General Manager Job Vacancy

Duma Works is recruiting a General Manager for one of our clients, a container glass and table-ware manufacturer, that is a leading supplier to the soft drinks and beverage industries in East Africa.

Location: Dubai
 
Role Function: Administration & Operations
 
Role Description

  • Participates in formulating and administering company policies, directing and coordinating all divisional department activities to develop and implement long-range goals and objectives to meet business and profitability growth objectives.
  • Reviews analyses of activities, costs, operations and forecast data to determine department or division progress toward stated goals and objectives.
  • Confers with the chief administrative officer and other administrative personnel to review achievements and discuss required changes in goals or objectives resulting from current status and conditions.
  • Develops, reviews, updates and implements business strategic planning, including sales, financial performance and new product development.
  • Oversees manufacturing and materials departments to review production and operating reports and resolve operational, manufacturing and facility problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays and to meet future growth.
  • Oversees key projects, processes and performance reports, data and analysis.
  • Reviews and supports engineering and sales to oversee design concepts with fundamental or new technology used for new or existing products or improvement to provide cost reduction, safety, customer requirements and market growth.
  • Reviews operations and plans to meet requirements for sales planning and to ascertain manufacturing or outsourcing requirements to develop new markets.
  • Reviews and approves preparation of accounting analysis for budgetary planning and implementation, production efficiency, financial reporting, budgetary planning and submittal for capital expenditures
Knowledge & Skills Required
  • Ability to create and maintain long term customer relationships
  • Communicate information in a clear, well-organized, and professional manner
  • Effective relationship management skills
  • Proven oral and written communication skills
  • Solid organization and analytical skills ability to work with processes, numbers and statistics
  • Able to work under pressure with minimum supervision
  • High level of integrity
Academic Qualification
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management or equivalent
Work Experience & Skills
  • At least 5 -10 years in a similar role and industry
  • Sound knowledge in Microsoft Office proficiency and ERP
To Apply

Cover Letter describing your interest and detailed CV are to be sent by email to apply@dumaworks.com marking the subject as “2591”, Your Full name & Phone number e.g. 2591 Barack Obama, +2547xxxxxxxx. If you don’t follow these instructions, your application will not go through.

Deadline for receiving applications: 10th January 2017
 
N.B.* You will receive a confirmation email and an alert to take a basic screening test over SMS or online. The email with the test may not arrive immediately. Please be patient. The email/SMS test will typically be 5-8 questions to help us understand your background. Regular SMS rates apply to the test. If you have any issues with the process, please reach out to +254702093793.

If you apply and don’t meet these minimum qualifications, we won’t be able to forward your application to the employer.