General Manager
Available for exploratory interviews.
Ref: EP13436474
Company classification: Manufacturing / OEM ( Tier 1 & 2) (products, equipment and/or machinery) Industry in: FMCG FMCG - Other Highest formal qualification and other: Honours MBA Years of experience range: f. 16 to 20 years (e. More than 10 years management) Annual package range: South African Rand - ZAR Annual package range: 2.1 mil - 2.5 mil, per annum Nationality: South African Home and other languages: Afrikaans, English Gender: Male Ethnicity: Caucasian/White Candidate location: South Africa Location preference: I am open to positions nationally (in my country).
Contribution Compass Profile: Conductor
Activating: 28.57 Inspiring: 17.14 Sustaining: 23.21 Refining: 31.07
The Conductor is one of the eight natural energy profiles identified by the online profiling tool Contribution Compass that Enshrine Placements have incorporated into their recruitment process to help improve employee engagement. Putting the right profiles together means deliberately structuring your team to function at its optimum.
In this video we address some questions to demonstrate how a Conductor can leverage the most value for your team.
Online Interview Questionnaire
Primary purpose of current/most recent position:
As Financial Controller I was responsible for the full trial balance and balance sheet record keeping, key partner in the internal and external audit process.
A key part of my role was to develop strategies and drive initiatives to enhance profitability and maximize effectiveness in various processes.
We managed to improve our bottom line results with 10% pts, had clean audits and strict controls over budget spend.
Working capital with emphasis on stock management and receivables was another key pillar we managed to improve.
Core elements or functions that must operate effectively in order to achieve primary purpose:
Quality to ensure minimum waste.
Supply to provide the best product and the best price and routing efficiencies to save inbound and outbound freight cost.
Accountability and ownership from all functions .
Sales functions to deliver on the sales forecast and commitment and to ensure sales are collected within the payment terms
Finance functions to have trackers and live systems in place to measure and control key KPI such as stock levels and receivables.
Legal need to be agile to ensure contracts are in place doing it at speed while covering all liabilities.
Production team to ensure plant and resources are fully utilized with minimum remakes and waste.
Description of self, along with greater purpose and passions:
Passionate about making a positive impact in any organization and the people I work with.
Ideal business title:
Not title driven, driven by making an impact with purpose and improving the organization I join.
Executive position.
Key responsibilities and accountabilities of ideal position:
Combining finance, strategy and commercial expertise to enhance decision making and problem solving.
Being responsible for the finance function provide the opportunity to direct impact the profitability and sustainability of the organization.
My strong commercial background and business acumen support overall strategy and direction.
Skill area of competence:
• Financial Expertise
• P&L Management
• Strategy Development and Implementation
• Supply and Operational Management
• Networking and Stakeholder Relationship Management
• Strategic Analysis and Formulation
• Commercial Sales
• People Management and Development
• Cost Reduction and Operational Improvements
• Cash flow improvement
• Turnaround analysis and execution
• Business Valuations
Career summary:
6 years financial services,
11 years manufacturing,
6 years health and distribution.
What do you absolutely love doing:
Turning challenges into opportunities.
Establish a base and then continuous strive to improve such as turnaround strategies.
Ideal company (culture and values):
Culture of recognition, where opinion is valued and an entrepreneurial environment within the organization where employees can use their skills to contribute and find new ways of doing things.
If you are looking for a General Manager, then do get in touch.
Call the Head Office – Gauteng, SA. + 27 10 597 0862.
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