General Manager (Manufacturing) - JHB East

DBN000326 – General Manager (Manufacturing) - JHB East

Purpose of the job:
To direct sales and support team development, market strategy creation, and monthly purchasing and pricing policies to achieve revenue targets of the company.

Required Qualifications

1. Grade 12, Sales or Marketing Qualification – preferred.
2. Must be able to work on Excel spreadsheets
3. Must have Tyre/Wheel Industry experience

Technical Competencies & Experience:

1. Driving Organizational Profitability: Maximise the company’s overall bottom-line performance and financial growth.
2. Working Capital & Cash Flow Management: Optimise collections to consistently meet creditor and banking obligations on maturity.
3. Risk & Credit Mitigation: Assess key customer creditworthiness through on-site visits and enforce strict compliance with credit terms.
4. Key Account Management: Oversee sales operations for tier-one clients to consistently achieve strategic volume targets.
5. Strategic Market Expansion: Drive sustainable sales growth while maintaining optimal, margin-protective pricing structures.
6. Performance Monitoring: Evaluate and track branch-level sales performance and collection metrics against corporate KPIs.
7. Strategic Procurement: Negotiate competitive pricing with global suppliers and manage monthly production forecasting and ordering.
8. Inventory Lifecycle Management: Implement targeted liquidation strategies to reduce Year-of-Manufacture (YOM) and slow-moving stock.
9. Stock Optimization: Maintain an agile inventory mix to meet demand, ensuring slow/non-moving stock remains below 10% of total holdings.
10. Competitive Intelligence: Gather and analyse market insights regarding competitor pricing strategies and commercial activities.
11. Strategic Marketing Execution: Design and execute comprehensive monthly marketing initiatives to drive brand demand.
12. Market-Aligned Innovation: Align procurement with evolving market trends and supplier product development pipelines.
13. Executive Reporting: Compile and present comprehensive monthly executive summaries and Market Status Operational Reports (MSOR) to regional leadership.
14. Knowledge Transfer: Formulate and deliver structured product training programmes for internal teams and external clients.
    
    

Behavioural Competencies:

1. Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
2. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
3. Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
4. Ability to perform under pressure and meet deadlines.
5. Strong work ethic and commitment to ethical conduct.
6. High degree of precision and focus.

Please Note - Should you not hear back from us within the next 2 weeks, please consider your application as unsuccessful.