General Manager

Our client a well-established purpose-driven organisation is seeking a General Manager to join their team in Gqeberha. An awesome senior management career opportunity awaits!

Strong property management experience / knowledge / understanding secures.

This senior leadership role will drive strategy operational excellence and long-term sustainability while ensuring exceptional client experiences strong governance and effective people leadership.

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Business Commerce Finance Property Engineering Public Administration Human Resources Health Sciences Social Sciences or a related discipline.
• Valid drivers licence.
• Postgraduate qualification such as an MBA MCom MPA or equivalent would be advantageous.
• Strong property management experience / knowledge / understanding secures.
• Executive leadership or governance qualification would be advantageous.
• Proven experience leading a complex organisation or significant business unit.
• Experience reporting directly to a Board or governing body.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary management teams.
• Experience managing significant operational budgets and financial performance.
• Demonstrated experience in organisational strategy change management and continuous improvement.
• Experience working within highly regulated environments.
• Strategic oversight of significant property portfolios capital development programmes or infrastructure projects.
• Experience working with property professionals architects engineers contractors and consultants.
• Strong understanding of property development investment and strategic asset management.
• Strong governance risk management and compliance knowledge.
• Excellent strategic commercial and operational leadership capabilities.
• Exceptional communication relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
• High emotional intelligence self-awareness and resilience.
• Strong ethical values and sound judgement.
• Ability to balance empathy and leadership with accountability and financial sustainability.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement the strategic direction and translate Board priorities into measurable organisational outcomes.
• Provide strategic and operational leadership across Property Finance Human Resources and Social Investment.
• Lead and develop the Senior Leadership Team creating alignment accountability and a high-performance culture.
• Provide strategic oversight and governance of the organisations property portfolio including acquisitions disposals developments and major capital expenditure.
• Identify opportunities for property development redevelopment expansion and strategic investment.
• Oversee major capital projects and infrastructure investments.
• Ensure property decisions balance owners experience financial sustainability and long-term organisational value.
• Work closely with the Board to support effective governance and strategic decision-making.
• Ensure the Board receives accurate timely and comprehensive information.
• Implement Board decisions and report on progress against strategic priorities.
• Identify manage and escalate significant strategic operational financial cybersecurity business continuity and reputational risks.
• Strengthen internal controls fraud prevention and ethical governance practices.
• Ensure compliance with applicable legislation.
• Maintain exceptional client / owners experiences while protecting the organisations reputation.
• Build effective relationships with government departments regulators professional advisers strategic partners and other stakeholders.
• Develop leaders build organisational capability and support succession planning.
• Lead organisational change and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Champion innovation and appropriate digital transformation.
• Foster a culture of accountability collaboration ownership trust and compassionate service.
• Ensure strategic priorities are translated into effective execution project delivery and measurable outcomes.

Please note that if you do not receive a response within 2 weeks your application has been unsuccessful.

Required Experience:

Director

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1