Millar Cameron Job Vacancy : Head of Engineering

We are Millar Cameron, an international recruitment agency specializing in placing agricultural professionals in mid- to senior level positions across emerging markets.. They are looking for a senior engineer with managerial experience, who has extensive experience within a factory setting.

This is an opportunity to join a leading organisation in a senior management position. We are looking for an experience engineering manager or senior engineer, with a background in world class manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities:
• Management of all maintenance engineers across operations
• Support the supply chain by identifying bottlenecks engineering departments
• Identify and develop training needs
• Ensure the farm, workshops and packing stations are in compliance with Health and Safety standards.
• Set and meet plant’s KPI’s a targets.
• Cooperate closely with the maintenance manager, supply manager and utility manager to create and uphold optimized maintenance schedules.

Requirements:
• Educated to a degree level
• At least 10 years in management positions
• Experience in food, ingredient, beverage production, or similar
• Willing to live and work in a remote location

The successful Head of Engineering will be rewarded with a competitive Expatriate package.

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Schneider Electric Job Vacancy : Industry Product Application Engineer

Schneider Electric Kenya seeks a highly qualified Industry (PAE) Product Application Engineer to deploy commercial structural actions which will create sustainable growth on behalf of the Industry Business

The role will be responsible for ensuring resources, competencies and capabilities are positioned to support the mission of a growing transactional business leveraging the distribution channel in particular.

Objectives:

· Maximise Control, Automation & Drives product sales by using technical competence to give credibility and support to our sales and internal teams and to our channel partners

· Develop a rich opportunity pipeline with measurable tasks and outcomes

· Promote the team within the sales team to achieve high utilisation

· Equip our Distributor partners to be an extension to the internal sales force

· Use of company tools such as the bFO CRM to manage opportunities and actions

By continual development, ensure a broad product knowledge coverage by the team

Key Responsibilities:

· Work systematically with each channel/countries within the zones to create clear focus on resource deployment, up skilling, and enhance competences and capabilities.

· Map the current state and apply the Industry Playbook and create actions to support the transformation to the future state where all offers are commercialized and available for sale and the sales teams are aware and able to make the offer.

· To create action plans, business planning and review on a regular basis.

· Achieving Sales through:

ü Prime route to sale in areas of highly technical consultative applications

ü Preparation of technical presentations and demonstrations

ü Identification of product differentiators

ü Adaptation of the Schneider offer to the customer application

ü Advice to the customer regarding his process or solution

ü Design of innovative, ring-fenced solutions

ü System architecture design

ü Standards and legislation compliant solutions

· Provide Customer Support by:

ü Solving customer hardware, software and application problems in a highly abstractive, non-repetitive environment.

ü Advising on the choice and application of Schneider equipment

ü Bespoke training

· Distributor and Integrator Partner Support:

ü Assessment of skills

ü Learning path definition

ü Techno-commercial training

ü Joint visits

ü Roadshow/Exhibition Demos and manning

Skills and Experience:

· Effective interpersonal and communication skills

· Able to work in a fast-paced environment and multi-task effectively while delivering under pressure

· Excellent organizational and prioritization skills

· Be able to Work within approved budget, develops and implement cost saving measures and Conserve organizational resources.

· Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner;

Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

· Technical & Commercial Skills

· At least 5-7 year’s experience

· Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

· Accreditation and Affiliation with international Standards body and Engineering Institutes.

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Schneider Electric Job Vacancy : Contractors Sales Specialist

Schneider Electric Kenya seeks a Contractor Sales Specialist This position is accountable for sales to Contractors, Panel Builders and Consultants.

Key Responsibilities:

· Manage and develop the existing accounts, as well as developing new business opportunities in these areas.

· Selling the full Schneider Electric portfolio of Products into a diverse customer base, such as Electrical Contractors, Consultants and panel builders.

· Building strong lasting relationships across matrix organizations

· Act as the focal point of contact for Schneider Electric.

· Set up a road map for his/her customers once consultation has taken place and work with the decision makers to ensure the whole process is managed and a commercial strategy is developed, implemented and monitored.

Key Requirements:

· His/her focus is to organize and setup his/her work in order to reach the sales target given by his manager.

