Position: General Manager
Location: Mombasa
Our client, one of the leading Container Freight Stations (CFS)
situated within Mombasa island is looking to recruit a General Manager.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Participate
in corporate strategic planning and implement strategic goals and
objectives
- Implement
programs that include marketing, sales, purchasing, distribution,
accounting/finance, safety, education and employee services
- Take
on primary responsibility for efficient, cost-effective facility
operations
- Prepare
budget and sales forecasts with chief operating officer
- Review
financial and operating reports
- Manage
all departments on daily basis
- Assist
corporate credit staff with collection of customer accounts
- Approve
wage, bonus and commission schedules in line with budget and operating
constraints
- Approve,
within budgetary and corporate guidelines, expenditures for capital
equipment
- Manage
the day-to-day activities of the facility, overseeing that work is
accomplished by the managers and supervisors, and that it is consistent
with corporate policies and objectives
- Oversee
that the inventory management is consistent with sales, cash flow and
financial goals
- Advise
and direct facility staff; provide assistance and guidance where needed
- Oversee
that the facility staff develop and implement professional developmental
plans for the employees, their supervisors and managers
- Resolve
important customer complaints and service problems
- Keep
up with the industry trends, attend trade shows, conventions and seminars
as appropriate or as directed
Job Requirements:
- Bachelors
Degree (MBA Preferred)
- Minimum
8 years in similar position
- Experience
developing and implementing business plans and goals
- Strong
leadership, motivation and managerial skills
- Demonstrated
competency in budgeting, forecasting and planning
- Demonstrated
competency hiring, developing and evaluating employees to achieve
corporate and personal objectives
- Proven
history of profit and loss management to maximize financial performance
- Complies
with equal employment opportunity laws, regulations and company policies
related to discrimination in hiring, firing, promotion and compensation,
including sexual harassment
- Manages
time effectively and adapts quickly to changing priorities
- Proven
history developing and implementing incentive plans to increase sales and
improve profitability
- Knowledge
of Microsoft Office Suite, inventory/warehouse management and distribution
software
To apply, send your CV to recruitment@careerdirections.co.ke
before Friday 26th April indicating the position applied for and the minimum
salary expectation on the subject line
