Location: Nairobi and Homa Bay, Kenya (12-18 months); Tanzania (long-term)
Reports To: Farm Operations Director
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary range: 75,000 to 125,000 KES monthly gross pay
Bonus range: 0% to 30% of earned salary, awarded annually, gross pay
Role summary
We seek hands-on, action-oriented Operations Manager at an innovative tilapia farm. The successful candidate will be an excellent do-er and improve-er of processes around the farm. This is a leadership role across a range of day-to-day operations: fish feeding and harvesting, processing and sorting, logistics, adherence to regulatory standards, and more. This role is based in rural Western Kenya.
This role is intended to become a founding member of a new Victory business unit in Tanzania. The role will first be based in Kenya for a 12 to 18-month period of on-the-job learning and development. Following this period, in the first half of 2026, the role will permanently transition to Tanzania.
About Victory Group
Victory Group is a regenerative, tech-driven, vertically integrated aquaculture platform farming and selling tilapia in East Africa.
Victory runs all aspects of the tilapia value chain – farming inputs, milling feed, cultivating broodstock and eggs, hatching fingerlings, growing mature tilapia, processing fish, running cold-chain distribution, and retailing produced fish throughout Kenya, Rwanda, and more.
Victory deploys innovation at each step of the way – from indigenous feed inputs to drone-based egg transport to data-driven stocking algorithms – striving to serve the most affordable, sustainable animal protein on the planet.
And Victory continues to accelerate, qualifying as one of Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies for three years running (per Statista and Financial Times). Victory is now comprised of three businesses: Victory Farms (tilapia farm in Kenya), Kivu Choice (tilapia farm in Rwanda), and Samakgro (feed mill in Kenya).
Key Responsibilities
Harvesting and Processing Operations
- Oversee day-to-day harvesting to processing operations, ensuring that processing operations are running efficiently and effectively. This includes managing the processing department staff and resources and ensuring that processing KPIs are met.
- Work closely with the Quality Control team to ensure all QMS processes and SOPs are followed, guaranteeing the highest standards of fish quality.
- Develop and implement strategies to improve operational efficiency and productivity by developing new processes or procedures, identifying, and resolving operational issues, and implementing quality control measures to ensure processing output meets the required standards.
- Set and monitor processing KPIs, and making necessary adjustments to ensure that these KPIs are met.
- Work with other departments such as Logistic Centers and Sales to ensure the processing operations are aligned with overall organizational goals and objectives.
Farm Logistics Planning and Management
- Oversee day-to-day Lake Logistics Operations, by working closely with the Lake Logistics
- Manager to ensure key KPIs are met.
- You will ensure the delivery, fabrication, inspection, and cleaning of nets.
- Work closely with the Lake Logistics Manager to develop and implement strategies to optimize the use of resources, minimize costs, and maximize efficiency.
- Collaborate with departments such as production to ensure logistics operations are aligned with the overall goals and objectives of the organization.
- Oversee the management of logistics resources such as boats and other equipment and be responsible for developing and implementing safety policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and monitoring key KPIs related to logistics operations.
- Identify opportunities for improvement and innovation to enhance logistics operations.
Stakeholder Management
- Work closely with other departments to ensure alignment on company goals and initiatives.
- Facilitate regular cross-departmental meetings to discuss operational updates, address challenges, and share best practices.
- Coordinate with the HR team to develop training programs and ensure staffing needs are met.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with external stakeholders including suppliers, customers, regulatory bodies, and industry partners.
- Communicate effectively with external stakeholders to ensure transparency and foster trust
Special Projects
- To be scoped, managed, and executed as they arise
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant field such as Operations Management, Supply Chain, Logistics or a related discipline.
- 7+ years of experience in managing operations, logistics, and supply chain functions within an organization. Kenya, Rwanda, Netherlands
- Operations management background in FMCG or Agriculture sector.
- Advanced proficiency in relevant software/tools for managing supply chains, logistics, and production planning (e.g., ERP systems, MS Project, supply chain management software).
- Capacity to understand complex challenges and break them down into problems that can then be tackled and resolved them.
- Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and develop staff.
- Attention to detail and data-driven approach to constantly improve operations and ensure consistency in delivering value to other parts of the business, day in, day out.
- Proven experience in medium-to-large-scale operational projects, with a strong understanding of project management methodologies.
- Ability to thrive working collaboratively with both senior and junior colleagues, solving problems independently, and execute work quickly.
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in managing multiple teams across different functions.
- Finance background in FMCG or Agriculture sector.
Why Join Us?
- Mission: Victory tilapia is among the world’s most affordable and sustainable animal proteins. We believe that we provide the protein solution for Africa – and do it with a regenerative model, where company, consumers, and environment all benefit.
- Growth: Victory has maintained its place among the fastest-growing companies on the continent. The company, your role, and our collective impact will continue to rise.
- Development: A role at Victory means structured pathways for your professional development – opportunities to learn new skills, broaden your responsibility, and grow your role scope with the company scale.
How to Apply:
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