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Head Chef Sales Executive

Job Details
Head chef is responsible for all daily food preparation, help in recruitment of cooking staff, and planning menus. Head chef works evening and weekend hours and on holidays, because these are the times when kitchens are the most active. This is a leadership position, so good leadership skills are required in addition to strong cooking skills.
Responsibilities among others
Head chefs are responsible for all the food coming out of a kitchen, so need a strong knowledge of food. Kitchens seek professionals who demonstrate the following abilities:
Develop Menus and Create New Recipes: Executive chefs create menus and come up with new recipes as needed to replace old, outdated dishes with new and exciting options.
Adhere to Food Safety Regulations: Executive chefs must follow food safety regulations, because improperly stored or prepared food isn’t just a health violation, it can be potentially fatal to people eating it. The chef must also stay up-to-date on new health code regulations and begin following them the moment they are issued.
Qualifications

2-5 years’ quota carrying Chef experience
Demonstrable track record of over-achieving quota
Strong written and verbal communication skills

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October 26, 2024
Features Writer Intern Marketing and Business Writing Intern

Are you passionate about writing and research? A writer who is interested in growing your writing and networking skills. We want people who are curious, who like to try out products, experiences and ideas, and who are open to learning new things. If you are great at working with minimal supervision then you are the person we are looking for.
Job Details

Must be a creative writer
Should be knowledgeable about current affairs and trends
You should be active on social media (part of the job involves putting up social media updates at events)
Must be able to write articles, opinion pieces and do interviews (features and business)
Must be able to attend events and press briefings
Must be good at research
Must be able to work with minimal supervision because you will work remotely.
Video production skills would be an advantage.

Qualifications
A degree in communication (especially journalism) or literature. Diploma candidates will also be considered if you have work experience. Candidates should have excellent communication skills, demonstrate creativity, and be able to work as part of a team. Applicants should have finished coursework or be finishing coursework this semester to apply.

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October 26, 2024
October 26, 2024
Director Of Engineering Director of Research

BURN is looking for a Director of Engineering whose overall responsibility will be to bring new products through the product development process and launch them into the factory, including design, testing, engineering, process development, and developing/launching new production lines.
Roles and Responsibilities

Overall responsibility for launching new products in the factory, including timelines, budgets, and risk analysis in addition to technical aspects.
Detailed design of new products, including process development, equipment selection, design for manufacturability, durability testing, material selection, etc.
Design and produce production, assembly, and QC tooling as well as custom factory equipment.
Oversee initial production of new products.
Team management of engineers, testing lab, and workshop. Work closely with designers, market research, factory management, quality control.
Develop SOP’s, WI, specs, tolerances, QA processes and procedures.
Create and adhere to budgets and timelines.
Support the factory, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, equipment startup, and continuous improvement.

Desired experience:

Sheet metal punching and forming
General machine shop knowledge, including CNC equipment
Must have launched at least 1 production line
Must have developed and launched at least 1 consumer product
Jig and fixture design
Experience with tool/die or moulds
Working knowledge of materials, specifically metals and plastics
Basic knowledge and troubleshooting of mechanical, electrical and hydraulic systems

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October 26, 2024
Project Implementation Manager

Job Details
The Project Implementation Manager, henceforth referred to as “PIM” in this document, is an important role at East African Social Ventures (EASV) that requires strong project management, public & governmental relations, staff and contractor management, networking, financial planning & analysis, and cross-team collaboration skills. The PIM will often be a first point of contact between EASV and business, government, and community leaders and is expected to be a self-motivated, professional, business savvy go-getter that knows how to forge important relationships quickly and is a master of multi-tasking. The PIM has direct responsibility for planning and maintaining timelines, project costs, and professional and public relationships across the EASV organization and reports directly to the CEO of the organization.
The PIM will be responsible for the following:

Working with the CEO and management team on detailed project planning.
Personally owning the development of and adherence to the entire project implementation timeline and budget across the EASV organization.
Working with the Director of Farming Operations to develop a detailed project cost efficiency plan, and then ensuring all aspects of EASVs organization remain on budget.
Developing and managing strategic relationships with high-level leaders within the business, academic, and government communities as needed to ensure project milestones are met.
Directly overseeing large scale agribusiness construction efforts, ensuring construction of all buildings remains on budget and on time.
Staying abreast of industry players, their strengths and weaknesses, and the opportunities that arise from keeping tabs on key competitors as well as any politial, legal, or industry changes.
Being part of the long term strategic planning and implementation team, including working across departments to ensure all teams stay on schedule and EASV’s aggressive growth forecasts are met.
Contributing to quarterly and annual investor reports.