· A background in working with partners within the power distribution industry

· Good business acumen and a strong interest in keeping up to date with construction projects within the region

Skills and Experience:

· Ability to build an environment and relationship of trust and credibility with customers, understanding customer needs and goal alignment, developing rapport with key contacts.

· Ability to understand the customer needs and to position their needs in the value chain and competitive environment (market and competitors), in order to best promote Schneider Electric in the local market.

· Ability to evaluate customer potential and to target customers (penetration, attractiveness, accessibility), in order to best allocate resources, verify opportunities and build customer action/business plan.

Qualifications:

· Undergraduate degree with 5- 7 years working experience

· Sales background in electrical engineering

· Excellent negotiation, communication, and organizational skills.

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StarTimes Media Job Vacancy : Sales Administrator

StarTimes Media is a well-recognized pay TV provider with over 9 million subscribers worldwide, founded in 1988 with headquarters in Beijing. We have adopted Digital TV technology to establish a powerful and secure multi-frequency and multi-channel digital wireless TV transmission platform.

Department: Sales

Reports To: VP Sales

Location: Nairobi HQ

Job Objective: To support VP Sales, Regional Sales Managers, Key Account Managers and Dealer Sales Representatives by administering the sales information system and provide all other administration services for the sales department and staff.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide positive professional leadership and effective management to all Business Hall Staff in their Region
• Provide secretarial assistance to VP Sales, Regional Sales Managers, Key Account Managers and Dealer Sales Representatives by producing letters, memos, reports, spreadsheets, filing; and general administration for the sales department.
• Record/input sales orders, cancellations, exchanges, targets and achievements, and legal completions onto the sales information system, along with sales contracts, full distributor details, details/choices and produce/post relevant letters and statements.
• Ensure the sales extraction sheets are completed and kept up to date on a weekly basis.
• Produce and maintain files, copies and provide necessary sales information when needed by supporting departments.
• Produce weekly and monthly reports for the management team.
• Produce/amend standard forms for use by the sales team or for internal product sales to staff..
• Ensure safe keeping of all documentation in office. Keep stock and order materials and stationery used by all the sales team, and order uniforms/badges for sales staff.
• Liaise daily with legal department, finance department and Human Resource Department regarding payments for stock collected by staff and balancing and closing of staff sales accounts.
• Administer in the organization of sales events or clients interactions.
• Take telephone enquiries from prospective dealers and distributors regarding sales processes and ensure the right information is delivered to them.
• Maintain a clear record of all dealers and distributors including their location, contacts, sales transactions, payments and credits.
• Calculate sales commissions, payments to outsourced sales promotion companies and other significant payments to be paid out.
• Communicate to sales staff on behalf of the VP Sales.
• At all times comply with company polies, regulations and procedures.
• Any other duties as given by Supervisors.

Education / Experience:

• Bachelor Degree from accredited university.
• At least 2 years’ experience in Sales Administration in a similarly large enterprise will be an added advantage.
• Excellent computer skills and knowledge of MS office packages (most especially MS Excel and Word)

Skills and Competencies:

• Self-disciplined individual with managerial capabilities.
• Ready to work long hours when occasionally required to do so.
• Capable of travelling when required to.
• Have strong interest in digital television technology.
• Hard working, good attitude, strong sense of responsibility, and enthusiasm for work performed.
• High sense of professionalism in conduct
• Heightened strategic awareness
• Good people skills and experience in building teams.
• Able to multitask and work under pressure
• Good problem solving skills and ability to take initiative.

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Trident Plumbers Ltd Job Vacancy : Accounts Executive / Assistant

Trident Plumbers Limited is a Private Limited Company, established in the 1990 and incorporated in the year 2003. It is registered with the Ministry of Public Works and is a member of Kenya Association of Public and Civil Engineering Contractors (KABSEC).

