GM / MD - Flexible Packaging / Retail

• A tertiary qualification is preferred for the role.
• Strong marketing and strategic senior sales management experience understanding and relating to the plastic manufacturing and or the FMCG non-food markets is essential.
• The successful candidate must have negotiated deals with retailers, like ShopRite and Woolworths etc and must understand the retail business.
• Previous manufacturing exposure is an advantage.
• Previous experience having worked in a gm or a senior sales management role within the flexible packaging or non-food FMCG manufacturing industry is preferred for the role but is not essential.
• The successful candidate must be driven and strategic in terms of growing the market share expanding the business into various other markets.
• Must have excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• The successful candidate must have a high degree of professionalism and conduct at all times.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Managing and overseeing the manufacturing of flexible plastics packaging as well as the marketing and sales of the product into the retail markets on a national basis.
• Strategically managing and overseeing sales and operations budgets and targets, implementing and regularly reviewing improvements to business processes.
• Managing and overseeing all budgeting and costs in alignment with budget targets.
• Managing and driving maximum operational efficiency of the sales and operations teams to drive performance.
• Ensuring that optimum manufacturing processes, sales and commercial structures are in place and managed efficiently.
• Integrating with other functional areas within the business to drive optimum performance for the flexible packaging markets.
• Managing, driving and executing sales, manufacturing operations and business objectives and strategies of the company.
• Managing and overseeing market share according to the company’s strategy.
• Managing and overseeing new market requirements and business opportunities.
• Managing and overseeing all contracts and agreements with customers, distributors and suppliers in alignment with the company’s strategy.

Salary package, including benefits, is highly negotiable depending on experience gained.