General Manager at Virtual HR

Reporting to the Company Oversight Director, the General Manager will be responsible for providing effective operational leadership and management for the company.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Formulating and executing the Strategic plans and ensuring that all financial and operational objectives are met or exceeded.
• Providing strategic advice to the Board so that they have accurate view of both the market and the company’s future
• Ensuring that company policies and legal guidelines are communicated from top down and that they are followed at all times
• Instituting and managing the budgeting process, aligning to company strategic plans and ensuring that set targets are achieved.
• Developing and implementing capital spending plans that meet the going needs of the business for facilities, equipment and productivity improvement
• Motivating, challenging and developing key leaders to driving a strong performance culture process improvement, delegating responsibilities and properly supervising the work of the management team
• Developing and implementing improved processes and procedures to promote increased efficiency, productivity and profitability in the company
• Developing strong distribution network and sales team to achieving exponential growth and developing a customer centric culture throughout the company
• Implementing and maintaining strong corporate governance, enterprise risk management culture and safety and health standards in line with the relevant law.

Key Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance or any related field.
• Post graduate degree in Accounting or Finance or any related field is an added advantage
• Progressive managerial experience at a senior level in medium size companies for at least 5 years
• Knowledge and experience related to market changes and forces that influence success of a company
• Demonstrate strong skills in sales and marketing
• Demonstrate strong understanding of corporate finance and performance metrics
• Demonstrable experience in budget making, strategy formulation and execution to achieve results
• Experience in change management & implementation of work systems and structures
• Previous experience in a manufacturing environment would be added advantage
• Must be 35 – 45 years of age