Direct Reports: Special Programme Officers
Line Reporting: Chief Operations Officer (COO)
Hiring Date: Jan 1, 2021
Salary Budget: KShs 250K
Purpose of the position: The job holder reports to the Chief Operations Officer and will oversee the network of chicken brooders that provide revenue to the company and economic opportunities to the customers the company serves.
The position will be responsible for management, reporting, controls, and growth of the poultry business, including the sourcing, logistics, preparation, and sales.
Key Tasks
Programme Management – Poultry
Manages the programme plan for the poultry business updating regularly to ensure real time analysis and mitigating against programme shortfalls.
Manages the poultry programme staff on a day to day basis, ensuring work commitments are met in line with objectives and KPIs.
Manages the programme budget whilst endeavoring to reduce costs and maximise profits across the board.
Establishes, develops and maintains strong relationships with suppliers of materials and equipment, at all times ensuring the highest quality of product for the most economical cost.
Works with the sales manager to establish, develop and maintain strong relationships with customers to ensure sales consistency and profit maximisation.
Write a monthly programme report in conjunction with monthly budgets to reconcile programme progress
Health and Safety
Ensures that the team complies with the Health and Safety guidelines and follows good housekeeping rules
Ensures that the workstation and that of the team members are set up correctly for my individual and team requirements respectively.
Ensures that the working area and that of the team members are free from slip and trip hazards.
Attends all HSE training requested by management
Creates health and safety awareness to all direct reports
Any other relevant duties as may be assigned by the management.
Function / Market & Industry Knowledge / Business Acumen / Process working
Knowledge about and understanding of trends and challenges for the industry
Business administration competence and Project Management skills: Contract Management , Cost Control, Risk Management, tasks management, team management, critical thinking, quality control etc
Aware of the latest market trends and shifts, as well as projections for the future
Exceptional people handling skills and a Team Player
Overall understanding of business processes and interdependencies
Knowledge of business processes
Business ethics
Communication Proficiency
Skills & Competencies
Demonstrated effective independent organizational skills
Good written, verbal communications & Strong interpersonal skills
Sound documentation, presentation and reporting skills
Strong analytical and reporting ability
Good negotiation skills
Commercial acumen
Ability to multitask
Performance tracking
Motivation
Negotiation management
Strategic Thinking & Technical understanding
Risk management and Change management
Customer focus & Stakeholder management
Cross-cultural / global issues knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and analysis of financial statements scrutiny
Ability to cope with and handle stressful situations.
Extremely self-motivated, confident, creative, disciplined with attention to detail.
Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment.
Educational / Professional background / Work experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or any business related field with qualification/experience in agribusiness and/or chicken raising.
Master’s Degree in Programme Management is an added advantage
5 years of demonstrated experience with two (2) years’ in a programme management role.
Strong capacity building and facilitation skills
Program Management Professional (PgMP)® highly desirable
Computer Literacy
Excellent computer skills- Microsoft Office package especially Excel Proficient in productivity tools: Google Apps, Asana, Slack
Key Result Areas and Key Performance Indicators
Programme Operational efficiency
Soundness of operational strategies
Sound Programme execution plans
Resource Productivity per project
Risk Management strategies
Risk exposure reports (Project Risk Register, Risks Severity Impact reports)
Sound Change Management strategies and execution plans (Project Change Requests, approved, rejected/ implemented)
Project Task Management
Programme dashboard and reports
Programme Status reports (Milestones achieved)
Programme schedule Slippage rates
Programme Timeliness
Time invested per programme (by individual & team members)
Sound Programme execution plans (turnaround time)
Programme (completion) Closure rates (planned completion vs actual completion
Programme Budgeting and Cost Management
Budget Compliance rate
Cost saving measures
Cost performance index (CPI),
Cost variance
Cost project billing and margin
Profit maximisation
Earned Value (EV) Project
Project Margin
Return On Investment
Customer management and satisfaction
Customer engagement surveys reports
Customer experience management reports
Client Acquisition Rates
Customer base
Overall Programme Objectives
Alignment with the company’s overall objectives and KPIs
Profitability of the business
Growth of the brooder output
Resource allocation and utilization reports
Project priority Issues reports (resolved & unresolved)
Count of errors (revisited tasks during a project)
Team Leadership
Training and development initiatives (training reports)
Direct Reports appraisal reports
Team management:
Keep list of staff supervised per section
Keep an updated record of duties and responsibility of each staff
Keep an updated performance records per staff supervised
Keep an updated attendance records of each of the supervised staff
Maintain discipline among supervised staff-Keep (disciplinary record)
Employee satisfaction surveys
Health and Safety
Ensure 100% adherence to Health and Safety guidelines at all times.
Ensure 100% issuance and usage of appropriate PPE’s whenever applicable
Ensure zero tolerance to accidents
Accidents trends reports
The CVs to be sent to h.aura@powerhive.com
Apply via :
h.aura@powerhive.com
