Location:
Nairobi, Kenya Firm Service: Firm Internal
Reference Code: EAK-100951-EK
Type of Position: Full-time
Deloitte East Africa provides seamless cross-border services to multinationals, large national enterprises, small and medium sized enterprises and the public sector, across six (6) countries of the region: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Burundi.
Deloitte is a leading provider of world-class professional services dedicated to providing value added solutions to our clients. We take pride in our reputation for providing a globally consistent quality service, an integrated approach and world-class expertise.
We are seeking an ambitious and dynamic results-driven individual to our Head, Solutions Center in our Eastern Africa cluster team. The role reports to the Clients and Industries Director.
In conjunction with business functions of Deloitte, this senior role is responsible for combining forward-looking research on our target industries and clients with functional capabilities to design creative and innovative solutions to position Deloitte as the go-to firm, and undisputed market leader in our target industries.
- Generate forward-looking industry research into Deloitte’s target industries to creatively and innovatively combine this with cross-functional capabilities to develop distinct, integrated market offerings to take to the market to position Deloitte as the undisputed market leader.
- Use research to identify compelling issues by industry, and quarterly or bi-annually update function capability statements for a continual fit between evolving industry scenarios, and the capabilities of the firm to meet them.
- With functional input, bi-annually recommend ‘gaps to bridge’ between evolving industry scenarios, and capabilities of the firm to meet them as Service Line/ Function investment priorities that consistently position Deloitte as the undisputed market leader.
- Lead by example to develop an drive development through others of breakthrough win pursuits (minimum USD500,000 each) delivering the firm to a client’s foregoing agenda.
- Advocate Deloitte’s laid down strategic business development and relationship management approaches to all target client pursuits by industry to deliver the cross-functional might of the firm to a client.
- A bachelor’s degree in a business related field. A post graduate general management qualification from a reputable university will be an added advantage.
- 10 years strategy, innovation, operational cross-functional and/or general management experience preferably in the private, but also public sectors.
- Experience in change management will be an added advantage.
- Experience of interacting and dealing with C-suite executives will be an added advantage.
- At least 2-3 years should have been at Senior Manager level in a similar role.
- Demonstrable understanding of industry-sector issues in 1-2 of Deloitte’s target industries.
- Entrepreneurial in spirit and action, proactive, innovation and creative by disposition for value-adding solution development.
- Insatiable quest and thirst for industry knowledge, demonstrably passionate about business development and relationship management.
- Familiarity with financial accounting analysis and interpretation to drive business value.
- Work with minimal supervision with demonstrated ability to deliver set targets, and/or exceed them and help others to do the same.
- Strong written, verbal and communication skills.
- Team worker, team management skills, demonstrably passionate to lead by example.
- Ability to plan, coordinate and executive varying tasks to execute C&I’s overall strategy.
- Solid computer literacy.
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