General Manager

Job description / Role

To manage the UAE Factory in a way that maximises customer satisfaction, promotes vision, inspiration and professionalism and that satisfies the wider objectives of the Company and its Directors.

Principal Functions

• Ensure ongoing profitability: Maintain a full awareness of the ongoing financial situation of the operation - the General Manager is expected to work with the Accounts Dept to receive regular relevant management accounting reports to ensure this. A high level of fiscal awareness is required as are the needs to reduce waste, control costs, overheads and expenses and maintain margins by utilising all resources effectively.

• Policy making: Create, maintain and develop policies and working practices that enable the smooth running and continuous improvement of all areas of the business within the guidelines set by the Company and its Directors.

• Taking responsibility: To oversee all principal functions of the operation – Factory, Warehouse, Accounts, Purchasing, Stock Control, Tea Tasting, Human Resources and IT – and to foster cooperation between them and efficiency in their working practices to help streamline the operation as a whole.

• Any other reasonable duties as seen fit by the Board of Directors.

Requirements

Education / Qualifications

Honours Degree with a high grade from a recognised institution, either in a business subject, or in a mathematical / scientific subject with some business content / experience.
Professional qualifications / membership of professional body would be beneficial.

Experience / Skills / Requirements

Must have at least 10 years experience in a similar position in a retail food manufacturing company, preferably a large company within the food or beverages sector, and a detailed understanding of current working practices and technologies.

About the Company

A European FMCG company with new operation in Ras Al Khaimah