Wednesday, April 16, 2014

East African Portland Cement Company Chief Operations Officer and Chief Finance Officer Vacancies

PWC - Making your skills count

Our client, East African Portland Cement Company “EAPCC”, has been one of Kenya’s leading cement manufacturers since 1933, helping build Kenya in areas such as housing, education, health, tourism, transport and communication. 

Guided by its core values of teamwork, integrity, customer focus, innovation and commitment, the company has made significant strides towards achieving its mission of becoming a regional leader in the provision of cement, innovative cement products and solutions.

To support its objectives of growth, expansion and sustained profitability, EAPCC is looking for performance driven, results oriented and innovative leaders to fill the positions of Chief Finance Officer (CFO) and Chief Operations Officer (COO), to lead two of its key organisational functions - Finance and Operations as follows:
 

Chief Operations Officer 
(Ref: ESS 522)
 
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the COO will be responsible for production operations, production engineering, product research and development, sales and marketing.


The successful candidate will have an undergraduate degree in engineering or relevant technical field, training in organisational management approaches such as Total Quality Management. 

S/he will have a minimum of 15 years’ experience in operations management, seven of which should be at senior management level in a comparable organisation. 

A Masters’ degree in business administration and experience working in a cement manufacturing industry will be an added advantage.
 
Chief Finance Officer (Ref: ESS 523)
 
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the CFO will be responsible for the organisation’s financial management including management accounting, credit management, cash flow management and financial reporting as well as end-to-end supply chain management, process controls and business risk management.

The successful candidate will have an undergraduate degree in commerce or any other business related field and professional qualification in accounting (CPAK or ACCA Finalist). 

S/he will have a minimum of IS years’ experience in finance and accounting, seven of which should be at senior management level in a comparable organisation.

A Masters’ degree in business administration and experience working in a cement manufacturing industry will be an added advantage.

All candidates are required to obtain clearance from the Criminal Investigations Department, the Kenya Revenue Authority and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission. 

The original copies of these clearances should be presented by the candidates during interviews.

Ifyou believe youfit the required profiles, please apply online in confidence at


by Friday 2 May 2014. 

The detailed job profiles for the two positions are available on the same web page. 

Only applications received online will be processed. 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.