IT Manager Job in Kenya

Location: Kenya
Employment contract: Full time employment
Industry: Logistics & Supply Chain
Manages others: Yes
Job Type: Information Technology
Required Travel: Yes
Closing date: 3rd May 2012

Our client, an international logistics and supply organization is looking for talent to fill the position of an IT Manager- Kenya.

I.T. Manager

The suitable candidate will be reporting to the Country Manager and will be accountable for delivering
IT services to the Kenya office and Business Units in the country, customer satisfaction with IT and
providing strong leadership to the country IT teams

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a key member of the Kenya management team, setting country directions and strategies.
• Implementation of the IT Strategy and Planning Domain projects at a country level.
• Contribute to improving business P&L through effective management of IT services and solutions.
• Management of the IT Budget and creation of business cases for required investments.
• Contribute to the convergence of local applications to the strategic product portfolio.
• Ensure that IT activities are aligned with each of the business unit’s goals and priorities.
• Establish regular reviews with business leaders – raising the visibility and value of IT and ensuring full transparency of IT effort and costs.
• Ensuring Business issues are actioned and resolved within agreed timelines.
• Contribute to Kenya IBP formulation and Targets.
• Create strong relationships at Sub-Regional/ Regional / Global level within the IT community to ensure maximum leverage of resources / solutions to support local requirements.
• Ownership for development and delivery of the country IT budget
• Implement regional and Global initiatives at a country level.
• Ensure implementation of divisional standards e.g. Depict, ITIL.
• Implement Key IT Processes at a country level.
• Ensure IT alignment with First Choice at a country level.
• Develop and maintain a motivated IT Team of competent managers and staff
• Ongoing assessment of the skills and competency’s within the IT Team – ensuring training and development plans are in place to address any gaps / needs.
• Communication – ensure effective communication structure in place i.e. weekly / monthly team meetings.

Skills and Competence

• Strategic thinker
• Project management skills
• Strong Analytical skills
• Effective communication skills / interpersonal understanding
• Ability to influence and negotiate at senior level
• Achievement drive and initiative
• Budgeting and cost controlling skills
• Good negotiation skills
• Constructive Challenge

Minimum Requirements

Experience

• Minimum 8-10 years experience within IT, accompanied with a wide Experience at senior level in a service oriented business
• Logistics/supply chain experience (Technology, Consumer, Healthcare, Automotive sectors)
• Business Process Engineering in Logistics/supply chain environment
• Major IT project delivery
• IT solutions design, proposals and costings
• IT Project delivery methodologies (Prince2)
• IT Budget control
• Delivery of major client projects (Applications/Infrastructure)
• IT Customer Account Management - Multi-client environments
• Multi-project Portfolio/Program Management
• Logistics/Supply Chain Management solutions (Transport Management solutions/ Warehouse Management solutions/ Visibility solutions, Activity Based Costings, EIS, etc)
• Good understanding of Support function systems (HR, Business Development, etc)

Education

• University Bachelor degree in a Business discipline or relevant education and work experience preferably in Forwarding /Logistic sector
• Fluent in English (verbal and written)

If you are the one we are looking for, kindly send your cover letter and detailed resume’ as ONE document to recruit@resourceassociates.co.ke on or before 3rd May 2012.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.