Country Manager (Open to Expats)

SUMMARY:
Our client in the automotive/transport industry is looking for an experienced General Manager to man

POSITION INFO:

Our client in the automotive/transport industry is looking for an experienced Country Manager to manage, develop and expand the business, providing direction and leadership, ensuring profitable growth, satisfactory cash flow, enhance market leadership and be acknowledged as the provider of Industry leading service standards.

Salary and Benefits:

• Negotiable.

Key Responsibilities:

• Enable and manage the achievement of service performance that exceeds customer expectations and differentiates the company from the competitors.
• Liaise with key and strategically important customers at the appropriate level to ensure customer retention, development and growth of new business.
• Ensure that the annual business plan including revenue, cash flow, profit and service levels are met and corrective action is taken to rectify any negative variance.
• Determine local tactical plans, aligned with regional and global strategy and market approach within overall regional and global context.
• Provide strong leadership to ensure agreed strategies and goals are communicated and effectively implemented.
• Contribute to the regional direction, ensuring that local environment factors are taken into consideration in the setting of strategies and policies.
• Ensure revenue yield enhancement and market share growth through development.
  Actively monitor the market, ensuring full awareness of competitor strategies and actions.
• Continually review and improve business processes to improve productivity and add value to services.
• Ensure the financial well-being of the company from a legal, statutory and management perspective.
• Improve liquidity through good capital and debtor management.
• Determine country organization structure, roles and responsibility and performance targets and goals.
• Provide strong leadership, identify training needs, opportunities, and develop a highly skilled functional workforce.
• Align people and competencies to meet the business objectives and manage staff competency levels and performance according to service requirements and business needs.

Key skills:

• Leadership skills.
• Good communication.
• Attention to detail.
• Highly organized.

Qualifications:

• University degree and relevant commercial / business qualifications.
  Significant experience in Senior management or General management experience in the automotive/transport industry or within similar service-related businesses.
• Broad understanding of all functional aspects of the business.
• High degree of business acumen and understanding of the external economic environment and how this may affect the companies short- and long-term planning.