Cost Engineer
Description: Mobius Motors designs, manufactures, and sells highly durable, highly affordable vehicles for Africa’s mass market.
Description: Mobius Motors designs, manufactures, and sells highly durable, highly affordable vehicles for Africa’s mass market.
Our vehicles create a transport
platform that empowers local entrepreneurs to run profitable transportation
services to end-users in their communities.
The Cost Engineer will lead the overall vehicle cost management process for a new vehicle that will form the basis of our main product offering into the African market – a truly unique opportunity to create impact on a global scale.
Specific duties include, but are not
limited to:
Cost Engineering
- Develop cost estimates and projections for
multiple vehicle commodities on Exterior and Interior; including Power
Train, Chassis and Electrical. Utilise information ranging from written
assumptions, sample parts, CAD models and engineering drawings.
- Maintain feasibility of engineering approach
for low volume production tooling and limited in-country resources. For
example, steel stamping presses will not be available at initial
production. Utilise in-country equipment and materials and adapt approach
to the low-tech resources available.
- Gather details and compile data to estimate
all production costs considering raw materials, labour, equipment,
tooling, for estimations.
- Maintain all tooling and product cost
information to assure the timely availability of data required for
decision-making and to ensure conformity with budget directives.
- Liaise with manufacturing plants and suppliers
to assure most economical tooling, processing and operations that will
contribute to profitable production.
- Undertake competitive vehicle benchmarking to
provide input for future model development.
- Perform Value Add / Value Engineering.
Generate cost reduction ideas through identification of process/product
efficiencies that will reduce overall costs. Work with all stakeholders to
achieve cost reduction targets.
- Support Supply Chain Associate in specific
sourcing work involving critical costs and engineering considerations;
including analysis and trade-offs of functionality versus cost.
- Lead and facilitate cost review sessions.
Report risks and opportunities of cost status on a weekly basis.
- Take ownership of projects; plan milestones,
timelines, budgets, resources and identify potential risks to deliver
engineering aspects within agreed completion dates.
Qualifications
An ideal candidate should combine
outstanding quantitative skills with excellent interpersonal and communication
skills to work effectively with a multidisciplinary team.
They should be rigorous, pragmatic,
details focussed and on-the-ground solution oriented – not overly academic.
Required
- Bachelor degree (minimum) in Engineering,
Industrial Engineering, Industrial Systems Engineering, Engineering
Management or similar
- 3.4 GPA or higher from a top university
worldwide
- 1-2 years of automotive-related experience
- Ability to read and understand design and
manufacturing drawings
- Ability to evaluate and provide cost data on
components in their commodity including direct material, direct labour and
tooling costs
- Practical knowledge of VE and VA techniques
and strong financial awareness
- High level of design awareness
- Ability to navigate CAD models in CATIA
- Passion for prototype development and a
pragmatic attitude
- Ability to adapt to a dynamic working
environment and work within a diverse team
- Extreme patience and a good sense of humour
- Excellent oral and written communication
skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills to work
effectively with others
- High level of analytical and problem solving
skills
- Ability to self manage; taking ownership of
projects: budgeting, work planning, resource management and reporting
- A start-up personality; entrepreneurial,
ambitious, independent, systematic attention to detail, structured
thinker, goal-oriented, flexible and able to deal well with setbacks
Desired
- Masters degree (or higher) in Engineering,
Industrial Engineering, Industrial Systems Engineering, Engineering
Management or similar
- 2-5 years of automotive-related experience
- Proficiency in CATIA, SolidWorks, Unigraphics
or AutoCAD
- Solid knowledge of vehicle parts and
subsystems and knowledge of part interaction
- Fluency in Kiswahili (the national language of
Kenya)
Technical Planner
Description: Mobius Motors designs, manufactures, and sells highly durable, highly affordable vehicles for Africa’s mass market.
Description: Mobius Motors designs, manufactures, and sells highly durable, highly affordable vehicles for Africa’s mass market.
Our vehicles create a transport
platform that empowers local entrepreneurs to run profitable transportation
services to end-users in their communities.
We are seeking an exceptional
early-mid career professional to coordinate our technical and operations teams
to deliver diverse and complex projects from inception to launch.
The role will require a close working
relationship across the Mobius management team, particularly with the
Integration Manager and Supply Chain Manager.
Specific duties include, but are not
limited to:
Project Planning
- Develop, manage and communicate robust project
plans across the organisation – ensure key stakeholders are identified and
kept regularly updated on progress and escalate risks/issues accordingly.
- Map project plan dependencies between
engineering, supply chain, production, procurement, aftersales and sales
and marketing functions.
- Work closely with technical and operations
staff to monitor the status of project line items and proactively identify
and mitigate risks and issues.
- Maintain a rigorous risk and issue log for
tasks on each project – ensure key stakeholders are kept regularly
informed.
- Produce professional, simple and error-free
documents to Mobius management and leadership.
- Develop a simple and quick process for team
members to feed status updates into a central project management system.
- Develop simple and robust project management
dashboards for both team and cross-functional projects – present dashboard
to Mobius leadership as appropriate.
- Maintain historical log of deadlines to better
understand actual man-hours dedicated to each task – analyse historical
plans to effectively allocate proper resources and lead times to new
projects.
