G4S Job Opportunities in Kenya

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G4S is the leading Security Company in the world and provides a variety of secure solutions to our customers in East Africa including Manned Security, Alarm response, Asset Tracking, Secure Monitoring and Response, Cash Logistics, Secure Logistics, Data and Document Management and employs more than 600,000 people worldwide.

We are seeking to recruit suitably qualified individuals to fill the following positions:

Key Account Managers

This position requires business savvy individuals whose main role will be to support current and long term strategic partnerships. The successful candidates will play a critical role in delivering business objectives through key accounts.

The main purpose of the job includes:
• To manage long term sustainable strategic business partnerships
• To introduce innovative business solutions into key accounts
• To maintain contract profitability through professional management
• To increase customer value through business relationships and liaisons with third party strategic solution providers
• To retain customers by achieving value through joint reviews and customer relationships

Skills & Abilities

• A university degree (preferably in business management, postgraduate qualifications will be an added advantage)
• Successful Minimum 5 years experience in key account management for large organizations
• Commercially oriented self driven manager with a strategic influence and high closure rates
• A team player, strong in internal and external relationship management and able to work effectively in a complex scenario
• Articulate with a corporate profile personality
• Strong decision making ability
• Ability to drive change

Sales Team Leaders (Central, Western and Coast)

This position requires commercially astute individuals with a positive attitude and a proclivity for driving success.

Reporting to the Regional General Manager, the incumbent will be required to promote business growth in the region (across all the product lines - cash, courier, security services) through provision of superior solutions & customer partnerships.

Main Responsibilities

• Design and implementation of sales strategies and tactical plans in line with business objectives
• Generate new business acquisition using resources in the region in line with sales target
• Manage productivity of sales resources in the region
• Oversee new product introduction
• Development of new products/solutions for competitive edge
• Regular sales reporting in line with policy guidelines
• Provide market intelligence

Required Qualifications

Education
• University Degree in a business related discipline
• Technical experience will be an added advantage
Skills & Abilities
• Team leader with hands on sales & process management
• Commercially astute with an eye for new business opportunity
• Structured and meticulous
• Have well developed interpersonal and communication abilities
• Energized individual with a corporate profile and ability to network at various levels
• Have +7 years experience in sales management; +2 in managing sales delivery
Sales Executives

Reporting to the functional Sales Manager this position requires an energized individual with an eye for new business opportunity and attention to detail.

The candidate must also be able to demonstrate ability to network and inter phase at different levels.

The successful candidates will be required to prospect and generate sales for their respective service lines as well as meeting set business targets and ensuring business growth within their designated territories.

Main Responsibilities:

• New business acquisition
• Identifying unmet customer needs and offering solutions
• Carrying out market surveys and gathering market intelligence
• Providing quotations to customers/prospects
• Discussing proposals with customers and making follow-ups to final conclusion, collecting payments for contracted services
• Managing new contracts to successful completion and handover within agreed schedules of the services to customers’ satisfaction
• Championing new product/service introduction in designated area

Qualifications and Attributes

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications: -
• University degree in a business related discipline
• At least 3 years experience in a challenging world class sales environment
• Assertive, persistent with high energy and initiative able to deliver results in high pressure environment
• A team player with good interpersonal skills unquestionable integrity
• Excellent communication skills - verbal and written
• Good IT skills
• Have proven track record in sales
• Experience in selling technical services/products like security or fire safety will be a definite added advantage
In addition to the above qualifications, the ideal candidate should have the ability to establish and maintain excellent, mutually beneficial working relationships with customers to ensure continued commercial benefit for G4S, as well as demonstrate an up-to-date knowledge of the Company’s market place and competition.

Interested candidates should send their application and CV addressed to the Human Resource Director to reach us on or before Friday, February 19, 2010, by email to: career.move @ ke.g4s.com

G4S is an equal opportunity employer and addresses itself to the core values of best people.

Only successful applicants will be contacted.

Canvassing is highly discouraged.




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