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Saturday 21 October 2017

Hotelbeds Group Job Vacancy : Contracting Manager – Hotel Management

Hotelbeds Group is looking for a Contracting Manager, home based in Kenya, ideally in Nairobi.

As Contracting Manager you’ll be responsible of developing and establishing the best relationships with our suppliers, ensuring the product is negotiated with the best conditions on rate and inventory will be your main focus.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Expand hotel portfolio identifying new opportunities, analyzing hotel market in destination, leading the negotiation process for increasing booking volume in destination.

• Negotiating and contracting of rates, special offers, allocation, release periods, overrides, terms and conditions for hotels, self-catering or serviced apartments ensuring the best available rates and availability for our clients.

• Ensure our best conditions in the market at any time comparing our product with the product of our different competitors.

• Follow up of sales performance analyzing weekly product/sales reports to identify market trends and revenue/room nights growth opportunities or incidences.

• Explaining tools and procedures to suppliers giving supplier portal demonstrations, providing materials and contact support information

• Act as the face to face key point contact for accommodation supplier vendors and develop and maintain excellent relationships with them. Assisting in resolving major complaints of our suppliers and clients negotiating the most suitable solution to maintain the good service and relationship with them.

CANDIDATE PROFILE:

• Commercial profile with excellent negotiation and communication skills

• Experience as a Contracts Manager/Sales Manager or similar is very welcome (ideally in Guarantees & Deposits)

• Good knowledge of hotels and tourism market in the destination will be additional value

• Good academic background.

• Availability to travel

• Fluent in English and local language

TAKE YOUR CHANCE!Please kindly apply directly on our website looking at the job ID R-00004039 or get in touch with the best buddy, Federica Maraschio

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SC Johnson Job Vacancy : Safety, Health & Environment Manager

The internal job title at SC Johnson is Associate Manager – SHE – Kenya.

About SC Johnson

SC Johnson (SCJ), a family company for the last 130 years, is one of the world’s leading makers of household brands. The company has operations in more than 70 countries and sells products in virtually every country around the world. We employ approximately 13,000 people globally and generate $10 billion in sales. SCJ’s product portfolio includes global brands such as Pledge®, Duck®, Mr. Muscle®, Windex®, Scrubbing Bubbles®, Glade®, Raid®, OFF!®, Baygon® and Ziploc®.At the same time, we’ve established a generations-long legacy of environmental responsibility, community leadership and providing great places to work. We do this because we want to do what’s right for our business today, and also what’s right for people and the planet tomorrow.

Role summary

The Associate Manager is responsible for the safety, environmental and IH including regulatory review, permitting, reporting, monitoring, compliance assistance and auditing.

Lead in conjunction with plant management, a visible safety culture, safe and healthy working conditions, environmental excellence and sustainability objectives are achieved and maintained.

As a result, there is a continued reduction and prevention of incidents meeting future targets, a sustainable SHE system, and continued improvement in corporate/Regional SHE metrics including zero losses.

Responsibilities

Reduce TIR following the site/region agreed glide path.
Lead or co-lead implementation of a Behavioral Observation System program and other culture change initiatives.
Provide SHE expertise to evaluate and support all contract manufacturers and co-branding licensees required per agreement or contract.
Work with GPS and Hub leads to ensure implementation of SHE Management System is suitable, adequate and effective to promote continuous improvement in SHE performance. Achieve and maintain SHE program external certifications in alignment with site/region objectives.
Develop and manage SHE labor, expense and professional services budgets, including training programs to promote staff professional development.
Obtain and comply with all facility required environmental permits. Lead / coordinate negotiations with regulatory agencies on permit conditions.
Ensure compliance with all local, state and country SHE regulations.
Review proposed SHE regulations and provide advance notification of pending changes to facilitate planning by affected operations. Support Global Public Affairs and Communications initiatives to revise proposed regulations if / as needed. Monitor other trends (e,g, NGO initiatives) that could affect company operations.
Perform PMP reviews for each direct report.
Align with Site Director/Manager and Regional SHE Manager on priorities, objectives, strategies and KPIs and cascade them into your direct report PMP.
Provide SHE expertise in response to GIA (Global Internal Audit function) and other external audits and inspections.
Be a member of the Regional Hub Manufacturing Steering Committee, providing proactive input and adding value with regards to SHE.
Lead and/or manage the plant SHE pillar.