Communication and Facilitation
- Facilitate efficient daily cross-functional
standing meetings to ensure team projects are on track for timely
completion.
- Present regular project management dashboard
to Mobius leadership and project leads.
Qualifications
An ideal candidate should combine
outstanding technical skills in project management with excellent interpersonal
and communication skills to work effectively with a multidisciplinary
team.
They should be adept to quickly grasp
organisational interdependencies and be comfortable organising complex
information into actionable plans.
Required
- Bachelor degree (minimum) in a quantitative
subject
- 3.4 GPA or higher from a top university
worldwide
- 4+ years related experience in project
management
- Excellent problem solving ability in a
cross-functional and multi-cultural environment; able to define problems,
collect relevant data, extract meaning from data, and draw valid
conclusions
- Strong analytical skills with regards to data
manipulation and the ability to create information from data
- Ability to effectively communicate timelines
and project progress with both internal and external management teams
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Ability to quickly grasp high level concepts
and develop actionable plans even with initial limited understanding of
technical concepts
- Exceptional intellectual curiosity and ability
to seek clarity on information they do not understand from Mobius staff
and personal external research
- Ability to take ownership and accountability
of project timeline and results
- Strong technical writing ability; able to read
and interpret drawings
- High Proficiency in Project Management tools
like MS Project
- Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Word,
Access, Visio
- Ability to adapt to a dynamic working
environment and work within a diverse team
- Excellent oral and written communication
skills
- Extreme patience and a good sense of humour
- Excellent interpersonal skills to work
effectively with others; ability to communicate potentially negative
information in an effective way
- A start-up personality; entrepreneurial,
ambitious, independent, systematic attention to detail, structured
thinker, goal oriented, flexible, and able to deal well with setbacks
- Fluency in English
Desired
- 6+ years related experience in project
management or operations
- Knowledge of manufacturing, equipment and
process within final assembly, body shop, paint shop and powertrain
- Fluency in Kiswahili (the national language of
Kenya)
Technology Officer
Description: Mobius Motors designs, manufactures, and sells
highly durable, highly affordable vehicles for Africa’s mass market.
Our vehicles create a transport
platform that empowers local entrepreneurs to run profitable transportation
services to end-users in their communities.
We are seeking a long-term commitment
from an exceptional mid-career Technology Officer to provide technical support
and maintaining the smooth operation of the IT Infrastructure.
The role will require a close working
relationship with Mobius Team.
Specific duties include, but are not
limited to:
- Provide user support and customer service to
users requiring technical assistance.
- Set up new users' accounts and profiles and
dealing with password issues.
- Install and configure computer hardware
operating systems and applications.
- Monitor and maintain computer systems and
networks.
- Ensure antivirus on all laptops and desk tops
are up to date.
- Assist in the training of user on commonly
used software for utilities.
- Ensure user laptop or PC’s have up to-date
software patches and updates as agreed.
- Basic hardware and software trouble shooting
skills of PC’s, Laptops, scanners, printers.
- Accept general responsibility for all IT
infrastructure as well as safe keeping of the same.
- Inform users on Computer policies.
- Maintain relevant and up to date knowledge of
business and information technology and update users.
- Undertake system monitoring and tuning to
ensure optimum performance.
- Review and maintain efficient and effective
database backup procedures to enable the provision of successful and
accurate backups so that any data can be restored quickly and efficiently.
- Maintain adequate security of data by
implementing, monitoring and auditing appropriate security policies.
Qualifications
An ideal candidate should combine a
unique blend of exceptional technical, organisational, analytical,
communication and interpersonal skills.
They should possess an energetic
disposition along with the ability to prioritise multiple tasks, work under
pressure and take initiative regularly.
They should be rigorous, pragmatic
and on-the-ground solution focussed – not overly academic.
Required
- 3-5 years’ experience in an information
technology role in a fast paced, demanding environment
- Education from a top university with an
undergraduate and/or graduate degree
- Experience in SAP One – Hana
- Professional qualifications in Information
Technology; The Microsoft Certified Software Engineer (MCSE), CCNA etc.
- Advanced use of Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Proficiency in Google Mail and Outlook -
including email, calendar and contacts
- An adaptable, keen and flexible approach
including working long and/or flexible hours
- Exceptional organizational skills
- Excellent customer service
- Excellent problem solving ability in
cross-functional and multi-cultural environment
- Excellent understanding of how information
systems are used and how to apply technical knowledge related to computer
hardware or software.
- Ability to prioritize assignments/projects and
multi-task within restricted time constraints
- Exceptional communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills to work
effectively with others
- Ability to adapt to a dynamic working
environment, work within a diverse team
- Ability to learn quickly and self-manage;
taking ownership of projects
- Executing projects/tasks quickly and with
flawless accuracy, with great systematic attention to detail
- A start-up personality; entrepreneurial,
ambitious, independent, systematic attention to detail, structured
thinker, goal-oriented, flexible and able to deal well with setbacks
- Kenyan citizenship or permanent residence
- Prior work experience with a top tier company
in Kenya
Quality Director
Description: Mobius Motors is a Design Driven company that
designs, manufactures, and sells highly durable, highly affordable vehicles for
Africa’s mass market.
Our vehicles create a transport
platform that empowers local entrepreneurs to run profitable transportation
services to end-users in their communities.
