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Job description / Role
A leading steel company is looking for a Commercial Director, based Egypt, to manage their expanding operations. It is a fantastic opportunity with a leading player in the market.
Commercial Director Responsibilities:
• Lead the startup of the company's business by building the commercial strategy, policies, processes and team.
• Ensure the effective implementation of the marketing strategy through leadership of the Marketing Department.
• Provide professional advice and support across the business on marketing strategy and implementation issues.
• Direct the research and assessment of current and potential future markets on an ongoing basis.
• Develop and oversee the implementation of individual brand strategies.
• Ensure the product portfolio is balanced.
• Work to develop and execute the portfolio strategic plan to optimize cash flow
• Provides the necessary forecast and demand information to sales, marketing and export sales to enable them to develop programs to deliver business
• Identify critical market trends and assess their potential impact on the Group business.
• Benchmarking of performance using competitive analysis and identify improvement opportunities.
• Manage the cross-functional New Product Development (NPD) Committee.
• Direct the research and assessment of current and potential competitor activity.
• Prepare and manage annual department budgets to ensure effective cost management.
• Handled contract negotiations and assisted the company in closing big deals.
• Devise and implement criteria for the assessment of export market potential.
• Develop and implement export processes and systems.
• Identify and develop new export business prospects.
• Manage and control the complete export sales cycle, from order placement through to delivery, in order to ensure maximum customer satisfaction.
• Work closely with the marketing, production and finance departments.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant trade, export and financial regulations, both statutory and ES internal.
Commercial Director requirements:
• Bachelors’ Degree qualified
• Fluent English and Arabic speaking
• Experience working in heavy industry
• Strategic management experience
Commercial Director package:
• Competitive salary
• Benefits including health insurance, and travel allowances
• Guaranteed bonus scheme
If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply online with your up to date CV. Alternatively, please forward this on to anyone else who might be interested.
Requirements
Commercial Director requirements:
• Bachelors’ Degree qualified
• Fluent English and Arabic speaking
• Experience working in heavy industry
• Experience working in the steel industry is preferred
• Strategic management experience
About the Company
Millar Cameron has over 15 years resource solutions experience, serving both the international and domestic recruitment market.
Our clients know they can rely on us to put forward only the most suitable candidates, we believe our requirement to placement ratio is second to none. We are renowned for our speed of response, in most instances being able to provide a ‘same day’ service from receipt of the brief to submission of relevant CV’s.
Our belief is that ‘prevention is better than intervention’ and strive hard to ensure we get the right person for the job. Our commitment doesn’t stop when a placement is agreed; we follow through with both parties to ensure everyone is satisfied. Such is our success rate that in an average year less than 3% of our candidates have to be replaced—a figure that is all the more significant when one considers the extremely challenging environments that many of our placements are in.