Head of Production Job Vacancy at Online Retail Store in Nairobi Kenya May 2015
Our Client: Largest Online Retail Store
Industry: Retail
Job Title: Head of Production
Job Location: Nairobi
Type of Hire: Kenyan
Job Summary: Your tasks will be to take responsibility and drive all activities related to Production of Online Content including Images.
You will be responsible for the Content Supply Chain and optimizing the processes and operations involved for Fashion & General Merchandise teams.
Job Description:
- Define & Optimize Production Supply Chain & Teams
- Define KPIs that reflect the efficiency and recognize the areas of improvement
- Define and implement strategy required to make production a push strategy for suppliers
- Be responsible for content quality and guidelines implementation
- Manage day-to-day life of production: prioritization and content & picture validation, mistake investigation and correction
- Taking initiative to push for quicker resolution of IT issues
- Manage and train Fashion & GM Production Teams (Photographers, Content Writers, Photo Editors)
- Coordinate with other departments for Production input and outputs
- Improve current processes
- Perform Capacity Planning and team restructuring
- Create tools and guidelines to improve production quality
- Analyze Key performance indicators related to product creation and product conversion rates
Desired Skills & Experience:
- Action oriented and results oriented,
- Capable of performing Change Management,
- Strong analytical and managerial skills,
- Comfortable with basic computing knowledge,
- Interest in Emerging countries and e-commerce,
- Curiosity for fashion and electronics products,
- Strong inter-personal skills: Convince the people about your expertise fields,
- Autonomous, rigorous and trustworthy,
- Fast learner,
- Well organized and detail-oriented,
- Very independent with a strong ability to go further than the expectations
- A previous experience project management, finance or IT is a plus,
- Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and Photoshop is also a plus,
Languages: English (fluent, mandatory)
Application Instructions:
Send your CV in Word format (excluding certificates) titled with your Name via email with the Subject Line as “Head of Production” to jobs@genesisconsult.net not later than 8 May 2015.
No phone calls please.