General Manager

Overview

We are recruiting!

Our client in Limbro Park Johannesburg is looking for a GM to join their team for a job vacancy within the Chemical Manufacturing and Distribution industry.

To apply or for more information follow the link below.

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Key Purpose of the Role:
The General Manager will strategically manage the company to achieve its organizational objectives and create and sustain a profitable environment, while ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements. They will have a thorough understanding of all aspects of Operations to be able to adequately advise in decision-making and ensure company growth and profitability.
Key Responsibilities:
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Team Management:
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Lead team activities to ensure Group objectives are accomplished in a safe,timely, cost-effective manner, and according to the highest qualityspecifications.
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Provide feedback at regular intervals to team members and conductperformance evaluations of assigned team members.
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Supervise, coach, and train new and current employees.
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Plan, direct, and coordinate shifts and activities of workers to meet productionschedules.
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Identify training and developmental needs and conduct required training forassigned employee groups.
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Implement a successful organizational culture.
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Operations Management:
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Determine and allocate resources accordingly.
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Communicate the business objectives to the team, and closely monitorperformance against these objectives.
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Take accountability for continuous improvement of the region.
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Consolidate reporting requirements for the region.
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Ensure that invoicing is processed timeously.
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Manage budgets and improve revenue within the region.
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Monitor the work area to ensure that a safe environment is maintained and allsafety rules are followed.
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Manage the region’s financial performance to assure that a quality product isprovided at the least possible cost.
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Exercise judgment based on data and logic within set parameters andguidelines.
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Anticipate a broad range of problems and develop solutions.
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Implement a BBBEE strategy to meet company targets.
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Customer Relationship Management:
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Develop and manage relationships with relevant persons internally andexternally.
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Communicate with all stakeholders on outstanding information or queriestimeously.
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Build the company image by collaborating with customers, government,community organizations, and employees.
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Drive brand awareness.
Required Qualifications & Skills:
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Education and Experience Requirement:
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Bachelor of Science Degree.
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Business Management qualification is an added advantage.
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Minimum of 10 years’ management experience.
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Minimum of 5-8 years’ experience in a similar position and within a similarindustry.
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Previous experience in a company reporting into a group structure is an addedadvantage.
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Very strong academics are a bonus but not a deal-breaker.
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Skills and Competencies Requirement:
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Technical science knowledge.
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Good understanding of finance.
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Sales knowledge.
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Proficient in using MS Office suite.
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Sage Evolution knowledge.
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Commercial acumen.
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High level of resilience.
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Proactive and deadline-driven.
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Strong problem-solving skills.
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Excellent communication skills.
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Action-oriented individual.
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Excellent service orientation.
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Ability to promote cross-functional effectiveness.
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Decision-making abilities.
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Ability to react quickly to a changing environment.
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Attentive to detail.
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Excellent planning