Job Title: Chief
Operating Officer
Operating Officer
Organisation: Living Goods
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Living Goods supports networks of ‘Avon-like’ micro-entrepreneurs who
go door-to-door teaching families how to improve their health and wealth while
selling affordable, high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified foods,
water filters, clean cookstoves, and solar lights.
go door-to-door teaching families how to improve their health and wealth while
selling affordable, high-impact products like basic medicines, fortified foods,
water filters, clean cookstoves, and solar lights.
Job Summary: The Living
Goods Chief Operating Officer will primarily drive strategy and manage
operations across East Africa and new territories as we grow. This is a vital
role, ultimately responsible for the success of the organization.
Goods Chief Operating Officer will primarily drive strategy and manage
operations across East Africa and new territories as we grow. This is a vital
role, ultimately responsible for the success of the organization.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Recruit, lead, and mentor the country
management teams. Oversee hiring and supporting the talent needed to
achieve LG’s strategic goals and meet LG’s human impact, sales, and profit
targets. - Actively collaborate with the CEO and
executive team on the developing strategy, business plans and budgets, and
continuous innovation and experimentation to drive performance gains. - Manage the marketing and sales efforts,
significantly expanding the network of franchised entrepreneurs - Drive the execution of Living Goods’
impact strategy to maximize gains in health and wealth for our customers. - Oversee product and procurement functions
to ensure strong sales and margins. - Continually test new products to drive
profit and impact gains. - Collaborate on creating and implementing
mobile phone tools to drive profit, improve performance and lower the cost
of quality control. - Manage the financial accounting and
reporting function. - Robustly support LGs replication goals by
collaborating with the advisory services team and potential replication
clients, partners and funders - Steward successful relationships with key
partners, funders, and local governments.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The applicant should have at least eight
years’ experience in running a large organization or division with at
least 50 staff. - Excellent track record of building and
leading teams, achieving significant performance and growth targets, and
earning promotions. - Broad experience in at least one
(preferably two) of the following fields: consumer package goods, public
health, pharmaceuticals, retail, direct selling/franchising, or
micro-finance with a strong preference for experience in emerging markets
in Africa or Asia. - Public Health / international NGO
experience: Special consideration will be given to individuals with
background leading operations for large NGOs in the public health space,
including success winning and managing major bi-lateral aid funded
projects and collaborating with health ministries. - Working knowledge in any of the following
is an added bonus: managing large field sales teams, consumer product
development and sourcing, consumer lending, and mobile marketing. - Strong financial management, budgeting and
accounting know-how. - The ideal candidate will bring a blended
background of private and public sector experience, with a proven track
record of results, and demonstrated success in leading complex
organizations and cultivating talent..
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