CEO

A Leading Executive Search & Recruitment Management Consulting Firm

Dubai, UAE

Ref: OP806-90

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Our client is a highly reputable African group of companies. From their HQ is in Dubai the group manages & controls number of companies & BUs that located in various African countries such as Angola, Zimbabwe, and South Sudan. The business of the group covers various industries; FMCG manufacturing, distribution & general trading, services and hospitality.

The group is seeking to recruit a top notch professional who can make a difference and lead the business to its next level.

Reporting to the Group President, the job holder should have the ability to set-up strategic objectives and accordingly produce short & long-term business plan that realize the group overall business objectives & profitability, with full P & L accountability.

Working in very dynamic business environment that enjoy rapid market changes & development as well as high competitiveness rate is the major challenge of this role. Accordingly, the job holder should possess the market knowledge, countries knowledge as well as international business acumen.

Requirements

• A proven business professional who has worked in similar environment / market at very senior level.
• A highly qualified financial & business professional who is able to demonstrate hands-on working experience in the diversified multi-BUs
• A proven professional who has the ability to lead multi-operations / multi-industry business unit
• A professional who has the ability to lead a big group of multi-cultural people.
• A professional who has the ability to smoothly produce long & short-term business plan with sharp eye on the bottom-line of the business
• A professional who has the ability to implement effectively the business plan and act swiftly for any sudden changes in the business environment as it arises by introducing the required corrections.
• A professional who has the ability to consolidate the businesses’ outcome and produce a global picture of the BUs status to avoid any sort conflict and optimize the group various resources
• A professional who will ensure using the group resources effectively with an objective to maximize profit and to ensure long-term run of all BUs
• Needless to say, market knowledge as well as country knowledge are must to this role.
• Also, the incumbent should have the ability to study in-depth any new investment and JV the group may face in the future and participate in the decision making process on the same.
• The incumbent should travel extensively to the location of various business units.
• The incumbent should have the ability to understand the country business practice including taxation for any location the group has activity in.
• The incumbent should possess the right educational qualifications gained from reputable universities / business school
• The incumbent should demonstrate that he already worked in similar environment
• The incumbent should possess 20 years of work experience out of which 7 years at c level role.

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A leading executive search & recruitment management consulting firm in Dubai.

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CEO salaries in UAE

Average monthly compensation
AED 53,500

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