Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE),Managing Director Jobs in Rwanda

s, work productivity, and dignity. SHE is stemming these costs by
developing a franchise model to manufacture and distribute affordable,
eco-friendly menstrual pads for girls and women by sourcing local, inexpensive
raw materials (e.g., banana fibers) and leveraging existing networks. Coupling
these new businesses with public health and hygiene education and advocacy will
have a significant social and economic impact on these communities.

• Seasoned
  trailblazer (6-10 years) with experience expanding a sustainable
  commercial sales organization and one who has driven growth to scale by at
  least tenfold in a developing economy;
• Growth
  oriented, cost conscious leader with demonstrated ability to reduce
  product/ unit costs by 50% in a manufacturing business;
• Business
  savvy financial manager with extensive experience in managing a P&L
  and in financial modeling to drive and inform strategy;
• Strategic
  thinker and planner who has built and managed teams that successfully
  execute on plans for impact and scale;
• Demonstrated
  ability to work with funders and investors and raise up to $500k/year;
• Exceptional
  relationship and interpersonal skills: a strong listener who demonstrates
  patience, tact and authenticity;
• Ability
  to effectively collaborate with and across a global team, proven capacity
  to work across cultural lines; and the ability to operate independently in
  complex situations;
• Can-do
  positive attitude (we did figure out how to make sanitary pads out of
  banana trees—not easy!); and
• Language:
  English required. + French and/or Kinyarwanda preferred.

• Drive
  profitability by and scale tenfold by 2018. This position will be
  responsible for the P&L and for reducing all major cost drivers,
  (including supply chain, distribution, production, labor, overhead)
  working with the technical team to increase productivity, and driving
  sales. For example, currently, our packaging is the largest cost driver,
  the Managing Director would work with the Head of Production and Business
  Development to negotiate with Rwandan Commerce authorities to allow us to
  use a non-Rwandan packaging provider and/or creatively reduce packaging
  materials needed. To increase throughput, the Managing Director would work
  with the technical team to experiment with different configurations of pad
  assembly and ensure the introduction of the upgraded pad assembler is
  hitting the throughput metrics needed. The Managing Director would also
  propose potential scale scenarios, develop the business plan for it, and
  work with SHE’s Executive Director to pitch for funding to implement. To
  drive sales, the Managing Director would work with the Head of Business
  Development, international marketing staff, and 1-2 interns to create the
  optimal go-to-market strategy with schools, public, and bulk purchasers,
  propel the implementation of it, and report out profit and loss statements
  and plans to improve to the Executive Director, and ultimately to SHE’s
  CEO and Board of Directors.
• Guide
  the scaling of SHV from a fiscal perspective, being fully conversant in
  the key drivers of social enterprise/ hybrid organization so as to
  identify and advise action on risks and opportunities. Establish and
  execute meaningful financial policies, procedures, controls and systems;
  produce timely monthly financial statements and achieve a clean annual
  audit. Leveraging bank operational expertise, lead implementation of
  business processes within multi-entity, multi-currency financial software
  that result in accuracy, efficiency and scalability.
• Develop
  evidence-driven implementation plans and execute those plans for
  production, sales, distribution, and supply chain management. Use market
  research and monitoring and evaluation framework to work with the Head of
  Production and Business Development to complete the above.
• Evaluate
  the in-country leadership capabilities to meet the needs of the
  accelerated timeline to scale.
• Test
  and evaluate all aspects of business model to ensure quality,
  sustainability and replicability by measuring success criteria against
  SHE’s business model and its assumptions;
• Lead
  implementation plan roll-out while working with a diverse set of actors.
  The Managing Director will oversee the work-plans the staff develop and
  check in weekly to make sure they are on track. Also, the Managing
  Director will participate in external meetings for negotiation and
  decision-making when necessary.
• Hire
  and develop staff in Rwanda. Currently, the staff consists of an
  operations manager, head of business development, marketing associate,
  health and hygiene manager, production and assistant production manager,
  and 18 production staff. The Managing Director must serve as a mentor for
  existing staff on technical skills like financial modeling, strategy
  development, team development, and communication. The Managing Director,
  in collaboration with the Executive Director, would hire new staff members
  and “on-board” them, if necessary.
• Advocate
  and raise funds, approximately $500,000 annually, for SHE externally in
  Rwanda and globally. The Managing Director would represent SHE and/or tap
  certain staff to represent SHE in national and/or international meetings,
  including those with donors and investors, communicating our mission to
  increase our reach and impact. Take the lead on existing partner
  relationships; develop and execute engagement strategy. Develop pipeline
  of new prospects; ask for referrals, attend networking events and sector
  conferences with the goal of expanding the Acumen network and building a
  broader community of donors. Collaborate across internal functions to
  build and support program-specific fundraising campaigns; partner with
  global business development team to execute global strategy. Drive partner
  communications; assist in the profiling of partners and ensuring that they
  receive correspondence on interest areas in a timely manner; partner with
  communications team to create and update collateral. Fervently maintain
  accurate and consistent client records and insure appropriate reporting.
• Lead
  with integrity. The Managing Director would be an inspirational figure for
  the staff and international community to look to as highly-skilled,
  passionate, and ethical.