You can choose to reside in either South Africa or East Africa, as you will have several countries reporting to you. If you choose South Africa, you will need to travel extensively throughout Africa, especially during the first year.
Reporting directly to the Board of Directors, the Group CEO is responsible for overseeing all functions of our Client’s warehousing and logistics in Africa. The Group CEO will supervise and manage the CEOs of each country’s operations, ensuring compliance with applicable rules and regulations, ESG, health and safety requirements, prerequisite certifications, and customer-centric requirements. The Group CEO shall keep the boards of the Services Company and Holding Company appraised on the status of these functions, in addition to keeping them abreast of commercial developments in the cold chain business.
The individual will work closely with the Board in implementing the portfolio business plans for the various countries and the approved budgets and is responsible for cascading and providing strategic guidance and direction to the management teams and the organizations to ensure that the Company achieves its financial vision, mission, and long-term goals.
The GC will be responsible for dictating and overseeing commercial implementation of the various country business plans, working closely with the country CEO’s to set milestones, optimal product offering and identification of clients and pricing structure. This includes taking responsibility for each country’s organization structure, the company governance structure, company culture and resourcing.
The GC is responsible for the Group’s P&L, Balance sheet, and Cash flows of the Cold Solution entities. More specifically, revenue generation through customer acquisition and retention, cost management, efficient use of company resources, and sustainability of cash flows.
The individual is expected to be a high achiever, experienced, dynamic, self-starting, and a decision-maker. They will assist each country CEO when communicating with government officials, in international dealings, and in any public relations activities.
The GC will be responsible for the overall brand of the organization by ensuring utmost integrity and lawfulness, ethics, and international best practices in day-to-day operations.