Senior Consultant / Project Manager, Nairobi
- Applications are considered on a rolling basis
- Nairobi
- On-site
Do you want to join our fantastic team and be part of growing the Swedish footprint and presence in Kenya and Eastern Africa? Are you an experienced management consultant who thrives on delivering value to clients in market expansion and growth? Can you make a team grow and excel by leading them through a project successfully? Then this might be an opportunity for you. We are currently looking for a new Senior Consultant / Project Manager to join our team in Nairobi, Kenya.
The office in Nairobi drives large promotion projects within Transport, Energy, Infrastructure & Healthcare as well as private assignment for small and large companies. The projects include market analysis, stakeholder analysis and engagement, market entry and growth strategies, and similar. The variety of assignments and the high level of responsibility make the work truly dynamic and challenging. From our location in Kenya, we also cover the East African Region.
The role includes both strategic, tactic and operational responsibilities such as:
- Drive client dialogues, and take on full sales cycle responsibility including monitoring leads, developing pipeline, and developing project scope, proposals, and cost.
- Lead, manage, and develop project team members to ensure successful project deliveries and team competency development.
- Building strong client relationships, design and drive analytical work, secure that insights and recommendations are well underpinned and packaged.
- Proactively find new business opportunities, drive insight selling in the region and having an active role in developing our value propositions.
- Take a leading role in our collaboration with Team Sweden in the countries we operate in, to provide support and business promotion platforms for Swedish companies.
You will report to the Trade Commissioner and the position is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Work with great people
Skills & Requirements
Core competencies and collaborative skills
- Demonstrate commitment, honesty, and accountability in tasks.
- Provide support and take ownership to ensure high quality delivery on time.
- Collaborate effectively to achieve good results with a positive can-do attitude.
- Contribute to team spirit and transparent communication.
- A problem solver who easily adapts to new ways of working.
- Voice your own ideas and share opinions. Show appreciation for different perspectives.
Formal requirements
- You have a higher academic degree, at least a Bachelors degree and probably a Master of Science in Engineering and/or Business Administration.
- For the Senior Consultant position: Minimum of 3,5 years of relevant experience from Business Sweden or a strategy or management consultancy firm or equivalent.
- For the Project Manager position: Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience from Business Sweden or a strategy or management consultancy firm or equivalent.
- It is highly meriting if you have experience from working with multi-stakeholder projects within Team Sweden.
- You are experienced in delivering consultancy projects and Strategic / Trade & Development projects, and confident in driving and supporting sales dialogues.
- You have a high level of proficiency in English. Proficiency in other languages is a plus.
- It is meriting if you have experience from working with international companies before, and if you have lived in other parts of the world.
The candidate's experience and current level will determine whether Senior Consultant or Project Manager level is relevant.
Application
Please submit your CV and cover letter in English as soon as possible as we will be screening applications on a rolling basis. Your application will be handled confidentially.
Great Place to Work
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Global exchanges and career opportunities
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Exclusive focus on our client’s growth agenda
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Extensive responsibility
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Diversified teams with world class colleagues
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Training academy for continuous development
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Entrepreneurial environment
About the company
Diversity powering global growth
At Business Sweden we value and encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We strive for a workplace where all colleagues can explore their full potential and contribute with their unique experiences. By embracing a wide range perspective, we can better drive sustainable growth and customer-centric excellence.
About Business Sweden
Business Sweden helps Swedish companies grow global sales and international companies invest and expand in Sweden. With a unique mandate from the Swedish government and the business sector, we offer strategic advice and practical support in more than 40 markets worldwide.
Our mission is to help lay the foundation for sustainable, inclusive, and digital growth – in Sweden and around the world. We do this by providing startups, small- and medium sized companies and multinationals with tailored services, coupled with access to key stakeholders in the public and private spheres.
We help our clients build relationships, accelerate time-to-market, and comply with local standards and regulations. Visit business-sweden.com for more information.
OUR VALUESOur high performance culture rests on that all our employees live our core values. We will never have guidelines for every situation we will meet, but if all of us are guided by a strong sense of our values, we will always navigate in the right direction.
RESPONSIBILITYThis is the foundation of our culture. Taking responsibility is a way to show commitment to our work. We take ownership of the relationships with our clients and stay true to our word.
COLLABORATIONAlone we can do so little; together we can do so much. Collaboration knows no geographical borders. At Business Sweden, we act as one global team to create the best possible value for our clients.
IMPACTBy monitoring the world around us and identifying possibilities , we make a difference by helping companies to seize new, sustainable business opportunities. We create impact both for our clients and for Sweden.
Madeleine Fries Martinelle | Contact Person
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