Operations Manager Job in Kenya

Operations Manager
 

Qualifications / Job Requirement and Personal Attribute

Degree in interior Design and a post graduate training in Project management.
 

5 years working experience in design and project management.
 

Relevant managerial skill.
 

Very highly detailed and organized person.
 

Be able to inspire and lead people who work under him in order to achieve the desired results.
 

Work for long and odd hours and under pressure with no supervision.

Job Description
 

Management Role

• Head the operations department and be fully responsible of its effective and efficient functioning.
• Ensure that the operations department works in sync with the other departments and as per the laid down processes.
• Get and maintain pool of subcontractors, who are qualified and negotiate with them on the rates which are within the approved company rates.
• Recommending on staffing needs and training for everyone in operations department
• Advice accordingly on all improvements that may need to be made in operations and spearhead such improvements.

Before Implementation

• Understand the design details before the project starts.
• Assign projects to project managers and supervise them.
• In consolation with the marketer, Planning of works in line with the time marketers agreed with the client, documenting the plan in a project schedule and ensuring such schedule is followed.
• Review project files and approve by signing before flag off by checking;
• That the files are complete
• The materials schedule captures the right materials, right quality and quantity
• Ensuring right labour is captured as negotiated with the subcontractor.
• Ensure proper safety and protective gears are requested.
• Ensure that all contingencies are captured in the budget.

During Implementation

• Approve all budgets from operations department
• Proper coordination of material requisition and procurement to ensure efficiency in logistics.
• Monitor the implementation of all projects and ensure proper reporting to the relevant stakeholders.
• Offer technical advice during implementation of projects.
• Ensure projects are complemented and handed over with a letter in due time.
• Ensure that all subcontractors are well branded and the gears are take good care of and returned to the office after completion of a project.
• Being creative and innovative in design implementation to give the company a competitive edge.
• Approve all labour budgets by Friday  for payments on Saturday
• Ensuring that all proposed changes and additional by the client during implementation are properly addressed in written for and that proper processes are followed to implement such changes.
• Ensure work already done is well protected.
• Ensure proper posturing on site to create the desired perspective by the client.
• Report to the management on the progress of all projects.

Safety and compliance

• Ensure proper implementation of safety guidelines at all sites.
• Ensure that every task is implemented as per the basic parameters guideline and updating that guideline.
• Quality control in conjunction with the designers

Cvs to be sent to cvs@careerdirections.co.ke latest by 19th of April 2013.