G4S Job Vacancies and Career Opportunities

G4S Kenya is a subsidiary of G4S Pic, the global leader in commercial security solutions (in manned and electronic security, cash management and secure logistics) employing more than 600,000 people worldwide and 15,000 in Kenya.

The immense growth achieved in all our service lines has created the need for the following positions:

3rd Party Relationship Manager

Reporting to the Sales Manager - Security System, the incumbent will be required to promote sales and support the achievement of Security Services (Fire, Fleet, Tracking, Systems and Guarding) Divisional Targets by creating an enabling environment for the Business Agents to optimize existing and latent business opportunities.

Main Responsibilities

• Manage the sales process for the Business Agents Development, Execution and Optimization of Sales strategies to maximize revenue opportunities.
  
• Contribute to development of new solutions that meet the changing needs of customers/market

Requirements:

The ideal candidate should:

• Possess a university degree or diploma in a business-related discipline and be the holder of a professional qualification in Sales & Marketing
  
• Have at least two years experience in a busy commercial environment
  
• Exhibit good commercial flair
  
• Posses good interpersonal skills
  
• Have effective organizational skills and meticulous, with keen eye for detail
• First class organizational skills
• Well developed interpersonal and communication abilities
• Self starter with a go getter attitude
• Experience of customer liaison activity is essential
  
• Must have a valid driving licence

Sales Executives

Reporting to the functional Sales Manager this position requires a mature, results oriented and self motivated individual. The candidate must also be able to demonstrate ability to network and inter phase at different levels.

The successful candidates will be required to prospect and generate sales for their respective service lines as well as meeting set business targets and ensuring business growth within their designated territories.

Main Responsibilities:

• Generate new sales
• Identifying customer needs and offer solutions
• Prospecting for new customers
• Carrying out market surveys and gathering market intelligence
• Providing quotations to customers/prospects
  
• Discussing proposals with customers and making follow-ups to final conclusion, collecting down payments for services sold
• Managing any jobs sold until successful completion and handover within agreed schedules of the services to customers' satisfaction
• Championing new product/service introduction in designated area

Requirements:

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications: -

• University degree in a business related discipline.
• At least 3 years experience in a busy modern corporate sales department.
  
• Good interpersonal skills
• A team player with unquestionable integrity, high initiative and capable of working under pressure
  
• Excellent communication skills - verbal and written
  
• Have demonstrable success in Sales
  
• Good IT skills
• Sales/Technical experience in Fire Services/ Security Industry will be an added advantage

In addition to the above qualifications, the ideal candidate should have the ability to establish and maintain excellent, mutually beneficial working relationships with customers to ensure continued commercial benefit for G4S, as well as demonstrate an up-to-date knowledge of the Company's market place and competition.

Senior Firemen

Reporting to the General Manager Fire Services, the ideal candidate will be responsible for commanding a fire/foam tender and crew assigned, fire and rescue operations and internal training of crews.

Requirements

• O level with a KCSE mean grade of C plain or an equivalent
• BCE Driving license
• Certificate of fire fighting/pump operations
• 3 years minimum experience in fire fighting
  
• Good interpersonal skills
• A team player with unquestionable integrity, high initiative and capable of working under pressure
  

Reporting to the General Manager Guarding, the successful candidate will be will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the branch business.

Main Responsibilities

• Targeting and fully exploiting business growth opportunities so as to attain the budgeted increase in business volumes.
• Responsibility for cost control and ensuring maximum and efficient utilization of key resources allocated for business operation including manpower, motor vehicles and other equipment.
  
• Ensuring operational efficiency of the business operations in order to meet agreed upon service levels at all times.
• Ensuring high standards of service delivery to existing customers in order to achieve customer satisfaction and eliminate customer complaints.
• Implementation of budget provisions at the branch level key amongst them achieving the budgeted profitability for the business operations.
• Management of debt portfolio for business operations within the branch.

Requirements

The ideal candidate for this position shall possess the following qualifications:

• A university Degree, preferably in Business Management
• Leader and team player with unquestionable integrity
  
• High initiative Self drive
• Operational experience at management level of not less than three years
  
• Good IT skills.

In addition to the above qualifications, the job holder will possess first class organizational skills, well developed interpersonal and communication abilities and be a self motivated, confident and outgoing individual. Demonstrated ability to manage operational teams will be a distinct advantage.

District Manager

Reporting to the Branch Manager, the main purpose of the job shall be to manage the Security Services operations ensuring that the existing operations run effectively and profitably.

Main Responsibilities:

• Monitor and sustain budgeted profitability in the Security Services division.
• Target and exploit potential market for Security Services business
• Ensure customer satisfaction in line with the Company service levels
• Maintain up to date inventory of resources and other equipment and ensure availability of adequate supplies for growth
• Ensure efficient and profitable utilization of motor vehicles and equipment and human resources in the respective areas
• Prepare monthly management reports
• Conduct all necessary external and internal correspondences for the division

Requirements

The ideal candidate for this position shall possess the following qualifications:

• A university degree in a relevant field
• Good IT Skills
• Professional Training in Business administration preferably to a Diploma level will be an added advantage.
• Strong people development and customer service skills and ethos
• Well developed interpersonal & communication abilities
• Must be of high integrity, a keen observer of deadlines and a team player.
• Operational experience of not less than 3 years

In addition to the above, the jobholder should be neat, possess excellent organizational and planning skills and be self-motivated.

Interested candidates should send their application and CV addressed to Human Resource Manager to reach us on or before 30th January 2009, by email to: jobs @ ke.g4s.com

Responses will be done by email. Those who do not hear from us by 27th February 2009 should consider themselves unsuccessful.

G4S Recruitment Policy addresses itself to the core values of best practice, diversity and equality.

Those who attempt to canvass will be disqualified from the process.

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