Job Vacancies at Duma Works

Duma Works is recruiting an  Operations Manager for one of its clients in Nairobi, Moko Home + Living.

Who We Are

Moko Home + Living is a growing company bursting with innovation, creativity and passion.  Our customers dream of a better night’s sleep, a welcoming place to host their guests, a fun and safe place for their children to play. But they tell us this isn’t easy – they have to settle for low-quality furnishings or break the bank.  Join us in building the products, the brand and the network to put quality living within everyone’s reach.  Here’s what our team has accomplished in the few years since our founding:

•  Reached over 100,000 Kenyan homes with our products
• Attracted global investment to continue fuelling our growth and vision
• Supported the growth of over 200 small furniture businesses across the country
• Grown from a start-up to mid-sized company

What You’ll Do

Moko’s Operations Manager makes hundreds of families happy every week by delivering top-notch mattresses, sofas and furniture materials efficiently and with a smile.  You’ll lead the dream team responsible for warehousing and nationwide distribution of all our products.  You will be an experienced, results-driven multi-tasker who is eager to support the development of your team.

Responsibilities

Ensure world-class service delivery

• Maintain strong interfaces and continuous communication with customer-facing teams to quickly identify and troubleshoot problems when they arise
• Implement a quick and smooth order fulfilment process, from receipt to delivery
• Ensure that all goods that reach customers in good condition and to their expectations
• Minimize invoicing and delivery errors

Lead, grow and continuously improve your team

• Manage our warehouse and distribution teams, support their professional advancement and ensure a safe and happy environment
• Anticipate and plan for capacity investments to keep service delivery apace with company growth

Take responsibility for inventory management and compliance

• Maintain and improve inventory control systems, ensuring robust ongoing controls and regular stock-checks
• Lead environmental and local authority compliance

Career Growth + Compensation

Moko invests in building the capacity and skills within our team. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through mentorship from the management team.  Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new roles opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career growth for those who are ready to take up the challenge.

Requirements

• Strong management and leadership skills, including the ability to relate well with direct reports, customers and colleagues.
• Strong organizational and record keeping skills, including the ability to develop operational tools in Microsoft Excel
• Experience in warehousing, inventory management, logistics and/or distribution
• Candidates with at least 3 years’ experience managing a team preferably.
• An independent, out-of-the-box thinker with strong problem-solving abilities

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Duma Works is recruiting a Service Technician Mechanical for our client, Krones LCS Center East Africa Ltd. The company provides after sales services to clients in the fields of process, filling and packaging technology.

To provide professional technical specialist support and service in respect of all Krones  equipment so that equipment availability and efficiency is optimised and improved and losses and risks are minimised

Responsibilities

• Perform the day to day total productive maintenance to ensure that machinery is maintained in an effective, up to date accurate manner
• Complete equipment/parts audits
• Maintain a safe working environment
• Manage, implement and improve continuous projects
• Conduct audits
• Manage personal development and performance
• Communicate/interact with the client, technicians and the office to ensure the flow of projects and customer requirements
• Fault find in a logical and professional manner
• Attend to breakdowns telephonically and physically

Qualifications

• Diploma/University Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 5 years in engineering/bottling experience
• Solid and proven technical background
• Very good negotiation and communication skills
• Knowledge of Krones Technology and its range of equipment
• Exposure to complex projects
• Strong verbal and written skills
• Strong interpersonal skills – team builder and participant

Personal competencies

• Self-motivated, independent, solution orientated, deadline driven individual with strong time management skills
• Strong analytical ability, attention to detail and strategic thinker
• Project a professional image, lead by example, encourage team work and compliance with work processes and procedures
• Build mutually beneficial relationships internally and externally

Specific Job Skills

• Highly skilled in time management
• Solid problem-solving skills and the ability to focus on both strategically and tactically to achieve business goals
• MS Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project (pref)
• Ability to Read/Write in English and do Calculations.

