15 Positions - Area Trade Managers

World Class Job Opportunities at a Leading FMCG Manufacturing and Processing Company

Our Client is a leading integrated manufacturing concern with products covering a wide spectrum of domestic use and with operations across the East, Central and Southern Africa region. 

Due to market growth and desire to increase and support its brand presence; the company is seeking for qualified, self-driven, innovative, energetic and go getter professionals to be part of its great team. 

The positions up for grabs are Area Trade Managers.
 

Area Trade Managers 

(15 Positions)

Role Overview: Area trade manager will have a shared responsibility with the Marketing and Sales teams to develop alignment and support to category strategies, concepts, and initiatives, bringing business plans to life at retail. 

The ATM provides customer and marketplace perspective, as well as recommendations for improvements

Key Responsibilities

• Develop effective and efficient customer promotional programs and shopper marketing initiatives.
• Liaise with Sales & Marketing team in the development and delivery of Brand/Sales Plans in order to coordinate and activate in market.
• Manage the design and creation of selling materials, coordinating with Sales/Marketing to convey Brand messaging in alignment with the 4 P's: Pricing, Promotion, Product and Placement.
• Ownership of developing creative in-store promotions which are aligned to Sales Fundamental targets and deliver volume and trade return, including all sales tools.
• Manage all logistics associated with the creation of merchandising projects (i.e. collection of quotes from suppliers, collaborate with Finance, manage timelines etc.)
• Supports local teams in the execution of the activities and in achieving their sales and budget objectives, while ensuring the desired product benefits and brand values/equity are properly communicated.
• Ensures that the local feedback is taken into account by regularly visiting sales teams, customers and stores.
• Ensures efficient spending of central budget and supervises the trade marketing spending in the subsidiaries 

Skills & qualifications

• Plan and manage the Trade Marketing budget to ensure cost effective initiatives are being used. Regular monitoring and reporting of costs vs. budget 
•  Maintaining and increasing sales of your company's products
• Reaching the targets and goals set for your area
• Establishing, maintaining and expanding your customer base
• Servicing the needs of your existing customers
• Increasing business opportunities through various routes to market
• Setting sales targets for individual reps and your team as a whole
• Allocating areas to sales representatives
• Developing sales strategies and setting targets
• Monitoring your team's performance and motivating them to reach targets
• Compiling and analysing sales figures
• Dealing with some major customer accounts yourself
• Collecting customer feedback and market research
• Reporting to senior managers
• Keeping up to date with products and competitors

Academic Qualification

• Degree in marketing or its equivalent is a must.
• Masters and or any other further qualification in marketing / trade marketing is an added advantage
• Years of Experience: 3-5 years’ experience in FMCG industry or related field.

Person specifications;-

• Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as excellent interpersonal skills and analytical and problem solving abilities
• Strong computer proficiency in Microsoft Excel, or other syndicated data and competent in PowerPoint
• l and team work relationship is needed
• Capability in dealing with complexity in a multinational environment is needed
• Energetic, organized and business-driven approach is highly recommended
• Engaged and with structured and strong communication skills
• An affective hands-on approach together with fearless of challenges are appreciated
• Good role-based leadership and decision making are highly appreciated
• Excellent sales and negotiation skills
• Good business sense
• The ability to motivate and lead a team
• Initiative and enthusiasm
• Excellent communication and 'people skills'
• Good planning and organisational skills
• The ability to work calmly under pressure
• Good IT, budget and report writing skills
• A full driving licence
• Foreign language skills are increasingly useful

If you believe you have the qualifications and experience to match this role, please submit your application with a detailed CV, stating your current position, remuneration, email, telephone contacts, and names and addresses of three referees to:  recruit.esquire@gmail.com .  

Application to be received on or before 15th  June 2015

Stores General Worker

Hoggers limited is a leading food service retailer in Kenya.  Our brands in Kenya include Steers, Debonairs and Ocean Basket.
 

We would like to recruit a Stores General Worker for our Central Production Unit.
 

The jobholder will be responsible for assisting with the general stores function, receiving and issuing goods, maintaining the stores in a clean and tidy condition.

Responsibilities

• Receives and inspects all incoming materials and reconciles with purchase orders; processes and distributes documentation with purchase orders; reports, documents and tracks damages and discrepancies on orders received.
• Makes stores deliveries of requested materials; maintains records of all deliveries.
• Receives, stores, tags and tracks surplus material; prepares lists for items to be sold
• Maintains the warehouse, records area and stores area in a neat and orderly manner.
• Check all stocks received into and going out of the stores to ensure accurate records are kept in securing the company's assets
• Proper records of all stocks movements are achieved thereby ensuring reliable data is proved
• Stocks to be supplied in a timely fashion to the stores

Responsibilities

• Certificate or a related tertiary course
• Minimum 1-2 years experience
• Willing to lift loads to and from delivery vehicles
• Flexible and keen to detail

If you are interested in the position and have the skills and talents we are looking for, Please send a copy of your updated resume, salary and benefits to jobs@steers.co.ke with the job title STORES GENERAL WORKER - CPU as the subject by  4th June, 2015 12:00noon. 

