Plenser Limited is a Kenya top 100
SME based in Nairobi, specialized in modern technologies for Waste
Incineration, Commercial and Industrial Heating, and Interior Designs and
Finishes to buildings.
Position: Business Manager – Building Works
Reports To: General Manager
Principal Role: The Business Manager plans, coordinates, budgets,
and supervises construction projects from development to completion.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Participates in formulation, implementation
and evaluation/review of the strategic management planning process
- Plans and executes market penetration
strategies
- Prepares cost estimates, budgets, and work
timetables
- Interprets and explains contracts and
technical information to other professionals
- Reports to clients and management work
progress matters
- Collaborate with architects, engineers, and
other construction specialists
- Select, schedule, and coordinate subcontractor
activities
- Respond to work delays, emergencies, and other
problems
- Comply with legal requirements, building and
safety codes, and other regulations
- Prepares, seeks approval and executes annual
departmental plans
- Represents the company in industry forums as
necessary
- Generates, analyses and manages building and
civil works data
- Ensures safe custody of all information
- Manages Information System for ease of access
- Conducts market intelligence on customers and
products and maintains related information for decision making
- Tracks Industry sales and maintains
information on Market share
- Monitors and manages customer acquisition
costs
- Ensures that a current customer database is
maintained
- Ensures timely responses to customers
enquiries and feedback
- Prepares the department’s budgets and monitors
spending in line with budgets
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
- Age above 35yrs
- Work Experience of over 5yrs in a busy
environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication
skills.
Position: General Manager
Reports To: C.E.O
Principal role: To oversee all the functions of the Plenser Group
of Companies, in order to safeguard the future viability and sustainability of
the Group.
Duties and Responsibilities
A. Strategic Planning
- Gives oversight to the strategic planning
process, by bringing together all stakeholders for action
- Champions and advocates for the implementation
of the strategic plan by articulating strategic objectives to the staff
and MAB, while ensuring appropriate resources are available for its
execution
- Plans for and oversees monitoring and
evaluation of the strategic plan, including review when necessary
- Promotes a culture that honors the values of
the organization and encourages good following from all employees
- Articulates the mission of the organization in
a clear and crisp way, while living out a culture that supports it
- Oversees the preparation of Annual Operating
Plans in support of the strategic plan, and ensures their adherence
B. Governance and Leadership
- Continuously evaluates the effectiveness of
existing governance structures and business processes, policies and
procedures of the Plenser Group and ensures they are continuously reviewed
for relevance for business continuity
- Oversees and leads all Plenser Group’s
companies and supervises function heads (Sales and Marketing, Finance and
Administration, Technical, Operations, Research & Development) in
order to achieve optimum value from all
- Motivates and guides all function heads and
all employees, carefully supporting them in personal and career
development
- Identifies and nurtures talent by ensuring
that the organization attracts, identifies, retains and rewards highly
talented and motivated employees
- Coaches, mentors and develops existing and
upcoming talent
- Oversees the implementation of a succession
planning strategy, thereby ensuring the future leadership of the Plenser
Group is secured
- Motivates all employees for achievement of the
Plenser Group’s goals and objectives
C. Financial Management
- Supervises the financial function of the
Plenser Group
- Oversees prudent management of financial
resources of the Group by leading the budgeting process and presenting the
same to the Board for approval, while ensuring long term financial
stability of the business through continuous review of business financial
position
- Leads the formulation, implementation and
continuous review of the standard operating procedures.
- Keeps the Board informed of the financial
performance of the Business and seeks guidance as appropriate and for
business sustainability
D. Sales & Markets Management
- Continuously reviews current markets and
existing products and services for relevance to customer needs
- Leads the identification of, and secures new
markets (Local and International), and builds supply chain relationships
and partnerships with manufacturers, suppliers and customers (Supply and
market side)
- Continuously promotes, nurtures and rewards
innovation and creativity in products and service development, and ensures
that the organization continuously offers innovative revolutionary
products and services to customers
- Ensures that appropriate marketing strategies
are funded and are rolled out in a timely and efficient manner
E. Corporate Image and PR
- Acts as the public face of the Plenser Group
and represents it in media and other public fora
- Builds the organization’s public image and
continuously safeguards it
- Represents Plenser Group to the community and
supports community initiatives
- Identifies the organization’s appropriate
community responsibilities and oversees Plenser Group’s participation
- Ensures compliance to all legal and statutory
obligations in accordance with prevailing government laws and regulations
and industry regulations
- Participates in industry fora and ensures
appropriate representation of the Plenser Group in all value adding
representation bodies
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree – (Finance Option desired)
- 7 Yrs Business Management Experience with 5yrs
in senior Management position
- Leadership skills
- Coaching & mentoring skills
- Business Acumen
Position: Workshop Supervisor
Reports To: Workshop Manager
Principal Role: To manage and motivate staff, schedule and allocate
resource to projects and oversee day to day running of the workshop ensuring
that the work is of quality, timely delivery in a cost effective manner.
