Director of Sales and Marketing vacancy

Director of Sales and Marketing vacancy

About this company
Life at Living Goods
Living Goods is aiming to make disruptive changes, dramatically improving the lives of the poor. We think big, but we operate small and nimble. At Living Goods, you will have the chance to use your creativity and work with your teammates to conceive and test new 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, if you meet challenges with calm determination and a sense of humor, you will thrive at Living Goods. See www.livinggoods.org/principles 


Job description
Do you want your work to matter? Do you have serious business skills and want to use them to make a difference? Are you just looking for a change, or are you looking for the chance to change millions of lives for the better, including yours? If the answer is yes, read on.
Position Overview
Living Goods empowers micro-entrepreneurs to deliver life-changing products to the doorsteps of the poor. We transform the health and livelihoods of those in most need. We are a pioneering, dynamic and highly impactful social enterprise and are entering a period of exciting expansion. To help achieve our vision of dramatically and sustainably improving the lives of the poor, Living Goods is seeking a Director of Sales and Marketing to create a profitable and highly impactful distribution system across Kenya.
As the Kenya Director of Sales and Marketing you will lead and expand our sales, marketing, recruitment and training teams and rapidly building upon the early success we have had in Kenya.. You will be a key member of Living Goods’ strategic global management team and will also contribute to the success of our established operations in Uganda. This position is based in Nairobi, with significant travel.
Responsibilities

• Lead Living Goods’ Sales and Operations across Kenya.
  
• Build upon existing early-stage operations to create a profitable and highly impactful national distribution system.
  
• Achieve ambitious targets for sales, margin, recruitment and social impact.
  
• Recruit, develop, incentivize and oversee a network of independent direct sales entrepreneurs.
  
• Lead marketing of Living Goods products and the Living Goods business opportunity for individual and group entrepreneurs.
  
• Collaborate closely with the Living Goods Technology group to use mobile apps to drive sales and recruitment, increase and monitor impact, and reduce expenses.
  
• Collaborate closely with the Living Goods Product Development group to offer customers a highly compelling and impactful product range.
  
• Develop a powerful customer and agent financing system.
  
• Launch and oversee new branch outlets across the country.
  
• Share expertise and experience with Living Goods’ Uganda operations and Strategic Partnerships division.
  
• Shape organizational strategy as a core member of the Living Goods global team.
  
• Travel: This position is based in Nairobi with considerable travel time within Kenya and also to Uganda. The successful candidate should expect to travel 30-50% of the month.
  

Desired Skills and Experience
Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in direct sales, multi-level marketing or sales and sales force management, preferably in consumer packaged and low-cost durable goods. Proven track record of driving sales success.
  
• Private sector experience in East African markets is essential, ideally with direct sales, multi-level marketing or FMCG companies.
  
• Proven success in executing a marketing strategy to increase sales volumes.
  
• Significant experience in customer financing and the mobile technology is a big plus.
  
• Successful track record of driving geographically scaled, multi-unit operations.
  
• Experience recruiting, managing and motivating large teams.
  
• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree.
  

To apply for this vacancy log on to

http://livinggoods.theresumator.com/apply/nOhTW1/Director-Of-Sales-And-Marketing.html

Accountants vacancy

Accountants vacancy

Job Details
Our client is seeking to recruit Accountants who shall be responsible in executing day to day activities that relate to finance in the and administration.
Such shall include cash flow management, effective credit control, procurement processing payments in time, posting the relevant journal entries in the accounting system accurately, filling statutory returns, proper book keeping and supporting documentation for all transactions and reporting on monthly basis.
The incumbent shall be reporting to the Group Finance Manager.
Roles.

• Timely raising of LPOs and following up on deliveries for supplies within agreed timelines.
  
• Raising payment requisitions with all relevant documentation appended.
  
• Raising petty cash vouchers requisitions for approval by Group Finance Manager
  
• Reconciliation of vendor accounts on monthly basis.
  

Invoicing.

• Debtor’s accounts reconciliation and circulation of statements of accounts on monthly basis.
  

Credit control.

• Raising Capital Expenditure requisitions
  
• Posting of Journal entries in the system and forwarding to Group Finance Manager for approval.
  
• Timely filing of statutory returns (Income tax returns, VAT returns, With held Tax returns & Corporate tax returns).
  
• Proper filling of documentation.
  

Inventory management.

• Preparing monthly financial reports and analysis.(Receivables reports, payables &bank reconciliation).
  
• Ensure availability of facility supplies at all times and timely renewal of licences and insurance covers.
  
• Participate in annual budget consolidation process.
  

Requirements

• Bachelor of Commerce/Economics degree with a major in Accounts or Finance.
  
• At least 2 years experience working in a busy commercial organization.
  
• CPA Part 11
  
• Excellent communication skills.
  
• Excellent analytical and financial reporting skills.
  
• Able to work under minimum supervision with ability to meet strict deadlines.
  
• Team player & respectful to fellow employees.
  

If qualified kindly send CV and application letter online clearly indicating ‘Accountant’ on the subject line by 28^th February, 2014.
DO NOT attach any certificates. Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.



To apply for this position log on to

http://careers.n-soko.com/jobs/accountants-nairobi-nairobi-area-62081695-d

Medical, Regulatory, and Quality (MRQ) Manager vacancy

Medical, Regulatory, and Quality (MRQ) Manager vacancy

About the department
Novo Nordisk Middle Africa was formed in early 2012. The affiliate is composed of 16 nationalities spanning 48 countries in Africa. Novo Nordisk has an established presence with human insulin in Africa and our focus today is to sustain the growth of the market, ensure availability of better quality modern insulin within the markets and support the communities living with diabetes.
The position is based in Kenya, reports to Middle Africa General Manager who is based in Dubai and is a member of Middle Africa Management Team.
The job
Middle Africa Medical, Regulatory, and Quality (MRQ) Manager position is a globally oriented and will require strong interactions with many stakeholders including regulatory bodies, treating physicians and therapeutic experts.
You will set strategy for Medical, Regulatory, and Quality functions and ensure implementation of all activities driving the business in MA. You are expected to maintain strong relations with the stakeholders (MOH, KOL, HCPs) and manage contractual interactions with HCPs. You will work towards increasing the prescribers’ base across Africa. Your ambition will be to strengthen sales teams’ medical skills and coordinate trainings such as CME in the countries. You will prepare the affiliate for the future clinical trials. For regulatory affairs function, you will ensure compliance with regulatory requirements in the countries. You will be responsible for the quality assurance function in the affiliate. You will work very closely with the other Middle Africa functions and support Sales and Marketing. You will represent Middle Africa in various global and regional projects. You will have a frequent travel schedule within sub-saharan Africa.



Desired Skills and Experience

Qualifications
You carry experience in leading and motivating teams from different backgrounds, origins and cultures in difficult and changing environments.
You hold a Medical Doctor Degree with working knowledge of Diabetes. You have minimum 5 years of experience in one of these functions; experience in more than one function is a plus. English proficiency is required; French proficiency is a very valuable asset. You have excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. You have experience in project management. You demonstrate ability to see the big picture and provide useful advice and input. You are problem-solving, result-oriented, and multi-tasking. You have a capacity to work under pressure.
Last but not least you have ground knowledge of the African pharmaceutical industry and the risks faced by multinationals in a global economy.
At Novo Nordisk, we strive for excellence. As a world leader in diabetes care and a major player in haemostasis management, growth hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy, we offer our employees opportunities for continuous growth.
Contact
For further information, please send your CV's to Ece Özsan at eozs@novonordisk.com .
Deadline
28 February 2014