We are seeking a long-term commitment
from an experienced automotive professional to support operations and
engineering by identifying process improvement opportunities within the
company.
You will be responsible for
establishing, implementing processes and policies to ensure that the company is
producing and selling the highest-quality product possible.
The role will require working closely
the venture’s CEO, Technical, Supply Chain, Production and Commercial teams as
well as various local and international vendors.
Specific duties include, but are not
limited to:
- Develop global Quality Assurance metrics and
processes to ensure organisational product quality.
- Manage quality assurance tools that oversee:
product requirements, product development, product validations, product
approval, and product release to mass production.
- Achieve financial objectives by preparing the
quality budget; scheduling expenditures; analysing variances; initiating
corrective actions.
- Manage the quality functions of inspection,
calibration, quality engineering, supplier quality, process assurance,
regulatory compliance and quality systems within the company.
- Manage product quality documentation system by
writing and updating quality assurance procedures.
- Prepare product and process quality reports by
collecting, analysing, and summarizing information and trends.
- Work cross functionally with many different
teams to resolve quality escalations.
- Work closely with contract manufacturing
partners to understand quality related issues and issues related to
material.
- Provide sound policy interpretation and
guidance to assure consistent and effective application of corporate
quality policy and practice by maintaining open communications between
quality and all other departments.
- Guide the quality team to perform root-cause
analysis and other problem solving activities to identify effective
corrective actions and process improvements.
- Provide leadership and direction for all
members of the Quality Team and coordinates the teams efforts with other
support areas.
Qualifications
An ideal candidate should combine
outstanding technical skills in quality and operations management with
excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with a
multidisciplinary team.
They should possess a strong skill
set in leading multi-function teams, defining operations strategy and
identifying continuous improvement opportunities along with experience in
managing global suppliers, production line configurations and new product
introductions - preferably within the automotive industry.
Required
- Masters or Bachelor degree (minimum) in
mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, Industrial Engineering,
or business administration, Economics or similar
- 7+ years related experience in mechanical
engineering, production line operations – preferably with a major
automotive company
- Exceptional leadership and clear sense of
direction
- Extreme patience and a good sense of humour
- Excellent oral, written communication skills
and build strong rapport with others
- Excellent creative questioning approach
- Excellent knowledge of strategy and
operational planning
- Excellent business acumen, organisational and
strategic agility
- Exceptional integrity and a strong sense of
ethics
- Proficient in quality analysis tools such as
PFMEA, APQP, MSA and Six Sigma
- Broad knowledge of global automotive market
and associated industries, with experience in manufacturing organisations
- Ability to take ownership and accountability
of project timeline and results
- Excellent problem solving ability in
cross-functional and multi-cultural environment; able to define problems,
collect relevant data, extract meaning from data, and draw valid
conclusions
- Exceptional analytical skills with regards to
logistics analysis, data manipulation, and the ability to create
information from data; including analysis of product costs, lead-time,
project and production scheduling
- Strong technical writing ability; able to read
and interpret mechanical drawings
- Proficiency in Excel, Project, Power Point,
Word, Access, Visio
- High sense of drive and urgency in achieving
our vision
- Ability to adapt to a dynamic working
environment and work within a diverse team
- A start-up personality; entrepreneurial,
ambitious, independent, systematic attention to detail, structured
thinker, goal-oriented, flexible and able to deal well with setbacks
- Comfort with spending 10-30% of time
travelling internationally, possibly on short notice
Vehicle Integration Manager
Description: Mobius
Motors designs, manufactures, and sells highly durable, highly affordable
vehicles for Africa’s mass market.
Our vehicles create a transport
platform that empowers local entrepreneurs to run profitable transportation
services to end-users in their communities.
The Vehicle Integration Manager will
ensure throughout the vehicle development program, the execution of the virtual
and physical integration of systems and the validation of performance is in
line with the approved targets for the vehicle architecture.
They will lead and manage a team of
engineers that are responsible for the geometric, functional and performance
integration of all components in the vehicle.
The team will include CAD Packaging
Layout Engineers, Vehicle Performance and BOM Configuration Engineers.
The role will require a close working
relationship with the Associate & Technical Director and the overall
Technical team.
Specific duties include, but are not
limited to:
- Manage the vehicle integration team and
activities ensuring that a coherent concept is developed inline with
design, technical feasibility and budget/cost limitations whilst meeting
all key functional and customer requirements.
- Ensure all determined Voice of the Customer
Critical Requirements are integrated into the vehicle.
- Manage the overall CAD packaging development
and release work and process ensuring alignment with vehicle requirements
and program plan.
- Ensure all vehicle performance requirements
have been thoroughly defined, tracked and developed to meet the program
requirements.
- Ensure all vehicle integration activities and
progress is tracked and reported against plan.
- Ensure clear and detailed evaluation reports
and documentation is produced from the design and validation of the
various integration activities for dissemination to other engineering and
service teams.
- Ensure all vehicle product BOM data is
accurately managed and updated.
- Ensure all verification & validation
activities for the vehicle integration are determined, executed and
reported on.
- Ensure regular reporting to management of key
open integration issues as required
- Ensure vehicle packaging and integration team
design reviews and analysis are sufficiently conducted ensuring adherence
to best practices.
