Jobs at Summit Recruitment and Search

Key Requirements:

• Provide strategic leadership to the centralized operations function and guide all its activities to support the Bank’s operational excellence, growth strategies and achieve projected business results.
• Supervise all units under centralized operations to drive business value and the achievement of business expectations in line with internal and statutory banking standards.
• Closely direct back-end bank operations and ensure they run efficiently and in accordance with appropriate regulations.
• Optimize cost of operations through centralization of all non-customer facing and non-country specific operational processes and develop processes for cost sharing among business units.
• Work closely with business units to ensure seamless services, identify process weakness, issues resolution, and implement appropriate solutions to improve centralized operations.
• Monitor, report and review levels of service delivery against agreed SLAs.
• Create and maintain procedures for all operations including mapping processes using industry standard BPM conventions.
• Establish Service Level Agreements with business units and regular review mechanisms to drive and monitor performance.
• Oversee the management of critical business relationships, to ensure the protection of the Bank’s business interests and achievement of all service level agreements with suppliers.
• Design and implement the operational risk management framework for the centralized operations function including the development of Key Risk Indicators, thresholds and risk appetite statements.
• Complete a risk and control self-assessment at the frequency required by Operational Risk to regularly review the residual risk in centralized operations.
• Document and maintain a risk register to ensure that the risks associated with the Bank’s operational activities are acceptable and well mitigated.

 Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (essential)
• Masters degree in a relevant field (desirable)
• Relevant professional qualification (desirable)
• Member of a relevant professional body (desirable)
• Ten years overall experience with at least five years in Operations management (essential)
• Qualification in process engineering such as lean or six-sigma (desirable)
• Strong leadership skills gained through significant experience of operating in senior management roles within the Kenyan banking and financial sector.
• Detailed knowledge of Kenya banking and financial sector regulations
• Strong experience of working in Operations, understanding key drivers for efficiency including cycle time, turnaround time, unit cost, volume, capacity planning, demand management, shift utilisation
• Advanced collaboration and stakeholder management abilities with strong interpersonal skills.
• Good understanding of the operational drivers behind what drives great customer experience.
• Proven track record of delivering step change to customer experience in complex and regulated financial industry.
• Experienced in best practice change management and can demonstrate improvements on the back of implementation.
• Strong communication and motivational skills
• Experience of working in multiple complex business environments and understanding business plans, cost to serve models and service excellence tools.
• Experience of leading through major transformational customer programmes

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Key Requirements:            

• Approve LPOs, Delivery Notes, Goods Received Notes & associated procurement documentation within approval limits in liaison with the finance function
• Ensure all PLC transactions are duly authorized, accurately valued, timely recorded and appropriately classified in the accounts payable as well as related inventory system ledgers
• Approve and manage the procurement, logistics & custody petty cash float receipt(s) & spend
• Monitor vendor performance to ensure consistent service output
• Oversee resolution of vendor grievances & disputes
• Conduct weekly stores function meetings with staff to assess risk, review future strategies, and identify potential cost avoidance and improvement opportunities
• Strategically plan, lead and direct the execution of logistics (site-logistics / in & outbound) to effectively coordinate orders received & subsequently dispatched
• Review material forecasts prepared for all the units for reasonableness on a monthly basis; ensure inventory requisitioned is in tandem with prevailing occupancy & seasonality
• Maintain liaison with lodge managers and department HoDs to ensure their requirements are timely met
• Approve transfer-out delivery notes to ensure that all items dispatched to the lodges are timely posted in the system; further ensure that all goods-in-transit transactions are timely terminated & posted to the destination unit store with minimal queries/ supply disputes
• Manage, assign and monitor logistics vehicles, including adherence to maintenance & service schedules, ensuring all logistics vehicles have all requisite (valid) licences & permits
• Ensure all store & warehouse locations are securely maintained with inventory items stored & arranged in a structured, systematic & accessible manner; adhering to all health & safety policies and procedures
• Establish Minimum & Maximum Stock Holding levels, Lead Times and Safety/Buffer Stocks; determine optimal inventory levels to meet unexpected demand, including unusual seasonal/ occupancy variations
• Determine (with sufficient accuracy) ROL (Reorder or Par Levels), ROQ’s (Reorder Quantities); ensure metrics relating to re-order quantities are analysed and reported periodically to observe variation trends
• Ensure proper function ability of cold rooms, weighing scales (and their periodic certification), trolleys and lifting equipment
• Planning and organizing personnel rotation and annual leave schedules for central stores staff
• Ensure that the central store(s) & inventory warehouse(s) operate with up-to-date requisite valid licenses & permits; in compliance with prevailing local county laws & regulations
• Prepare a monthly delivery service level report, (with rejection analysis information) containing all aspects of vendor performance, such as timely delivery, price, quantity, quality variations & expiry date profile(s)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Purchasing and Supplies Management from a recognized university
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supplies (CIPS)
• Accounting qualifications & experience will be an added advantage
• Minimum Ten (10) years’ work experience in a procurement position that includes management of the supply chain, logistics, inventory & storage facilities, preferably within a hospitality group setting
• In-depth knowledge of hospitality industry procurement, logistics & inventory management practices, standards, rules and regulations is greatly preferred
• Experience in procuring OS&E, FF&E & high-value maintenance materials will be advantageous
• Experience with Central warehousing and distribution
• Experience with Inventory Management Systems or ERPs with knowledge of system supply chain management
• Excellent communication, leadership, negotiation, analytical and report writing skills
• Excellent computer skills (Stock & inventory control systems, MS Office & Google Suite applications)
• Maturity, confidentiality, impartiality and trustworthiness; high level of ethics & integrity.
• Possess personal drive, initiative and professional approach to efficient & effective resource management

