Mumias Sugar Company Capability Development Manager (Factory) Job in Kenya

Mumias Sugar Company Limited is the leading producer of sugar in the region. We have diversified and are exporting electricity to the National grid and venturing into ethanol production and water bottling.

As we seek to maintain our tradition of leadership and excellence, we are recruiting valued talent to join our team.

Applications are invited for the following position:

Capability Development Manager (Factory)

Job Summary

The incumbent will be responsible for identifying technical capability needs for the factory, activating and deploying timely solutions to maximize factory performance and productivity

Responsibilities:

Job Requirements/ Qualifications: (minimum required to perform the job)

Technical Skills

Factory Operations: Working knowledge of the operations of factory, preferably a sugar manufacturing entity

Developing Talent: Ability to plan and support the development of others through a competency based system. Ability to identify knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to fulfill current or future job responsibilities effectively. Recognize and evaluate skills of potential and existing employees, as well as identify how to acquire and/or further develop those skills

Organizational capability: Organizational capability analysis, design and development. Ability to link succession management and talent development to organizational sustainability

Capability assessment: Training needs analysis, design, development, deployment and evaluation. Create and administer assessment centers at all levels of organizational roles

Instruction & Coaching: Ability to instruct and train adult learners. Able to coach others to transfer knowledge.

Strategic thinking: Effectively envision, develop, and implement new strategies to address competitive, complex business issues

Consulting: Able to influence people, policy and processes. Possesses strong negotiation skills - able to conduct positive negotiations, ability to compromise, handles conflict, seeks common ground, articulates own and others goals, stays focused on positive outcome.

Analytical & problem solving: Analytical in approach with the ability to collate and analyze data from various sources and present the same in a structured manner. Excellent problem solving abilities

Relationship building: Develop strong trusting relationships in order to gain support and achieve results. Operates within the Company’s formal and informal structures, builds allies and relationships across departments, uses allies to build consensus and create results, is appropriately diplomatic, understands others' roles and perspectives, can sell projects and ideas across the organization.

Communication/Presentation skills: Appropriate communication skills to effectively interact with varying audiences including employees at all levels and 3rd parties

Customer satisfaction skills: Demonstrate effective use of customer service principles. Possesses customer facing ability, seeks to continuously satisfy customers while delivering efficiencies for the Company

Operational excellence: Possesses tactical skills to implement projects, is able to identify and act on opportunities

Financial skills: Understands financials to the extent that he/she can contribute towards the commercialisation process, prepare budgets and understand P&L statements

Generic Competencies

Results focus: Targets and achieves results, sets challenging goals, prioritizes tasks, overcomes obstacles, accepts accountability, sets team standards and responsibilities, provides leadership/motivation.

Work Standards: Setting high standards of performance for self; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed

Building Partnerships: Ability to develop and use collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals. Ability to identify opportunities and take action to build strategic relationships between sections/department and other groups (both internal and external) including local authorities, stakeholders and other organizations

Managing Work Processes: Ability to measure and evaluate work processes, services and products to achieve organizational goals. Ability to redesign processes as needed using best methods and technology to meet or exceed business needs. Ability to use appropriate methods to identify opportunities, implement solutions, and measure impact

Strategic Planning: Ability to use the results of strategic analysis to establish and commit to a course of action in order to accomplish long-range goals or the vision of the organization

Understanding the Business: Uses business knowledge to achieve profitable growth; perceives the impact and implications of decisions on the business.

Pursuing Personal Development: Actively identifying new areas for personal learning; regularly creating and taking advantage of learning opportunities; using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learning through their application in order to improve results

Innovation: Is creative, able to think out of the norm to create solutions, is resourceful when solving complex problems

Self-starter: Proactive with the discipline to work alone under pressure with respect for deadlines

Ambitious and have the desire to play an instrumental role in helping the organization instrumental role

Required Experience