Henkel Careers

Your Role

• Manage key strategic projects with Focus on Sustainability for your site to drive waste reduction, circularity and cost competitiveness.
• You act as the interface between overarching Project Management and Site.
• You collaborate with the site Team to identify concrete Actions to achieve overall Sustainability Project targets.
• You are the driving force behind the implementation strategy.
• You execute and implement the defined action together with the Team.
• You track and ensure the success of the Project via status vs. target reporting towards overarching project team and site champion.
• Your share proactively best Practice examples in the within the overarching Project

YOUR SKILLS

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
• Up to 2 years of experience, ideally within a multinational environment.
• Hand-on attitude and strong implementation skills.
• Excellent collaboration skills and ability to drive change
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in the local language and English
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills with abilities in building relationships with professionals of all organizational levels
• Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities
• Entrepreneurial spirit and out-site the box thinking
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office
• Great aptitude for continuous learning and self-development.

Your Role

• Manage key strategic projects with Focus on Sustainability for your site to drive waste reduction, circularity and cost competitiveness.
• You act as the interface between overarching Project Management and Site.
• You collaborate with the site Team to identify concrete Actions to achieve overall Sustainability Project targets.
• You are the driving force behind the implementation strategy.
• You execute and implement the defined action together with the Team.
• You track and ensure the success of the Project via status vs. target reporting towards overarching project team and site champion.
• Your share proactively best Practice examples in the within the overarching Project

YOUR SKILLS

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
• Up to 2 years of experience, ideally within a multinational environment.
• Hand-on attitude and strong implementation skills.
• Excellent collaboration skills and ability to drive change
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in the local language and English
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills with abilities in building relationships with professionals of all organizational levels
• Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities
• Entrepreneurial spirit and out-site the box thinking
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office
• Great aptitude for continuous learning and self-development.

Your Role

• Manage key strategic projects with Focus on Sustainability for your site to drive waste reduction, circularity and cost competitiveness.
• You act as the interface between overarching Project Management and Site.
• You collaborate with the site Team to identify concrete Actions to achieve overall Sustainability Project targets.
• You are the driving force behind the implementation strategy.
• You execute and implement the defined action together with the Team.
• You track and ensure the success of the Project via status vs. target reporting towards overarching project team and site champion.
• Your share proactively best Practice examples in the within the overarching Project

YOUR SKILLS

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
• Up to 2 years of experience, ideally within a multinational environment.
• Hand-on attitude and strong implementation skills.
• Excellent collaboration skills and ability to drive change
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in the local language and English
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills with abilities in building relationships with professionals of all organizational levels
• Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities
• Entrepreneurial spirit and out-site the box thinking
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office
• Great aptitude for continuous learning and self-development.

Your Role

• Facility Management: The responsibilities include overseeing contract management for cleaning and hygiene, ensuring compliance with Henkel Corporate standards, defining, and adhering to KPIs and SLAs, and establishing templates for vendor reviews and obligations.
• Canteen Management.
• Fleet Management: Alignment and implementation of Mobility policy regarding company cars and fuel cards as well as managing both private and commercial Henkel vehicles.
• Health: This involves various aspects, including Health KPIs, liaising for health reporting, supporting OSHA legislation compliance, managing medical insurance renewals, wellness programs, implementing global health campaigns, and running regional wellness programs.
• Safety: Tasks include supporting the SHE Department for compliance, reporting safety KPIs, supervising canteen safety standards, participating in the SHE committee, conducting safety drills and inspections, and ensuring traveler alignment with corporate security guidelines.
• Security: Tasks involve monitoring country risks using Factal and International SOS, reviewing and recommending secure hotels for colleagues traveling, and ensuring compliance with corporate security guidelines. Updating Gate logs & Laptop register & Key management.
• Administration/HR: Statutory Follow Up (Ensuring once paid NHIF and NSSF amounts are adequately receipted at the local offices), compiling staff meal and airtime benefit monthly and other ad hoc assignments, Assisting with CSR topics.
• Travel/Events Management
• Project Management

