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Industry: Advertising & Marketing
Report: Managing Director
Salary: Gross 40k-60k + Commissions.  

Our Client is an integrated advertising & marketing agency offering a broad spectrum of services, ranging from Creative Designing & Printing, Media Planning & Release, Billboard Advertising, Events & Experiential Marketing, Promotional merchandise & Gift items and Website design and development.
They seek to hire a confident, enthusiastic Corporate Sales Executive who will be tasked with generating revenue through developing corporate accounts.

Key Responsibility for Corporate Sales Executive Role:

• Identify and develop strategic relationships with potential new clients.
• Work with the Director to set strategy and objectives for lead generation.
• Source for new leads and develop a network of key stakeholders to develop a pipeline.
• Orchestrate new business meetings/pitches and respond to RFI’s, participating and preparing presentations.
• Establish a strategy for opening opportunities with new or lapsed clients.
• Manage day to day activities for new business strategy and lead generation campaigns – track new business contacts/CRM database and follow up.
• Coordinate with marketing and PR on outbound activities to help generate new business.
• Create targeted new strategies that open pipelines and attract new clients.

Key Qualifications for Corporate Sales Executive Manager Role: 

• A Bachelor’s Degree course in Sales & Marketing.
• Must have at least 2-3 years of experience in the Insurance or banking sector
• Experience in a Call Centre or Direct Marketing is an added advantage
• Female candidates are encouraged to apply
• Must have a proven track record of securing new business wins and achieving revenue growth.
• Must be a strategic thinker with the ability to identify and propose relevant opportunities. Must have the ability to identify targeted clients for both in and outbound leads.
• Must have great communication skills able to confidently engage with potential clients and build relationships/rapport.
   

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Industry: Financial Services & Asset Management
Salary: Negotiable based on experience

Our client is a multi-faceted financial services company offering tailored financial services and solutions to individuals and companies. They seek to hire a Human Resource Compliance Manager. S/he will support a small team of professionals tasked with mitigating the organization’s legal and compliance risks, raise awareness of legal and compliance obligations, and define, deploy, and sustain a robust compliance program across the organization’s operations.

Responsibilities for the HR Legal & Compliance Manager Job

• Ensure consistent compliance with global labor and legal requirements by researching existing and new legislation thereafter advising the leadership team on needed action.
• By serving as the company’s primary contract person, protect the interests of employees and the company in accordance with company Human Resources policies and governmental laws and regulations.
• Offer strategic advice to directors, and the board, on the employee, labor relations, and human capital management.
• Advice on the applicable laws and best practices in labor, employment, and labor relations laws.
• Conduct successful litigation, legal protection, risk management, and management of external lawyers on employee & labor relations.
• Excellence in preparation, review, modification, and management of contracts, agreements, and other documentation and development of comprehensive contract documents that mitigate risks and penalties for employers including HR policies and procedures.
• Ensure people's systems are highly functioning, driving workflow efficiencies, data, and insights on our global team.
• Lead all safeguarding efforts to ensure the safety of the team members and project participants.
• Respond to the Human resource requests for a global team working in different geographic locations.
• Oversee the team’s well-being, by ensuring that policies, systems, and support infrastructure are in place to help team members thrive in situations of day-day stress as well as in extremis.
• Serve as a resource for managers by coaching and mentoring senior managers effectively using the full array of HR tools, processes, and policies.
• Initiate and participate in organizational performance reviews and business process improvement programs, as well as undertake special research aimed at improving organizational effectiveness.
• Lead and coordinate the Organizational development process, to advise the leadership team on what change management actions need to take place.