- Support and prepare content for program
milestone reviews providing clear integration activities program direction
and status.
- Establish, track and manage constant ongoing
product and process cost reduction activities or improvement initiatives
throughout product lifecycle.
Qualifications
An ideal candidate should combine
outstanding technical skills in engineering and operations management with
excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with a
multidisciplinary team.
They should possess a strong skill
set in leading multi-function teams and developing, integrating and validating
full vehicle content - within the automotive industry.
They should be strong
Required
- Bachelor degree (minimum) in Mechanical
Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering or similar
- 10+ years related experience in automotive
product design/development engineering
- Excellent leadership and clear sense of
direction with ability to communicate that to others
- Excellent oral and written communication
skills
- Strong negotiation skills and ability to
resolve conflict and differing points of view in productive and quick
manner
- Excellent interpersonal skills to build strong
rapport with others
- Exceptional integrity and a strong sense of
ethics
- Exceptional persistence and endurance to
overcome significant challenges
- Excellent leadership problem solving ability
in cross-functional and multi-cultural environment; able to lead teams to
define problems, collect relevant data, extract meaning from data, and
draw valid conclusions
- Ability to effectively communicate timelines
and project progress with both internal and external management teams
- High sense of drive and urgency in achieving
our vision
- Ability to adapt to a dynamic working
environment and work within a diverse team
- A start-up personality; entrepreneurial,
ambitious, independent, systematic attention to detail, structured
thinker, goal-oriented, flexible and able to deal well with setbacks
Desired
- Masters degree (or higher) in in Mechanical
Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering or similar
- Related experience in creating, reviewing,
interpreting and approving the vehicle requirements and their relation to
the engineering BOM
- Six Sigma Certification
- Fluency in Kiswahili (the national language of
Kenya)
Vehicle Build & Validation Engineer
Description: Mobius Motors designs, manufactures, and sells
highly durable, highly affordable vehicles for Africa’s mass market.
Our vehicles create a transport
platform that empowers local entrepreneurs to run profitable transportation
services to end-users in their communities.
The Vehicle Build & Validation Engineer will be responsible for managing the overall vehicle build and validation program.
This involves ensuring the required
mule and prototype test validation units are built to required configurations
and then tracking the validation of the vehicle, individual systems and
components to ensure a successful overall validation program.
They will work with the Workshop Supervisor to ensure the vehicle builds are carried out as required and work closely with the test engineering resources to ensure successful execution of the validation test plan.
They will work with the Workshop Supervisor to ensure the vehicle builds are carried out as required and work closely with the test engineering resources to ensure successful execution of the validation test plan.
The role will also require a close
working relationship with the Vehicle Integration team to ensure the timely and
correct integration of vehicle components for validation.
Specific duties include, but are not
limited to:
- Work with the Associate Director to plan the
vehicle BOM configuration required for each vehicle build as per the
program requirements. Subsequently work with the BOM engineer to manage
and track the vehicle BOM configuration.
- Based on program timing targets, effectively
plan and manage the physical build of mule and prototype vehicles as per
required configurations & budget. Provide the vehicle build plan to
the workshop supervisor to support the vehicle builds.
- Plan & track the individual system and
component validation activities managing vehicle installation, timeframe
and sign-off status for each after completion of test activity.
- Coordinate with the workshop supervisor to
ensure the availability of mule & prototype vehicles to carry out
mandated verification & validation tests as per the vehicle
validation.
- Put together clear documentation on the
overall vehicle design and build configuration with the support of the
vehicle system engineers including detailed build instructions, CAD DMU
models & drawings.
- Manage the timely and periodic publication of
vehicle status summaries to the engineering & management team for
detailed review and analysis.
- Track and manage the resolution of issues
arising from validation vehicles.
Qualifications
An ideal candidate should combine
outstanding technical skills in engineering and operations management with
excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with a
multidisciplinary team.
They should possess a strong skill
set in leading multi-function teams and developing, integrating and validating
full vehicle content - within the automotive industry.
Required
- Bachelor degree (minimum) in Mechanical
Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering or similar
- 4+ years related experience in automotive
product design/development engineering
- Good leadership and clear sense of direction
with ability to communicate that to others
- CAD proficiency to be able to read and review
drawings, engineering models
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills to build strong
rapport with others
- Exceptional persistence and endurance to
overcome significant challenges
- Ability to effectively communicate timelines
and project progress with both internal and external management teams
- Ability to adapt to a dynamic working
environment and work within a diverse team
Desired
- Masters degree (or higher) in in Mechanical
Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering or similar
- Fluency in Kiswahili (the national language of
Kenya)
Sales & Marketing Manager
Overview: Mobius
Motors designs, manufactures, and sells highly durable, highly affordable
vehicles for Africa’s mass market.
Our vehicles create a transport
platform that empowers local entrepreneurs to run profitable transportation
services to end-users in their communities.
We are seeking a long term commitment
from an exceptional mid-career professional interested in a truly unique
entrepreneurial opportunity to create impact on a global scale.
The successful candidate will be
responsible for developing and maintaining sales & marketing strategies to
meet agreed company objectives.
The candidate should expect to wear
different hats in this senior role, contributing efforts to develop and grow
profitable business operations in Kenya and beyond.
