About Us:
Sokowatch
is transforming communities across Africa by revolutionizing access to
essential goods and services. By connecting small merchants to the
digital economy, we fix inefficient supply chains and provide services
previously unavailable to informal businesses. Sokowatch aims to provide
everything a retailer needs, no wholesalers or banks necessary.
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Thousands
of retailers across Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda use Sokowatch's
mobile ordering and delivery platform to receive the goods they need as
quickly and cheaply as possible while also accessing growth financing
for the first time. We’re looking to grow our team with highly talented
and motivated employees who are excited to work in a fast-paced and
dynamic startup environment.Role: Health Associate, reporting to People and Culture Manager
Our
people are important to us as a Company. We are therefore looking for
an exceptional health worker to implement preventative and control
measures to ensure the health and safety of all our teams.
Locations:
- Kenya (Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Eldoret)
- Tanzania (Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Mwanza)
- Rwanda (Kigali)
- Uganda (Kampala)
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Duties & Responsibilities:
- Organise and carry out campaigns to promote coronavirus preventative measures at the branch.
- Ensure staff members use protective equipment provided to them eg. instance gloves, masks etc.
- Ensure each branch has handwashing stations which are regularly replenished at all times.
- Maintain logs of all visitors to the branch, capturing body temperature and completing health questionnaires.
- Notify the country manager of any symptomatic employees or third parties at the branch.
- Administer first aid as needed.
- Any other duty as assigned from time to time.
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Requirements:
The successful candidate will possess:
- At least 2 years of medical training or relevant field experience.
- First aid training.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to think outside the box.
- English and Swahili language abilities.
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Country Warehouse Manager
Role: Country Warehouse manager, reporting to the East Africa warehouse manager
Sokowatch is searching for a stellar country warehouse manager to be based in Dar es Salaam. They will undertake all aspects of warehouse management for Sokowatch in Tanzania. The primary goal of this position is to monitor and optimize inventory in all Tanzanian branches.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the supervision and management of all branch level warehouse teams.
- Responsible for the development and compliance of agreed-upon warehouse standard operating procedures across all warehouse functions (eg. loading, stock reconciliation, cash reconciliation, storage, stock counts)
- Responsible for the management of inventory across all branches. Ensuring each branch is not over/under- stocking on any SKU.
- Responsible for managing the communication flow between branch level warehouse managers and Tanzania finance team with regards to timely payment for LPOs.
- Responsible for managing the communication flow between branch level warehouse managers and Supplier procurement teams to ensure timely delivery of requested LPOs.
- Responsible for the tracking and reporting of branch level agent shorts, inventory, and LPOs
- Responsible for the development of branch-level warehouse team budgets (eg. budget for additional personnel, storage capacity, parking capacity, offloading capacity, stock forecasting)
- Qualification in warehouse management and finance background.
- Proven work experience as a warehouse manager for 5 years.
- Expertise in warehouse management procedures and best practices.
- Proven ability to implement processes improvement initiatives.
- Strong knowledge of the warehousing key performance indicator.
- Leadership skills and ability to manage staff.
- Strong decision making and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Keen to details especially numbers.
Sokowatch is searching for a stellar warehouse manager to be based in Dar es Salaam. They will undertake all aspects of warehouse manager for Sokowatch in Dar es Salaam. The primary goal of this position is to monitor and optimize inventory in Dar es Salaam.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the supervision and management of branch level warehouse team
- Responsible for the development and compliance of agreed-upon warehouse standard operating procedures across all warehouse functions (eg. loading, stock reconciliation, cash reconciliation, storage, stock counts)
- Responsible for the management of inventory across all branches. Ensuring each branch is not over/under- stocking on any SKU.
- Responsible for managing the communication flow between branch level warehouse managers and Tanzania finance team with regards to timely payment for LPOs.
- Responsible for managing the communication flow between branch level warehouse managers and Supplier procurement teams to ensure timely delivery of requested LPOs.
- Responsible for the tracking and reporting of branch level agent shorts, inventory, and LPOs
- Responsible for the development of branch-level warehouse team budgets (eg. budget for additional personnel, storage capacity, parking capacity, offloading capacity, stock forecasting)
- Qualification in warehouse management and finance background.
- Proven work experience as a warehouse manager for 5 years.
- Expertise in warehouse management procedures and best practices.
- Proven ability to implement processes improvement initiatives.
- Strong knowledge of the warehousing key performance indicator.
- Leadership skills and ability to manage staff.
- Strong decision making and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Keen to details especially numbers.
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Role: Chief Finance Officer
We
are searching for a stellar Chief Finance Officer to be based in our
offices in Tanzania. They will undertake all aspects of financial
management for Sokowatch at a country level, including financial
reporting, local tax compliance management and countrywide audits.
Locations: Tanzania(Dar es Salaam)
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Requirements:
The successful candidate will possess:
- 5+ years of accounting experience, preferably in retail, at a company with over $100,000 USD in annual turnover, or at a leading regional or international accounting firm
- Prior work experience across East African markets preferred
- Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration; preference ACCA or CPA
- Negotiation skills and the ability to develop solid relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
- High degree of proficiency with accounting and administration software, preferably Quickbooks
- A collaborative team player with integrity and a desire to work in a dynamic, fast-paced, start-up environment
- Fluency in English (both oral and written) and the ability to communicate with sophistication within a business setting.
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Duties & Responsibilities:
- Produce financial reports related to budgets, accounts payable, accounts receivables, expenses, etc.
- Review, monitor and manage budgets
- Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies
- Oversee fixed assets register
- Predict and monitor financial trends
- Report and liaise with leadership regarding all financial activities in the assigned market
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual tax declarations, including payroll, operating and business taxes
- Prepare monthly financial statements for reporting to management
- Deliver fully auditable financial statements to external auditors
- Any other duty as may be assigned from time to time.
