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  • Posted: Oct 23, 2018
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    Victory Farms is a tilapia fish farm established in 2015. VF is located on the Kenyan side of Lake Victoria and has distribution capacity throughout Kenya. The Company is rapidly expanding its farm operation, fish processing, and sales & marketing capabilities. By the end of 2017, VF is on track to be the largest aquaculture farm in East Africa. VF is em...
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    General Manager

    Job description

    About the Opportunity:

    The commercial aquaculture industry in East Africa is growing rapidly, based on strong demand and excellent natural resources. Victory Farms is the pioneer and leader in the space, accounting for roughly 50% of local fish production and 75% of the industry’s annual growth. Wildcatch tilapia has declined 90% over the last 30 years and continues to decline. Population growth, urbanization, and income growth are all rapidly fueling the consumer’s ability and desire to buy fresh fish. Victory Farms is uniquely positioned as the regional leader to continue to build a full-scale commercial fish farm and distribution platform.

    Job Description:

    The ideal candidate will have 10+ years working in a leadership capacity for a company in Africa that has rapidly scaled its operation, faces logistical challenges, and is focused on operational excellence:

    • Leadership to drive company vision and operational goals throughout all levels of operations
    • Ability to develop the right KPIs, measure and track against them, and make monthly improvements through systems, improving skills, organization, and scale
    • Coordinate construction timelines, resource planning, execution and quality controls, maintain safety standards, and have end-to-end ownership on project delivery
    • Lead and develop strong technical team of aquaculture, construction, and administration
    • Structure workflows, develop SOPs, and develop highly standardized approach to handling various farm activities
    • Manage rapid scaling of business, development of infrastructure, and operational excellence
    • Support and manage our community relations efforts, build close and lasting ties to stakeholders
    • Demonstrate desire to relocate/live to farm site, based in rural Homa Bay County
    • Reports directly to the CEO; approximately 150 FTEs report to GM, growing at 75 FTEs / year

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Victory Farms on www.linkedin.com to apply

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