Department:
People & Change KenyaJob type:
PermanentClosing date:
08-Aug-14Location:
NairobiReference Number:
130-PEO00171The Company
Our client, East African Portland Cement Company “EAPCC”, has been one of Kenya's leading cement manufacturers since 1933, helping build Kenya in areas such as housing, education, health, tourism, transport and communication. Guided by its core values of teamwork, integrity, customer focus, innovation and commitment, the company has made significant strides towards achieving its mission of becoming a regional leader in the provision of cement, innovative cement products and solutions.To support its objectives of growth, expansion and sustained profitability, EAPCC is looking for a performance driven, results oriented and innovative leader to fill the position of Chief Operations Officer (COO) reporting to the Chief Executive Officer.
Roles & Responsibilities
1. Participate in formulation of marketing and business development strategies that will increase the market share for the different EAPCC products in the region across all customer categories2. Develop, update and implement efficient and effective business processes to define and guide the end to end supply chain for EAPCC to ensure timely and maximum production at minimum costs
3. Develop the operations function’s annual demand plan including sales forecasts for the different products and a resource deployment plan to support achievement of forecasts
4. Initiate, defend and execute major operational improvement, capacity enhancement and new revenue generation projects
5. Work with the team leads of the different functions under operations to set periodic performance target to guide production, sales and distribution
6. Manage the operations and maintenance staff to ensure timely production and distribution of products within quality standards and optimum production costs
7. Lead the business development team in promoting EAPCC and its product and service offerings with a view to maximise market penetration by increasing market share, maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction and its reputation as a market leader
8. Lead, develop and oversee the execution of all quality systems required within EAPCC including strategic development and auditing of these systems
9. Implement and document new or improved physical supply chain processes including workflows, cycle times, position responsibilities, and system flows
10. Partner with the Human Resource team to promote compliance to all aspects of Health, Safety and Environmental issues associated with EAPCC’s operations in accordance with statutory and Health and Safety requirements as well as the organisation’s Health and Safety policy
11. Partner with the Human Resource team to ensure that human capital management requirements including resourcing, training and performance management are adequately provided for within the unit
Requirements
. An undergraduate Degree in Engineering or relevant technical field. Training in organisational management approaches such as Total Quality Management
. A minimum of 15 years experience in operations management seven of which should be at senior management level in a comparable organisation
. Demonstrable knowledge and experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning systems
. Demonstrable knowledge leading or participating in change management initiatives
. Strong analytical skills and experience interpreting a strategic vision into an operational model
. Strong track record in project management
. Demonstrated business acumen and problem solving skills
. Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels
. Clearance from the Criminal Investigations Department, the Kenya Revenue Authority and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission
Additional Information
. A Masters degree in business administration (added advantage). Experience in the cement manufacturing industry with exposure to Cement Industry best practices is an added advantage
