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Job description / Role
Business Head Africa – Agricultural Pesticides & Feed Additives
Charterhouse is working with a leading agricultural products company, specialising in pesticides, herbicides and feed additives who are looking to hire a Business Head to see oversee there business in Africa.
As Business Head you will report directly to the Global Managing Director and oversee the full business function across areas of Africa, specialising in pesticides and feed additives or similar, with experience in traditional trade, modern trade and key accounts.
Your main responsibility will be overseeing the full business function across the market, including three or more distribution facilities. You will manage the sales team and liaise with the procurement team in the head office. In addition, you will manage the budgeting and purchasing forecasts, along with managing and monitoring the projected P&L across the business. This is a full scope role with responsibilities in all areas of the business.
Requirements
The successful candidate must have extensive experience in the African market and have lived there or traveled extensively. This role requires experience in FMCG, preferably in similar agricultural products such as pesticides and feed additives but other food experience could be considered. It is essential that you have experience across all channels – key accounts, modern and traditional.
The ideal candidate has developed a career through sales and commercial roles and is now working as a CEO, Business Manager or Commercial Manager with full view across the business, you must have operational experience. This role requires a strong and patient leader, someone who is commercially minded with great strategic vision. This role will either be based in Dubai with extensive travel or can be based in Africa.
About the Company
The Charterhouse brand and business was launched in Dubai and the Middle East in April 2004 by a team of international recruiters and management consultants, after its inception in Sydney, Australia in September 2003. Charterhouse Middle East is now positioned as the leading regional recruiter within its area of disciplines and functional markets.
Charterhouse offers professional and bespoke contingency and retained search services to all sectors of the market. Service quality is guaranteed, thanks to a particular focus on flexibility. Charterhouse was the first international search and selection business to establish Dubai as its base. The growth in the Middle East region has been mirrored by Charterhouse globally, with offices now in Qatar, Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne and Sydney.