Head, Trade Marketing

Head, Trade Marketing    

Industry: FMCG
Location: Nairobi    
Supervisor/Manager’s Title:  Country Manager - EA

Job Purpose:

The Head of Trade Marketing Manager plays a key role within the country sales team, driving excellence in store (4P) execution across key customers/key accounts/Key Channels for all Categories present in the country category/brand portfolio. 

The role will also focus on building expert knowledge in our key categories and sharing this with the customer in order to build long term partnerships and increase profit and sales.

The role will initially be supported by a Trade Marketing Manager and grow with business to a team of TMMs

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Develops country/customer 4P strategy and tactics in line with respective sales and marketing directors, and building on global 4P strategy
• Defines Category trade marketing KPIs across all categories in the country
• Leads the country Trade Marketing team and Represents the country in Global Trade Marketing Meetings
• Defines and manages the trade marketing budget
• Contributes to category marketing plans, with customer & category analysis and promotional strategy
• Continuous analysis of the competitive and customer’s position in the country, works together with the sales director to develop long-term trade marketing actions and strategy aimed at strengthening the organization’s position in the each of our categories
• Leads and supports trade marketing team in developing and implementing the promotional strategy (in line with brand priorities and media plans) across customers
• Presenting Category strategies/ vision and 4P strategy to our customers
• Key contact for the Marketing Director and Brand Marketing team with regards to all promotional and customer actions
• Support the Sales Teams with defining strategies and actions to achieve business objectives with key customers, channels, geographies.
• Define and implement Local Success Models for each brand, based on global learnings and tailored to local ground realities

Key Responsibilities :

Translate brand marketing actions into winning customer marketing actions
Competing in an increasingly competitive environment to achieve a leading position (category champion) in the key categories
Leads within the country the development and implementation of category management strategies
Increasing the organization’s in store presence in our categories, strengthening our brands, optimizing product assortment, and promotional strategy.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty  Satisfactorily.  

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required

• At least 7-8 years experience in sales/trade marketing/marketing roles within an FMCG environment
• Educated to minimum bachelors degree level ideally in a business related subject - from a recognised University
• Very Good Communication and Interpersonal Skills
• Ability to Manage Data
• Tenacious and resilient, driven to achieve even when faced with obstacles
• Leadership and interpersonal skills capable of building strong working relationships and influencing and customers and internal teams
• Strong commercial understanding of business issues/opportunities
• Strong understanding of sales and marketing strategy and planning issues
• Strong analytical skills with ability to develop strategies, tactics and measurable implementation

Please log on to our website: www.kimberly-ryan.net to apply.

HR Officer

HR Officer

Email: recruit@odumont.com
Deadline: 18TH June 2012

Overall Purpose of the Job

• To ensure that the Bank’s remuneration and benefits facilities are in line with the market. 
• To Research, recommend and implement competitive remuneration packages to retain the current workforce and attract potential employees.
• To ensure that the current remuneration and benefits facility runs efficiently and effectively and on time. 
• Support the HR team on all matters related to employee relations

Key Responsibilities

• Development and implementation of compensation and benefits policy

1. Reward system management (salary structure, grading system, bonus scheme)
2. Research and review of the Bank’s benefits scheme (medical, pension, life cover, other cash and non-cash benefits)
3.  Retention programme

• Monthly payroll
• Custodian of job evaluation process in accordance to changes in the Bank
• Performance Management
• Manage the Bank’s provident fund scheme and group life scheme
• Staff satisfaction survey and review
• Manage and evaluation of the staff exit programme (retirement voluntary and normal , exit interviews)
• Management of the HRIS system
• TAT register monitoring for the entire bank
• Other duties as assigned or requested

Job Specifications

Academic Qualifications

• A Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, Social Sciences or Human Resources from a recognized university

Professional Qualifications

• Post graduate Higher Diploma in Human Resource Management
• Accounting knowledge
• Certificate of workplace counseling from a recognized institution added advantage

Skills and Experience

• 3 year’s experience in a similar position
• Conversant with the employment laws
• Good organization skills
• Good analytical and communication skills
• Good working knowledge with Excel
• Computer literacy

Competences

• Ability to keep abreast with the industry practices

Application Process

Interested candidates are invited to strictly email their cover letter and CV, clearly detailing their current remuneration and expectations to recruit@odumont.com  before end of day 18 June 2012. 

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Assistant Reinsurance Manager

Assistant Reinsurance Manager

Our client in the insurance industry is looking to fill the position of an Assistant Reinsurance Manager who will report to the Underwriting Manager.

Overall Purpose of Job

This position acts as a support unit for the underwriting department, as well as ensuring that the company is well protected through adequate reinsurance programs.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support individual departments with all Reinsurance-related issues
• Review and recommend for approval Reinsurance contract wordings
• Use the system to resolve all treaty coding issues
• Ensure that the Company deals with reputable reinsurance companies at all times
• Timely processing of statutory returns
• Processing and negotiating competitive treaty renewal terms
• Placement of facultative business. Both inward and outward
• Preparing reinsurance reports for management
• Ensuring timely processing of recoveries
• Ensuring that the Company’s reinsurance programs are adequate & cost effective
• Processing of branch credit notes and refunds
• Processing of Insurance Premium Finance applications
• Management of COMESA yellow cards
• Any other duties assigned by management in line with task

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business from recognized university.
• 5 papers in ACII or equivalent
• 4 years relevant experience

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 18th June 2012. 

Only successful candidates will be contacted. 

For more vacancies visit our website www.dorbe-leit.co.ke

Internal Audit Manager

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Job Objective:

• To provide independent assurance that the Group’s risk management, governance and internal control processes are operating effectively.
• Carry out an independent appraisal of the effectiveness and efficiency of the policies, procedures, systems and standards by which the Group’s financial, physical and information resources are managed.
• Add value by acting as a facilitator in business risk management and carrying out value for money reviews, thereby assisting the management in the effective discharge of their responsibilities.

Duty and Responsibilities:

• To work with Group’s Management to ensure systems are in place which in turn ensures that all major risks of the Group are identified and analysed, on an annual basis.
• To plan, organise and carry out the internal audit function including the preparation of an audit plan which fulfils the responsibility of the Department, scheduling and assigning work and estimating resource needs.
• To report to both the Audit Committee and Management on the policies, programmes and activities of the Department.
• To coordinate coverage with the external auditors and ensure that each party is not only aware of the other's work but also well briefed on areas of concern.
• To make recommendations on the systems and procedures being reviewed, report on the findings and recommendations and monitor management's response and implementation.
• To conduct any reviews or tasks requested by Management or the Audit Committee, provided such reviews and tasks do not compromise the independence or objectivity of the internal audit function.
• To provide both Management and the Audit Committee with an opinion on the internal controls in the Group.

Job Specifications

Academic: CPA (K) Qualifications,

Professional: Accounting Qualifications

Experience : Six Years & Above

Age: 35 Years & Above
   
Work related skills:        

• Highly analytical skills
• Team Player
• Skills in report writing
• Good communication skills

Application Process

Interested candidates are invited to strictly email their cover letter and CV, clearly detailing their current remuneration and expectations to recruit@odumont.com  before end of day 18 June 2012. 

Only short listed candidates will be contacted