Company Name: GIVE POWER
About Company:
Founded in 2013, the GivePower Foundation is an NGO based in Austin, Texas, in the US. Our team is comprised of professionals experienced in the design, engineering, construction, deployment, and operation of renewable energy systems. To date, GivePower has powered 2534 schools, built 36 microgrids, and deployed 11 Solar Water Farms across 26 countries impacting the lives of over 1 Million people.
Location: Wajir County, Kenya (On-Site)
Your Role:
As a Site Supervisor, you will have overall site responsibility, managing income and expenses to ensure that the site meets its required level of contribution. To do this, you will lead by example, demonstrating excellent leadership and communication skills and a hands-on management approach to inspire the team around you to deliver the highest level of service to our customers and the local community. You will also be required to maximize sales, consistently delivering on daily and monthly targets.
Responsibilities:
- Plan, organized, directed, and ran optimum day-to-day operations of the SWF to meet or exceed Social, Financial, Human Capital, and Operational KPIs.
- Ensure effective sale and distribution of the site’s portfolio of products throughout the assigned geographical territory to achieve the budgeted daily and monthly volume and revenue sales forecast in a reliable and predictable way.
- Achieve site financial breakeven targets as defined in the budget.
- Develop and maintain close and effective working relationships with the wider GivePower team.
- Manage site staff by training, coaching, mentoring, retaining, scheduling, evaluating performance, and counseling employees to optimize the performance of the SWF’s 7-day-a-week operation in an environment that respects diversity and promotes inclusion.
- Continuously communicate GivePower Kenya’s Mission and Values to staff ensuring that our Impact on the community is always top of mind.
- On-site business outcomes presenting these in regular reviews to the Senior Site Manager providing performance against KPI and proactively recommending remedial actions as required.
- Coordinate with the O&M team to ensure premises, facilities, machinery, motor vehicles, and other equipment are well-maintained and run to their expected efficiency and output.
- Promote a customer-centric culture ensuring that customer issues and escalations are handled in a proactive and timely manner that leads to an exceptional customer experience.
- Develop and execute a process that ensures sufficient quality, well-negotiated, and appropriate inventory levels of supplies to meet operational requirements.
- Ensure strict and on-time Compliance with all licenses and standards (County, Quality, Insurance, SHE, etc.) mandatory for site operation as well as SOPs, policies, and procedures.
- Implement and oversee employees’ safety at work to ensure that the site complies with and adheres to Environmental, Occupational, Health, and Safety regulations
- Ensure security of company assets including site, plant, equipment, and cash.
- Develop, grow, and maintain strong relationships with community leaders, key customers, government representatives, etc., to maximize our local relevance and positive brand equity.
- Execute other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Fluency in English and Swahili (knowledge of other local languages is an advantage).
- Bachelor's degree in a business, commercial, or related field preferred with at least 5 years of relevant work experience.
- Experience in fast-moving consumer goods sale of water or related beverages to the general trade preferred.
- Adequate knowledge of business and management principles (budgeting, cash management, planning, resource allocation, and human resources).
- Knowledge of safety, quality, and productivity practices is an added advantage.
- Computer literacy (Microsoft Office suite or equivalent) and ability to learn other applications.
- Strong ability to communicate with people effectively and confidently at all levels including direct staff, colleagues, customers, and influencers.
- Problem-solving skills that enable proactive identification and resolution of issues.
- Ability to effectively resolve internal conflict or with external stakeholders.
- Skills to develop positive relationships by understanding and addressing individual needs, building and working in strong teams, motivating, coaching, and collaborating with others.
- Ability to delegate effectively as needed while holding others accountable for outcomes.
- Strength to work under pressure from time to time by multi-tasking, prioritizing, making decisions, or escalating for support when appropriate to meet stringent deadlines.
Local candidates are preferred. Candidates who are already residing in Wajir are encouraged to apply and shall be highly considered.
GivePower Kenya is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, gender, marital status, race, ethnicity, religion, or any other characteristic protected by Kenyan laws and regulations.
GivePower is also the proud winner of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Award as well as a finalist in the Best World Changing Idea North America and Developing World Technology categories. We are also the winner of the 2020 Mohammed bin Rashad Al Maktoum Global Water Award for USA Innovative Projects.
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