General Manager - FMCG

Human Capital House

Saudi Arabia

Ref: OP732-239

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

General Manager - FMCG
Location: Saudi Arabia
Industry: FMCG distribution or logistics

This key leadership role will be an important player in the strategic development of the company’s vision and growth therefore responsible for leading all functions such as Operations, Quality, Distribution, Planning, Health & Safety, Customer Service, Facility Management, and Business Process Management.

Principal responsibility is to oversee leading and developing the efficiency and effectiveness of the site business operations with accountability for achievement of financial goals. Ultimately managing with a Best Practice perspective supporting the company wide process and initiatives ensuring continuous improvement to enhance business execution.

Responsibilities
• Establish and lead execution of operation strategy as well as formulate and execute company’s strategic plan.
• Oversee the smooth functioning of Warehousing, Transportation, HR, Quality, Business Development, Finance and Customer Service.
• Identify, create, and develop new market opportunities, taking the lead on constructing a robust and successful business proposal that secure new deals, contracts and long-term relationships.
• Support and lead company sales, growth and continuous cost & quality improvements in the business.
• Manage all sales related activities covering setting and strictly monitoring of sales targets and ensures accurate delivery of products in all sales channels.
• Able to devise and implement plans to mitigate the risk for smooth process.
• Timely update and present competitors’ activities and provides market feed-back on new products, prices changes, new launches, etc to the top management.
• Communicate operational/sales results, activities, etc. to Executive Management and provide recommendations and plans for ongoing improvement.
• Ensure areas of responsibility are delivered in a way that are consistent with the company’s goals and financial-cost improvement plans.
• Responsible for the warehousing operations including its personnel.
• To formulate performance measures, parameters and targets, in line with the business objectives and agreed every year on performance review, with targets set for the subsequent year.

Requirements

Education & Experience
• Bachelor’s Degree or the equivalent in business or a related field.
• The role requires 15 years background in FMCG distribution or logistics. Acquainted with the FMCG and other related/prospective industries.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to understand market and business intelligence to make informed choices about business development.
• Familiar with Microsoft Office Applications.
• Ability to work independently and as part of overall team structure.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong leadership qualities be a team-player with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent business acumen and financial skills.

About the Company

Human Capital House was set up in the year 2013 with a vision to be a progressive talent acquisition partner for organizations within the local and regional market in the Middle East.

As international markets get ever demanding, corporations globally are presented with the challenges of attracting the right talent. Human capital retention and recruitment remain a critical factor to the success of any company. Strategic decision to recruit the right talent is a key issue to organization as wrong candidate selection can potentially be disastrous to their efficiency.

The critical aspect of choosing the right individual with the apt experience and knowledge becomes more crucial as he/she would need to share the ambitions of the employer, while fitting in to the new culture. Human Capital House has both the experience and expertise to help its clients make the right choice of selection. From understanding client requirements, through identifying and assessing the candidates, our systematic approach strives to ensure successful executive recruitment.

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General Manager salaries in Saudi Arabia

Average monthly compensation
SAR 40,500

Breakdown available for industries, cities and years of experience