Qualifications for the HR Legal & Compliance Manager Job

• Bachelor's degree in Law and Higher Diploma in HR. 
• At least 5 years of relevant experience
• Experience in the Asset Management industry is an added advantage 
• Excellent knowledge in Labor Law and business law
• Proficiency in Human Resource Information Systems
• Good understanding of business processes and controls to manage information, guide personnel, and facilitate decision-making
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to exhibit a high level of confidentiality
• Focus on achieving results and getting things done within a demanding organization
• Excellent oral and written proficiency in English
• Computer literate and proficient at using MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
   

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Reports to: Ag. Country Director
Industry: Investment & Asset Management 
Client: Fast Growing Investment & Asset Management Company with footprints across Africa.
Salary: Negotiable based on Experience

Job Purpose: The role requires a seasoned business development professional with solid business acumen, a strong business development track record, and a deep understanding of the East African investment & asset management industry that will be their responsibility to manage. 

Responsibilities of the Director Business Development Job

• Implement the company’s strategy to grow business lines across the region.
• Understand market trends, client needs and develop strategies to close the resulting opportunities.
• Build and manage a portfolio of top tier portfolios across the region.
• Oversee the sales process from lead development to contracting to account growth.
• Build and manage relationships with key C-level decision-makers across multiple countries.
• Work closely with the country director to develop and execute account plans and strategies.
• Achieve regional account acquisition and revenue targets.
• Make presentations to company executives and management teams to highlight business or marketing opportunities also present the results of new strategies. 
• Prepare documents and information for requests for proposals (RFPs). To create new opportunities for business growth and enhanced operations.

Qualifications of the Director Business Development Job

• Strong networking capabilities at senior level. The ideal candidate should already possess an existing Investment & Asset Management/financial industry network.
• Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Business Management, Finance, or any other relevant field
• Post graduate qualification would be an added advantage
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in the financial industry, with at least 8 years spent in business development roles.
• Extensive investment product knowledge and understanding of financial concepts with the ability to articulate a variety of investment topics ranging from fundamental asset classes to alternative investments.
• Self-driven individual with a high degree of resilience.
• Strong goal and results orientation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with cross-cultural competency.
• Have good business acumen, outstanding negotiation skills and the ability to present and influence deals at senior management level.
• A team player with the ability to manage relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Public speaking capability

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Reports to: Managing Partner
Client: Law Firm in Nairobi

Job Purpose: Responsible for handling a variety of complex legal matters withing the conveyancing department. 

Our client is a law firm with its headquarters in Nairobi seeking to hire a Conveyancing & Commercial Lawyer. 

Responsibilities of the Conveyancing & Commercial Lawyer:  

• Carrying out the negotiation, drafting and review of commercial contracts and ensuring they are duly executed. 
• Conduct due diligence on conveyancing transactions, prepare agreements for sale, completion documents (where necessary) and ensure proper registration of documents.
• Conduct legal research on various areas of law as may be assigned by the HOD.
• Oversee filing and maintenance of intellectual property applications and registrations. 
• Assist with due diligence and other intellectual property issues related to contracts, agreements and other transactional matters.
• Effect the legal formation of entities including organizational documents and take further action as required by law.
• Provide legal advice on commercial and corporate transactions. Draft legal opinions and maintain the database.
• Ability to prepare security documents and ensure they are properly executed and properly registered.

Qualifications of the Conveyancing & Commercial Lawyer:

• Advocate of the High of Kenya with a current Practicing Certificate.
• Five (5) years post admission experience in a busy commercial law firm/department with particular emphasis on Banking & Finance, Real Estate, IP, Commercial corporate, conveyancing.
• Ability to develop positive relationships with clients & manage client expectations.
• High quality research skills and drafting of relevant documents.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Knowledge of legal document filing procedures in the relevant registries

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Reports to: Marketing Manager
Client: Mattress & Beddings Manufacturing Company
Gross Salary: KES. 80,000 – 110,000.

Job Purpose:  As an E-commerce Sales Executive you will have the end-to-end responsibility of the customer experience and growth of key categories and accounts. Your role is to bring in the relevant assortment, design targeted promotions, and manage partners including e-commerce platforms. 

