General Manager South Africa

General Manager South Africa

FixedTerm Contract

We are seeking a General Manager to lead our distribution site in South Africa!

This role is responsible for overall site performance including commercial outcomes operational delivery and people leadership. The General Manager will play a key role in supporting change initiatives and ensuring the site operates effectively and consistently.

Reporting into senior leadership the role has full accountability for the site and will work closely with internal and external partners to stabilise performance improve ways of working and support future requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership across Sales Operations Customer Service and Finance.
• Lead site performance including revenue cost control service delivery and operational standards.
• Support teams through periods of change including transformation and new ways of working.
• Build effective working relationships with internal teams customers and partners.
• Identify and deliver improvements that increase efficiency productivity and service quality.
• Promote consistent processes and continuous improvement across the site.

Experience & Skills

• Experience in a General Manager Site Lead or senior operational leadership role.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams in a sitebased or distribution environment.
• Experience supporting organisational change or restructuring.
• Strong commercial understanding with experience managing budgets and performance.
• Clear and effective communicator with strong team member management skills.

A peoplefocused leader who supports accountability collaboration and team development.y focused General Manager to direct our site in South Africa. This vital leadership role entails boosting commercial and operational efficiency enabling organisational change and transformation and encouraging an inclusive culture at the site.

Reporting into senior leadership the General Manager will have full accountability for the site. They will play a key role in stabilising optimising and positioning the operation for success. This is an outstanding opportunity to lead a dynamic team and make a significant impact on our continued growth!

Qualifications :

Key Responsibilities

We will provide strategic commercial and operational leadership across the full site operation including:

• Sales generating revenue growth assisting commercial teams and identifying chances to broaden business potential
• Operations ensuring efficient safe and highquality delivery of services and outcomes
• Customer Service maintaining strong customer relationships and ensuring high levels of happiness
• Finance coordinating budgets cost control forecasting and financial performance

Key focus areas include:

• Guiding nurturing and assisting both new and established teams during times of change transformation and growth.
• Building a cohesive collaborative and inclusive culture that aligns with organisational values and encourages accountability and engagement.
• Improving commercial results through recognizing opportunities to increase operational efficiency productivity and profitability.
• Strengthening internal and external partner relationships ensuring clear communication alignment and effective collaboration.
• Embedding a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence implementing standard processes across all functions.

Experience & Skills

• Proven experience in a General Manager Site Lead or senior operational leadership role ideally within a complex multifunctional environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional groups across commercial and operational sectors.
• Demonstrated experience managing change transformation programmes and evolving organisational structures.
• Commercially astute with the ability to balance critical thinking and handson delivery while managing competing priorities.
• Strong team member management and relationshipbuilding capability both internally and externally.
• A peoplecentric leader with a passion for inclusion collaboration and high performance able to motivate and encourage teams during periods of change.

Additional Information :

Location

This role is in Kyalami Johannesburg South Africa

Our values

• PASSION
• CURIOSITY
• INTEGRITY
• BRILLIANCE
• RESPECT

Equal opportunities

LGC strongly believes that every job applicant and employee should be valued for their individual talents. Shortlisting interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender sexual orientation marital status colour race nationality ethnic or national origins religion or belief age or trade union membership.

For more information about us please visit our website

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time