Duma Works is recruiting a Project Manager on
behalf of one of our clients.
The company trains and
educate small scale farmers in modern agricultural techniques.
Location: Kisumu
Location: Kisumu
Job description: We are looking for an entrepreneurial
Project Manager to
join our team in Western Kenya.
The Manager will be
responsible for expanding the company’s operations in Kenya and communicating
to the Board.
Key responsibilities for the role include prospecting, closing, and launching partnerships with agribusiness companies, sales points, MFIs and consumer finance organisations to drive substantial growth of its portfolio.
Key responsibilities:
- Managing the
company
- Manage our team
in Kenya to drive the company’s expansion
- Understanding
the nuanced operations and priorities of various agribusiness companies,
MFIs and consumer finance channels
- Understanding
of crops to grow and the potential link to market
- Value chain
analysis
- Meeting
aggressive sales and revenue targets
- Interact with
agrovets and farmers and advise on good farming practices.
- Financial
reports supported by our financial officer
Duties and responsibilities
- Development and
review of annual work plan and budgets for the farm, preparing farm
procurement plans; coordination and supervision of farm operations,
setting farm performance target and generating quarterly farm reports.
Requirements
- Has a college
degree and at least 4-7 years of experience in business development,
agribusiness projects and relationship management
- Can understand
the nuances of various channels’ operating models and create customised
sales and service models.
- Experience
working in remote rural areas
- Strong data and
analytical skills; advanced excel a plus
- Strong
communication skills
- Have a passion
for empowering small scale farmers
- Can tell a
great story, communicates clearly and can capture the interest and
attention of 2, 20 or 200 people naturally.
- Has a strong
record of meeting revenue targets and experience growing new business
lines
- Is
entrepreneurial and excited about the opportunity to creatively build
effective, nontraditional sales channels in a nascent product category.
- We are looking
for someone that is excited about working with small scale farmers,
agribusiness, managements and marketing. If this sounds like you, we would
love to hear from you.
Apply
Cover Letter and detailed CV are to be sent by email to apply@dumaworks.com marking the subject as “2502”, Your Full name & Phone number e.g. 2502 Barack Obama, +2547xxxxxxxx.
Cover Letter and detailed CV are to be sent by email to apply@dumaworks.com marking the subject as “2502”, Your Full name & Phone number e.g. 2502 Barack Obama, +2547xxxxxxxx.
Deadline for receiving applications: 15th November 2016
N.B.* You will receive a confirmation email and an alert to take a basic screening test over SMS or online. The email with the test may not arrive immediately. Please be patient. The email/SMS test will typically be 5-8 questions to help us understand your background. Regular SMS rates apply to the test. If you have any issues with the process, please reach out to +254702093793.
If you apply and don’t meet these minimum qualifications, we won’t be able to forward your application to the employer.