Position: Branch Manager
Location: Western / South Western / Coast regions, Kenya
Type: Full Time
Role: If you are a natural entrepreneur who loves working with people, creating an impact in health and selling life-saving products, you could be Living Goods’ next Branch Manager!
Living Goods supports a network of over 900 micro-entrepreneurs in Uganda and
Kenya who teach families in their communities how to improve health andLocation: Western / South Western / Coast regions, Kenya
Type: Full Time
Role: If you are a natural entrepreneur who loves working with people, creating an impact in health and selling life-saving products, you could be Living Goods’ next Branch Manager!
well-being
while selling affordable, high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified
foods, water filters, clean cook-stoves, and solar lights.
As
part of the Branch Team, you will play a key role in supporting Community
Health Promoters (CHPs) to deliver high quality health care to their
communities and generate sales of critical products.
To be successful in this role you must be able to motivate others, have strong business skills, and want to be part of a cutting edge team that is setting the bar for how a social enterprise can improve health impacts in a sustainable way.
Responsibilities
Agent Support and Motivation
To be successful in this role you must be able to motivate others, have strong business skills, and want to be part of a cutting edge team that is setting the bar for how a social enterprise can improve health impacts in a sustainable way.
Responsibilities
Agent Support and Motivation
- Motivate
agents in-field to achieve health and sales targets. Work to support
strong performers, to increase effectiveness of medium performers, and
increase or remove poor performers.
- Ensure
all CHPs are delivering impact in the communities both through remote checks
and through in-field checks (esp. diagnosis and treatment).
- Implement
marketing and promotional efforts to support CHPs sales goals.
- Lead
monthly meeting of agents.
Operations
Management
- Manage
Branch team members, ensuring performance.
- Manage
Branch financial operations and ensure that the books balance: cash
matches sales on a daily basis.
- Manage
and maintain inventory.
- Manage
operations to keep costs as low as possible.
- Manage
relations between the implementing partner organizations.
Qualifications
- Diploma
in Business or Health related areas; Bachelor of Arts welcome.
- Minimum
2 years experience in health/community related work.
- Business
related degree or diploma a plus.
- Management
experience a must.
- Entrepreneurial
spirit and drive for results.
- Ability
and willingness to work extensively in the field.
- Exceptional
natural leader with strong interpersonal skills.
- Excellent
written and verbal communications skills in English.
- Luhya,
Luo, Kiswahili speaking added advantage.
- Proficiency
with Ms-Word and Excel and general computer proficiency.
- Flexible
and willing to travel across Kenya and stay for some nights up-country.
Compensation: A competitive salary
and benefits package commensurate with experience including health insurance,
vacation, and a bonus opportunity.
The
opportunity to enter an exciting career path within a fast and growing mission
driven team.
Life at Living Goods
Living Goods is aiming to make disruptive changes, dramatically improving the lives of underserved communities. We think big, but we operate small and nimble.
Life at Living Goods
Living Goods is aiming to make disruptive changes, dramatically improving the lives of underserved communities. We think big, but we operate small and nimble.
At
Living Goods, 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 humour, you will
thrive at Living Goods.
See
www.livinggoods.org/principles.
How to Apply
To apply for this position please CLICK HERE to apply online through our applicant tracking system.
How to Apply
To apply for this position please CLICK HERE to apply online through our applicant tracking system.
Successful
applicants will be contacted for an interview.
For more
information about Living Goods, please visit: www.livinggoods.orgfollow us @Living_Goods