The role will require a close working
relationship with the venture’s Commercial Director, Aftersales Manger, and
other key staff.
Responsibilities
Specific duties include, but are not
limited to:
- In charge of the overall sales and marketing
operations and ensuring the achievement of the given sales targets within
budget (End-to-End responsibility: O2D from order to delivery).
- Make sure that all aspects of communication
(ATL, BTL, Digital, Social, PR, etc.) are considered under the brand
guidelines and will strongly influence the marketing mix.
- Establish processes and structure in order to
secure transparency and quality. Setting up structured reporting and
systems to systematically improve the market penetration.
- Develop Sales and Marketing tactical campaigns
and initiatives in order to achieve the set targets with the given budget.
- Collaborate with other stake holders on
defining the overall sales & marketing strategy and the approach to
launch new products and dealerships.
- Plan and establish a solid network of Mobius
Sales and Service Centres in the relevant markets and ensure readiness and
robust operations.
- Monitor the market, competition and all
relevant data sources in order to get a full understanding of all
parameters (Total market, segments, segment shares, pricing, features,
transaction prices, financial offers, etc.).
- Manage the given tasks with limited resources
and make sure that deadlines, quality feedback etc. will be given
effectively and efficiently according to well managed priorities.
- Maintain a climate that attracts, retains, and
motivates top quality personnel through effective performance management,
team leadership, coaching, and mentorship.
Qualifications
An ideal candidate should have a
track record of academic and professional achievement and demonstrate a strong
business acumen and passion for Mobius’s business.
He or she should combine expertise in
sales, marketing, finance, and analytics with exceptional communication,
interpersonal and leadership skills as well as on-the-ground pragmatism and
patience necessary to manage ambiguities involved with an early-stage venture
in a developing country.
Most of all, they should demonstrate
integrity and accountability.
They should possess a strong skill
set in creative and strategic thinking along with excellent perception, a wide
latitude for independent actions (including independent judgement) and the
ability to prioritise multiple tasks and take initiative regularly.
They should be rigorous, pragmatic
and on-the-ground solution focussed – not overly academic.
Required
- Bachelor’s degree (minimum) in business
subject with 3.4 GPA or higher from a top university worldwide
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in sales,
marketing, management consulting, or other similar roles for top tier
companies
- Exceptional leadership and clear sense of
direction
- Exceptional attention to detail and high
quality deliverable outputs
- Excellent interpersonal skills to build strong
rapport with others
- Ability to effectively communicate timelines
and project progress with both internal and external management teams
- A start-up personality; entrepreneurial,
ambitious, independent, detail oriented, proactive, flexible, and
resilient
- Excellent problem solving and analytical
ability in cross-functional and multi-cultural environment
- The highest level of integrity and
accountability
- A good sense of humour and an appreciation for
different cultures
- Proven ability and experience in managing and
leading high performance teams
- Proven ability to work as part of a senior
management team to develop and implement company strategy
- Practical experience in the application of
digital marketing and social media as part of integrated marketing
campaigns
- Experience in managing budgets effectively,
financial reporting, and setting up effective metrics and business
processes
- Valid driver`s license
- Proficiency in Excel, Project, PowerPoint and
Word
- Comfort with extensive travel throughout Kenya
and longer term throughout East Africa
Desired
- Master in Business Administration (MBA) degree
or Master degree in a technical subject from a top university worldwide
- 5-10 years’ experience in sales, marketing,
management consulting, or other similar roles for top tier companies at
senior management level
Workshop Supervisor
Overview: Mobius Motors designs, manufactures, and sells
highly durable, highly affordable vehicles for Africa’s mass market.
Our vehicles create a transport
platform that empowers local entrepreneurs to run profitable transportation
services to end-users in their communities.
We are seeking to hire an exceptional
mid-career professional interested in a truly unique entrepreneurial
opportunity to create impact on a global scale.
The successful candidate will be
responsible for management of all workshop operations and staff.
The role will require a close working
relationship with the Technical, Commercial and Procurement Teams.
Specific duties include, but are not
limited to:
- Delegate daily duties and supervise all work
being carried out by the workshop staff.
- Chair regular meetings with workshop staff and
if necessary, members of the Technical team, to discuss progress and
setbacks within the workshop.
- Control workshop tools and accessories
inventory as well as keeping up to date with new technology tools that
could be purchased by the company.
- Organise staff training to improve technical
knowledge and job performance of workshop staff.
- To ensure workshop staff wear protective
clothing (PPEs) at all times while in the workshop floor including all
non-workshop/technical staff.
- Organise all customer rescue missions ensuring
all resources and authorisation required is acquired within the shortest
time possible.
- Ensure properly documented repair orders with
clear instructions are opened for every repair/service/rescue job to be
undertaken by the workshop staff and that all required information on each
job card is properly maintained.
- To ensure that all vehicles are serviced in
accordance with the company’s service standards and that pro-active
planned maintenance is carried out continuously.
- Ensure vehicles are mechanically sound and
available for test days and investor visits.
- To act as a technical expert in the Workshop,
advising staff on tasks and sharing knowledge, for example through regular
toolbox talks.
- To instil and maintain a strong health and
safety culture amongst the Workshop team with a good understanding of risk
assessments.
- To ensure that the workshop housekeeping and
operating practices are of a high standard and that special tools and
equipment are well maintained.
