Purpose of the position
Is to offer administration practices to create the highest level of efficiency possible
within an organization. That is converting materials and labor into goods and
services as efficiently as possible to maximize the profit of an organization. The Operations Manager, will actually occupy quite a senior role in the organization. Involving overseeing the company’s activities ,production of goods and/or provision of services. Make sure that the company is running really well – as well as it possibly, possibly can with a really good and efficient service, meeting the expectations and needs of customers and clients alike. Basically make sure that everything goes to plan, giving people the best possible
experience of the company.

Hours of Work
Monday to Friday 8.00 to 5 or 5.00pm . However, You’ll need to be flexible though
as it’s a senior role and you’ll be required to attend to company issues, which could
take place in the evenings or at weekends, either regularly or on an ad-hoc basis.

Main Responsibilities

• As an Operations Manager, your job will involve taking into account, monitoring and analyzing company’s current system of production in order to make sure it’s still effective, and then working out a strategy for improving it if need be.
• You’ve to make some pretty important company decisions, especially when you can see that everything is running so well.
• Your role is an absolutely essential part of any self-respecting company, as you’ll also manage more nitty gritty day-to-day activities and read/write reports.
• As a senior member of the company you’ll find yourself liaising with other members of staff, particularly with other managers; you’ll sometimes even have the hard task of broaching the subjects of inefficiency with them and methods of improvement. With this in mind, you will have to keep a level head and maintain excellent interpersonal and diplomacy skills.
• You will also present investigations to stakeholders and much higher managers and you’ll have to train and supervise new employees, as well as keep up with staff performance, alongside all of this.

Other duties and responsibilities may include:

• Planning for change and controlling it.
• Managing quality assurance programmes.
• Researching new technologies and other efficiency methods
• Budget management and forecasting
• Overseeing inventory, distribution of goods and facility layout

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in operations management, industrial technology, industrial engineering, business administration, commerce or management .
• 5 years of experience in the technology industry
• Knowledge and experience in organizational effectiveness and operations management.
• Aged 40-45 years.
• Knowledge in human resources’ principles and practices
• Knowledge in business management principles and practices
• Knowledge in finance and accounting principles and practices
• Knowledge of project management principles and practices
• Fantastic Information Technology skills

Vital Operations Manager Skills

• Management Skills – managing teams across departments to achieve company-wide goals.
• People Skills – making sure that communication is working well between all the different departments
• Presentation Skills – delivering results and ideas to different stakeholders in the business, including senior management and other members of staff.
• IT Skills – making sure that you keep up to date with relevant IT systems related to the workplace and keeping an eye on new technologies.
• Good Teamwork – making sure that the team works well together, ensuring that company objectives are met and products are delivered on time.
• Initiative – being able to ‘just get on with it’, to apply yourself to the tasks in hand and to take a lead when obstacles rear their ugly heads.
• Problem Solving – thinking outside of the box and coming up with quick solutions to problems, which could often be time consuming and costly.
• Planning – keeping one eye on the competition, staying up-to-date where necessary and making sure everyone knows in which direction the company is headed.

Remuneration
Gross salary of KSH 100,000

Applications close on 26th August 2021.