The airline was wholly owned by the Government of Kenya until April 1995. It was later privatized in 1996, becoming the first African airline to successfully do so. Kenya Airways is currently a public-private partnership. The largest shareholder is the Government of Kenya (29.8. %), followed by KLM, which has a 26.73% stake in the company while the rest of the shares are held by private owners. Kenya Airways shares are traded in the Nairobi Stock Exchange, the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange and the Uganda Securities Exchange.
From five domestic and 16 international destinations at the inception stage in 1977, Kenya Airways currently serves 57 cities in Asia, Africa and Europe. In July 2012, Kenya Airways added Eldoret and Kilimanjaro its destination network bringing the total number of Kenya Airways’ African destinations to 45.
In line with their mission and vision Kenya Airways’ actions, behaviours and attitudes at work are driven by safety, customer satisfaction and quality considerations.
Further information on Kenya Airways is available on the company’s website.
Description:
The jobholder will ultimately be responsible for providing on the ground leadership to maintain and grow the company’s prominent regional market presence in line with Kenya Airways Ltd vision of attaining strong leadership positions across its markets.
The successful candidate will be responsible for efficient management of operational activities and ensuring the highest standards of service delivery.
Some of the key areas of responsibility will include:
- Team Leadership: Realising individual/team energy through effective team leadership empowering and developing others to deliver.
- Customer Service: Driving a customer service excellence culture.
- Operations Management: Efficient planning and management of resources to achieve cost effective service delivery.
- Change Management: Leading and managing projects /change initiatives to deliver operational strategies and initiatives.
- Governance and Compliance: Ensuring all operational activities are compliant to laid down legislative, industry or company policy/requirements.
- Financial Management: Efficient planning and managing of financial resources to achieve cost effective service delivery.
- Safety: Ensuring safe and secure working environment in compliance with legislative and industry requirements.
- Stakeholder Relationship Management: Pro-actively and effectively managing relationships with all stakeholders internal and external to positively influence service delivery with them.
Requirements:
The Ideal Candidate will have the following experience and background:
- A Graduate with at least seven (7) years working experience with three (3) years in a Managerial role.
- MBA and/or other Postgraduate qualifications will be an added advantage.Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal.
- Complete familiarity with MS Office packages including Excel and PowerPoint.
- Proven track record of consistent, high performance with strong leadership qualities.
- Strong people management and development skills.
- Excellent operations management and business administration skills.
- Good analytical skills and decision making skills.
- High ethical standards-uncompromising business and personal ethics.
- ‘A doer’, not simply a strategist or theorist. Hands on and energetic in following through. Sees things to completion.
- Strong relationship management skills.
- Project management experience.
- Excellent negotiation skills.
Applications should be send to:- www.kenyaairways-mdpjobs.com/ before 04 february 2013.
