Background

Career Options Limited is a leading recruitment-consulting firm based in Nairobi Kenya and offering specialized services to effectively manage the entire recruitment process for companies based in Africa and Middle East. We cover various business verticals like Oil and Gas, Power, Green Energy, Engineering, Retail, FMCG, Information Technology, Banking an...

Key Deliverables

• Strategic Portfolio Ownership: Drive the commercial performance, revenue growth, and long-term profitability of the organization’s top-tier account portfolio.
• High-Impact Team Leadership: Manage and coach a team of Account Managers, setting clear performance standards and ensuring disciplined account coverage.
• Data-Driven Growth Strategy: Identify and unlock growth levers by translating complex data insights into actionable, long-term account strategies.
• Performance & KPI Management: Maintain rigorous forecasting and visibility by monitoring key KPIs to guide high-level commercial decision-making.
• Senior Stakeholder Engagement: Lead high-stakes negotiations and deliver structured, high-quality presentations to C-suite and senior-level partners.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner effectively across departments to execute strategic initiatives and ensure seamless partner support.
• Operational Autonomy: Exercise independent decision-making to set quarterly priorities and resource allocation within commercial guardrails.
• Balanced Value Creation: Align account-specific goals with broader company objectives to balance immediate targets with sustainable partner value.

Professional Qualifications

• Finance, Accounting And Assurance Services
• 5+ years of experience in Account Management, Key Accounts, or Commercial roles.
• Proven experience managing and developing teams. Experience owning large, revenue-critical portfolios.
• Experience in e-commerce, FMCG, or similar fast-paced commercial environments is a strong advantage.
• Highly autonomous and accountable. Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strategic thinker with strong execution discipline.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills

• Strategic Portfolio Ownership: Drive the commercial performance, revenue growth, and long-term profitability of the organization’s top-tier account portfolio.
• High-Impact Team Leadership: Manage and coach a team of Account Managers, setting clear performance standards and ensuring disciplined account coverage.
• Data-Driven Growth Strategy: Identify and unlock growth levers by translating complex data insights into actionable, long-term account strategies.
• Performance & KPI Management: Maintain rigorous forecasting and visibility by monitoring key KPIs to guide high-level commercial decision-making.
• Senior Stakeholder Engagement: Lead high-stakes negotiations and deliver structured, high-quality presentations to C-suite and senior-level partners.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner effectively across departments to execute strategic initiatives and ensure seamless partner support.
• Operational Autonomy: Exercise independent decision-making to set quarterly priorities and resource allocation within commercial guardrails.
• Balanced Value Creation: Align account-specific goals with broader company objectives to balance immediate targets with sustainable partner value.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Strategic thinking with strong execution discipline.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.

• Finance, Accounting And Assurance Services
• 5+ years of experience in Account Management, Key Accounts, or Commercial roles.
• Proven experience managing and developing teams.
• Experience owning large, revenue-critical portfolios.
• Experience in e-commerce, FMCG, or similar fast-paced commercial environments is a strong advantage.
• Highly autonomous and accountable.