Its business scope includes Plumbing , Sanitary ware Installation, Drainage, Firefighting System installation, Installation of Boilers, Sprinkler systems, ventilation systems, Air conditioning systems and Regular Service maintenance.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Receiving monies from internal and external customers is acknowledged and accounted for by issuance of and official receipt;
• Ensuring safe custody of all Cash, Cheque and Cash equivalent through instant banking and lockable safe so as to safeguard company revenue;
• Ensuring submission of monthly Reports by generating accounts receivables and expenditure analysis to facilitate decision making;
• Preparing payment vouchers and schedules to ensure that suppliers and service providers are paid and statutory deductions are executed accordingly;
• Updating the accounts books to ensure payments are within budget;
• Managing the imprest register to ensure that there is cash flow for smooth daily operations;
• Ensuring safe custody of all accountable documents through lockable safes to avoid fraud through manipulation of old records;
• Liaising between the company and its official bankers through transacting on behalf of the company to limit access to the company’s accounts;
• Preparing and submitting statutory deductions so as to avoid penalties from non-remittance and late remittance of the same and comply with statutory obligation; and
• Entering data in the accounting system.

Skills and Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Accounting
• Semi- qualified CPA / ACCA / Accounts graduate with good accounting and costing skills
• Experience of 3-5 years – hardcore experience in Accounts department – with multitasking skills
• knowledge of – Tally, Sage / SAP Business – desirable, Knowledge of MS Excel & Word mandatory
• Self-starter with initiative
• Inclination to take up position of Accounts Officer level in next 2 to 3 years
• Knowledge of VAT / WHT filing of returns and accounting mandatory
• Ability to work independently
• Good communication skills

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Wadhwani Foundation Job Vacancy : GSN Regional Manager, NEN Regional Manager

Wadhwani the Foundations comprising of Wadhwani Charitable Foundation and Wadhwani Operating Foundation are working with the primary mission of accelerating economic development in emerging economies through large-scale job creation with presence in Asia, Africa and Latin America operating in association with governments, corporates, mentors, investors and educational institutes.

GSN Regional Manager

• Job TypeFull Time
• QualificationBA/BSc/HND
• Location Nairobi
• Job Field Administration / Secretarial

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• This role is one of high importance and impact to launch and manage GSN initiative in North Africa. This will involve interface with national APEX bodies in Industry, Education and Investors, as well as Educational Partners to deliver a new paradigm of industry driven mainstream education
• The Regional Manager will own all activities related to launching and making the GSN program in the region successful while working with local partners
• Key activities will be in the area of planning and implementation of all SDN related activities and interfacing with partners.
• Create a detailed project plan, monitor actions and ensure timely completion of deliverables to meet the objectives
• Be connected with designated points of contact from the Industry – Companies and Associations – to facilitate an industry driven program.
• For use of own or specially developed curriculum, be the liaison between the Education partner and the Industry sector skills council/companies’ points of contact
• Ensure Curriculum covers all aspects of training – Classroom instruction material, Faculty Guide, Learners/Student guide.
• In addition, help arrange Faculty Development training through Subject Matter Expert(s) from SSCs/Industry (with industry input/participation). This may involve identification, networking and development of Master Trainers who can deliver the Faculty Training courses.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree or other equivalent degree
• Experience of at least 15-18 years in the vocational training and skilling sector; Exposure to the education structures and systems. Experience setting up projects from scratch; Experience in training and development using current tools.
• Experience should include interfacing with higher educational institutes, government departments and other entities.
• Strong analytical, conceptual and strategic planning skills. Excellent interpersonal and supervisory skills.
  Communications: Excellent oral and written English skills.
• Able to develop documents and other write-ups for communication on paper, via the web and other means.
• Ability to communicate effectively to a range of audiences including students, teachers, principals, government as well as industry personnel.
• Project Management: Strong program management skills. Ability to break up a complex deliverable into a project plan with realistic tasks.
• Ability to manage aggressive deadlines with ownership and required hard work to keep to deadlines.
• People/Team Skills: Highly presentable and pleasant. Confident and able to interface with senior faculty/ industry experts/ Education Partners and government officials to derive results. High energy, exhibiting passion and drive for their work and able to rally other people around common goals. Work as an independent contributor and also as coordinator in a team.

