Our Client:
Leader in FMCG / Liquor Industry; owning and operating duty free
travel retail shops at airports and seaports worldwide, as well as involving in
brand development, marketing, and sales.
Industry: Duty Free Retail
Job Title: General Manager (Retail) for Africa
Type of Hire: Local / Expatriate
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Salary: USD 3,500 – 4,000 per month (NET)
Benefits: Shared furnished
accommodation, pool car, medical, air ticket entitlement after every 24 months
of service, 30 days paid leave after completing 12 months of service.
Job Responsibilities:
A senior posting reporting directly to VP Retail (Africa) with
the following functions:
- Taking
charge of cash flows
- Responsible
for all local purchases across Africa – end to end
- C
& F: understanding, controlling and optimizing costs.
- Audit
and compliance aspects for all locations. Ensure that all Audit reports
are closed and reported. Follow up with the vertical heads on the same,
and create timelines for closure of issues /concerns highlighted. Ensure
that all the requisite aspects of compliance and corporate governance are
followed and practiced at the locations.
- Board
meeting presentations, which would entail creating agenda, compiling
numbers and cross checking it with Finance, to avoid any mismatch between
operations and finance numbers. Ensuring that the presentations are
accurate and detailed.
- Analyzing
and controlling overheads at all locations. Any abnormal expenses to be
queried, and ensure that due process of approvals are followed in case any
expense exceeding the provided cap/budgets.
- Responsible
to churn our all MIS reports and MRM reports.
Qualifications and Skills:
- Minimum
12-15 years’ experience in Retail/FMCG.
- Candidate
with finance background will be preferred.
- Excellent
interpersonal skills and ability to manage a large team.
- Ability
to work under pressure and deliver results on time.
- Strong
MS office and presentation skills.
- Upholds
professional ethics
- Proficient
in use of technology
- Passionate
towards work, self-motivated, takes initiative and responsibility
- Focuses
on goals & deadlines, encourages teamwork, creativity & trust
- Delivers
beyond promise
- Appreciates
constructive criticism
- Good
organizational & planning abilities
- Analytical
skills & business acumen
Specific Experience:
- 5-7
years in Duty Free Retail
How to Apply:
Please justify your application by stating similar experience in the FMCG / Duty Free sector preferably in a similar capacity at your previous / current job. Send your CV (in PDF format) via email to jobs@genesisconsult.net no later than 24th December 2012.
Please justify your application by stating similar experience in the FMCG / Duty Free sector preferably in a similar capacity at your previous / current job. Send your CV (in PDF format) via email to jobs@genesisconsult.net no later than 24th December 2012.
The
subject line of the application should read “GM Retail Africa”