Only successful candidates will be contacted.

Head Master / Mistress

We are a Nairobi based Primary School looking for a dynamic Head Master / Mistress to bring in culture of teamwork and excellence.
 

Requirements:

• 15-20 years experience in teaching and administrative positions (STRICTLY).
• Subjects of preference are: Science, Mathematics and Social Studies.

Retired teachers are encouraged to apply. 

Female applicants are also encouraged to apply. 

The position is to be filled immediately, so late applications will not be considered, neither will those who do not meet the requirements.

Send your CV to kenyashule@gmail.com. 

Deadline 5th June 2015

Safety and Security Intern

Save the Children

Vacancy: Safety and Security Intern 
 

Position Code: SCI/SECITN/03-2015

Team / Programme: Safety and Security

Location: Nairobi 
 

Grade: Internship

Post Type: National
 

Child Safeguarding: Level 3 - the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people

Role Purpose: Under the guidance and supervision of the Security Manager, the security intern will carry out routine safety and security tasks as shall be assigned by the Security Manager. The post holder will work in close collaboration with and support all Safety and Security Focal Points (SSFPs) countrywide.

 

Reports to: Safety and Security Manager

Dimensions: Save the Children has been operational in Kenya since the 1950s, providing support to children through developmental and humanitarian relief programmes delivered both directly and through local partners. 

Current programming focuses on child protection, child rights governance, education, health, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods, nutrition and WASH. 

In 2012, as part of a global reorganization process, Save the Children combined the programmes of SC UK, SC Canada and SC Finland to create a single operation in Kenya.

 In Feb 2014, we completed a second transition, which saw us join forces with the British INGO, Merlin, and merge their health and nutrition programmes with our own. 

Save the Children now has an operational presence in Bungoma, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Garissa, Mandera, Turkana and Wajir and we work through partners in many other parts of the country. 

We employ nearly 300 staff and will have an operating annual budget in 2015 of approximately US$20-25 million

Staff directly reporting to this post: None

Key Areas of Accountability:

Routine Safety and Security Manager Duties

• Carry out security briefings for new staffs and International staffs visiting  the SC country offices
• Provide security updates to staffs as and when required
• Update the bulk SMS system and use the same to
• Transmit and receive security related information in to/from all concerned
• Participate in coordinating staff emergency/medical evacuation.
• Follow-up with logistics of security purchases
• With the assistance of the safety and security manager liaise with the UN, GoK and other agencies in the process of collecting an verifying security information
• With the assistance of the Safety and Security Manager  collate information  from the field offices in the process of generating security reports
• Carry out other lawful and ethical assignments as shall be assigned by the Safety and Security Manager

Documentation

• Update and file security related documents as shall be assigned (for example, constant companions, safety and security training database, incident reports, training reports etc)
• Ensure that staffs who receive security briefings and orientations sign the relevant form
• File all security related documents according to established practice
• With the help of the safety and security manager,  document all reported security incidents

Personal Development

• Document and submit to the Safety and Security Manager a fortnightly report on  key lessons learnt during the internship 

Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
 

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency

Qualifications and Experience

• University degree although those with a higher National diploma from KNEC may be considered
• The candidate must prove that they finished studies no longer than two years ago or that he/she is doing the last semester at college 
• Experience working with a humanitarian INGO is an asset.

Knowledge:

• Having a good command of written and spoken English and Kiswahili
• Computer/IT proficiency with Very good command of MS Office.
• Exposure to some form of  security or safety management
• Good analytical skills
• Ability to clearly convey information
• Willingness to travel to insecure/hostile environments.
• Ability to work within a multi-cultural, multi ethnic team
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Adaptable and flexible; Able to work at odd hours
• Rigorous, precise, well organized and punctual.
• Very good sense of reliability, initiative and responsibility.
• Very good negotiation skills.
• Ability to work in team, independently and in stressful situations.
• Knowledge of INGOs working environment is an asset.

How to Apply

Interested candidates are required to submit a CV and mandatory Cover letter to Kenya.jobapplications@savethechildren.org indicating the Position Code on the subject line by 17th June 2015. 

Due to the urgency of this position applications will be reviewed as and when they are received.  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.