As with all EASV managers, the PIM is expected to be a hands-on leader, leading teams by example and action. As a fast-paced start-up organization, the PIM’s responsibilities will shift and evolve as the organization grows. Initially this role will have no direct reports but that will rapidly change and the PIM will manage a large number of contractors directly.
Required Skills:

Good working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook and other major business email programs
Experience using Microsoft Project and other project management software
Advanced skills with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Advanced abilities to create high-quality charts, graphs, and data tables in Excel required. Ability to create visually impactful and content-laden PowerPoint reports.
Financial planning, forecasting, and analysis.
Knowledge of vendor solicitation, vetting, and management practices.
Exceptionally strong presentation and public speaking skills.
Strategic thinker able to work in collaboration with many departments simultaneously.
Ability to focus on an extreme level of detail with near perfect accuracy.
Strong team player, ‘can and will do’ attitude.

Qualifications:

Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), Project Management, Social Entrepreneurship, Agricultural Economics, or related field.
7+ years of total work experience including:
4+ years of experience working for a large-scale agribusiness or social impact organization.
4+ years of experience in a fast-paced project management role, including at least 2 years of construction related project management experience.
3+ years of experience directly managing 3 or more team members.
Fluency in English, Kiswahili, and Dholuo.
Must be a Kenyan citizen.

Preferred Qualifications:

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Experience working with social enterprise organizations.

This role will involve an extensive interviewing and testing process and we’re now beginning the search for an exceptional candidate that will start in early 2020. EASV is a start up organization launching major operations in 2020 and we’re looking for an ambitious professional who can scale quickly in responsibilities as our organization grows. This role will be located in Kisumu County.

October 26, 2024
Finance & Accounting Officer

About the role:
We are initiating large-scale poultry farming operation in Western Kenya and are seeking an experienced Finance & Accounting Officer to help us set up and run our finance and accounting functionalities. This individual will report directly to our CEO as well as dotted-line report to our US-based CFO Advisory Board Member. We are a fast growing start-up social enterprise organization and the right individual will be able to shift gears quickly and propose and implement best-practice financial and accounting standards and practices that will meet international auditing standards as well as executive and BOD member approval.
This is a role for an accomplished, ambitious professional with significant experience and a detailed understanding of not just finance and accounting principles, but also the ability to proactively propose financial strategies based on EASV’s specific market advantages and competitive positioning. A general high-level of business acumen and professional savviness is expected in the right candidate. This is a growth-oriented role with considerable room for advancement as our organization grows for a finance & accounting professional who also understands big-picture corporate strategy.
Responsibilities:

Manage day to day accounting, invoicing, cash management, financial reporting, and all other needed accounting & finance related tasks and activities
Prepare regular financial reports for EASV’s senior management, Board of Directors, and investors
Contribute to building the annual operating budget via reporting of performance versus actual on a regular basis
Maintain strict financial accounting controls and ensure an intentionally cadenced flow of funds for EASV
Develop business processes and accounting policies to strengthen internal financial controls
Continually review financial and accounting practices and procedures for better efficiency and risk mitigation
Monitor and proactivey advocate for opportunities for improvement in accounting practices, and financial processes and controls
Ensure EASV maintains compliance with relevant statutory requirements and standards in Kenya
Provide actionable budgeting and financial planning advice to the EASV management team, including budget monitoring and and reconciliations
Measuring financial performance against key performance indicators
Forecasting cash flows based on relevant market dynamics specific to EASV

Qualifications:

Strong personal conviction in the power of social entrepreneurship to solve economic development issues
Minimum of 5 years total experience in accounting & finance roles
At least 3 years in an accounting & finance role at a social enterprise organization, impact investing firm, or NGO
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting at a minimum. MBAs, Masters in Finance, Taxation, Accountancy or similar strongly preferred
CPA (K) holder or equivalent
Member of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) or other relevant professional body
Highly skilled in relevant accounting packages as well as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Deep knowledge of standard account principles (GAAP, etc.)
Ability to maintain absolute confidentiality regarding EASV’s financial performance
Strong financial modeling skills

