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About the role

We are looking for a visionary Managing Director of Fresh Life, our sanitation innovation company, who will lead an exceptional, mission-driven team and guide our strategy, operations, and expansion across Kenya.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Strategy & Planning
    • Continuously build insight into our business model, market position, broader climate, risks, and opportunities so that Fresh Life can successfully navigate towards our goal of serving urban areas throughout Kenya
    • Craft a clear and inspiring strategy with support from the Board and global leadership and drive implementation to serve 1M people across Kenya with inclusive and high-quality non-sewered sanitation services by 2026
  • Execution
    • Own the P&L, including setting and performing to revenue targets, innovating on revenue sources, and continuously refining the business model to reach our ultimate goal of break even
    • Set annual objectives that directly tie to achieving our 5-year strategic goals, communicate them throughout the organization to guide our work year to year, and drive execution by building a culture and processes for recognition and accountability
    • Spearhead the delivery of impactful initiatives, implementing continuous improvements for service enhancement at both national and county office levels and ensure that key performance indicators are met
    • Inspire the team to keep work moving forward by balancing competing priorities, making effective decisions, and generating innovative ideas
  • Government & External Relations
    • Build long term, trusting relationships with crucial external stakeholders, particularly government partners, that enable our operations and strategy to succeed
    • Secure formal partnerships and contracts with utilities, as well as national and county governments in order to expand and sustain our operations
    • Be the face of Fresh Life in Kenya and represent our brand to enhance our ability to achieve our mission 
    • Actively network by using existing and newly established connections to build and enhance Fresh Life's public profile at events, conferences, and speaking engagements
  • Leadership, People, and Culture
    • Model leadership behaviors and our values to build a positive, thriving team culture that enables a rapidly growing, high-performing team of 265 to succeed 
    • Build an effective organizational structure that both empowers and nurtures a culture of accountability so that we are executing towards our goals
    • Develop and coach a team of leaders empowered to lead strategy, people, and implementation in each of their domains towards shared goals
  • Organizational Operations
    • Steer the financial health of the company, including driving financial planning and analysis, forecasting, and financial and administrative operational excellence
    • Develop and maintain KPIs and targets for all direct reports and business units, and oversee the accountability and accomplishment of each target set

Qualifications

  • 10+ years' experience in operations, corporate leadership, managing people and budgets
  • Strong experience in developing and executing on a business strategy
  • Commercial acumen with proven ability to create opportunities for growth within an organization  
  • Demonstrated ability to build concrete and sustained operational partnerships with government
  • Demonstrated experience in managing country-wide teams with diverse professional development needs  
  • Critical and analytical thinking skills; ability to work with both large and limited amounts of data to develop strategy and make rigorous decisions
  • Highly organized with a high capacity to problem solve and establish priorities for self and team
  • Ability to inspire confidence and instil trust both internally and externally
  • Strong negotiator, with a proven ability to secure new opportunities or gain the best deal
  • Proven success in building strong and effective people centric teams
  • Demonstrated passion for the organization's mission, values and customers
  • Excited about driving impact at scale and portfolio growth
  • Impeccable integrity and ethics

 

Job Location

Nairobi, Kenya

 

Application Deadline 

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis

 

Sanergy is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. All qualified persons are encouraged to apply.

 

NOTE TO APPLICANTS

SANERGY AND FRESH LIFE DO NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). SANERGY AND FRESH LIFE DO NOT ASK FOR INFORMATION PERTAINING TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS AND ANY OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION OUTSIDE THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS.


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