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We are looking for an enthusiastic, organized Construction Manager to oversee all aspects of our building project, including meeting with project partners, managing supervisors and teams. The Construction Manager will be responsible for ensuring all objectives and standards are met, and for finding solutions to problems as they arise. You will ensure all equipment and materials are available on site as needed.
To be successful in this role, you should ensure the project is planned in a manner that meets and exceeds all objectives, and ensure it is completed on time and within budget. Top candidates will be skillful delegators, adept at identifying crucial aspects of the project and prioritizing them— while staying on top off all other aspects of the project.
Construction Manager Responsibilities:
Meeting with engineers, architects and contractors on an ongoing basis regarding project objectives and progress.
Managing and motivating site foremen and teams.
Ensuring all equipment needed is available on site.
Ensuring budget costs relating to wages, contractors, materials and equipment aren’t exceeded.
Approving purchase requests.
Ensuring the construction process starts and ends on time, and ensuring daily and weekly deadlines are met.
Ensuring compliance with health, safety and all other regulations.
Issuing SI's and VOs to project management.
Conducting ongoing quality inspections.

Duties to Include:
Plan, organize, direct and manage the organizations security program to avoid/ control losses and apply the processes to provide a secure work environment
Monitoring public areas for potential threats
Reviewing inventory and stock and investigating suspected pilferage by employees
Survey information facilities, processes, and systems to evaluate current status of: physical security, procedural security, information systems security, employee awareness, and information destruction and recovery capabilities
Following and confronting suspected threats
Conduct Investigations
Documenting theft and other security violations
Help the company develop security policies
Overseeing IT security such as CCTV, etc

Duties to include:
Providing leadership, direction and management of the finance and accounting team
Help with recruiting new staff members when necessary.
Providing strategic recommendations to the CEO/president and members of the executive management team
Managing the processes for financial forecasting and budgets, and overseeing the preparation of all financial reporting
Advising on long-term business and financial planning
Establishing and developing relations with senior management and external partners and stakeholders
Reviewing all formal finance, HR and IT related procedures
Identify and address financial risks and opportunities for the company.
Review financial reports for ways to reduce costs.
Work well with Chief Marketing Officer, CEO, and COO to develop the strategic plan.

Duties to include:
Determines annual unit and gross-profit plans by implementing marketing strategies; and analyzing trends and results.
Establishes sales objectives by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas for regions and territories; and projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products.
Implements national sales programs by developing field sales action plans.
Maintains sales volume, product mix, and selling price by keeping current with supply and demand, changing trends, economic indicators, and competitors.
Establishes and adjusts selling prices by monitoring costs, competition, and supply and demand.
Completes national sales operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; and following up on work results.
Maintains national sales staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
Maintains national sales staff work results by counseling and disciplining employees; and planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Duties to include:
ensuring all aspects of running the farm are met
maintaining safe working practices
managing and motivating a team
ensuring welfare of livestock
ventilation management
feed management
vaccinations
production performance
record keeping

Duties to include:
ensuring all aspects of running the farm are met
maintaining safe working practices
managing and motivating a team
ensuring welfare of livestock
ventilation management
feed management
vaccinations
production performance
record keeping

Accomplishes marketing and sales human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.
Achieves marketing and sales operational objectives by contributing marketing and sales information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change.
Meets marketing and sales financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
Determines annual and gross-profit plans by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas for regions;
Projecting expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products; analyzing trends and results; establishing pricing strategies; recommending selling prices; monitoring costs, competition, supply, and demand.
Accomplishes marketing and sales objectives by planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating advertising, merchandising, and trade promotion programs; developing field sales action plans.
Identifies marketing opportunities by identifying consumer requirements; defining market, competitor's share, and competitor's strengths and weaknesses; forecasting projected business; establishing targeted market share.
Improves product marketability and profitability by researching, identifying, and capitalizing on market opportunities; improving product packaging; coordinating new product development.
Sustains rapport with key accounts by making periodic visits; exploring specific needs; anticipating new opportunities.
Provides information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
Accomplishes marketing and organization mission by completing related results as needed.