Preferred Qualifications:

Knowledge of agribusiness market dynamics
Experience working in a finance & accounting role at a large agribusiness organization
Experience working in an management consulting organization

October 26, 2024
October 26, 2024
October 26, 2024
Private Equity Consultant

About the role:
We are initiating large-scale poultry farming operations in Western Kenya and are seeking an experienced Private Equity Consultant to help us reach our seed round funding goals. This individual will work closely with our CEO and Advisory Board members in the US and East Africa to forge and manage relationships and ultimately close deals with private equity investors. This is an outside consultant, 100% commission-based role and can be done remotely from anywhere in Africa. We are looking for a senior leader ready to join us in effecting large-scale economic development in Africa.
Qualifications:

Thorough understand of and experience with structuring private equity deals
Ability to forge investor relationships quickly and effectively
Strong personal conviction in the power of social entrepreneurship to solve economic development issues
Experience with deals in emerging market economies
Strong relationship management skills – with investors, team members, and Advisory Board members
Prior experience raising funds for social enterprise organizations
Bachelor’s degree at a minimum (with at least 5 years of direct experience), MBAs strongly preferred

Preferred Qualifications:

General understanding of agribusiness investor dynamics (avg. length of time of investor commitment, ROI expectations, etc.)
Knowledge of poultry market dynamics

October 26, 2024
CDTL – Uganda

No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 73809 – Nairobi, Nairobi Municipality, KenyaSCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITYSummary
The Team Leader is responsible for sales, profitability and 5P’s in-store execution for their business. They must develop and support the partnership between CP/Direct Retailers and/or Service Providers (Direct WS, Indirect WS, Distributors and Merchandisers), helping to align our category and brand strategies and their shopper strategies at the POS (Direct and Indirect retailers) to increase demand and their support for our profitable growth through the right planning process. They must ensure we get our products into the store, off the shelf, and into the home of our consumers cost effectively and more efficiently than our competition
SummaryKey Responsibilities Team Leadership

Managing and setting the team’s objectives (within the local Go-to-Market, Sales Strategy and Global Customer Strategy framework) and ensuring that the team delivers the overall team mission and goals, while building CP’s & the Customer’s mutual business, and working together to satisfy target consumer/shopper needs
Defining the specific roles of individuals within the team, promoting teamwork and ensure the team is motivated to deliver results
Establishing specific KPIs and ensuring tracking methods and communication are in place, and setting specific action plans for each team member to support their achievement of the team KPIs
Managing a monthly meeting in which the team’s mission and objectives are reviewed to ensure progress & alignment towards overall company goals, and where specific issues and KPI performance are discussed and action plans refined
Providing coaching and feedback and ensuring adequate training to team members; evaluating performance and developing IDPs, advising on career paths and providing opportunities for development, acting as a role model and reinforcing desired behaviors
Communicating the team perspective to subsidiary commercial and business planning processes

Customer(s) Expertise & Relationships

Developing a thorough understanding of the values, strategies and policies of the customer and anticipating future direction and needs in order to set long term objectives for the team
Fostering the development of retail environment and shopper expertise in order to identify opportunities and present compelling arguments in support of CP products & plans
Developing a network of contacts throughout the customer organization in order to influence all decision points within the customer(s), improving understanding, increasing data access and ensuring frequent face-to-face contact: Buying, Merchandising, Marketing, Finance, Inventory Control, Distribution and Transportation, IT and Store Operations
Identifying the short-term business needs and objectives of key contacts and helping develop and sell proactive business solutions across the full demand/supply chain
Facilitating frequent Top to Top contact between Customer(s) and CP senior management to ensure strategic alignment

Business Development & Monitoring

Preparing and conducting any annual negotiations. Supervising other types of negotiation (new products, shelf management etc) to ensure timely resolution
Defining and executes customer investment strategy, striving for “pay for performance” and improved ROI. Implements and controls the Terms & Conditions framework for the customer(s).
Ensuring team works with Customer Marketing and Consumer marketing to translate category plans by retail environment into customer business plans that deliver team objectives, focusing investment behind demand-generating activities
Influencing the customers to grow sales, take fact-based decisions, and improve service by utilizing new techniques, tools, and information systems (e.g., category management, scanning, etc.)
Consistently applying Category Management learning and techniques to day-to-day business, exploitation of new opportunities, and using Category Management as the context for all “selling stories”
Ensuring team maintains accurate projections vs. plan of sales and spending associated with activities and manages total P&L performance in order to achieve targets
Ensuring post-evaluation (through Direct Reports) of ALL promotions (results vs. objective, implementation accuracy etc), supporting with qualitative commentary, communicating results to the commercial team, and using the results of promotion evaluations to refine customer tactics
Identifying opportunities to improve supply chain efficiency, gaining resource approval and agreeing specific plans with the Customer

