Chief Executive Officer

Job Description : CEO KENYA CEO for a Botanicals Manufacturing Company (Kenya) About the company: Our client is a botanical manufacturing company in Kenya. About the CEO role: Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer IPS, the CEO will be responsible for providing strategic direction and overseeing the Company's overall operations with a particular focus on driving growth in revenue and profitability whilst ensuring efficient operations and delivery of high-quality products. Roles and Responsibilities include: Strategy (30%): - Understand the strategic objectives of the Shareholders. - Clearly communicate the organization's mission, vision, overall company strategy, and direction to all stakeholders. - Maintain the smooth and efficient operations of the Company and the achievement of annual objectives. - Drive company growth, business opportunities, improve financial performance and manage negotiations, commercial strategies and improved relations with stakeholders, including customers. - Review and upgrade systems to collect metrics, analyze productivity and set performance targets to meet revenue and cost goals. - Review and upgrade policies and makes decisions guiding productivity, quality, and cost efficiency of raw material supply and manufacturing operations. - Work with different business development functions to establish strategies for the Company's future growth. General Management (40%): - Develop annual business plans for all products and monitor through quarterly reviews. - Assist in overall Company budget preparation, and regularly review performance against approved budgets. - Manage the day-to-day operations with the managers to ensure the operation runs efficiently and achieves agreed targets. - Meet financial performance targets for the Company and ensure company value and growth. - As required, provide guidance and support to the sales force regarding customer management and contract development. - Act as an external ambassador for the Company in terms of positioning BE as a market leader and assisting in business development efforts. - Promote the BE brands by collaborating with clients, government agencies, and professional organizations. - Inform the relevant Directors immediately of any adverse developments that may significantly impact the outlook of the Company. Leadership (10%): - Provide leadership to all sales and marketing activities. - Act as a coach and mentor to the team and create achievable development plans and career tracks with Human Resources. - Assess the current team to ensure the skills required for strategic growth plans are available and ensure that there is a succession plan for key positions. - Provide training and tools to manage and ensure that performance metrics are established, measured and reported to help evaluate the success of individuals and the team. Risk and Compliance (10%): - Oversee production activities to ensure safety and compliance with quality control, operational standards and regulatory compliance and address any concerns. - Identify at-risk issues across the plant and implement appropriate solution-focused corrective actions with the correct escalation and notification within the business and customers. - Ensure that appropriate financial control policies and systems relevant to operations, sales and receipt of sales proceeds are in place and stringently followed. People Management (10%): - Conduct performance evaluations on staff as required. - Develop team spirit within the organization to support each other in achieving sub-goals. - Ensure that all plant personnel are in alignment with client requirements. Required Skills and Experience: - Proven hands-on experience in some aspects of Botanical Extracts or similar industries. - Strong understanding and experience in solvent extraction. - Technical experience in pharma, i.e., API, and extraction. - Ability to effectively manage factory operations. - Minimum of 15 years of leadership/management experience. - Experience as a CEO/GM is an added advantage. - Bachelor's/PG degree in Chemistry or science-related field. - Proven track record of successfully managing production/sales in a similar environment. - Aptitude in analyzing production/financial data, decision making and problem-solving. - Ability to interact effectively at a Board level. - Willingness and aptitude for learning. - Experience in managing business operations. - A business driver with a passion for growth and an entrepreneurial outlook. - A passion for business and the pursuit of optimization; ambitious and analytically minded with a detailed approach to management. - Strong communication skills, able to develop relationships quickly, internally with teams and externally with current and potential customers and raw material suppliers.

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