Managing Director Roodepoort / Centurion
Executive Placements · Roodepoort
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Start free — we apply for you →Key Responsibilities 1. Strategic Leadership
• Define and implement the company's overall business strategy and long-term growth objectives. • Develop growth strategies covering sales, market expansion, customer development, and new business opportunities. • Align manufacturing, operations, sales, supply chain, finance, engineering, and support functions around common business objectives. • Drive business development, transformation, continuous improvement, and long-term competitiveness. • Identify opportunities to improve market share, operational capability, profitability, and customer value. 2. Profit & Loss (P&L) Responsibility
• Take overall accountability for the financial performance of the business. • Drive achievement of revenue, gross margin, EBIT/EBITDA, cash flow, and profitability targets. • Develop and approve budgets, forecasts, business plans, and financial targets. • Monitor financial performance and implement corrective action where required. • Drive cost control, productivity improvements, working-capital optimisation, and margin improvement. • Evaluate and approve major investments, capital expenditure, and strategic projects. 3. Sales, Commercial and Customer Management
• Lead commercial activities and business development initiatives to achieve sustainable revenue growth. • Develop and maintain relationships with key customers and strategic accounts. • Oversee sales forecasting, market analysis, pipeline development, and customer retention. • Lead or support negotiations for major contracts and commercial agreements. • Ensure customer requirements are understood and effectively translated into operational and production objectives. • Monitor customer satisfaction and service delivery. 4. Manufacturing and Operational Excellence
• Provide executive leadership across manufacturing and operational activities. • Ensure safe, efficient, reliable, and cost-effective production. • Drive achievement of targets relating to quality, cost, delivery, productivity, and efficiency. • Optimise production capacity, plant utilisation, labour resources, inventory, and operational processes. • Drive continuous improvement, Lean, productivity, and operational excellence initiatives. • Ensure manufacturing capacity and resources are aligned with customer demand and sales commitments. • Monitor operational KPIs and implement corrective action where required. 5. Electrical, Engineering and Technical Operations
- Provide executive oversight of electrical, engineering, plant, machinery, and technical operations.
- Ensure electrical and engineering activities are conducted safely, efficiently, and in accordance with applicable standards a
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