In-Store Execution

Ensuring “winning at the shelf” is a top priority for the team, and that 5P tactics and demand marketing initiatives are executed with excellence at the point of sale
Monitoring 5P execution performance (availability, pricing, share of shelf etc) and ensuring issues are quickly resolved by the team

CBP – Commercial Goal Setting and Strategic Investment Reallocation

Develops customer investment strategy, consistent with Retail Environment strategy, brand strategy, and Shopper Insights
Provides substantial input in translating bottom-up brand plans into Customer/CPG targets
Provides CPG/Customer insights in the development of commercial guidelines and category/brand strategies and targets

CBP – Account Planning/Pre-evaluation

Leads the translation of top-down account targets into 18-month rolling bottom-up account plans, incorporating customers’ objectives and creating joint, ‘win-win’ account plans
Ensures pre-evaluation of 5P activities in account plans to maximize potential return on total customer investment
Monitors development of action plans to close account gaps, and leads customer planning gap review meetings with Commercial Planning team
Responsible for instituting ROI mindset among the entire team to ensure focus on maximizing productivity of investments

CBP – Account Execution

Oversees the execution of 5P strategy implementation within established commercial guidelines

CBP – Post- Evaluation

Develops deep insights and actionable recommendations frompost-evaluation analyses and ensures learnings are incorporated to account(s)/RE strategies
Ensures systematic post-evaluation of 5P activities and develops detailed understanding of the effectiveness of different investment levers(e.g., for promotions to calculate lift, ROI, cannibalization effects,forward buying/pantry loading and all other relevant metrics)

Basic Qualifications (required Education, Experience, Skills Etc)

A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required. Post graduate qualification in Business and/or a Masters in Business Administration is desirable

Level Of Experience

8 – 10 years’ experience in commercial roles – Customer Development, Distributor Management, Field Operations Team Training within reputable multinational FMCG companies
3- 5 years’ experience in managing cross cultural and functional Customer Development Teams in reputable multinational FMCG companies
Experience in driving solid organic growth in Net Sales as well as solid track record in managing full business P&L achieving set Key Performance Indicators for at least 5 sub Saharan Africa countries, preferably Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Madagascar.
Exposed to global leadership programs or multinational corporate leadership programs with Exposure to senior leaders/Top managers
Proficiency in the development of GTM for new products and exposed to sub Saharan Africa Markets.
In-depth experience in Indirect Trade distribution working with both grass root teams and leadership teams.
Must possess strong exposure in international and cross-cultural team work ethics.
Must have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in managing Customer Development organisations in multi-national and multi-cultural settings.
Must have strong communication skills and be comfortable interacting with staff, management and our various stakeholders (regulatory stakeholders, customer, business partners, shareholders, etc.) and preferably exposed to sub Saharan Market.

FUNCTIONAL/LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

Planning & Priority Setting
Analytical Decision Making
Strategic Thinking
Trade Understanding
Business and Financial Analysis
Promotional Effectiveness
Field execution
Managing Ambiguity
Consumer/Customer Focused
Influence/Negotiation
Cross Organizational Collaboration
Managing People
Communicate Effectively

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.Are you interested in working for Colgate-Palmolive? You can apply online and attach all relevant documents such as a cover letter and resume or CV. Applications received by e-mail are not considered in the selection process. Become part of our team. We look forward to your application.Colgate-Palmolive is a leading global consumer products company, tightly focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. Colgate sells its products in over 200 countries and territories around the world under such internationally recognised brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, Tom’s of Maine, Sorriso, Speed Stick, Lady Speed Stick, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sanex, Elta MD, PCA Skin, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Science Diet and Hill’s Prescription Diet.For more information about Colgate’s global business, visit the Company’s web site atReasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please contact Application_Accommodation@colpal.com with the subject “Accommodation Request” should you require accommodation.

October 26, 2024