Accounting Manager - Kenya
Accounting Manager
Responsibilities
- Oversee
Day to Day Management of LG’s Finances and Financial Reporting. Track and
post all financial transactions in Quickbooks, manage payroll, bank
account reconciliation, purchases, capital expenditures, daily cash
management and other bookkeeping duties.
- Oversee
Inventory Controls across multiple product stores
- Produce
Monthly Financial Statements and Analyses
- Coordinate
Year-End Audit
Qualifications
- Minimum
of 7 years of accounting experience preferably in retail or wholesale of
consumer packaged goods. Strong inventory control experience in SKU
intensive businesses.
- Exceptional
math and analytical skills. Well versed in MS Excel. Proficient in
QuickBooks
The position is based in Nairobi, Kenya and requires in-country
travel 10-15% of most months.
Compensation
Compensation
- A
competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience
including health, vacation, and bonus opportunity.
- The
opportunity to be your best while making lives better for others.
Living Goods Kenya
Business Manager
Kenya Business Manager
Responsibilities
- Build
National Sales Force: Oversee recruitment of agents and all field
activities including sales and marketing, distribution, and finance.
- Build
and Support Field Team: Recruit, train, motivate and mentor all Branch
Managers and ensure they are supported to achieve success.
- Innovation:
Generate and deploy innovative tests and promotions that have the
opportunity to significantly improve profitability and human impacts.
- Master
Mobile Tools: Optimize the use of the mobile communications platform to
drive sales, deepen impacts, reduce costs, and increase profitability.
This position is based in Nairobi with up to 40% travel time
within Kenya.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Minimum
of 5-7 years of experience in sales and sales force management, preferably
in consumer packaged goods. Proven track record of driving sales success.
- Experience
recruiting, managing and motivating large teams.
- Strong
math and financial skills. Well versed in MS Excel.
- Able to
travel in country 30-50% of the month.
- College
degree preferred.
Compensation
- A
competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience including
health, vacation, and bonus opportunity.
- The
opportunity to be your best while making lives better for others.
Living Goods Kenya
Procurement Manager
Kenya Procurement
Manager Responsibilities
- Product
Research / Sourcing: Scour the market for innovative high-impact
products that customers will value for Living Goods to test and sell.
- Maximize
Margins: Oversee bidding and negotiating with suppliers to drive down
product costs.
- Oversee
Purchasing / Inventory Management: Manage purchasing and logistics to
maximize in stock rates and inventory turns.
- Manage
Distribution: Coordinate shipping of product in country, importation, and
inventory control across multiple product stores.
This position is based in Nairobi, Kenya and requires in country
travel 10-20% of each month
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Minimum
of 5 years of experience in product procurement, preferably in consumer
packaged goods. Proven track record of driving down product costs.
- Exceptional
negotiating skills.
- Strong
math and financial skills. Well versed in MS Excell.
- College
degree preferred.
Compensation
- A
competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience
including health, vacation, and bonus opportunity.
- The
opportunity to be your best while making lives better for others.
Living Goods Regional Direct Sales Manager - Kenya
Qualifications
- Minimum
of 4 years of sales experience preferably in direct selling, retail or
wholesale of consumer packaged goods. Experience in recruiting and
managing sales agents. Proven track record of exceeding sales and profit
targets.
- Strong
math and analytical skills. Well versed in MS Excel.
- Outstanding
verbal communications
- Willingness
to be in the field, hands-on with LG’s sales force and clients
- Regional
sales managers will be based in major trade hubs across Kenya and require
in country travel 40-60% of most months.
Compensation
- A
competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience
including health, paid time off, and a significant performance bonus
opportunity.
- The
opportunity to be your best while making lives better for others.
Living Goods Training and Monitoring Manager - Kenya
Training and Monitoring Manager Responsibilities
Training and Monitoring Manager Responsibilities
- Innovate
in Social Impact Delivery: Create and test innovative approaches for
helping LG sales agents to improve health and economic impacts for
struggling families.
- Oversee
Training: Oversee training of branch staff and Living Goods agents in
community health, basic entrepreneurship, door to door sales and use of
innovative mobile tools.
- Manage
Monitoring and Quality Control: Employ a range of effective tools,
including mobile, for measuring social impacts, and ensuring program
quality. Assist in the implementation of best practice external
evaluations. Analyze monitoring and evaluation data to deliver insights
for improving impact.
Qualifications
- Minimum
of 7 years of experience in one or more of the following: monitoring and
evaluation of social programs - experience with mobile data collection a
plus; community health training; consumer research; micro enterprise
program delivery.
- Strong
math and analytical skills. Well versed in MS Excel.
- Superior
oral and written communication skills.
- College
degree preferred.
The position is based in Nairobi, Kenya and requires in country
travel 20-50% of most months.
Compensation
- A
competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with experience
including health, vacation, and bonus opportunity.
- The
opportunity to be your best while making lives better for others.
Life at Living Goods
Living Goods is aiming to make game-changing, landscape-shifting
changes that dramatically improve the lives of the poor. We think big, but we
operate small and nimble. At LG, you will have the chance to use your
creativity and work with your teammates to conceive and test new ideas every
day.
If you work well in a dynamic, highly collaborative culture, if
you set high standards for yourself and your colleagues, if you know how to
fail fast and learn fast, if you meet challenges with calm determination and a
sense of humor, you will be happy at Living Goods. See www.livinggoods.org/principles.
Living Goods head office sits in California, USA where some of the most successful companies in the world were born – including Facebook, Apple, Yahoo, and Google.
Living Goods head office sits in California, USA where some of the most successful companies in the world were born – including Facebook, Apple, Yahoo, and Google.
Living Goods is financed by some of the most successful business
people and investors in world including the founder of eBay – an $11 billion
global platform that empowers millions of small businesses around the world.
How to Apply
How to Apply
Please submit a single file with resume/CV and cover letter
describing your interest, qualifications, and how you learned of the position
to jobs@livinggoods.org.
Please type “Position – [Last Name]” in the subject line.
New opportunities at Living Goods get filled quickly.
New opportunities at Living Goods get filled quickly.
Apply today!
For more information about Living Goods, please visit: www.livinggoods.org
For more information about Living Goods, please visit: www.livinggoods.org
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