Manager Business Development - (KET 4) at Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO)

REF: KETRACO/5/1C/40/149/VOL I - B

Reporting to the General Manager Strategy Research & Compliance, the successful candidate will be responsible for identification, development, evaluation and implementation of strategies and policies to build commercial business income stream.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing leadership to staff in the Division.
• Coordinating research, development and implementation of optimal strategy for commercialization of income-generating assets by leveraging on physical assets and human resources; iii). Liaising with both internal and external stakeholders to identify business opportunities
• Ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory bodies;
• Managing staff job performance, career development, capacity building and deployment of skills;
• Coordinating commercial business planning processes;
• Supporting commercial contracts development;
• Verifying and submitting timely and accurate management information and compliance reports;
• Proposing to management and Board on viable commercial opportunities;
• Proposing pricing decisions of Company commercial services;
• Managing implementation of the Directorate's performance targets in realization of the Company's Strategic Plan and Performance Contract
• Overseeing internal processes and workflows for operational effectiveness.

Operational Responsibilities:

• Proposing resource requirement for the Division, both staff and equipment;
• Identifying commercial business opportunities and developing proposals
• Negotiating commercial business contracts with clients
• Exploring, developing and maintaining commercial business income streams;
• Preparing and presenting management, board papers and reports
• Securing relevant business licences;
• Supporting billing and collection of revenue from commercial clients;
• Recommending expenditures for the Division
• Making commercial business pricing decisions
• Preparing the Divisions annual budget, procurement and work plan;
• Managing the implementation of risk mitigation measures and updating of the Division Enterprise Risk Register;
• Implementation and monitoring quality assurance in the Division
• Managing staff job performance and evaluation, career development and capacity building and deployment of skills;
• Liaising with other process owners for operational effectiveness
• Accounting for the Division resource use in line with prevailing laws, policies and regulations.

Qualifications & Skills required:

• Master's Degree in a relevant field with Bachelor's degree in Business Administration —Marketing Option/Economics or related field from a recognized institution 
• Must be a member to Marketing Society of Kenya and in good standing;
• Fulfils the requirements of the provision of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010.
• A minimum of eight (8) years post admission relevant work experience.

Working conditions - Office and Field setting