Assistant Manager, Agribusiness

Responsible for growth of the agricultural portfolio, growth of market share in the agricultural value chain through the development and execution of the Agribusiness Retail strategy and achieve profitable growth of the Agribusiness brand: Agribusiness Value Chain Assets, liabilities, and Relationship Management. Travel up to 60% of the time.

 Key Responsibilities

• Build a quality Agribusiness asset portfolio as per the set targets within assigned region(s)
• Monitor and maintain portfolio quality within acceptable credit risk exposure (below 5%)
• Grow liability accounts as per the set retail targets. 
• Build and maintain an effective new Sales Pipeline in the Agriculture sector.
• Effectively market the Agribusiness Products to new Prospects and increase KCB Agribusiness market share on both Assets and Liabilities significantly.
• Develop appropriate plans, project concepts and proposals for the agriculture sector.
• Evaluate, Monitor and co-ordinate project Implementation on Agribusiness initiatives.
• Analyze the market trends in the Agribusiness sector and effectively position the company's products to be competitive. 
• Ensure preparation comprehensive communication and support to Agribusiness products/services.  
• Undertake effective Agribusiness brand training to the business to increase product knowledge and uptake on the Agribusiness brands as well as champion Agribusiness activations promotional campaigns to achieve the set targets.   
• Enterprise-wide Risk Management; -Adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Credit policy prudential guidelines, combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) and Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures to mitigate against losses, frauds, forgeries, and regulatory penalties.

 Daily responsibilities

• Pursuing business development leads in the allocated region(s)
• Assists in Monitoring and collection of agribusiness loans in allocated region(s)
• Support the various branches in allocated region(s) on loan packaging, loan collection, account opening and deposit mobilisation.
• Develop appropriate plans, project concepts and proposals for the agriculture value chains within the allocated region(s)
• Undertake effective Agribusiness brand training to the customers and staff to increase product knowledge and uptake on all Agribusiness brands.

 The Person

For the above position, the successful applicant should have the following:

• A Bachelor's degree in Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Agronomy, Horticulture, Animal Science or General Agriculture
• Professional certification in CPA (K), CAF, CPS(K) is an added advantage.

Experience

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar field.
• 2 years’ experience in Sales
• 3 years’ experience in Credit Appraisal
• 3 years’ experience in Loan Recovery
• 3 years’ experience in Farming enterprise appraisal

The above position is a demanding role for which the Bank will provide a competitive remuneration package to the successful candidate. If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please log in to our Recruitment portal and submit your application with a detailed CV.

To be considered your application must be received by Thursday, 11^th April 2024.

Qualified candidates with a disability are encouraged to apply. 

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.