Unaitas Sacco Research & Development Manager Job in Kenya

Unaitas Sacco Ltd is among the fastest growing institutions in Kenya established under the Co-op Act 2008 and regulated by the SASRA Act 2010 with a membership of well over 150,000 spread across our 18 fully fledged front office branches nationally.

Unaitas has a vision To Be the Global Financial Movement That Enables You to Realize Your Dreams and Aspirations by Transforming Lives through Provision of Innovative Financial Solutions.

If you are you looking for excellence, a team that promotes a high performance culture and focus on individual empowerment, then Unaitas is the place to be.

We are seeking to recruit dynamic, committed and responsible persons to fill the following position:

Research & Development Manager 

(Re-advertised)

Reporting to the Divisional Head-Branch Operations, the Product & Research Development Manager will be Responsible for research and product development activities to ensure Unaitas remains abreast with market trends and is proactive in development of products and services as required and identified for the market.

Reporting Lines: Reporting to the Chief Operations Manager

Minimum Requirements

The successful applicants should be a Proactive and self-motivated possessing the following;

• Degree in the related field
• 3 years working experience-in the relevant field
• Have specific knowledge in either Research & Development
• Ability to work under minimum supervision
• Analytical skills and ability to make decisions
• A high degree of integrity and commitment
• Computer literate.
• Report writing skills

Key responsibilities

• Lead in innovation on products design, packaging and style
• Coordinate and drive new product development to meet members/customer needs.
• Improve existing products, and to explore new ways of producing them
• Develop and execute long and short term products development and their marketing in line with overall Unaitas Strategy.
• Effectively manage and grow the Unaitas products portfolio in accordance with the market dynamics
• Identify and coordinate appropriate market research and baseline surveys plus do requisite analysis to generate customer trends, insights and anticipate opportunities
• Efficiently manage the sectional resources (People & Budget) to ensure optimization and Increase profits by utilizing cost-efficient methods.
• Increase profit by optimizing resources utilization through cost-efficient methods.
• Generate and present management reports for information & decision making

Relationships

• Internal: Division Heads, Regional Managers, and Branch Managers
• External: Members, other stake holders

How to Apply

Interested candidates should send us their application and updated curriculum vitae [MS Word Format] via E mail only; hr@unaitas.com

Applications to reach us on or before 01.08.2014

Note: Those who have applied within the last one month need not re-apply.