Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Nigeria, producing and distributing some of the nation’s most- loved beverages in the country like; Pepsi, 7Up, Mirinda, Teem, Mountain Dew, H2oH!, Lipton Ice Tea and Aquafina premium drinking water. SBC has recently entered into Home & Personal Care category with the 2SURE brand and launched its first product, a Hand & Surface Sanitizer. Seven Up boasts of nine bottling plants with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities strategically located across various regions in the country.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: General Manager (Sales)
Location: Aba, Abia
Industry: Manufacturing
Description
- The General Manageris responsible for managing revenue and cost elements of the region i.e. Profit and Loss responsibility. GM oversees daily business activities and is responsible for effective planning, delegating, coordinating, staffing, organizing, and decision-making to attain desired business results.
Responsibilities
- Creates and manages budget
- Directs and coordinates departmental activities
- Reviews financial statements, manufacturing, and sales reports, and other performance data to measure productivity and identify areas needing improvement
- Ensure optimum machine efficiency and production output
- Ensure compliance with quality standards/specifications
- Ensures effective cost control and accurate reporting
- Ensures workforce optimization
- Nurture a dynamic, engaged, and competent workforce through robust performance-driven culture, training, and mentoring
- Provide strategic leadership and foster collaboration to ensure the achievement of corporate objectives across all reporting activities.
- Prepares and presents accurate, insightful, and timely reports to Top Management
- Researches, identifies, develops, and implements growth strategies
- Enhance the organization’s image and build robust rapport with external stakeholders such as suppliers, regulatory bodies, distributors, etc.
- Proactively monitor sales and distribution activities to ensure efficient and adequate supply of finished goods and optimum deployment of transportation to facilitate distribution to customers
Requirements
- A minimum of Bachelor Degree (B.Sc.) or HND in Business Administration or any other related field.
- MSc / MBA is a MUST
- Minimum of 9-12 years of work experience in FMCG or Manufacturing company is a MUST
- Knowledge of accounting principles and practices, analysis and reporting of financial data
- Good understanding of the company’s sales and distribution model as well as the practice in the industry
- Use of logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions to problems.
- Determining how funds will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
- Ability to communicate effectively with superiors, peers, and subordinates clearly via e-mails, telephone, in-person, etc.
- Knowledge of the organization’s manufacturing processes, products, and machinery
- Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership techniques, and coordination of people and resources
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail
Application Deadline 10th February, 2025.