Tuesday, 12 March 2013

Office Furniture and Equipment Sales Executive Job in Kenya

Sales Executive
 
Location: Nairobi
 
Our client, a successful supplier of office furniture and equipment and rated among the 100 most successful SMEs on Kenya is looking for a Sales Executive who will be responsible for planning and carrying  out sales activities on assigned accounts or areas. 
The successful candidate will also be responsible for ensuring customer satisfaction and managing quality of products and service delivery.
 
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
  • Achieve 100 % of set sales targets
  • Generate and qualify leads
  • Prepare sales action plans and strategies
  • Schedule sales activity
  • Develop and maintain a customer database
  • Make sales calls and send E-mails to new and existing clients
  • Develop and make presentations of company products and services to current and potential clients
  • Negotiate prices, payment and delivery dates with clients
  • Develop sales proposals and introduction letter
  • Conduct product training to customers and new staff
  • Maintain sales activity records and prepare sales reports
  • Respond to sales inquiries and concerns by phone, electronically or in person
  • Follow up on sales activities /quotations
  • Participate in sales events/exhibition
  • Monitor Competitors, market conditions and product development
  • Attend to customers in the showroom when called upon
  • Preparation of tenders and prequalification
  • Provide timely solutions to all customer queries and complaints
Qualifications, Training and Experience
  • Diploma in Sales and Marketing
  • 3 years Experience in sales
  • Experience in making presentations
  • Knowledge on basic business principles
  • Knowledge of principles and practical sales
  • Knowledge of customer service principles
To apply, send your CV and cover letter to recruit@flexi-personnel.com before Friday 15th March, 2013. 
Clearly indicate the position applied for and the minimum salary expectation on the subject line.

Accounts Clerk Job in Kenya

My client needs to recruit an accounts clerk with the following minimum criteria:

He/she should be partly qualified – CPA/ACCA

Delivering quality work in time

Being experienced will be an added value

The following is the guideline to his/her responsibilities:
  • Matching and posting of supplier invoices and credit notes/ preparation of supplier remittance/ allocation of supplier payments and credit notes.
  • Reconciliation of supplier accounts with statements / follow up on outstanding invoices and credit notes.
  • Printing /filling day books. Passing journals and generation of clients’ invoices.
  • Assisting in stock take exercise and random stock checks
  • Reconciliation of stock balances with physical stocks
  • Posting monthly/quarterly stock adjustments
  • Maintaining an updated filing system
  • Maintain register of insurance policies
  • Remitting monthly statutory deductions
  • Filing of VAT returns and preparation of monthly bank reconciliations.
Package is Ksh 20,000

Email CV to MRiona165@gmail.com by 19th of March 2013

French Speaking Auditor Job in Kenya

Job Title: French Speaking Auditor
 
Deadline: 20/03/2013
 
Email: recruit@odumont.com

Job purpose

 
Reporting to the Head of Audit, the main purpose of the role is to ensure effective compliance and implementation of internal controls systems policies and procedures.
 
The preferred candidate MUST be fluent in written and spoken French.
 
Among others, key accountabilities will include:-
  • Reviewing the adequacy of existing accounting systems and controls and recommending effective internal controls
  • Carrying out regular audits to ensure compliance with approved management policies, procedures and controls
  • Participating in identifying and assessing operational and financial risks that the company faces and the counter measures required to manage and mitigate the risks
  • Preparing audit schedules and time tables
  • Perform efficiency and value for money audits to ensure that utilizations of resources is in accordance with plans and budgets and in conformity with company requirements
  • Preparing timely and accurate audit reports and distributing to appropriate users.
  • Carrying out cycle audits with emphasis in the areas assigned to (Revenue, Payments or Production.)
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
  • Bachelors’ degree in Commerce/ Finance or Business Administration
  • A qualified Accountant (CPA(K), / ACCA or equivalent) and be a member of ICPAK
  • Fluent in written, and spoken French is a must
  • A team player with excellent communication skills, attention to detail, problem solving, analytical and interpersonal skills
  • Sound knowledge of internal controls and risk management
  • High standards of ethics and values
  • Hands-on experience for at least Four (4) years in a comparable role
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 20 March 2013. 
Only short listed candidates will be contacted