You will also have a strategic role when it comes to the company online strategy. You will be in charge of overlooking the overall achievement of marketing targets in the country.

Key Responsibilities of the E-commerce Sales Executive Job

• Plan and execute quality content aiming to improve company content quality. 
• Make checks on all company SoMe on a daily basis.
• Plan content weekly to ensure posts generate the right level of engagement
• Collaborate with graphics team to ensure quality visuals for your content.
• Together with commercial team, define and plan weekly sales campaign.
• Build post-mortem campaign efficiency with channels owners.
• Follow up on marketing effectiveness and ROI.
• Develop and manage multiple categories under the company. Develop & execute annual and quarterly category strategic plans. 
• Manage the entire physical product lifecycle, from strategic activities to tactical implementation, including product portfolio idea generation.
• Ensure continuous growth of the company’s existing business by owning pricing and promotions strategy, working with marketing teams to improve product content and visibility; and managing stock availability by coordinating teams across the business to bring the product to the customer.        

 Qualifications of the E-commerce Sales Executive Job

• Bachelor’s Degree in any field from a recognized and accredited University.
• Minimum of 4+ years of relevant professional experience within an e-commerce, retail merchandising or category management role.
• Adequate knowledge of the Online Marketplace and the Ecommerce Industry.
• Proven work experience in the Digital field.
• Experience with online marketing tools and web-based technologies.
• Familiarity with Google Analytics is a plus.
• Strong business judgment with a track record of successful negotiations and overall relationship management.
• Proven analytical thinking, project management skills, and exceptional organizational skills are essential.
• Tenacity to develop ideas independently and thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment is essential for success

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Reports to: Managing Director
Client: Mattress & Beddings Manufacturing Company
Gross Salary: KES. 180,000 – 200,000.

Job Purpose: As a Marketing Manager you will be responsible for developing, establishing and maintaining marketing strategies to meet organizational objectives. You are responsible for making sure that the brand grows and the company grows into a trusted household brand. To do this, you are responsible for designing and implementing comprehensive and multi-channel marketing strategies and the means to measure their effectiveness.    

Responsibilities of the Marketing Manager Job

• Drive Marketing Performance planning and optimization across all categories to ensure achievement of business OKRs in terms of buying customers, orders, and ROI from marketing investments
• Be the key point of contact with partners on all marketing-related topics
• Develop company brand strategy and brand calendar for on-demand services in cooperation with the functional Brand team.
• Lead campaign planning for all categories on-demand services to grow user engagement. Working closely with commercial and logistics team to ensure cross-functional coordination on selected campaign’s areas (city, district) and key partners (Saccos, supermarkets, Hotels, Institutions)
• Work closely with channel owners to drive optimization of digital channels such as Paid Online Marketing and CRM, and co-lead development of strategic initiatives.
• Marketing Strategy and Marketing Plan- Develop marketing strategies and plans for the company and implement them.
• Customer Service- Development of marketing programs and plans to ensure effective customers service and increase re-order levels.
• Advertising –Manage mainstream adverts and online campaigns to ensure ROI
• Develop Relationship Marketing- Both for internal marketing and external marketing so as to cultivate relationships and create an even stronger brand.
• Branding- Ensure all company branches are branded and with clear directions given
• Competitors Marketing Analysis-Be up to date and report activities- pricing, new products, marketing activities so as to gain an edge over the rest based on their factual competitions marketing activities 
• Constant feedback to the management from the market and decide on future strategies
• Work closely with the social media marketers to manage online campaigns and adverts and manage the digital marketing team

Qualifications of the Marketing Manager Job

• Four plus (4+) Years of Experience as a Marketing Manager.
• Understanding of customer journeys, customer experience and retention.
• University Graduate, specialization in business or Marketing is an added advantage.
• Experience in Fintech/E-commerce environment is a plus.  
• Good team player, and confident presenting to stakeholders.
• Strong communication, interpersonal & management skills.
• Strong data analysis, strategic and analytical skills, high detail orientation.

