General Manager - Trading Job in Kenya

Mulli Brothers Limited is one of the subsidiaries of MBL Holdings Limited and has three divisional units operating under it and there are:- Transportation (Bulk haulage of dry and wet goods), Agribusiness and General trading units.
Vacancies have arisen at Mulli Brothers Limited 
 


Application Deadline

2011-05-18

Job Details

General Manager - Trading

Job purpose


To lead the bid response development process and management of individual bids with emphasis on growing revenue and profits whilst focussing on large-scale complex bids. The General Manager will also be responsible for the import and export business.

Key responsibilities

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

    Administering and managing all types of contracts from pre-award phase to closeout, including the management of contract modifications, subcontractor agreements, submissions and routine correspondence
    Plan and manage post bid submission activity
    Continued activity and responsibility to raise the standard and quality of bids to increase bid win ratio
    Give support and assistance to other bid team members as required to ensure bid management efficiency and effectiveness
    Client Principals: to supply qualified resources to bid solutions, to lead the bid process, to ensure timely internal reviews and use of best practice materials
    Sales: to ensure that key win strategies are communicated to the bid team
    Delivery: to validate designs and ensure consistency between delivery and sales
    Business operations: to validate financial, commercial, HR risks.
    Reviews and negotiates terms and conditions including terms, warranties, and delivery schedules.
    Reviews and negotiates supplier terms and conditions for manufacturing materials.
    Prepares and reviews Non-Disclosure Agreements.
    Monitors, in conjunction with the team and Finance performance against the original cost allocation and contract requirements in order to anticipate necessary profitability
    Maintain contracts databases and all contracts files. Provides contractual leadership and guidance at senior level.
    Identifies potential program risks and develop risk mitigation strategies.
    Coordinates contract related meetings, including kick-off meetings at contract inception and follow-on meetings as necessary.
    Prepares and Analyzes proposed contract terms and conditions and advise management and Divisions on issues of concern and recommend alternatives.
    Monitors and facilitates review of contracts
    Be able to prospect for sales of various products in international markets.

Qualification and experience

Applicants should at least have a Masters degree

The applicant should :-

    Able to present the bid project plan and key win themes to the Bid Team
    Displays a bias for decisiveness by meeting the most aggressive timelines for delivering high quality proposals
    Makes active attempts to influence events to achieve goals: self starting rather than acting passively
    Able to coordinate a team with different backgrounds and to define common priorities and objectives
    Showing concerns for all aspects of the job, no matter how small. Checking processes and tasks accurately
 
This is a senior position that offer attractive salary and benefits to the successful applicants.

Mode of application

Interested applicants should send their applications by email with their detailed CV to mblgroup@mblholdings.com


Closing date for receiving applications is 18 May, 2011.

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