Kenyan Jobs Vacancies Available Through Cresco Skills Development Limited

Position: Group Electrical and Mechanical Manager

Age: 35 - 45 Years

Experience: 10 -15 Years (local and international)

Qualifications: Diploma/ Degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering & Mechanical Engineering from a recognized institution.

Languages: English, Kiswahili

Skills:

• To ensure a strategic and effective decision making, highly efficient technical skills and strong interpersonal and organizational attributes.
• Provide technical leadership plans and budgets aimed at improving performance standards and organization effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities:

• Practical hands on experience and in depth knowledge on the design, preparation and maintenance of all the cold rooms for the horticulture and floriculture export industry.
• Must be highly knowledgeable in the cool chain process in the entire value stream.
• Site management and supervision and implement a weekly scheduler of maintenance of all group equipments.
• Capable of total project management of new sites from design to execution with specific time lines.
• Installation and maintenance (servicing) of new and used equipments and machinery such as flume tanks, conveyors within the pack houses of the group.
• Establish and control maintenance systems bringing out process improvements.
• Knowledgeable in low and high voltage systems for all equipment and machinery.
• Liaise with the Purchasing department; facilitate / outsource the proper procurement of equipment, machinery and servicing of parts in accordance to group procurement policies.
• In depth knowledge on the maintenance and servicing of all group stand by generators of the group.
• Total administration of the engineering department in terms of inventory, planning and staff responsibilities.
• Knowledgeable with local authority regulations and follow environmental procedures and policies as per the laws of Kenya and as per NEMA.
• Computer knowledge should include office packages, AutoCAD 12/2008, Corel draw, Windows NT and other back end software for implementing an ERP system.
• Supervise and monitor employees working under you and perform as team.
• Undertake other duties as may be given by your seniors or deemed appropriate to your job description.

Position: Logistics Manager

Age: Open

Experience: 5 Years

Qualifications:

• Fleet Management Course
• Computer skills: ERP systems

Skills:

• Have AUTOCAD qualifications
• Handle different range of vehicles
• Understand sensitivity of products
• Understand Card System
• Ability to understand tracking systems

Language: English/ Swahili

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage over 150 vehicles and update records of company car fleet.
• Administer car insurance as well as maintain schedules/ plans/ prevention maintenance department of fleet.
• Manage Motor Vehicle Running (M.V.R.).

Position: Plant Manager (Manufacturing Industry)

Age: Open

Experience: 8-20 Years

Qualifications:

• Engineer Degree in Chemical Science/ Mechanical
• Computer skills

Skills: Commerce Background added bonus

Language: English/ Swahili

Key Responsibilities:

• To ensure the right support on time to projected targets, roll-out production, budgeting, cost monitoring and people management.
• Handle Staff Issues, Plan Production from raw material to finished products and provide solutions for cost saving measures.
• Guide sale pricing.

Position: Chief Accountants (Manufacturing Industry)
3 Vacant Positions

Age: Open

Experience: 3 Years

Qualifications:

• A.C.C.A/ C.P.A 6/ CIMA/ CFA
• Computer skills/proficient in accounting software/ Excel

Skills: Commerce Background added bonus

Language:

• English/ Swahili
• Guajarati Added Bonus

Key Responsibilities:

• Person will be reporting to the Directors.
• Responsible for leading the overall management of the financial accounting function ensuring that the accounts represent a true and fair view and are in accordance with prevailing accounting K.R.A standards.
• Also responsible for developing and maintaining financial systems and internal controls that meet the requirements of the factory.

Position: Quality Control Managers (Manufacturing Industry)
2 Vacant Positions

1. Quality Control Officer – Printing Section
2. Quality Control Officer – Tin Manufacturing Section

Age: Open

Experience: Open

Qualifications:

• Degree in Chemical Engineering
• Computer skills

Skills: Commerce Background added bonus

Language:

• English/ Swahili
• Guajarati Added Bonus

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand both the Chemical and Physical aspects of tin manufacturing process.
• Manage tailor made systems.
• Printing Officer – to ensure printed quality meets customers color specifications.
• Tinning Quality Officer – to ensure locking and sizes meet customer requirements.

Position: Store Manager (Manufacturing Industry)

Age: Open

Experience: 5 years

Qualifications: Computer skills

Skills: Commerce Background added bonus

Language: English/ Swahili

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage stock taking, stock control procedures and provide reports on stocks in hand, stocks used, damaged and replacements.
• Guide production for planning of stock requirements.
• Person must be responsible for the stores and relevant staff.

Position: Junior Accountant (Manufacturing Industry)

Age: Open

Experience: Open

Qualifications:

• C.P.A
• Computer skills

Skills:

• Competent in cash flows, accounts receivables and payables, cash, cheque, and credit sales, bank reconciliations.

Language: English/ Swahili

Key Responsibilities:

• The accountant will have to do daily entries of transactions and must be familiar with journal vouchers, ledgers and financial statements.
• He/She would also have to assist in the audit of the financial statements.
• The accountant will also have to work independently to make the entries for new purchases, miscellaneous expenses, other payments to suppliers, payments from customers, etc. and he/she must know whom to debit and whom to credit and how to make adjustments to the entries made.

Position: Branch Manager (Mombasa)

Age: Open

Experience: 5-10 years

Qualifications:

• Degree in Business Administration
• Computer skills

Skills:

• Business Process Development – marketing strategies, manage people, and financial plans and budgets.

Language: English/ Swahili

Key Responsibilities:

• Person must be responsible for the region’s day to day operations, develop business through marketing strategies and be performance orientated.
• Provide new and innovative revenue streams.

Position: Marketing Manager (Mombasa)

Age: Open

Experience: Open

Qualifications:

• Degree/Diploma in Sales and Marketing
• Computer skills

Skills:

• Excellent People and Public Relations personality.
• Must research competitors, regional market and business environment, provide sound marketing plans and modalities of implementation.

Language: English/ Swahili

Key Responsibilities:

• Strong leadership, interpersonal and people management skills with the ability to relate and manage all levels of staff and has relevant experience in development of high sales turnover.
• Ensure effective use of resources at the branch; create a high performance culture through motivation, training, development of the sales team.

Position: Dispatch/ Logistics Officer (Manufacturing Industry)

Age: Open

Experience: Open

Qualifications:

• AUTOCAD
• Computer skills

Skills: Experience in Logistics

Language: English/ Swahili

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and ensure timely dispatch of delivery vehicles.
• Understand mechanical aspects of different vehicles.

Closing date for all positions February 28 2011

Apply to: recruit@crescoskills.co.za