Job Description:
Motus Africa is looking for a qualified Managing Director to manage full distributorship in Tanzania. Providing strategic, financial and operational oversight for the business and will work closely with the senior leadership team.
Specific Role Responsibilities:
- Managing the full distributorship dealship network and business in the country
- The Managing Director is responsible for providing strategic, financial and operational oversight for the business and will work closely with the senior leadership team.
- Providing accurate analysis of budgets, reports and financial trends and operational procedures.
- Enforce existing, create, improve and implement policies and procedures of the organization that will improve operational and financial effectiveness of the company.
- Evaluate company’s financial, operational, and sales and marketing structures to plan for continual improvements and a continual increase of operating efficiencies.
- Oversee all operations and business activities to ensure they produce the desired results and are consistent with the overall strategy and mission.
- Develop high quality business strategies and plans ensuring their alignment with short-term and long-term objectives. Driving and developing the annual business plan and budget for the business
- Overseeing the distribution and sales results by working closely with the Sales management and the sales teams.
- Thoroughly monitoring the monthly financials and achieving the targets
- Developing, motivating and training the sales and marketing teams.
- Working closely with the regional team and Head Office
- Tracking competition and market developments to proactively adapt plans and strategic direction quickly & effectively.
- Overseeing and ensuring that the after sales function is well managed, and achieving targets for parts and workshop
- Recommending and implementing innovative solutions which will further business growth and efficiency.
- Establishing brand image through effective management of all strategic partners
- Analyse problematic situations and occurrences and provide solutions to ensure company survival and growth.
- Lead and motivate subordinates to advance employee engagement develop a high performing managerial team.
- Establish and maintain effective formal and informal links with major customers, relevant government departments and agencies, local authorities, key decision-makers and other stakeholders generally, to exchange information and views and to ensure that the company is providing the appropriate range and quality of services.
- Analyse problematic situations and occurrences and provide solutions to ensure company survival and growth.
- Recommending and implementing innovative solutions which will further business growth and efficiency.
- Establishing brand image through effective management of all strategic partners.
- Tracking competition and market developments to proactively adapt plans and strategic direction quickly & effectively.
- Developing, motivating and training the sales and marketing teams.
- Working closely with the regional team and Head Office.
- Overseeing the distribution and sales results by working closely with the Sales management and the sales teams.
- Thoroughly monitoring the monthly financials and achieving the targets
- Developing, motivating and training the sales and marketing teams.
- Working closely with the regional team and Head Office.
- Developing, motivating and training the sales and marketing teams.
- Oversee all operations and business activities to ensure they produce the desired results and are consistent with the overall strategy and mission.
- Enforce existing, create, improve and implement policies and procedures of the organization that will improve operational and financial effectiveness of the company.
- Relevant Bachelors degree, MBA preferred
- Proven Senior management experience Minumum 10 years Automotive Industry experience
- African Market experience (outside South Africa) an advantage
- Proven Senior management experience
Skills and Personal Attributes:
- Ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organisation.
- Strong problem solving skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses.
- Excellent knowledge of relevant policies, procedures and legislation
- Prioritise deliverables.
- Adhere strictly to weekly, monthly and year-end deadlines.
- Maintain excellent rapport across all departments.
- Able to work under pressure
- Position may require overtime.
- Strong Executive Presence and ability maintain calm demeanour in high stress environments.
- Solid understanding of data analysis and performance metrics.
- Familiarity with diverse business functions such as marketing, PR, finance etc.
- Good communication and public speaking skills.
- Excellent people skills, business acumen and exemplary work ethics
- High level of detail and accuracy required.
- Professional business behavioural skills and acumen
- Hard working and dynamic.
- Able to multi task.
- Self-motivated.
- Team player.
- Self-motivated.
- Hard working and dynamic.
- Able to multi task.
- Self-motivated.
- High level of detail and accuracy required.
- Professional business behavioural skills and acumen.
- Good communication and public speaking skills.
- Excellent people skills, business acumen and exemplary work ethics.
- Solid understanding of data analysis and performance metrics.
- Position may require overtime.
- Maintain excellent rapport across all departments.
- Able to work under pressure.
- Prioritise deliverables.
- Adhere strictly to weekly, monthly and year-end deadlines
- Maintain excellent rapport across all departments.
- Able to work under pressure.
- Position may require overtime.
- Maintain excellent rapport across all departments.
- Able to work under pressure