- Generate ad-hoc reports as required by the
Technical and Commercial teams.
- Develop Service Level Agreements (SLA) with
internal customers like Engineering, Quality and After-Sales.
- Establishing efficient processes and
structures in order to optimize the usage of available resources and to
ensure quality in the deliverables.
Qualifications
An ideal candidate should have a
track record of academic and professional achievement and demonstrate a strong
business acumen and passion for Mobius’s business.
He or she should combine expertise in
workshop management with exceptional communication, interpersonal, and
leadership skills as well as on-the-ground pragmatism and patience necessary to
manage ambiguities involved with an early-stage venture in a developing
country.
Most of all, they should demonstrate
integrity and accountability.
Required
- Diploma in automotive, mechanical or other
from a recognised college
- Minimum 4 years’ experience in workshop
operations or other similar roles
- Proficiency in computer packages e.g. Word
- Experience from the automotive industry will
be an added advantage
- Excellent interpersonal skills to build strong
rapport with others
- Detail oriented and capable of delivering high
quality outputs
- Ability to effectively communicate timelines
and project progress with both internal and external management teams
- A start-up personality; entrepreneurial,
ambitious, independent, detail oriented, proactive, flexible, and
resilient
- Excellent problem solving and analytical
ability in cross-functional and multi-cultural environment; able to define
problems, collect relevant data, extract meaning, and draw valid
conclusions
- A good sense of humour and an appreciation for
different cultures
Vehicle Test Engineer
Description: Mobius Motors designs, manufactures, and sells
highly durable, highly affordable vehicles for Africa’s mass market.
Our vehicles create a transport
platform that empowers local entrepreneurs to run profitable transportation
services to end-users in their communities.
We are seeking a long-term commitment from an experienced vehicle test professional to support the engineering development team to carry out the required vehicle verification & validation activities (V&V) during the vehicle development program.
You will be responsible for ensuring
the verification and validation activities are defined, executed, monitored and
reported on.
The role will require a close working
relationship with the Senior Vehicle Test Engineer, Vehicle Build &
Validation Engineer and the Vehicle System Design Engineers.
Specific duties include, but are not
limited to:
- Work with respective vehicle system engineers
to plan, develop and conduct functional tests covering overall vehicle
components.
- Ensure V&V activities are executed in
alignment with the vehicle program timeline and quality goals.
- Analyse requirements specifications including
any regulatory requirements and with the respective system engineers
develop the applicable test plans.
- Work with system engineers, R&D workshop
to create and monitor overall vehicle test design and verification test
plan and ensure execution to program timeline.
- Support design and coordinate the building of
any required off-vehicle test rigs for verification test work.
- Ensure proper set up of test data equipment on
vehicles for data logging and analysis.
- Ensure comprehensive reporting of vehicle
testing issues to respective engineering system and Product Quality
Engineers.
- Work with respective System Engineers to
support the analysis and interpretation of the test data results from the
verification and validation test work by collating and preparing technical
test reports for use by the engineering and management team.
- Support the development of appropriate End of
Line (E.O.L) specification for use by various suppliers to ensure the
necessary testing during production of vehicle components.
- Ensure the appropriate storage and easy
retrieval of all test reports, data and results.
- Be proactive regarding verification and
validation issue identification and periodically advise wider team on
status, risks and required activities to progress forward.
Qualifications
An ideal candidate should combine
excellent test verification background with appropriate technical skills and
excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with a
multidisciplinary team.
They should possess a strong skill
set in defining verification and validation strategy and identifying critical
issues and risks to meeting required goals.
Required
- 2+ years related experience in quality, mechanical,
electrical engineering or closely related fields.
- An ability to work to a very high level of
accuracy and detail
- Excellent oral and written communication
skills
- Good interpersonal skills to build strong
rapport with design engineers
- Excellent problem solving ability in
cross-functional and multi-cultural environment; able to define problems,
collect relevant data, extract meaning from data, and draw valid
conclusions
- Exceptional analytical skills with regards to
logistics analysis, data manipulation, and the ability to create
information from data
- Experience in developing verification and
validation test plans
- Experience with data analysis tools and
software
- Understanding of engineering test
instrumentation and data acquisition equipment
- Strong organizational and time management
skills
- Ability to adapt to a dynamic working
environment and work within a diverse team
- Clean Driving license
Desired
- Willingness to work occasional long hours to
ensure required test work is completed
- Willingness to travel to conduct required
vehicle testing
- Fluency in Kiswahili (the national language of
Kenya)
Service Administrative Officer
Overview: Mobius Motors designs, manufactures, and sells
highly durable, highly affordable vehicles for Africa’s mass market.
Our vehicles create a transport
platform that empowers local entrepreneurs to run profitable transportation
services to end-users in their communities.
We are seeking to hire an exceptional entry level or mid-career professional interested in a truly unique entrepreneurial opportunity to create impact on a global scale.
The successful candidate shall lead
efforts to develop and maintain a strong Aftersales service and warranty
relationship with our customers, subcontractors and manufacturers in Kenya and
beyond.
The role will require a close working
relationship with the Commercial Director, Service and Warranty Associate,
After Sales Manager, and both the Marketing and Sales Teams.
Specific duties include, but are not
limited to:
- Routinely calling customers, documenting and
escalating all issues raised.
