Coca Cola Employment Opportunities

Coca Cola Juices Kenya Limited is a Juice Franchise bottler for The Coca-Cola Company.

Our core business is to manufacture and sell still Beverages with our main brand being Minute Maid juices.

We seek to recruit result oriented individuals for the following positions.

1. Maintenance Supervisor

1 Position

Reporting to the Manufacturing Manager, the Maintenance Supervisor will lead in the development of systems and assigned personnel to improve the effectiveness of maintenance services to achieve continuous improvement in plant reliability and operating results.

The Job

• Prepare and implement annual preventive maintenance activities for all the equipment in the plant to ensure their efficiency.
• Supervise daily maintenance activities in the plant for appropriate and effective support to the Manufacturing department.
• Drive the proper use of all utilities in the plant, focusing on energy use to improve usability and profitability.
• Keep/maintain a spare part inventory for all the plant equipment and generate timely requisitions for these spares.
• Generate monthly reports on equipment down time for performance evaluation and present these reports to the manufacturing manager for review.
• Evaluate and sign-off all contractor activities in the plant, as stipulated in the company’s contractor management procedure.
• Develop and inspire others by holding frequent meetings and carrying out training to the technical team.
• Supervision and coordination of multiple contractors, participating in tender development, work specifications, selection and assessment of service providers.

The Candidate

The ideal candidate will be a holder of

• A degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering from a recognised university
• 5 years practical working experience in Engineering preferably within the FMCG
• Good communication interpersonal and presentation skills
• Must have good analytical and decision making skills.
• Mechanical Engineering knowledge an added advantage.

2. Mechanical & Electrical Engineers

2 Positions

Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisor, the Electircal and Mechanical engineers will be responsible for performing highly diversified duties to install, troubleshoot, repair and maintain production and facility equipment according to safety, predictive and productive maintenance systems and processes to support the achievement of the business goals and objectives.

The Job

• Perform mechanical/ electrical duties including but not limited to mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic troubleshooting and repair of production machines.
• Perform regular preventative maintenance on machines, equipment and plant facilities.
• Read and interpret manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
• Diagnose problems, replace or repair parts, test and make adjustments.
• Detect Faulty operations, defective material and report those and any unusual situations for proper supervision.

The Candidate

The ideal candidate will be a holder of

• An Electrical-Electronics/Mechanical Degree from a recognized university
• 2 years practical working experience in Engineering preferably within the FMCG
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Must have good analytical and decision making skills.
• Must be able to work independently

3. Exports Manager

1 Position

Reporting to the Sales & Marketing Manager, the Exports Manager will be responsible for the development of the exports route to market and sales strategy for the business as well as new business development.

The Job

• Deliver growth through developing and implementing projects including infrastructure , channel based activities, route to market and product availability to achieve annual sales and volumes targets.
• Develop strategic accounts plans including accurate forecasting for long/short term sales, revenue and margin activities.
• Develop success and maintain winning long term relationships with customers in order to achieve and maximise sales and opportunities and position the company as a long term business partner.
• Appoint, manage and appraise customers/distributors in export countries to ensure delivery of company objectives.
• Manage new product portfolios to include the route to Market and Sales team.

The Candidate

The ideal candidate will be a holder of

• Degree in Business management from a recognized university
• Minimum 5 years Sales and Marketing experience preferably within the FMCG.
• Inbound and Outbound logistics knowledge and experience
• 3 years proven record in similar position
• Good communication interpersonal and presentation skills
• Must have good analytical and decision making skills.
• Excellent negotiator with an understanding of exports market requirements
• Should be willing to travel extensively and have a valid Passport and Minimum of 4 years clean Driving license
• Knowledge in institutional selling an added advantage

4. Sales Representative

1 Position

Reporting to the Exports Manager the Sales Rep shall be responsible for achieving targeted Sales volumes by developing a portfolio of strategic product opportunities and building our brands market share.

The Job

• Responsible for achieving and exceeding outlined product sales targets to contribute to the aggressive overall growth of the company
• Understand the target market, company business priorities to proactively develop a pipeline of sales opportunities for our brands
• Develop and maintain longterm relationships with customers in order to achieve sales success.

The Candidate

The ideal candidate will be a holder of

• Degree in Business management from a recognized university
• Minimum 3 years Sales and Marketing experience preferably within the FMCG.
• Good communication interpersonal and presentation skills
• Must have good analytical and decision making skills.
• Excellent negotiator
• Knowledge and experience in institutional selling.
• Should have a Clean and Valid Driving license with minimum 3years experience.

Application letters and Detailed CV’s to be posted online to jobs@ccjuices.com quoting the position applied for, on or before 7th December 2011.

We thank you for your interest in joining us however only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.