Duties and Responsibilities
A. Administration
- Implement and revise workshop policies and
procedures
- Implement workshop health and safety
procedures
- Supervises workshop teams
- Ensures staff development for achievement of
personal and corporate objectives
- Motivates and mentors employees
- Facilitates employee requirements for
performance of their duties
- Continuously oversees inventory management at
the workshop (Tools, equipment)
- Ensure periodical machine maintenance
B. Projects Management
- Prepares project budgets for approval by business
manager
- Provides and keeps all the designs for all the
projects to the business manager
- Provides technical guidance on materials to
the procurement officer
- Reviews schedule of works and ensures
adherence by workshop Team
- Allocates necessary resources (People,
materials, finances, equipment, time) for execution of projects.
- Plans all project logistics and liaises with
relevant departments for execution.
- Ensures delivery as per customers’
requirements and stated specifications
- Oversees the Quality control Audits and
obtains and actions on QC recommendation
- Ensures timely and comprehensive conclusion of
project works in accordance with the work schedules
- Commissions projects and ensures formal
customer sign-off for all completed works
- Manages the Defect Liability Period and
ensures timely corrective action on defects that may arise
- Ensures preparation and execution of after
sales services to customers.
- Ensure appropriate accountability of project
site material remains
C. Financial Management
- Assist workshop Manager prepare annual
operating budgets
- Adheres to all financial policies and
procedures
- Ensures cost management strategies are
implemented and adhered to by all departmental staff
- Ensures timely preparation of purchase
requisitions
- Supports credit management function by
ensuring completion of jobs, sign-off of appropriate documents for
collection of retainer sums
- Conducts budgetary control by comparing budget
against actual spend on each project
D. Marketing
- Filling BQ’s and responding to quotation for
customers
- Doing customer site visits during quotations
and job executions
- Participating in Sales & Marketing
activities
- Participating in introducing new customers
- Attending to customer complaints and offering
after sales service
E. Strategic Focus
- Contribute to strategic planning forums and
ensure timely execution of strategic action
- Represent Workshop Manager in meetings in his
absence
- Ensures succession planning for the department
for long terms HR requirements
- Consistently evaluates space requirements and advices
on additional space acquisition and optimization
F. Any other duty as may be allocated
from time to time
- Acts at all times in accordance with the
values of Plenser Ltd.
Qualifications
- Relevant Degree
- Age above 30yrs
- Work Experience of over 3yrs in a busy
environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication
skills.
Position: Sales & Marketing Manager
Reports To: General Manager
Principal Role: To oversee the day to day running of the Sales and
Marketing department, maintain customer contact and ensure efficiency in
management of sales and marketing information and activities and maintaining a
highly motivated Team that delivers superior customer service.
Duties and Responsibilities
Strategic focus
- Participates in formulation, implementation
and evaluation/review of the strategic management planning process
- Plans and executes market penetration
strategies
- Prepares, seeks approval and supports business
managers in execution of product business plans
- Prepares, seeks approval and executes annual
marketing plans
- Represents the company in industry forums as
necessary
Sales and Marketing information
management
- Generates, analyses and manages sales and
marketing data
1.
Ensures safe custody of all sales
& marketing information
2.
Manages the Marketing Information
System for ease of access
3.
Conducts market intelligence on
customers and products and maintains related information for decision making
4.
Tracks Industry sales and maintains
information on Market share
5.
Monitors and manages customer
acquisition costs
6.
Ensures that a current customer
database is maintained
7.
Prepares and disseminates customer
quotations on a timely basis, and follows up for closure of business deals
8.
Ensures timely responses to customers
enquiries and feedback
Products and service development
- Continuously monitors market trends and takes
appropriate action
- Works with Research and Development department
to develop new products and services
- Continuously recommends improvement of
products and services
Business acquisition and retention
- Efficiently conducts the tendering process and
submits all tenders in due time
- Oversees the submission of prequalification
documents to interested customers on required deadlines
- Attends and represents the company in
networking forums
- Works with internal team to achieve superior
customer service to all customers
- Monitors customer satisfaction and takes
corrective action as necessary
- Rolls out and executes advertising and
marketing campaigns for acquisition and retention of new business
Corporate image and communications
- Represents the CEO in corporate functions when
necessary
- Ensures efficiency and professionalism in all
corporate communications
- Oversees the continuous review, and relevance,
of company website
- Champions a superior corporate culture to all
employees
Financial management
- Prepares marketing budgets and monitors
spending in line with budgets
- Drives sales for achievement of business
financial targets
Markets management
- Continuously reviews existing markets for
growth of footprint
- Monitors the competition within target markets
and strategizes for mitigation where necessary
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing
- Age above 35yrs
- Work Experience – over 5yrs in a busy
marketing environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication
skills.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications attaching current C.V to: admin@plenser.com
Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications attaching current C.V to: admin@plenser.com
All applications should be received not later than 15th February, 2016.
Plenser Limited is an equal - opportunity employer and welcomes applications from appropriately qualified persons from all sections of the community.
Website: www.plenser.com
