Business Manager

We are currently looking for an experienced, well-rounded Business Manager to join our team.

The ideal candidate is someone who’s capable to perform the below responsibilities:

• Support and lead company products sales, growth and continuous cost & quality improvements in the business
• Communicate operational/sales results, activities, etc. to Top Management and provide recommendations and plan for ongoing improvement
• Ensure continuous collection and analysis of information that measure the success of the organization’s program efforts; align with all concerned parties; refine or change programs in response to findings
• Provide direction to the strategic, commercial and brand agenda across the entire business through various different sales channels; Timely update and present competitors’ activities and provide market feedback on new products, price changes, new launches, etc. to the Top Management
• Ensure the proper management of all sales related activities covering setting and strictly monitoring sales targets and ensure accurate delivery of products in all sales channels
• Collaborate with the Group Management to define and articulate the organization’s vision and to develop strategies for achieving that vision
• Create and maintain procedures for implementing plans approved by the board of directors
• Ensure that staff and board have sufficient and up-to-date information according to their functions and specialties
• Oversee staff in developing annual budgets that support operating plans and submit budgets to the Budget Committee approval
• Stay abreast of current trends related to the organization’s products and services and anticipate future trends likely to have an impact on the operation
• Set and achieve key performance targets for: sales, delivery, cost, expenses and other measurements of operational performance
• Ensure timely collection of company’s money from the market as well as develop plan to minimize expiry products from the market
• Ensure minimal sales returns/damaged goods and short expiry goods by monitoring returns, developing a depletion plan and avoiding overstocking the points of sales
• Seek and pursue opportunities of acquiring new agencies and suppliers
• Create annual operating plans that support strategic direction set by the board and correlate with annual operating budgets; submit annual plans to the Budget Committee for approval
• Recruit, manage, and engage the human resources of the business according to authorized personnel policies and procedures that fully conform to current laws and regulations in coordination with the Human Resources Department
• Build and maintain an effective management team to ensure a best-in-class service
• Monitor and assess KPIs and where appropriate implement timely corrective and improvement actions
• Oversee the operations of organization and manage its compliance with legal and regulatory requirements
• Understand the risk associated with business including sales, operations, finance and people to be able to devise and implement plans to mitigate the risk for smooth process

Qualifications

Min. 12 years of experience in similar position/ field

Bachelor’s Degree preferably in Business Administration. Masters is a plus

Excellent command of English and Arabic, French is a plus

Excellent computer skills