YOUR SKILLS

• Bachelor's degree in Administration
• 2-5 years in Admin, Security, HR, HSE, Facility/Fleet Management

Your Role

• Aligns, adapts and implements initiatives
• Represents area of responsibility in respective decision bodies
• Contributes to global or regional innovation, category and branding activities
• Steers and executes local marketing mix and communication campaigns as well as product management including NPI, pricing, brand etc.
• Steers and executes all marketing, advertising and promotional activities
• Provides marketing inputs for relevant marketing master plan
• Analyses competitor's scenario and draws sound conclusions given lack of market data
• Ensures consistency in market sizing methodology and creates tangible sales tools
• Oversees implementation of channel strategy
• Coordinates with external agencies on concept, strategies and costs
• Manages resources needed and ensures timely local execution of initiatives
• Executes brand management and sales promotion activities locally

YOUR SKILLS

• Minimum 5 years marketing experience in similar industry with more than 7 years of overall experience. Prior experience in sales is plus.
• Demonstrated skills, knowledge and experience in the design and execution of marketing, communications and public relations activities.
• Strong creative, strategic, analytical, organizational and personal sales skills
• Experience developing and managing budgets, and hiring, training, developing, supervising and appraising personnel
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and distinctive understanding of numbers
• Experience overseeing the design and production of print materials and publications.
• Knowledge of Internal Costing Process.
• Knowledge of customers, products, positioning, market and competitor products.
• Knowledge of composition and application or products.

Your Role

• The Financial Reporting Accountant is responsible for both internal and external reporting for Henkel Kenya and thereby ensures overall accuracy with all relevant reporting requirements and adheres to Henkel's policies and procedures, especially the Corporate Standard of Accounting (CSA).
• Prepares internal and external reporting in line with the relevant accounting standards and as per Henkel requirements in terms of quality and deadlines.
• Prepares the annual financial statements in line with local statutory requirements and supports the coordination for the external year-end audit.
• Acts as a business partner for Henkel's business units and functions and advisor to the local finance organization for accounting related questions.
• Ensures execution of Accounting related internal controls and actively reviews and proposes changes to existing Accounting processes and policies.
• Supports projects impacting general accounting, especially in the area of digitalization (system migrations, enhancements, etc.).
• Implements new local accounting requirements.
• Supports the preparation, review, and timely submission of tax reports and returns in liaison with tax advisors.
• Performs monthly closing activities in areas of GL and cost center accounting.

YOUR SKILLS

• 7 years minimal work experience is required for this position
• Work experience gained within Big Four audit firm and multinational corporate environment in the areas of General Accounting & finance
• Strong expertise in FMCG and/or Industrial sector is an additional asset
• Soft skills: Collaboration and teamwork, communication, complex problem-solving, decision-making, critical & systematic thinking, conflict management, analytical skills, integrity, advanced MS Office skills and familiarity with accountings systems (SAP B1)

Your Role

• The General Accounting Assistant contributes to the financial integrity of Henkel Kenya by maintaining accurate financial records, performing balance sheet and bank reconciliations, posting accounting journals and supplier invoices. The role is also responsible to execute the end-to-end travel & expense and fixed asset accounting process in line with the relevant policies and procedures.
• Checks balance statements and other information provided by financial institutions.
• Prepares bank and balance sheet reconciliations. Posting of supplier invoices in a timely and accurate manner with the relevant documentation in the local system.
• Processing and reconciliation of petty cash transaction. Maintains fixed assets register for monthly depreciation, asset addition, creation and disposal.
• Maintains accurate financial records, records financial transactions and posts entries to general ledger, including maintenance of journal register.
• Executes T&E and corporate credit card process in line with the relevant corporate standards and external regulations.
• Focuses on the standardization of the process & tools.
• Collects, compiles, verifies and analyzes financial information and prepares financial reports and accounting statements
• Pro-actively supports month-end, quarterly and annual closing as well as external and internal audits

