Living Goods
Position: Regional
Field Manager
Location: Nairobi with frequent travel
Reports to: Field Operations Director
The Opportunity: Living Goods has developed and proven a cost effective,
high-impact community health care model using a business-minded focus on
innovation, paired with critical public health delivery.
This role will provide leadership to multiple
LG Branch teams in an organization focused on dramatically improving the health
and livelihoods of millions of low income households.
The ideal candidate has an
entrepreneurial spirit, demonstrates exceptional business skills and is highly
organized and analytical.
You will have proven experience of
successfully leading large teams. Reporting to the Kenya Field Operations
Director, you will be a key contributor to drive sales and health impact.
This position requires significant
travel in the field.
Responsibilities
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Maximize the performance of the
branches in your region both in term of sales and health impact.
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Build and develop high-performing
branch teams: recruit, manage, motivate and develop branch managers and support
branch teams to increase efficiency and overall performance of LG’s Community
Health Volunteers (CHVs) and operations.
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Coach, support and train LG Branch
teams on CHV support including monitoring of CHV performance both in sales and
health and motivation.
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Supervise branch operations including
coordinating with other departments to better serve customers & CHVs.
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Account for branch operational
performance including P&L, inventory and credit management.
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Implement across branches new
initiatives (for instance, mentorship programs, new delivery systems to CHVs,
new credit systems, etc.) as well as marketing and promotional efforts to
support CHV sales goals
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Support implementation of key
innovation experiments that can drive replicability, efficiency or greater
health impact.
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Support branch teams with mapping and
CHV recruitment.
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Support the Branch managers in your
territory to build relationships with key partners in the region including the
County Health Teams and other operating partners working with CHVs.
·
Partner with Director of Field Operations
to build a culture of high performance at Living Goods.
Qualifications
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Undergraduate degree in business,
management or health related areas.
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A minimum of 3 years supervisory
experience of a sales team, a micro-finance banking team, a health team or a
field force of at least 20 team members.
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Track record of motivating teams to
excel.
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Unimpeachable integrity and strong
interpersonal skills.
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Entrepreneurial spirit and drive for
results.
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Bottom of the pyramid and/or social
enterprise experience a plus.
·
Exceptional analytic skills and
strong computer skills.
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Excellent written and verbal
communications skills in English & Kiswahili and other local languages
spoken in Kenya.
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Willingness to travel within Kenya
more than 80% of the time.
Compensation: A competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with
experience including health insurance and bonus opportunity. The
opportunity to be your best while making lives better for those in need.
How to Apply:
If you are up to the challenge,
possess the necessary qualification and experience; please send your
application via the link http://bit.ly/2oGXi6R by 1st May 2017.