Duties to include:
Manage and coordinate hatchery activities
Oversee quality assurance program
Monitor facility equipment and repairs
Oversee hatchery sanitation
Keep a current knowledge of industry trends
Manage animal welfare program
Plan and oversee hatchery budget
Comply with all company policies and animal welfare guidelines
Manage chick care, maintenance, packing and transfer activities
Manage and maintain weekly hatch schedules
Direct supervision of employees

You will oversee all day to day operations of the business. The candidate is expected to be highly driven and efficiency focused. It is expected that the candidate will have experience in management of manufacturing companies.
Duties to include: Overall day to day management of commercial feed mill
Operations planning and implementation
Involved and contribute in strategic planning for operational expansions
Budget development and overseeing implementation and monitoring through the financial controller
Oversee marketing department, procurement and input warehousing department, finished product and dispatch, financial management, administration and maintenance
Ensures constant monitoring of production efficiencies in the feed mill and oil mill and strives to achieve optimal operating performance and minimal down time
Develops or revises standard operational and working practices and observes workers to ensure compliance with standards
Ensure proper emphasis to product quality and review/develop quality assurance sampling procedures
Reviews current or establishes, implements and monitors new preventative maintenance program
Ensure the use of approved maintenance management systems to track costs and failure rates.
Reviewing and maintaining effective inventory control system from inputs through to finished products
Implementing training programs for employee development and ensuring adequate back-up of personal for key positions.
Monitoring diets used in feed production and working with nutritionists for lowest cost diet formulations.
Developing and ensuring adequate reporting procedures throughout the company
Providing regular reports to Managing Director
Managing operational transitions through company expansion phases
Managing capital development projects such as silo installations, construction projects, factory installation projects etc

Head all sales and marketing activities of company manufacturing uPVC, PPR an HDPE pipes and fittings in Malawi, covering marketing in neighbouring countries being Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Assume the lead role in driving top line growth and expansion of market share in a time bound manner.
Gather market intelligence aggressively and recommend strategic plans and sales schemes in order to retain the position of the company as the market leader within Malawi and the SE. African region.
Explore market potential for diversification and expansion of the manufacturing facility.
Salary
Basic fixed overseas savings of USD 1500 to 2000 per month depending on education and relevant experience. A local salary which is equivalent of USD 750 after taxes will be payable every month locally in Malawi Kwacha. A performance bonus of up to USD 250 per month is payable subject to performance.
Transport
Car fuelled and maintained by the company will be provided by the company for official and personal use.
Probation
There will be a probation period of 6 months which will be within the contract priod.
Family Status and accommodation
On successful completion of probation, family status will be granted along with furnished family accommodation. During the probation period, furnished bachelor accommodation will be provided by the company.
Annual Leave
20 days per year of completed service
Passage
Return passage once every two years to hometown will be provided to the employee and family which includes two dependent children below the age of 18.
Education
School fees for up to 2 dependent children below the age of 18 will be borne by the company subject to company norms.
Contract Period
The contract will be for a period of 24 months which excludes 20 days paid vacation for every 12 months of service. The contract will be renewable on mutual agreement.

Are you young, dynamic, available to relocate (if applicable) and would like the opportunity to be part of an expanding Malawi Agri Inputs Company that will be offering modern crop solutions using technology and Bio-stimulants and Biological products! This position is based in Malawi but open to the right Candidate with the relevant qualifications and experience.
Duties to include but not limited.
Research new products and add value to expand the business
Providing agronomic advice
Preparation of plant nutrition marketing material
Data analysis
Sales & marketing
Provide seed and fertilizer advice in relation to research and production of crops directly to the farmer Provide advice regarding crop husbandry and crop rotation
Responsible for making agronomic related decisions regarding production activities
Develop and implement long term agronomic plans and practices to support organization/farm plans and budgets to maintain maximum production
Develop and implement regional agronomic marketing plans to support organization plans and budget
Responsible for marketing specific products and agronomic services to clients such as fertilizer, chemicals and/or seed
Develop and maintain close customer relations with key clients by providing professional agronomic service and advice
Arrange and coordinate various technical and marketing activities, these may include field days, farmer meetings, demonstration trials and trial sites
Maintain industry awareness regarding technical developments via networking, personal development and training
Organize or act as the liaison between the company and farmers to organize trial programs and assist with analyzing and reporting results