General Manager Blue Economy at Equity Bank Kenya

Kenya
Permanent
Full-time

1 day ago

Equity Bank Limited (The “Bank”) is incorporated, registered under the Kenyan Companies Act Cap 486 and domiciled in Kenya. The address of the Bank's registered office is 9th Floor, Equity Centre, P.O. Box 75104 – 00200 Nairobi. The Bank is licensed under the Kenya Banking Act (Chapter 488), and continues to offer retail banking, microfinance and relat…General Manager Blue EconomyThe role is responsible for driving Equity Bank's strategic positioning in the Blue Economy by fostering business development, market expansion, and strategic partnerships. This includes collaborating with the Commercial Director and group teams to develop corporate strategies, engaging external stakeholders, and ensuring alignment with the African Recovery and Resilience Plan. The role also involves conducting market intelligence, capacity building, and implementing key performance indicators to track sector growth. Additionally, it supports business sustainability through value offerings, policy compliance, and performance reporting while enhancing customer relationships and brand positioning.Key Responsibilities

Strategy Development
Collaborate with Commercial Director and Group commercial teams in developing group wide corporate strategy to support the positioning of the bank as a key player in the Blue Economy transformation.
To develop strategic activities to support banks with links with external stakeholders and partners including Governments and development partners.
To undertake business development activities including marketing activities to potential and existing customers, value offerings development and customers retention.
To Build strategic relationships with customers, potential investors, government agencies, and development partners with a view to positioning the Bank as a key player in the Port Sector.
Continuously conduct and advise market intelligence to identify new markets' customer trends, government directives and changes in the policy.
To develop appropriate training and capacity building programs for continuous improvement of blue economy initiatives in the Port Sector
Developing materials/ resources suitable to open the opportunities and disseminate to the key internal stakeholders critical to development and implementation of the strategy.
To ensure alignment and implementation the Blue Economy initiatives to the African Recovery and Resilience Plan.
To build capacity for key roles in EBKL to appreciate the opportunities in the Blue Economy and support growth & development.
To develop and position key value offerings customers and clients in the blue economy sector.
To develop and support implementation of appropriate KPIs for relevant regions/ branches to track performance of the Blue Economy sectors.
To develop and implement performance reporting framework for the Blue Economy Sector.
Work collaboratively with Bank subsidiaries supporting business development eg the Foundation, Insurance, technology, Health etc
To prepare quarterly/annual and other periodic performance reports for management to ensure groupwide visibility of sector performance.
Originate, build and sustain strategic business partnerships.
Position Equity Bank Kenya as a preferred Bank.
Ensure full adherence to the Bank's customer service chatter.
Increase market share in line with strategic ambitions and in a profitable, ethical and sustainable manner.
National Credit Committee as and when required.
Ensure adherence of policies and procedures from regulatory authorities, Equity bank and other stakeholders.
Ensure audit and risk rating for the sector and is within set thresholds as per the key performance indicators.
Submission of reports to key stakeholders to aid in decision making.
Any other duties may be assigned by the line manager

Qualifications, Experience

Master's degree in business/ economics.
More than 15 years' experience in management, strategy development, implementation monitoring and evaluation relevant Blue Economy sectors.
Professional qualifications in areas such as Maritime Management, Governance, Sustainability or Finance

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