YOUR SKILLS

• Degree in Accounting and Finance
• 3 years work experience gained within a multinational corporate environment in the areas of General Accounting & Finance Good understanding of accounting systems and concepts as well as general business
• Previous track record in accounts payable, general accounting or receivable is essential
• Soft skills: Collaboration and teamwork, communication, critical & systematic thinking, conflict management, analytical skills, integrity, pro-active and positive attitude to change, stress-resistant
• Advanced MS Office skills (specifically Excel with Formulas / Pivot and Macros knowledge) and working experience in SAP.
• CPA(K) or equivalent professional accounting qualification preferred

Your Role

• Drives deployment of manpower and resources to successfully execute area manufacturing strategy.
• Contributes to development of annual plant objectives; develops area operations objectives and plans to achieve area production and budgetary goals.
• Supervises production personnel to meet area production objectives.
• Uses production schedule and inventory to optimize utilization of manpower and equipment.
• Coordinates SHE activities and ensures compliance with legal/regulatory and Henkel requirements.
• Delivers products of specified consistency and quality to customers on time in full.
• Manages/controls spending in line with site operations strategy.
• Leads continuous operational improvements.
• Manages people, equipment and material assets towards successful execution of manufacturing strategy.
• Conducts site capability reviews and develops annual resource plans to ensure ability to meet area production objectives.
• Change Management - Interacts with customers and Sales in coordinating new projects and as needed.

YOUR SKILLS

• Degree in Chemical Engineering plus 5 years’ experience.
• Experience of improving Integrated Management System (IMS) within manufacturing (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OSHSA 18001).
• Quality management / delivering Customer requirements.
• Manufacturing Engineering (including M&I flow, Standard Operations, plant layout, waste elimination, continuous improvement, engineering change control).
• Broad engineering technical skills and knowledge of implementation.
• Demonstrated Lean Manufacturing experience and application.
• Process Management - Thorough knowledge of manufacturing processes, procedures and equipment.
• People management - knowledge of personnel procedures and policies, labor control and application of basic employment law.

At Henkel, you can make a difference and craft your career. That’s why you own your projects and take full responsibility from an early stage. Our unique brands in markets around the world open up countless opportunities to follow your convictions and explore new paths. If you have an entrepreneurial mindset that allows you to always think out of the box - take the chance and shape the digital future together with us.

YOUR ROLE

• Manages all operations as well as service / support department at factory level
• Implements a production strategy to ensure efficient production and high quality products
• Delivers against production performance KPIs, budget and projects
• Sets up and executes development plans for production personnel
• Ensures operations processes and solutions are implemented according to global procedures and local regulations
• Has legal responsibility for fulfilling SHEQ requirements
• Acts as key contact for local authorities in the area of responsibility

YOUR SKILLS

• Tertiary education in Science or Engineering plus 5 years experience in an industrial chemical environment, 3years at managerial level and with strong technical bias.
• Good knowledge of Quality, Safety, Health and Environmental Management systems.
• Thorough knowledge of manufacturing processes, procedures and equipment.
• Thorough knowledge of suppliers and sources of material and organic and inorganic chemistry.
• Thorough knowledge of demand and requirements planning as well as SAP ERP system.
• Thorough knowledge of shop floor planning and scheduling.
• Thorough knowledge of internal and group systems and procedures.
• Thorough knowledge of labour management and control and Trade Union negotiating.
• Good knowledge of products, product applications, customers and industries making up target market.
• Ability to work in pressurized environment with a high sense of urgency.
• Very strong analytical, conceptual, interpersonal relationship skills.
• Well developed leadership skills, strong negotiating and technical skills.
• Ability to manage and motivate staff through effective team building.
• Ability to manage multiple, independent and interdependent supply chains and production processes.
• Ability to continuously adapt to changing priorities and effectively lead Operations in the changing priorities.