General Manager

Confidential; Johor Bahru; Presencial; MYR 340.000 - 520.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Confidential in Johor Bahru seeks a General Manager to lead a sizeable regional operation. You will drive performance across Sales, Trade Marketing, and support functions, ensuring best-in-class execution and growth in the Southern region.

You will manage 80–100 employees, shape regional strategy, and partner with senior leaders to expand the business over time. This is a high-visibility, strategic role requiring travel as needed.

Formación

• Proven senior leadership experience in FMCG, distribution, consumer goods, or a similarly fast-paced commercial environment.
• Strong track record in managing a sizeable business operation with P&L and commercial accountability.
• Demonstrated experience leading large, diverse teams across both commercial and support functions.
• Strong understanding of sales, distribution, route-to-market and trade execution.
• Commercially astute with good financial and business acumen.
• Strong people leadership skills with the ability to engage, develop and hold teams accountable.
• Strategic yet highly hands-on, with the ability to translate business priorities into effective execution.
• Comfortable managing senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Willing to be based in Johor Bahru and travel as required.

Responsabilidades

• Provide overall leadership and strategic direction for the Southern region, with accountability for business performance, growth and operational execution.
• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team of approximately 80–100 employees across commercial and support functions.
• Drive sales performance, market expansion, customer development and execution excellence across the region.
• Strengthen distributor, customer and key stakeholder relationships to support sustainable business growth.
• Oversee Sales, Business Development and Trade Marketing strategies to maximise market opportunities and strengthen execution.
• Ensure effective coordination across Finance, HR, Logistics and other support functions to enable business objectives.
• Manage business performance through clear KPIs, financial discipline, productivity and operational effectiveness.
• Build a strong, accountable leadership team and develop organisational capability for future growth.
• Partner closely with senior management and key business stakeholders on business priorities and regional strategies.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen and potentially expand the business beyond the Southern region over time.

Conocimientos

Senior leadership

P&L accountability

Sales & distribution

People management

Strategic planning

Descripción del empleo

Johor Bahru | Senior Leadership Role | Confidential Search

We are seeking an experienced and commercially driven General Manager to lead a sizeable regional business operation based in Johor Bahru.

This is a senior leadership role with full responsibility for driving the overall performance and growth of the business across the Southern region. The successful candidate will lead a team of approximately 80–100 employees across Sales, Business Development, Trade Marketing, Logistics and key support functions including Finance and Human Resources.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and strategic direction for the Southern region, with accountability for business performance, growth and operational execution.
• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team of approximately 80–100 employees across commercial and support functions.
• Drive sales performance, market expansion, customer development and execution excellence across the region.
• Strengthen distributor, customer and key stakeholder relationships to support sustainable business growth.
• Oversee Sales, Business Development and Trade Marketing strategies to maximise market opportunities and strengthen execution.
• Ensure effective coordination across Finance, HR, Logistics and other support functions to enable business objectives.
• Manage business performance through clear KPIs, financial discipline, productivity and operational effectiveness.
• Build a strong, accountable leadership team and develop organisational capability for future growth.
• Partner closely with senior management and key business stakeholders on business priorities and regional strategies.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen and potentially expand the business beyond the Southern region over time.

What We Are Looking For

• Proven senior leadership experience in FMCG, distribution, consumer goods, or a similarly fast‑paced commercial environment.
• Strong track record in managing a sizeable business operation with P&L and commercial accountability.
• Demonstrated experience leading large, diverse teams across both commercial and support functions.
• Strong understanding of sales, distribution, route-to-market and trade execution.
• Commercially astute with good financial and business acumen.
• Strong people leadership skills with the ability to engage, develop and hold teams accountable.
• Strategic yet highly hands‑on, with the ability to translate business priorities into effective execution.
• Comfortable managing senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Willing to be based in Johor Bahru and travel as required.

Why This Opportunity?

This is an opportunity to take on a significant regional leadership mandate with the autonomy to shape business performance, strengthen organisational capability and build the platform for future regional expansion.

The role would suit an accomplished commercial leader who enjoys combining business strategy, people leadership and operational execution.

All applications and discussions will be treated with strict confidentiality.