Sales & General Manager

SUMMARY:
Do you have general management and sales experience and a sound all round business acumen where you have managed a small sales and admin team.
 
Our client based in Germiston requires a General/Branch Manager, bilingual in English and Afrikaans to lead the operational execution of their small Gauteng team which reports into the Head Office in Cape Town. The company is supplier of small technical products required by manufacturing companies.

POSITION INFO:
REQUIREMENTS:

• Matric & relevant tertiary qualification
• Minimum 10 years experience in a similar role
• Finance and costing experience for the running of the branch
• Strong personnel skills, must be able to manage and grow staff effectively
• Financial and Business Management competencies
• Ability to network, build and sustain client relationships
• Ability to think and act strategically and systemically, whilst managing operationally
• Ability to think and inspire creativity, innovation and solution thinking
• Operational management skills applied systematically, methodically and consistently
• Verbal & written communication in English and Afrikaans

• Manage the current compliment of four staff members overseeing sales, administration and the financial running of the branch
• Manage stock and logistics
• Growing the sales team in Gauteng
• Ensuring delivery of Group strategies, tactical objectives and ongoing operational goals, targets and budgets
• Ensure all employees are aligned to the value of the business, manager their work profiles so they are working effectively and successfully
• Develop and implement plans to improve the current branch profitability
• Ensure that financial and administrative processes and controls are consistently, effectively and efficiently applied and adhered to
• Grow the customer base is through the development and acquisition of new custom
• Assist the sales representative to increase the onboarding of new clients and growing the sales for the branch
• Ability to travel to the Head Office in Cape Town when required