Position Requirements

At least bachelor degree or MS in Engineering, Environmental, Safety, Industrial Hygiene (Preferred)
SHE Experience – 2 or more years of leading similar SHE organizations preferable with years of experience in Manufacturing, Production or similar function managing people on the shop floor.
Manufacturing Experience (Preferred) – Has a track record of success at the front line management level.
Global network experience – Proved experience working across the manufacturing network desirable intercultural outside one single region
Leadership and management – Possesses strong leadership, people skills and communication abilities
Influencing – Can effectively garner support from others, negotiate persuasively and create win/win outcomes
Technical – Has solid Project Management skills, deep knowledge of TPM and mastery of the Training and Development process
TPM experience – Pillar Leader or Pillar member experience
Project Management experience
Focus driven
Good team player
Ability to influence others and manage stakeholders
Fluent English speaker
Mobile

You need to be legally eligible to work in the country of application.

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Tala Job Vacancy : Collections Agent

Tala, seeks a collections agent to manage overdue accounts. Primary responsibility will be reaching out to customers to collect payment for overdue loans and fees. Agents will also have opportunity to provide feedback as the voice of the customer that will create impactful change to the companys services. In addition, agents will have the opportunity to work on creative projects that affect the customer experience.

The position purpose is ensuring an excellent standard of caring service, maintaining customer relationships, and representing Talas brand of modern and convenient customer-centric service.

Duties:

Call customers with overdue accounts
Understand and explain benefits of repayment and credit history to customers
Correct customer misunderstandings on product policies and terms
Diffuse tension from bad customer experiences with the application
Set up payment plans and follow-up schedule
Establish and maintain caring relationships with customers
Escalate difficult or unusual cases to Team Lead
Escalate and document problems with customer identification information
Provide feedback on reasons for default to Team Lead
Champion the voice of the customer to Team Lead by providing input on product and user experience
Engage in creative projects and tasks at the request of Team Lead (example: onboarding welcome calls, white glove service for top customers, etc.)
Apply the best skills in customer approach and payment negotiations to ensure optimum results.
Engage customers to a friendly conversation to establish reasons for nonpayment and provide best way forward and suggestions that result to collections.
Educate customers on consequences for late payments and help them to come up with a payment plan.

Requirements:

Strong problem-solving, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills
Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing
Willingness to work a flexible and variable schedule
Patient and able to handle customer complaints or misunderstandings
Strong work ethic, punctual, accountable, and team player
Fast at typing and working with modern, digital technology
Quick learner, creative
Able to multi-task and work on multiple projects simultaneously
Readily accepts feedback and incorporates changes into behavior
Intellectually curious and unafraid to ask questions
Desire to go above and beyond job requirements to deliver an excellent customer experience and create capacity-building change for the company

Skills and Qualifications:

Graduate Degree or Diploma Required
previous collections experience,
high level of financial literacy,
personal or professional experience with
Experience with multiple types of formal and informal credit products

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Exciting Graduates Trainee Recruitment at Nestlé Kenya (2017 Fresh Finance Graduates)

Nestlé is the world’s leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company, committed to serving consumers all over the world. Our focus on responsible nutrition and promoting health and wellness is a core value, emphasizing responsibility and sustainability.

In keeping with Nestle Equatorial African Region current business needs, the Nestlé Equatorial African Regional Head Office based in Nairobi, Kenya has vacancy for a Finance Trainee.

You will have a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Finance/ Accounting with at least 1 year experience in accounting reporting and consolidation. Accounting profession qualification, ACCA/CPA-K, will be required.

You will be a highly motivated individual with strong analytical ability, dynamic and practical mind with good communication skills. Knowledge of MS Excel will be required and experience using SAP will be an advantage.

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