The primary role of the
job is day-to-day running of company business, leading employees to encourage
maximum performance and dedication and actively coaching the senior and middle
management teams. The job holder will closely work with the Directors and
senior management team to implement the company’s short and mid-term strategic
objectives.
Responsibilities
- Lead the senior
management team in the development and implementation of the company’s
strategy
- Lead the executive and senior management team in developing and
monitoring annual budgets
- Establish plans and KPIs.
Allocate resources, review progress, and make operational corrections as required
- Implement
growth strategies
- Achieve
strategic business orientation to sustain change and impart competitive
advantage
- Increase
market share
- Responsible for the
overall profitability of the company. Assess
company performance and devise plans for improvement
- Carry
out business gap analysis and plug in gaps to compliment achievement of targets
- Build
professional, forward-looking, positive, pro-active teams
- Write and submit reports to the board in all matters of importance
- Develop
most critical capabilities required to drive company strategies & growth
for next 1 to 3 years
- Adapt
and utilize technology and IT to achieve higher efficiency, accuracy, prompt
communication, online track & trace and better cost & revenue
management
- Achieve
financial ratios in line with corporate budget
- Identify
external & internal risks and mitigate them
- Strengthen SOPs and company-wide compliance
- Develop
action plan/s to achieve sales volumes
- Monitor
& evaluate individual sales person’s performance and overall sales dept’s
performance against budget/target and take actions to ensure targets are
achieved.
- Ensure
timely submission of tenders
- Focus
and generate business from Projects such as Oil & Gas, Infrastructure,
Ministries, NGOs etc;
- Deliver operational excellence by ensuring compliance with local
and international certifications such as ISO, ICMI, etc and managing a fully
integrated QMS
- Ensure that the company is positioned at the forefront of QHSE
practices and maintains the certifications and standards required to retain
market position
- Responsible
for day-to-day management and operations
- Providing
technical support and oversight of clearing and forwarding and related
operating policies and procedures.
- Development
of operational strategies by studying industry best practices, technological
and financial opportunities and producing advisory reports
- Ensure that operational expenditures of
the Company are within the authorized budget of the Company Manage relationships with subcontractors / partners / suppliers /
industry leaders (e.g. shipping lines, revenue authorities, etc
Requirements
Knowledge and Experience
- A
Bachelor’s Degree in business-related discipline; MSc / MBA is a plus
- A
minimum of fifteen years’ relevant industry experience, five of which must be
at Executive Management level
- Experience in operations within the logistics industry in the
East African region
- Leadership
skills to lead senior management and drive desired business growth through
teamwork
- Ability
to visualize opportunities and convert them into business reality
- Excellent
planning and execution skills to implement strategies to meet/exceed the goals
set by the board of directors
- Excellent
problem-solving skills and internal & external conflicts resolution skills
- Ability
to perform and achieve under adverse circumstances
- Analytical
and objective decision-making skills
- Excellent communication skills