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Key Requirements:

• Develop and implement waste management plans that ensure compliance with NEMA regulations and minimize environmental impact.
• Conduct research and analysis to identify new waste management technologies and processes.
• Oversee handling, transportation, and disposal of all waste generated by the company, including general farm waste, guts, and scales.
• Develop and maintain relationships with waste management vendors and suppliers.
• Identify opportunities to create value from waste streams, such as recycling or repurposing waste materials.
• Manage the hydrolase process with a structured scientific approach to identify the optimal solution.
• Ensure that all waste management processes and procedures comply with company policies and regulations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology, or a related field.
• Must have a minimum of 7+ years of experience in waste management or related field.
• Relevant experience with hydrolase processes and other waste management / treatment technologies preferred.
• Must have knowledge of NEMA and other local regulations related to waste management.
• Should have Certifications in waste management, hazardous or otherwise.

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Key Requirements:

• Oversee our day-to-day processing operations, ensuring that processing operations are running efficiently and effectively.
• Develop and implement strategies to improve operational efficiency and productivity by developing new processes or procedures, identifying, and resolving operational issues, and implementing quality control measures.
• Work together with the Quality Control team to ensure all QMS processes and SOPs are tracked.
• Set and monitor processing KPIs and make necessary adjustments to ensure that these KPIs are met or exceeded.
• Collaborate with other departments such as production to ensure logistics operations are aligned with the overall goals and objectives of the organization.
• Develop and implement strategies to optimize warehouse operations, improve inventory management, and minimize costs.
• Oversee development and implementation of EHS policies and procedures including risk assessments, incident reporting, and emergency response plans.
• Oversee management of resources such as staff, equipment, boats and items in the farm and warehouse.

Qualifications:

• Relevant bachelor’s degree.
• Must have management experience.
• Must have a minimum of 10+ years of experience in managing operations, logistics, and supply chain functions within an organization.
• Must have Capacity to understand complex operations and challenges, break them down into problems that can then be tackled and resolve them.
• Should have attention to detail and data driven approach to constantly improve operations and ensure consistency in delivering value to other parts of the business, day in, day out.

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Key Requirements:

• Plan and oversee daily processing activities ensuring that all processing schedules are adhered to, and all targets are met / exceeded.
• Coordinate with the processing foremen to ensure all production processes are streamlined and that production flow is maximized.
• Monitor processing operations to ensure all safety, quality and environmental standards are met.
• Train and supervise processing staff.
• Maintain accurate records of all processing activities, including output quantities, resource inventory, conformance and non-conformance records and waste.
• Identify areas for improvement in the processing plant and develop & implement process improvement initiatives.
• Ensure that all equipment is properly maintained and serviced, and that all safety procedures are followed.
• Collaborate with other crucial departments such as Quality Assurance, to ensure that all production activities are aligned with company goals and objectives.
• Manage and prioritize multiple projects and tasks simultaneously.

Qualifications:

• Must have a minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a supervisory role in a food processing or manufacturing environment, preferably in fish processing.
• Must have a Bachelor’s or Diploma in a related field preferred.
• Strong knowledge in fish processing techniques is a plus.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Must be able to lift 30kg and stand for long periods of time.