Managing Director Job in Kenya - Skylark Africa Insurance Brokers

Skylark Africa Insurance Brokers Limited is a rapidly growing medium size insurance brokerage firm in a busy and dynamic environment.

Job Description
  • Bring in new business.
  • Interact with clients.
  • Recruit employees and develop strategies to boost profits.
  • Coordinate the efforts of various departments such as legal, finance and product development to meet company goals.
  • Manage the entire organization, all its departments and branches.
  • Negotiate and procure corporate business orders.

  • Recruit managers with the help of senior managers.
  • Fix the salaries, benefits and other perks for the senior positions and advise the same to the HR director.
  • Assign jobs to various senior personnel.
  • Allocate funds to different departments.
  • Meet the senior managers on a regular basis to discuss business strategy.
  • Study their business progress reports and suggest improvements.
  • Help resolve issues between department heads.
  • Implement safety rules and policies.
  • Negotiate with labor unions and keep the organization free from litigation.
  • Ensure that the organization adheres to all local and state rules and regulations.
Requirements
  • He must be a graduate from a recognized university
  • He must be an AIIC or AIIK diploma holder.
  • He must be 30-40years.
  • He must have at least 10years working experience and a minimum 3years of management in an insurance company or established insurance broker.
  • He must have strong leadership qualities.
Essential Skills
  • He must be an effective communicator with excellent leadership and management skills.
  • He must be results-oriented with strong business development sense and the ability to interact with clients, senior management and staff.
  • He must be creative, a problem-solver with the ability to build and manage teams, delegate authority and develop employee talents.
  • He should possess impeccable character and play a leading role in formulating work ethics and principles of an organization.
  • He should have knowledge of how competing industries players are performing and what moves they are making.
  • Strong budgeting, business writing and computer skills are essential.
  • Top notch presentation skills.
To apply for this position, please forward your application letter and your current C.V. to the undersigned on or before 31/1/2011

Your application be addressed to:

The Chairman,
Skylark Africa Insurance Brokers Ltd,
P.O.Box. 10437-00100
Nairobi.

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