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General Manager
Job summary
A leading recruitment agency is seeking a dynamic General Manager for a leather manufacturing company in George. The ideal candidate should have at least 5 years of management experience in a similar environment, with strong financial acumen and excellent people management skills. Responsibilities include overseeing daily operations, financial management, and driving sales. Proficiency in English and Afrikaans is required. This position offers an opportunity to lead a cohesive team and maintain high standards in a dynamic environment.
Qualifications
- 5 years within a similar environment.
- Fully computer literate.
- Fluent in English and Afrikaans.
- Own reliable vehicle.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for opening and closing of the office and manufacturing areas.
- Ensure health and safety measures are maintained daily.
- Manage staff leave, wages, and contracts.
- Financial management of income and expenditure.
- Manage daily overhead costs to minimize expenditure.
- Promote and sell the full range of products.
Skills
Education
General Manager - George
Our client in the leather manufacturing, design and retail industry is looking for a dynamic, hands‑on and driven general manager to join their team.
The ideal candidate MUST have previous experience within a manufacturing / sales and design within the leather environment.
- Responsible for opening and closing of the office and manufacturing areas
- Ensure that all housekeeping and occupational health and safety measures are maintained daily
- Staff management - full understanding and working knowledge of people management skill including LRA / EE / BCEA & OH&S requirements
- IR - management of IR responsibilities and requirements as and when needed
- Staff contracts - managing staff leave, staff wages / salaries, etc.
- Financial Management - full understanding of day‑to‑day financial requirements, interpret and understanding of detailed income and expenditure statement, preparing budgets and managing and implementation thereof
- Managing daily overhead costs - minimize expenditure
- Excellent abilities in sales - to drive, promote, sell and upsell full range of products to maximise sales targets
- Build and cohesive team between manufacturing, administration, sales and retail
- Ensure all manufacturing planning is correct and that sufficient stock / materials are available as and when required
- Stock control - oversight of stock and stock counts - investigate any stock losses and / or other issues
- General maintenance as and when required.
- Ability to deal with clients - build and maintain relationships
- Full all rounds understand of general management duties
- Matric
- Business Diploma or degree
- Fully computer literate
- Fluent in English and Afrikaans
- 5 years within a similar environment
- Own reliable vehicle
- Lead from the front
- People and task orientated
- Excellent communication
- Problem solving skills
- Innovative
- Strong Financial Acumen
- Strong people skills (understanding)
- Team Building skills
- Organized and meticulous
- People person
- Strong multi‑tasking skills
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.