Management Ability

• Perform varied work assignments and constantly prioritise workload by ensuring that deadlines and clients expectations are met or exceeded where possible
• Ability to work in a high volume and intense working environment
• Solution orientated and results driven
• Professional liaison with all levels of management and technical clients, both internally and externally
• Client focused
• Project leadership and mentoring skills to colleagues and clients
• Able to travel both domestic and foreign
• Possess a valid passport

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Duma Works is recruiting a Senior Supply Chain Officer for one of its clients in Nairobi, Moko Home + Living.

Who We Are

Moko Home + Living is a growing company bursting with innovation, creativity and passion.  Our customers dream of a better night’s sleep, a welcoming place to host their guests, a fun and safe place for their children to play. But they tell us this isn’t easy – they have to settle for low-quality furnishings or break the bank.  Join us in building the products, the brand and the network to put quality living within everyone’s reach.  Here’s what our team has accomplished in the few years since our founding:

•  Reached over 100,000 Kenyan homes with our products
• Attracted global investment to continue fuelling our growth and vision
• Supported the growth of over 200 small furniture businesses across the country
• Grown from a start-up to mid-sized company

What You’ll Do

Our Supply Chain team brings materials from around the world to our factory, where they’re crafted into furniture that make thousands of families happy.   Moko’s Senior Supply Chain Manager will grow our supply chain apace with the company’s product development and manufacturing plans.  You’ll manage and grow a strategic global supplier network and ensure systems and processes are in place to meet growing procurement needs.

Responsibilities

Lead Supply Chain Growth and Development

• Ensure supply chain systems, processes and team capacity are apace with company growth
• Proactively grow the company’s supplier network for key materials to mitigate risk and keep pace with growing demand; identify and attend relevant trade fairs and conduct overseas factory visits
• Keep up-to-date with global market changes relevant to our key product lines
• Develop sourcing plans to accommodate increasingly complex sales and manufacturing needs

Ensure Continuous Cost Optimization

• Regularly identify and evaluate opportunities for reducing costs while maintaining high level of quality
• Identify and evaluate new suppliers for existing products in search of enhanced value for money

Oversee the day-to-day Supply Chain Management

• Manage a small team responsible for global and local procurement, sourcing and import functions
• Ensure appropriate targets are in place and are being consistently met by the supply chain team

Career Growth + Compensation

You’ll join the leadership team of one of East Africa’s most successful growth-stage companies, playing a key role in our development into a major enterprise.  You’ll learn first-hand how a thriving venture is operated, with the opportunity to expand your skills and responsibilities as your team and our company grow.

We believe this distinct and rare experience is the most valuable benefit we offer new leaders who join our team.  In addition to this, you’ll earn a competitive salary and benefits package benchmarked against lean mid-sized companies.

Requirements

• Sourcing and supply chain management experience coordinating a variety of suppliers
• Strong working knowledge of import/export practices and regulations
• Experience sourcing finished or semi-finished products; experience with contract manufacturing or sourcing for manufacture an advantage
• Strong people management skills and the ability to develop and manage key external relationships
• A well-developed analytical ability and high level of attention to detail
• Eagerness to join a quickly-growing organization and team

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Duma Works is recruiting an Agronomist for one of our clients in Sierra Leone; an agricultural company that trains NGO’s, organizations, farmer groups and ToT (Trainers of Trainers) in Good Agricultural Practices and commercial farming methods.

Fresh Salone is an agricultural company established in 2013 in Sierra Leone and specializing in improved agricultural inputs sale, Training and growing of crops.

Following USAID project, we are looking to contract out grower farmer groups to grow traditional crops for weekly export to Europe.

Requirements

• Applicant must be Agronomist with practical experience with Outgrower contracts, Training and implementing of GLOBAL-GAP standards, and act as a production manager.
• Managing GLOBAL_GAP compliance, follow up on crop maintenance, train farmers and ensure the crop is ready for export
• Experience in Greenhouse growing for export in Fresh Salone 5ac farm from June 2019

Salary and Benefits:

• Base Salary 1,500 USD + bonus on successful export quantities
• Flight Freetown-Nairobi 1x year
• The employee will be located in a separate private house close to the farming area