Summary
Date Posted: Friday, December 23, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Overview
Fracht Uganda is a Swiss International Freight Forwarder that has been in existence since 1955; with its headquarters located in Basel, Switzerland. As a reputable Freight Forwarder, FRACHT has a worldwide network that stretches across all continents. We are in 115 countries worldwide; of which 17 of these are in Africa.

JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Project Manager
Department: Commercial
Reports to: Managing Director
Location: Kampala, Uganda

JOB PURPOSE
• To form a team of several staff who will run the projects won by Fracht Uganda SMC Ltd
• Manage projects from the beginning until the end including keeping close contact to the client

DUTIES/ROLES
• Design and implement business strategies, plans and procedures
• Establish framework, goals, and measurement of project performance
• Manage a portfolio of projects through the entire lifecycle from intake to delivery and support
• ensuring solutions are aligned to overall strategic objectives
• Provide proactive and timely project updates, challenges, issues, risks and to all project stakeholders
• Identify and assign cross-functional teams required for project execution and complete reviews to ensure workload balance
• Propose conceptual solutions, develop, and execute a communication strategy for all the different project stakeholders
• Establish, maintain, and improve reports and ensure project updates and inputs are complete
• Provide leadership for project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals and adhere to the project management methodology, templates, best practices, and standard processes/procedures
• Acts as an escalation point for project teams dealing with issues, conflicts and risks and provide support and advice for removing roadblocks and resolving conflicts.
• Identify, develop, and implement PM best practices; continually improve project templates and processes.
• Ensure projects maintain a focus on quality and benefits throughout their lifecycle, including benefits definition and realization in line with the relevant business case (ROI)
• Develop and manage third party vendor relationships to ensure project deliverables and to address day to day concerns/issues.

Minimum Qualifications/Requirements
• Minimum bachelor’s degree however experience is most important
• 5 years in a similar position at a top ten East African Forwarder
• Must have good contacts with East African transport operators
• Good knowledge of heavy equipment transport
• Experienced team leader who can form a team of competent colleagues
• Fluent in English, Swahili, and Luganda
• Good IT knowledge required
• Willing to travel within East Africa on a regular basis
• Experience in oil and gas
• Must be commercial and client friendly
• Must have a filled address book with contacts to be used during the job performance
• Open to qualified Ugandans or Foreign National (expatriate terms)
• Must have a work permit for Foreign Nationals


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

All suitably qualified and interested candidates should submit their application letter,
CV’S and copies of academic documents merged in one PDF document to recruitment@ug.fracht.com 

Deadline is Friday, 27 th January 2023 at 5:00pm


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