- Receive customer service instructions and open
job cards for the same.
- Advice customers on service routines,
check-ups and defect reports.
- Ensure bumper to bumper checks are conducted
on each vehicle brought in for service/repairs.
- Clearly and consistently record complaints,
causes and corrections of all repairs done by the Aftersales technicians.
- Ensure proper escalation of customer issues
via defined escalation process.
- Track all costs related to all maintenance and
repair issues; sublets, expense claims, mileage claims etc.
- Provide regular updates to customers on the
service/repair progress on their vehicles.
- Maintain and Update maintenance and repair
schedules for all vehicles in the field.
- Assist in implementing service and recall
campaigns.
- Ensure service history for customers is
created per vehicle.
- Send service reminders to customers and follow
up to ensure service targets are achieved.
- Assist in Commercial data review and updating
from time to time.
- Assist in warranty administration.
- Create weekly reports; throughputs, response
time, resolution time, parts delivery time etc.
Qualifications
An ideal candidate should have a
track record of academic and professional achievement and demonstrate a strong business
acumen and passion for Mobius’s business.
He or she should combine expertise in
Aftersales service and warranty and customer service with exceptional
communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills as well as on-the-ground
pragmatism and patience necessary to manage ambiguities involved with an
early-stage venture in a developing country.
Most of all, they should demonstrate
integrity and accountability.
Required
- Bachelor’s degree (minimum) in technical
subject with 3.4 GPA or higher from a top university worldwide
- Minimum 1 years’ experience in after sales,
customer service or other similar roles for top tier companies
- Experience from the automotive industry will
be an added advantage
- Excellent interpersonal skills to build strong
rapport with others
- Detail oriented and capable of delivering high
quality outputs
- Ability to effectively communicate timelines
and project progress with both internal and external management teams
- A start-up personality; entrepreneurial,
ambitious, independent, detail oriented, proactive, flexible, and
resilient
- Excellent problem solving and analytical
ability in cross-functional and multi-cultural environment; able to define
problems, collect relevant data, extract meaning, and draw valid
conclusions
- A good sense of humour and an appreciation for
different cultures
Senior Sales Officer
Description: Mobius
Motors designs, manufactures, and sells highly durable, highly affordable
vehicles for Africa’s mass market.
Our vehicles create a transport
platform that empowers local entrepreneurs to run profitable transportation
services to end-users in their communities.
We are seeking a long term commitment
from an exceptional Senior Sales Officer to be responsible for all Sales
Officers and manage day-to-day sales activities - from lead generation through
to close.
The role will work closely with local
dealer partners in generating vehicle sales and delivering an exceptional
customer experience throughout the sales process.
Specific duties include, but are not
limited to:
- Sales Generation & Administration
- Plan, manage and monitor day to day activities
of the Sales team.
- Maintain strong relationships with key
strategic customers such as large NGOs, government buyers and high
potential individual entrepreneurs.
- Enhances sales officers accomplishments and
competence by planning delivery of solutions; answering technical and
procedural questions for less experienced team members; teaching improved
processes; mentoring team members.
- Support the identification and evaluation
potential local vehicle agent partners in specified locations throughout
Kenya. On-board agents and support consistent brand messaging within this
network.
- Keeps management informed by submitting
activity and results reports, such as daily call reports, weekly work
plans, and monthly and annual county analyses.
- Process payments, refunds and confirm receipt
of payment, verifying accuracy and completeness of documentation on sales.
- Coordinate Sales Officers to manage and
prioritise list of target buyers both with existing customer contact
information and newly interested customers from marketing initiatives.
- Support the identification and use of opinion
leaders to better introduce our product into the market.
- Vehicle Registration, Compliance & Support
- Work with the Procurement and Regulatory
Department to ensure the customer obtains an associated license plate.
- Develop full understanding of local compliance
and registration requirements and identify any potential conflicts/issues
within organisation and with customer.
- Coordinate Sales Officers to create a customer
quotation for vehicle sale and issue final registration documentation
(VIN, configuration, customer invoice).
- Coordinate Sales Officers to confirm all
purchase orders match sales data entered (VIN, configuration, customer
invoice).
- Verify completeness and accuracy of
transaction prior to vehicle release. For direct delivery; coordinate,
send and receipt documents and final payment.
- Vehicle Production Services
- Work with Production and Sales & Marketing
teams to ensure timely flow of vehicle orders to meet customer demand
requirements and production schedules.
- Manage and develop sales planning
documentation and processes to “fulfil” production-planning requirements.
Qualifications
An ideal candidate should combine
outstanding technical skills in sales with excellent interpersonal and
communication skills to work effectively with a multidisciplinary team.
They should possess a strong skill
set in creative and strategic thinking along with excellent perception, a wide
latitude for independent actions (including independent judgement) and the
ability to prioritize multiple tasks and take initiative regularly.
They should be rigorous, pragmatic
and on-the-ground solution focussed – not overly academic.
