General Manager
Job Location:
Gqeberha - South Africa
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Job Summary
Ref: 5296
Location: PE/Gqeberha
Salary: R70000 to R80000 per month negotiable commensurate with qualification and experience
A rare opportunity to lead grow and shape a successful business.
Are you a commercially astute entrepreneurial and hands-on leader who thrives in a fast-moving environment where relationships results and initiative matter
Our client is seeking an exceptional General Manager to take overall responsibility for the business and play a key role in its continued growth and development. This is not a highly corporate desk-bound management position it is an opportunity for a hands-on all-rounder who enjoys being involved in the business making decisions solving problems and driving results.
Importantly the successful candidate will be positioned for long-term career progression and succession into a more senior leadership role.
Key Responsibilities
- Take overall responsibility for the successful management and performance of the business
- Drive sales business development key account management and customer relationships
- Oversee suppliers product branding and commercial relationships
- Lead and manage mergers acquisitions and business negotiations
- Negotiate contracts and identify new business opportunities
- Take ownership of budgets gross profit financial statistics and business performance
- Prepare and present meaningful financial and operational information at management meetings
- Build and nurture strong long-standing relationships with customers suppliers and stakeholders
- Identify opportunities for growth improvement and increased profitability
- Think strategically while remaining firmly connected to the day-to-day operation of the business
The person we are looking for
This role will suit a confident energetic and highly driven individual who combines commercial ability with strong people skills.
You will ideally be:
- Degree/Diploma qualified
- An experienced General Manager or senior business leader preferably with a technical/commercial background
- A strong all-rounder with solid business acumen
- Entrepreneurial commercially minded and results driven
- A natural leader with a hands-on approach
- Experienced in financial management budgets gross profit and business statistics
- Comfortable negotiating contracts and managing significant business transactions
- Highly competitive resilient and able to think quickly under pressure
- A confident decision-maker and problem solver
- Naturally sociable outgoing and relationship focused
- Someone who enjoys networking building relationships and opening doors
Culture and fit
This is an opportunity for someone who enjoys people business and an active lifestyle and who will embrace a highly social relationship-driven company culture.
The ideal individual will be comfortable in both the boardroom and the field commercially sophisticated enough to manage the numbers and negotiations yet practical and down-to-earth enough to roll up their sleeves and get involved.
If you are ambitious entrepreneurial and ready to make a genuine impact this could be the next significant step in your career.
A rare opportunity to lead grow and shape a successful business.
Are you a commercially astute entrepreneurial and hands-on leader who thrives in a fast-moving environment where relationships results and initiative matter
Our client is seeking an exceptional General Manager to take overall responsibility for the business and play a key role in its continued growth and development. This is not a highly corporate desk-bound management position it is an opportunity for a hands-on all-rounder who enjoys being involved in the business making decisions solving problems and driving results.
Importantly the successful candidate will be positioned for long-term career progression and succession into a more senior leadership role.
Key Responsibilities
- Take overall responsibility for the successful management and performance of the business
- Drive sales business development key account management and customer relationships
- Oversee suppliers product branding and commercial relationships
- Lead and manage mergers acquisitions and business negotiations
- Negotiate contracts and identify new business opportunities
- Take ownership of budgets gross profit financial statistics and business performance
- Prepare and present meaningful financial and operational information at management meetings
- Build and nurture strong long-standing relationships with customers suppliers and stakeholders
- Identify opportunities for growth improvement and increased profitability
- Think strategically while remaining firmly connected to the day-to-day operation of the business
The person we are looking for
This role will suit a confident energetic and highly driven individual who combines commercial ability with strong people skills.
You will ideally be:
- Degree/Diploma qualified
- An experienced General Manager or senior business leader preferably with a technical/commercial background
- A strong all-rounder with solid business acumen
- Entrepreneurial commercially minded and results driven
- A natural leader with a hands-on approach
- Experienced in financial management budgets gross profit and business statistics
- Comfortable negotiating contracts and managing significant business transactions
- Highly competitive resilient and able to think quickly under pressure
- A confident decision-maker and problem solver
- Naturally sociable outgoing and relationship focused
- Someone who enjoys networking building relationships and opening doors
Culture and fit
This is an opportunity for someone who enjoys people business and an active lifestyle and who will embrace a highly social relationship-driven company culture.
The ideal individual will be comfortable in both the boardroom and the field commercially sophisticated enough to manage the numbers and negotiations yet practical and down-to-earth enough to roll up their sleeves and get involved.
If you are ambitious entrepreneurial and ready to make a genuine impact this could be the next significant step in your career.
Salary: R70000 to R80000 per month negotiable commensurate with qualification and experience
Required Experience:
Director