Friday, 8 March 2013

Living Goods Mobile Technology Manager Job in Kenya

Mobile Technology Manager
 
Mobile phones are transforming lives all over the world, most dramatically in developing countries. 
At Living Goods we believe that mobile technology will become our single most transformative tool for success: empowering our agents to sell and earn more, dramatically lowering our cost to market and monitor, enabling real time sales force management and igniting social connections that drive impact and business success. 
To accelerate the development of our powerful mobile technology platform, Living Goods seeks an energetic and resourceful Mobile Technology Manager.
This position will be responsible for fully leveraging and expanding our mobile system including new services, tools, and strategies that improve our profitability and deepen our impact.
 
About Living Goods
 
We believe that the poor are not helpless victims; they are resilient entrepreneurs and value conscious consumers.  
We empower the poor through our networks of ‘Avon-like’ micro-entrepreneurs who go door-to-door teaching families how to improve their health and wealth while selling affordable, high-impact products like simple treatments for malaria and diarrhea, fortified foods, water filters, clean cookstoves, and solar lights. 
Living Goods seeks nothing less than a disruptive reinvention of distribution in the developing world, through networks of franchised micro-entrepreneurs who leverage Living Goods’ brand, buying power and mobile marketing tools to deliver vital products at accessible prices to the people who need them most. 
By combining the best practices from the worlds of micro-enterprise, franchising and public health, Living Goods is creating a fully sustainable system to improve the health, wealth, and productivity of the world’s poor.
 
Read more about our innovative organization as featured in The New York Times, The Economist, Fast Company,and NPR. www.livinggoods.org/news-media/news/

Responsibilities
  • Proactively lead the continued development of Living Goods mobile technology platform and suite of tools and services including: performance management systems, mobile money integration, direct response marketing, social selling tools, customer insight capabilities, and more.
  • Ensure universal adoption and deep engagement with our mobile tools across all our field teams in East Africa.
  • Manage and cultivate relationships with best in class technology contractors.
  • Research and adapt best practices in mobile marketing strategies and tools for improving health and livelihoods among base of the pyramid consumers.
Qualifications
  • 4-6 years of work experience focused on mobile technology; preference to candidates with emerging market experience.
  • Strong project management skills, experienced in managing projects that involve coding/software development, field testing, user training, etc.
  • Experience working with culturally diverse teams in developing countries, preferably in Sub Saharan Africa.
  • Willingness to travel up to 50% of the year, mostly overseas.
  • University degree required, preference to candidates with Information Technology, Computer Science, or Business degrees.
Life at Living Goods
 
Living Goods seeks nothing less than a disruptive reinvention of high-impact product distribution in the developing world. We think big but we operate small and nimble. 
At Living Goods you will have the chance to work with an extraordinary team of changemakers to conceive and test innovative ideas every day. If you work well in a dynamic, highly collaborative culture, if you set high standards for yourself and your colleagues, if you know how to fail fast and learn fast, and if you meet challenges with calm determination and a sense of humor, you will fit right in at Living Goods. 
See www.livinggoods.org/principles.

Compensation
 
A competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience including health, vacation, 401k, and bonus opportunity.  The opportunity to be your best while making lives better for those in need.

How to Apply
 
Please submit a single file with resume/CV and cover letter to jobs@livinggoods.org. 
Kindly include:
  • How you heard about this position.
  • Current and desired salary.
  • Optional - Links to any content that helps us know you better: LinkedIn, Twitter, blog, or relevant work samples.
  • Please include “Mobile Technology Manager” in the subject line.
For more information about Living Goods, please visit: www.livinggoods.org
 
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