NEN Regional Manager

• Job TypeFull Time
• QualificationBA/BSc/HND   MBA/MSc/MA
• Experience15 years
• Location Nairobi
• Job Field Administration / Secretarial

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Partnerships with educational institutes including Engineering and Management institutes and Colleges to provide entrepreneurship education as an integral part of the training, exposure and experience for the students, so that they are skilled entrepreneurially.
• Support Start-ups and SMEs through learning, connects and other resources for sustainability and growth.
• Develop city based entrepreneurship eco-systems with strong networks of mentors, investors, service providers and entrepreneur-peer groups that can support new start-ups and growing SMEs in those cities.
• Key activities will be in the area of planning, implementation coordination.
• Interfacing with Engineering and Management institutes, Entrepreneur and SME organizations, Mentor and Investor groups.
• Entrepreneurship education network
• Responsible for developing and managing the NEN institutions & other partner Organizations including Entrepreneur & Startup Associations in a given market
• Qualify and sign up relevant institutes as per target & within timelines
• Facilitating the capacity development of member institutes –this includes working with the head of the institution, faculty leaders, and students to help structure, design and execute the right experiential programs
• Facilitate access to different resources from within and outside the Wadhwani Foundation.
• Initiate and lead collaborations, networking & training programs on ground
• Identify & develop local resource teams including key faculty, mentors & entrepreneurs
• Work with individual institutions to visualize and build goals & annual road maps
• Work with the Central Team in mapping the market training needs and help implement these programs on ground
• Help administer the surveys on campuses at regular intervals
• Catalyze interest in entrepreneurship amongst students on campuses
• Drive participation for programs
• Start-up and SME network and support
• Identify and enroll high potential startup entrepreneurs and SMEs for different kinds of programs
• Identify and strategically engage all the relevant ecosystem partners such as mentors, investors, incubators, accelerators
• Deploy the NEN service offerings intelligently to the respective target customers in each region
• Monitor the impact of the program through jobs created
• Identify critical needs of startup entrepreneurs in the region and provide recommendation to program and product teams for modifications or development of relevant programs and content.

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree in Business, Social Work, education or other equivalent. Master is a plus.
• Experience: Minimum 15-18 years in leadership roles in start-ups or leading medium scale businesses. Strong analytical, conceptual and strategic planning skills. Excellent interpersonal and supervisory skills.
• Communications: Able to listen, understand and communicate effectively. Able to develop documents and other write-ups for communication on paper, via the web and other means. Ability to communicate effectively to a range of audiences including students, teachers, principals, government as well as industry personnel.
• Project Management: Strong program management skills. Ability to break up a complex deliverable into a project plan with realistic tasks. Ability to manage aggressive deadlines with ownership and required hard work to keep to deadlines.
• People/Team Skills: High energy, exhibiting passion and drive for their work and able to rally other people around common goals. Work as an independent contributor and also as coordinator in a team.

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Britam Job Vacancy : Finance Associate

Britam is a leading diversified financial services group, listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The group has interests across the Eastern and Southern Africa region. The company offers a wide range of financial products and services in Insurance, Asset management, Banking and Property. The product range includes: life, health and general insurance, pensions, unit trusts, investment planning, wealth management, off-shore investments, retirement planning, discretionary portfolio management, Property development and private Equity.

Job purpose

Responsible for providing assistance in the preparation of financial accounts in a timely manner.

Key Responsibilities

• Check daily bank balances
• Provide support in preparing statutory accounts, balance sheet reconciliation, P&L
• Compile annual accounting statements
• Support the preparation of the audit pack for the external auditors
• Update new asset entries to the Fixed Assets Register
• Ensuring that Company Accounts are assigned in the General Ledger and analysed on a monthly basis.
• Ensuring that Payments to Suppliers are made on time
• Preparation of Payment Vouchers, and Ensuring that they are captured in the General Ledger and filing the same.
• Preparation of Cash and Bank Reconciliations for main Cash book, Inflow Accounts, Investment Accounts and Disbursement Account.
• Keying in the transactions on Fund Accounts- i.e. withdrawal and Switches.
• Preparation of Inflow Accounts for Fund Accounts
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time
• Delegated Authority ;As per the approved Delegated Authority Matrix.

Knowledge,experience And Qualifications Required

• Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) or its equivalent
• At least one years’ experience in a similar position
• CPA Part 1

Technical/ Functional competencies

• International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
• Financial Accounting
• Accounts Analysis and reconciliation
• Analytical –highly analytical and ability to challenge status quo based on quantitative facts and impacts
• Report writing-ability to develop reports

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