28th March 2012.

Send your application letter and CV- do not attach certificates/testimonials and state how your experience matches the specification, quoting job Ref. No. to hawkins.associates@khigroup. com

FSD Kenya - Lead SME Finance Specialist Job Vacancy (Re-Advertised)

The Opportunity - Lead SME Finance Specialist

Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Kenya requires an outstanding individual who will be the innovative heart of an exciting new project, GrowthCap to develop all the technical material required to support the Kenyan financial sector to build the capacity necessary to provide high quality SME centred financial products and services.

Based full time in Nairobi, Kenya the SME finance specialist will:

• Establish comprehensive skill gaps in growth finance oriented institutions.
• Develop practical solutions to specific identified needs.
• Pilot test the solutions within select financial institutions.
• Refine solutions through repeated implementation.
• Document refined solution in a how- to manual or toolkit
• Develop and oversee formal training to scale up toolkit use.

Who we need

The ideal candidate will:

• Possess a graduate degree in finance, strategy, business management, or equivalent qualification.
• Have at least 8 years of financial industry experience.
• Have 5 years or more of progressive SME finance experience.
• Demonstrate clear understanding of SME finance issues in a developing economy context.
• Possess excellent communication skills.

For more details, download the ToRs from our website’s Opportunities page (click here to download).

Interested?

If you want to make a significant positive difference in financial inclusion for SMEs in Kenya and possess the right combination of expertise and insight, FSD is looking for you.

Please send a covering letter and CV by email to Lydiah Kioko (Lydiah@fsdkenya.org).

Please put ‘’SME finance specialist’’ in the subject line.

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted to set up an interview.

Applications must be received not later than Friday 6th April 2012.

FSD Kenya operates as an independent Trust registered in Kenya under the supervision of professional trustees, with policy guidance from its programme investment committee.

Finance is provided by a number of leading development agencies including the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), the World Bank, the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation together with the Government of Kenya.

Further information can be obtained at our web site: www.fsdkenya.org