BAT Operations Skills Development Manager Job in Nairobi Kenya

Reference Number: wo/ECA/HR/27-01-11/01

Job Title: Operations Skills Development Manager

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Reporting to: Head of HR, Operations

Requisition Number: 1

Response Deadline: 28/2/2011

Requirement Overview:

* Manage Learning in support of people development goals in the Operations Function by providing a first class service that secures people development through integrated learning according to role requirements, enabling individual performance levels that would realise BAT business and performance targets.
* The focus of this role is to drive the Learning strategy to equip people resources in the Operations function with the skills necessary to enable them deliver business results.
* The incumbent will be expected to deliver the global Culture and Learning strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

* Manage the Learning Department in order to ensure that learning in support of People Development is delivered in an integrated way and according to learning principles, with outcomes properly assessed and progress properly recorded.
* Develop and define a capability and learning profile ensure that employees are trained in line with the integrated learning strategy.
* Identify the individual status of learning, covering all staff and establish the learning requirements derived from positional learning profiles and individual learning history.
* Prioritise required learning according to Operations Business and People Development Strategies in order to reach set targets.
* Consolidate individual learning and development requirements into a People Development Plan on an annual basis and set competency level improvement targets for the Factory.
* Execute and coordinate learning delivery through liaison and collaboration with Line Management and central stakeholders.
* Design, implement and maintain assessment methodologies to monitor progression and to ensure the effectiveness of learning.
* Ensure trainers are kept abreast of new developments, both organisationally and technologically in order to deliver learning within context of the new integrated learning strategy and development requirements.
* Maintain a high competency and awareness level amongst Learning Staff to secure learning to happen in an integrated way and for delivering a first class service to all Departments at the Factory.
* Implement learning data records system, ensuring that all staff will have a development history that would provide reliable Management Information according to requirements.
* Make sure that all employees have a proper Development Plan and follow up the progress.
* Compile and manage a budget for Learning, covering people development needs as identified for all departments at the Factory.
* Champion culture change in the Operations function through Your Voice Action Plans and some specific projects.
* Contribute to build the culture of a winning organisation and high performance working teams and a high-performance culture. Act as a role model for the BAT leadership behaviour.
* Facilitate the development and implementation of Leadership Agenda for the factory to drive leadership at all levels
* Benchmark against external organisations to identify key areas of opportunity to enhance current OD and Change approaches, methodologies, trends and processes
* Champion throughout the organisation initiative, innovation, teamwork leadership, Implement change strategies in consultation with Ops Top Team that will address focus area identified through organisational diagnostics and results in a high performance culture

Skills & Experience:

* People management experience within a production environment of at least 2 years
* Experience in Training & Development an added advantage

Education:

* Bachelors degree in Behaviour or other Social Science with a strong technical aptitude.

Equity statement: British American Tobacco is an equal opportunity employer

General: The company reserves the right not to make any appointments as a result of the selection process.

An attractive remuneration package commensurate with the role will be offered to the successful candidate

How to apply

Visit the BAT Career Website here to apply online