General Manager

SUMMARY:
Cline in the Financial Industry requires the services of a General Manager at their Head Office in Cape Town as soon as possible. CV''S SHOULD BE IN A WORD FORMAT AND ACCOMPANIED BY ID, QUALIFICATIONS, DRIVER''S LICENSE AND A PROFESSIONAL PHOTO

POSITION INFO:

We are looking for a General Manager, overseeing our Consumer Products line, Business Management & Operations who will serve as a key role mostly autonomously within the Consumer Product and corporate client division, who engages in strategic growth planning, and analysis.

The General Manager will manage a wide range of high level operational, business expansion and project management tasks for the group of companies.

The General Manager will serve as the leader and be the direct point of contact for corporate clients, sales, credit and risk management, new business development, business expansion drives to African countries, fiscal, and operational matters within the Corporate client and consumer finance team as well as across the organizations group of companies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Enable business decisions by strategic understanding of the groups business.
• Partner with finance to track business performance and provide key leadership updates in terms of corporate clients
• Provide context above and beyond the data
• Addressing the why behind the numbers, not just the what
• Connect dots among corporate clients and their marketing, sales and innovation to understand and improve our business drivers
• Identify performance gaps and opportunities within the consumer product business as well as expanding our eCommerce, corporate client business and franchising to neighbouring African countries
• Quantify and prioritize gaps
• Develop strategies against gaps
• Work with and enable teams and clients to execute on the above strategies
• Assist with managing inventory by connecting Finance and Sales work streams
• Incorporate data into every decision made regarding consumer products and the corporate client finance team
• Develop a best in class business analytics mindset
• Assist in development of innovation forecasting, P&Ls and financial analyses
• Develop and own Post Launch Evaluation processes where necessary, develop KPIs, assess performance and garner learnings to improve business revenue at corporate client and franchising level
• Partner with corporate client teams to own opportunity analysis, identify solutions and manage areas to deliver growth opportunities
• Assess review ratings and reviews to analyse and organize data, formulate insights and identify opportunities and risks in the group
• General management duties across the group of companies
Requirements :
• 5-7 years experience in consumer finance or unsecured lending, marketing or operations.
• B Com degree in Finance or similar area.
• Solid business analytics skills, P&L experience and passion for consumer products/business development essential.
• Strong project management and operational skills
• Exceptional ability to coordinate and influence multiple stakeholders (both internal and external) to take action and produce high-quality outcomes in a timely manner
• Strategic thinking, strong presence and accountability
• Proactive personality and forward thinker
• Superior collaboration and communication skills a must
• Knowledge of NCA and its application thereof essential.

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