Required
- Education from a top university in Kenya with
an undergraduate and/or graduate degree
- 3-4 years related experience in managing a
team in sales or marketing
- Local knowledge - solid understanding of
the car market in Kenya
- Exceptional attention to detail and high
quality deliverable outputs
- Ability to grasp complex concepts and systems
quickly, and express them in simple ways
- Ability to multi-task in a fast paced
environment and to remain graceful under pressure
- High degree of resourcefulness; looking beyond
the normal channels of information to dig out data necessary to understand
the market potential of the opportunity
- Ability to take ownership and accountability
of project timeline and results
- Proficiency in Excel, Project, Power Point and
Word as well as in CRM systems
- Strong presentations skills, including
excellent oral communication skills
- High sense of drive and urgency in achieving
our vision
- Ability to adapt to a dynamic working
environment and work within a diverse team
- Extreme patience and a good sense of humour
- Excellent interpersonal skills to work
effectively with others
- A start-up personality; entrepreneurial,
ambitious, independent, systematic attention to detail, structured
thinker, goal-oriented, flexible and able to deal well with setbacks
- Fluency in English and Kiswahili
- Valid driver's license
Marketing Associate
Description: Mobius Motors designs, manufactures, and sells
highly durable, highly affordable vehicles for Africa’s mass market.
Our vehicles create a transport platform
that empowers local entrepreneurs to run profitable transportation services to
end-users in their communities.
We are seeking a long-term commitment from an exceptional early career marketing professional to lead marketing strategy, research, campaigns and product launches to ultimately create the foundation of a future international automotive brand – a truly unique opportunity to create impact on a global scale.
The role will require a close working
relationship with the Commercial Director, Sales & Aftersales team as well
as key staff across the business.
Specific duties include, but are not
limited to:
- Deliver primary and secondary research that
helps define market assumptions and consumer behaviours/profiles.
- Develop complete understanding of the factors
that go into the revenue and cost side of the business opportunity and
provide recommendations to maximise revenue.
- Support the Commercial Director to develop and
maintain product category SWOT analyses.
- Facilitate future-focused product ideation
sessions and capture output for continuous design exploration.
- Interface with cross-functional teams and
outside agencies to develop and lead product go-to-market strategy and
plan.
- Create data-driven, dynamic,
'voice-of-the-customer' marketing strategies and tests that deliver
against Return on Investment (ROI) targets through a segmented customer
base across marketing channels.
- Ensure consistent brand messaging across TV,
print, radio, digital and social media (Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, etc.)
marketing channels.
- Contribute to comprehensive testing matrix
that accurately assesses delivery and performance of each marketing
campaign on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
- Maintain and ensure high levels of data
hygiene and integrity with fast-growing, high-volume data capture from the
market.
- Being in charge of the overall marketing and
communication strategy; manage all activities (ATL, BTL, Digital, etc.)
and increase the brand awareness and image.
- Being responsible for the
Marketing/Communication Launch Strategy of new products and car models.
- Develop and maintain a structured clear
Marketing reporting system, which reflects the status, trend and
performance of the corresponding activities.
- Act as a liaison for all external media
enquiries or articles, working with the CEO, COO & Commercial Director
when necessary to facilitate interviews or other content.
Qualifications
An ideal candidate should combine
outstanding technical skills in marketing with excellent interpersonal and
communication skills to work effectively with a multidisciplinary team.
They should possess a strong skill
set in creative and strategic thinking along with the ability to prioritize
multiple tasks and take initiative regularly.
They should be rigorous, pragmatic
and on-the-ground solution focussed – not overly academic.
Required
- Bachelor’s Degree (minimum) in Business,
Marketing, Sales, Advertising, Communications, Economics or similar
- 3.4 GPA or higher from a top university
worldwide
- 1-2 years related experience in marketing,
advertising or branding
- Ability to lead cross-functionally;
coordinating, leading and communicating information clearly
- Results-driven with exceptional detail and
knowledge around metrics, specifically A/B testing and ROI analysis
- Exceptional attention to detail and high
quality deliverable outputs
- Ability to analyse and solve complex problems
and express them in simple ways
- Ability to multi-task in a fast paced
environment and to remain graceful under pressure
- Ability to deal with ambiguity and make sense
of multiple data sources that may sometimes be contradictory in nature
- High degree of resourcefulness; looking beyond
the normal channels of information to dig out data necessary to understand
the market potential of the opportunity
- Ability to take ownership and accountability
of project timeline and results
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite with
ability to create compelling and effective marketing materials and designs
- Proficiency in Excel, Project, Power Point and
Word
- Exceptional written communication skills and
with experience is writing compelling messages to a consumer demographic
- Strong presentations skills, including
excellent oral communication skills
- High sense of drive and urgency in achieving
our vision
- Ability to adapt to a dynamic working
environment and work within a diverse team
- Extreme patience and a good sense of humour
- Excellent interpersonal skills to work
effectively with others
- A start-up personality; entrepreneurial,
ambitious, independent, systematic attention to detail, structured
thinker, goal-oriented, flexible and able to deal well with setbacks
- Comfort with extensive travel throughout Kenya
and longer term throughout East Africa
Desired
- Master’s degree (or higher) in Business
Administration (MBA), Marketing, Sales, Advertising or similar
- 3-5 years related experience in marketing,
advertising or branding
- Passion for the automotive industry and social
enterprise in Africa
- Fluency in Kiswahili (the national language of
Kenya)
How to Apply
E-mail your application to recruiting@mobiusmotors.com
E-mail your application to recruiting@mobiusmotors.com
