The Assistant Manager, Agribusiness will be 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 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 of 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.
The Person
For the above position, the successful applicant should have the following:
- Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university
- Professional Qualifications such as: CPA (K), CAF, CPS(K) will be an added advantage
- Master’s degree in business administration will be an added advantage
Essential experience for the role:
- 3 years of relevant experience is required
- 3 years of sales experience is essential
- 3 years of credit appraisal experience is essential
- 1 year of banking operations experience is desired
- 1 year of loan recovery experience will be an added advantage
- 1 year of farming enterprise appraisal experience will be an added advantage
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 Friday 9th May 2025
Qualified candidates with disability are encouraged to apply.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Uploaded: 2025-05-02 00:00:00