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Reporting: To Relationship Manager
Clients: Financial Services & Asset Management
Salary: Commissions Based

Are you a go getter, aggressive, focused, result oriented with a passion in sales, well our client offers you an opportunity to grow your career in sales?
Our client is an investment company that also offers money lending services. They invite applications from dynamic, goal-oriented, high performers, with strong persuasive and selling / communication skills as Sales Executive.

Responsibilities of the Direct Sales Executive Job

• Directly selling and promoting company products to the assigned markets.
• Acquisition & customer portfolio management.
• Improve visibility and brand image of the company.
• Marketing products and services on a daily basis to prospective customers.
• Building relationships with existing referral sources and cultivate new referral sources both internally and externally.
• Ensuring the best in terms of quality of sales.
• Deriving insights to competitor Sales activities and effectively counter the efforts.
• Regularly providing feedback to the Relationship Manager on the acceptance of the products.
• Maintain a comprehensive database of existing relationships/prospects.
• Identify customer needs/buyer values and proactively seek to provide products/ services to meet the identified needs.
• Analyze and screen applications for credit based on the organization’s credit risk procedures.
• Regularly contact customers via telephone calls and physical marketing visits to obtain feedback on service quality and customer satisfaction levels.
• Ensure timely resolution of customer complaints and issues.

Qualifications of the Direct Sales Executive Job

• Degree/Diploma in any field.
• Minimum of Three (3) years cognate experience in the financial services industry.
• Experience in Digital Money Lending services is an added advantage.
• Good negotiation and interpersonal skills with ability to persuade clients.
• Pleasant personality & Good interpersonal skills.
• Integrity and Professionalism and Unquestionable ethics.

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Reporting to: Ag. Country Director
Client: Financial Services & Asset Management Company
Salary: 120k - 150k

Our client is an investment holding company in Africa. They seek to recruit a dynamic and visionary professional to join the team as the Internal Auditor. The successful candidate will be tasked with improving the company’s overall operations, with specific emphasis on the effectiveness of audit management, control and corporate governance processes to drive profitable growth.

Responsibilities for the Internal Auditor Job

• Develop the annual audit work plan that reflects the institution’s highest risks that will be monitored by the audit function as determined by conducting a mandatory annual risk assessment using an enterprise-wide approach.
• Oversee and monitor the implementation of the audit work plan.
• Provide an annual holistic opinion on the effectiveness and adequacy of risk management, control, and governance processes and ensure that risk assessment is done at least annually.
• Establish risk-based audit plans to set out the priorities of the internal audit function, consistent with the organizational objectives.
• Report to the Board on a regular basis on the progress of implementation, and advise the Board and senior management in establishing methods to improve efficiency and quality of services, and to reduce the vulnerability to fraud.
• Coordinate internal auditing activities and plans with other internal and external providers of assurance and consulting activities to ensure proper coverage and minimize duplication of effort.
• Communicate plan of engagements and resource requirements for the internal audit function, including significant interim changes to the audit committee. 
• Ensure timely completion of internal auditing engagements and reports are provided to the Audit & Risk Committee with minimum delay.
• Review policies and programs that encourage managers and employees to report suspected fraud and other improprieties without fear of retaliation.
• Review the implementation of Board Audit and Risk recommendations and report back to the management.
• Practice and promote a culture of high-quality standards, integrity and ethics across the Company.

Qualifications for the Internal Auditor Job

• Must have business related Bachelor’s Degree 
• A Post Graduate Qualification in a business-related field will be an added advantage.
• Must possess relevant professional qualification(s) such as CPA or ACCA or CIA or CISA.
• Must be a member in good standing of a recognized professional body e.g., ICPAK; ACCA.
• Have knowledge and relevant work experience of not less than four (4) years.
• Have thorough understanding of financial management, regulatory compliance, board reporting, as well as demonstrable commercial and investment acumen.