General Manager/ Managing Director at Best Search Recruitment Limited

Best Search Recruitment Limited - On behalf of our client we are seeking an MD/ GM that can lead their efforts to move the company forward, establish new policies, systems and culture.

Job Title: General Manager/ Managing Director-Food and Beverage

Location: Lagos

Job Descriptions
If you are, or know of, an experienced, entrepreneurial and passionate consumer brand builder and general manager who yearns to have the autonomy to build and manage exciting brands & products, please read on as this is an incredibly unique opportunity to lead a high growth start-up consumer product business charged with the tasks
As the MD / GM, you will report to the Board of Directors and your key responsibilities will include:

• Finalizing business strategy, launch plan and marketing/sales plans
• All general management efforts related to the new product line launch
• Inciting, fulfilling and managing consumer demand and selling channels
• Developing and maximizing sales, market share, profit & growth goals
• Managing external partners for all cross-functional areas including marketing (PR, promotions, etc), sales (retailers, distributors, etc), product development (designers, formulators, etc), production (co-packers, ingredient suppliers, etc) and logistics (warehousing, transportation, etc)
• Owning the P&L
• Identifying, evaluating and driving new products, channels & initiatives to maximize brand & market opportunities
• Building a team

Requirements
About you:

• Self-starting leader who excels and thrives in high-growth, roll-up-your-sleeve entrepreneurial environment (i.e. need to have a start-up mentality which doesn't necessarily mean direct start-up experience, it means that you yearn to be a leader in building this type of company)
• Passionate about consumer products and building a consumer brand and experienced in doing so, ideally with food/beverage brands
• Possess unique ability and desire to think and execute in both a strategic and tactical way. No job is too big and no job is too small but all will need to be done by you (of course you will build out the team over time)
• Experienced in launching a new consumer brand or product
• Results oriented, but not at the expense of people; people oriented but not at the expense of results

Application Closing Date
30th October, 2014

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates can send their detailed CV to: [email protected]