Deputy Country Director Job Opportunity – Living Goods

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Job Title:         Deputy Country Director
Organisation: Living Goods
(LG)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Uganda Country
Director
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 cook stoves, and solar lights. Living Goods seeks nothing
less than a disruptive reinvention of distribution in emerging markets, through
networks of franchised micro-entrepreneurs who leverage Living Goods’ brand,
buying power and mobile marketing tools to deliver vital products at accessible
prices to the people who need them most. By combining the best practices from
the worlds of micro-enterprise, franchising and public health, Living Goods is
creating a fully sustainable system to improve the health, and wealth, of
underserved communities.
Job Summary: The Deputy
Country Director will provide strategic leadership to the Living Goods Uganda
organization.  This is a tremendous
opportunity to help scale and strengthen an already successful organization and
to dramatically improve the health and livelihoods of millions of low-income
households. As part of the senior leadership in Uganda, you will work across
the organization and with external stakeholders to continue to deliver
significant health impact whilst expanding our footprint across Uganda.  You will be a results-focused professional
with vision and an entrepreneurial spirit drawing on best practice from the
private sector and the public health sector.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:   
Growth Strategy:
  • Partner with the Country Director to shape
    Living Goods’ Uganda strategy and develop the geographic and operational
    growth plans for Uganda in line with Living Goods’ mission and values.
  • Oversee the evolution of LG’s model to
    become even more impactful, cost effective, and replicable and coordinated
    with government to deliver our long term goal of national scale
    implementation.  
  • Coordinate with in-country partners to
    align growth planning and to maximize coverage and impact.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Implementation / Execution:
  • Strengthen Living Goods Uganda’s expansion
    and operational processes, including supply chain and last mile
    distribution, in an effort to build highly efficient and effective
    operations.
  • Work closely with the Country Director and
    Finance to budget and carefully monitor and control costs and ensure
    internal control procedures are followed.
  • The incumbent will also manage the
    field-based expansion team to identify geographies for delivery of
    effective community health services; oversee all new agent recruiting
    informed  by data and insights of
    past performance success.
  • Lead a large field operations team, to
    drive health impact and sales through a growing network of Community
    Health Promoters, ensure KPIs are hit in a qualitative way, informed by
    data and Quality Control reports.
  • Lead the design of marketing plans and new
    initiatives that increase cost efficiency and health impact, i.e. agent
    and staff incentives, recognition programs, product delivery innovations,
    mobile payments, credit offerings, sales promotions or new product
    launches. Ensure excellence in the execution of all plans.
  • Oversee data analysis to drive continuous
    improvement in performance, processes and systems.
Strategic Partnerships:
  • Assist the Country Director in
    coordinating and managing relationships with key partners  in order to deepen Living Goods impact
  • In the absence of the Country Director,
    represent Living Goods Uganda at key internal and external meetings and events.
Team Development:
  • The incumbent will partner with the
    Country Director and Senior Management to build a culture of high
    performance at Living Goods.
  • Recruit and provide line management,
    mentorship and support to your team.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate for the Living Goods Deputy
    Country Director job placement should hold a University degree in business
    or related field. MBA preferred.
  • A minimum of ten years of management level
    experience, with proven leadership of teams of at least 50 people.
  • Previous exposure and experience in
    salesforce management, or health delivery management in Africa or Asia.
  • Private sector experience in one of the
    following: consumer package goods, health delivery, pharmaceuticals,
    retail or direct selling/franchising, management consulting.
  • Prior exposure and experience working with
    different partners and ideally with governments in an African context.
  • Strong financial management and analytical
    skills.
Compensation:  A competitive salary and benefits package
commensurate with experience including health insurance and bonus opportunity
How to Apply:
All candidates are strongly encouraged to Apply Online at the web link
below.
Deadline: 31st June, 2017

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