Managing Director 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

Managing Director

Job Purpose


The Managing Director of Mulli Brothers Limited will provide leadership and direction and coordinate all activities of the three divisions namely Transport, General Trading and Agribusiness in accordance with the goals to safeguard and grow revenues whilst minimising the cost of doing business.

Key Responsibilities

The Managing Director is invested with broad responsibilities and authority. Portions of these can be delegated to the three divisional General Managers but not the overall responsibility of the sustainability and profitability of the business of the three divisions.

Key Accountabilities

Strategy Development, Planning and Reporting

    Taking a proactive role in the formulation of future strategic objectives and bringing them to the Board for input, discussion and decision as to ratification.
    Ensuring that strong strategic and annual planning processes are in place to produce effective plans for approval by the Board.
    Ensuring that all financial and non financial reporting requirements are met on a timely and regular basis
    Ensuring that reporting to the Board is always totally ‘transparent’ and on a ‘no surprises basis.

Relationship Management

    Developing and maintaining effective strategic relationships with key stakeholders including shareholders, banks, contract counterparties, customers and partners.
    Developing a wide range of relationships and networks with the local and international markets for all the three divisional units
    Ensuring the development of effective and innovative lobbying strategies to industry and government in order to promote the interests of investment in transport, agribusiness and General trading markets.

Operational Management

    Ensuring that the day-to-day operations of the organisation are effectively and efficiently co-ordinated and implemented and conducted within the framework agreed to by the Board.
    Maintaining effective working relationships with the Chairman and broader board.
    Develop and manage performance based contracts for the achievement of agreed goals for each of the three divisional units

Staff and Contractor Management and Leadership

    Building and maintaining a high performance culture through effective performance management, communication and coaching of staff and contract workers.
    Provide clear leadership and promote and foster a team culture consistent with the organisations values.

Qualification and experience

Applicants should at least have a Masters degree in Business Administration or its equivalent.

The applicant should:-

    Be able to manage all the three divisional units
    Has intense knowledge of the transport business, Agribusiness and General contract trading
    Significant managerial and business acumen experience
    senior level experience of managing operations at a conglomerate or Group level

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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