General Manager

Nanyang Asia College; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational institution in Singapore seeks a strategic leader responsible for assessing principal risks and developing long-term business plans. The ideal candidate will build relationships with key stakeholders, champion initiatives for management succession, promote workplace safety, and establish performance indicators. This role requires the ability to drive excellence in a competitive environment, ensuring compliance with quality management policies and fostering a culture of innovation.

Responsibilities

• Assess the organisation's principal risks.
• Build relationships and seek out networking opportunities with key strategic stakeholders.
• Challenge new ideas while actively balancing risks and opportunities.
• Champion succession planning initiative for key management positions.
• Develop long-term strategic business plans.
• Endorse organisational quality management policies.
• Ensure compliance with Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) regulations.
• Establish organisational business performance indicators.
• Explore value and expectations of key stakeholders.
• Formulate employee development systems for high performance.
• Foster a culture of excellence and innovation.
• Nurture an organisational culture that meets WSH standards.
• Promote WSH across the organisation.
• Review business performance against plans.
• Set direction for budget planning.
• Set business goals for growth.
• Steer the organisation for excellence globally.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Assess the organisation's principal risks.
• Build relationships and seek out networking opportunities with key strategic stakeholders.
• Challenge new ideas while actively balancing risks and opportunities.
• Champion succession planning initiative for key management positions.
• Develop long-term strategic business plans to maintain a leading position in the marketplace.
• Endorse organisational quality management policies.
• Ensure that the board is adequately informed of quality management related matters.
• Ensure that the organisation has appropriate Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) to enable it to conduct activities both lawfully and ethically.
• Establish organisational business performance indicators and measurement standards.
• Explore value and expectations of key strategic stakeholders.
• Formulate the organisation's employee development system for the advancement of high performing leaders and workforce in line with organisation's mission and emerging trends of the industry.
• Foster a culture of excellence and innovation where employees conduct activities that follow Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) regulations.
• Nurture an organisational culture that complies with Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) internal and external standards and regulations.
• Promote Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) across the organisation.
• Review organisational business performance against plans to recognise achievements.
• Set direction for organisational budget planning in consultation with stakeholders.
• Set organisational business goals for high performance and growth.
• Steer the organisation to achieve excellence in a globalised environment.