Branch Manager

at AIMS International
Location Dar es salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of
Date Posted February 26, 2020
Category Administration
Management
Job Type Full-time
Currency TZS

Description

COMPANY DESCRIPTIONWe are passionate about our clients and the service we provide. Our number one priority is to ensure that our candidates’ personal aspirations and motivations match the opportunities our clients offer. The result is sustainable career success and job satisfaction for candidates and an effective, engaged executive team for our client companies.

We identify the best talent for your job via pro-active research and market surveys. Our creative ad campaigns and dedicated and rigorous research and selection processes ensure that we reach the correct target market. We have frank conversations with identified individuals in order to understand their career motivations and aspirations. We match the right individual to your environment, culture and role. We are discreet.

AIMS SA is committed to ensuring that you receive a valuable service; our consultants will offer tailor made services, whether your challenges lie with attraction, retention or leadership development. We will assist your leadership team in formulating an HR strategy that encompasses all aspects of talent management, including talent acquisition, competency frameworks, talent mapping, training and policies and procedures development and management.

You will receive personal and dedicated service from our experts. Allow us to delight you with recruitment and talent management services beyond any you have experienced thus far.

POSITION : BRANCH MANAGEROur customer is an international, multidisciplinary consulting & engineering company headquartered in Germany (construction) with more than 25 branch offices worldwide and almost six decades of experience. With respect to engineering services provided in more than 100 countries around the world, the name stands for high level of competence, German thoroughness and reliable partnership. Having successfully completed more than 40.000 infrastructure projects so far, the company is a reliable partner for national and international financiers, for the public sector as well as for private investors.

The focus is on services in the following sectors: Water and Wastewater, Transport (Road and Rail), Mobility Consultancy and IT Solutions as well as Environmental Protection.

In the course of a succession and in order to manage the challenging tasks in the region, the company is currently searching for a “Branch Manager Tanzania”.

Main Tasks:

  • Management – Management and technical direction of the consultant's personnel in the branch office in Dar es Salam and related site offices
  • Financial – Preparation of budgets and financial planning, review of financial statements and data, overall responsibility for compliance of the Branch’s activities with tax regulations, overall responsibility for the financial results
  • Technical Responsibility - Technical responsibility and quality control for pre-feasibility studies, feasibility studies, detailed designs, tender documents and all other relevant technical documentation (e.g. progress reports)
  • Business Development – Identification of business opportunities, acquisition of new projects, preparation of proposals for projects, preparation of Consultancy Contract Agreements
  • Best Practices – Improve processes and policies, define and implement departmental and organizational policies and procedures, monitor adherence to rules, regulations and procedures
  • Human Resources – Recruitment and placement of required staff; monitor and evaluate performance of staff
  • Communication – Monitor, manage and improve the efficiency of support services such as IT, HR, Accounts and Finance, facilitate coordination and communication between support functions, improve external communication (PR) by use of modern media
REQUIRED PROFILE FOR JOB AD : BRANCH MANAGERProfessional Career / Experience:

  • Multi-project management acumen gathered over several years in civil engineering
  • Experience with budget and turnover responsibility (ideally P&L)
  • International leadership experience in Tanzania or Eastern Africa
  • Proven acumen in modern project management methods, project presentation and business development
  • Long-term experience in leadership of >8 direct reports as department or team leader
  • Negotiation experience (contracts, addenda, etc.) ideally in intercultural contexts

Degree:

  • Bachelors or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration or similar

Languages:

  • English: fluent business conversation
  • German: fluent business conversation (of added value)
  • Swahili (nice to have)
JOB CRITERIA FOR JOB AD : BRANCH MANAGER
Job category:
IT, new technologies
Management
R&D, project management
Industries:
Engineering, development studies
Employment type:
Permanent contract
Region:
Dar es Salaam
City:Dar es Salaam
Experience level:
2 to 5 years
Educational level:
Bachelor
Spoken language:
englishfluent
Number of Position(s):1