Chemelil Sugar Company Jobs in Kenya

Our Company is a leading sugar miller with a heritage spanning over forty years, situated along Awasi-Nandi Hills road (About 55km from Kisumu).

We seek for suitable qualified and experienced Kenyan citizens who are dynamic, self motivated and results oriented candidates for the following positions.

Marketing Manager

Reporting to Head of Marketing

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement new sales channels for growing sales and achievement of targets.
• Drive brand volumes through an effective route-to market and distribution network.
• Collect customer feedback and other information on competition and market changes.
• Continuously analyse sales performance and co-ordinate all sales activities and projects to ensure desired results.
• Develop and implement sales incentive schemes for sales force and distributors.
• Monitor and manage brand performance in the market.
• Monitor and analyse factors affecting brand performance and design strategies for improvement.
• Address and ensure the resolution of customer complaints.
• Manage and reconcile sugar stocks to ensure brand/product availability in the market.
• Conduct market research to identify requirements for current and future products.
• Implement a company-wide go-to-market plan, working with all departments to execute.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Commerce (Marketing option) plus a Diploma in Business Administration.
• Membership to a relevant Professional body like the Marketing Society of Kenya or Chartered Institute of Marketing.
• Minimum three (3) years of relevant working experience in Senior Marketing or Sales Management position.

Chemist

Reporting to Process Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Implement FIFO principle in cane handling to avoid deterioration in the factory yard.
• Monitor hourly process parameters and ensure set targets are achieved.
• Prepare work programme at commencement of shift to avoid material congestion and maximize sugar production.
• Liaise with the Shift Engineer to sustain adequate supply of steam and injection water to the Process house.
• Monitor compliance to safe working conditions of shift personnel and safety of equipment.
• Coordinate operations at the evaporation, clarification, filtration, sugar house and bagging stations to avoid downtime.
• Monitor and control usage of process chemical and materials.
• Process and bag high quality sugar that meets the Kenya Bureau of Standards requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degree in Food Science and Technology, Chemistry or equivalent.
• Minimum three (3) years relevant working experience gained in food manufacturing concern.

Medical Laboratory Technician

Reporting to Medical Officer

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse specimen from patients as prescribed and submit the findings timely.
• Maintain accurate medical laboratory register/records.
• Initiate procurement of medical laboratory reagents timely.
• Maintain clean laboratory equipments.
• Store laboratory re-agents appropriately.
• Schedule working roster and supervise laboratory staff to ensure that duties are performed as required.
• Prepare accurate periodic reports.
• Offer counseling and VCT services to staff, their dependants and the surrounding community.
• Safely dispose used specimen, reagents and solutions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology
• Minimum three (3) years relevant experience.
• Membership of relevant professional body such as Medical Laboratory Technician and Technologist Board.

If you meet the above criteria, please send an application letter with a detailed curriculum vitae stating your age, position, current salary and benefits, expected salary, day time telephone number and addresses of three referees to reach the undersigned by 23rd January, 2012.

Our Vision: To be the Company of choice in the manufacturing of sugar and related products in the region.

Managing Director
Chemelil Sugar Company Limited
P.O. Box 1649
Kisumu

E-mail: info@chemsugar.co.ke