An International Food Manufacturing company is seeking to recruit for a Food Solutions General Manager. You will be directly reporting to the Chief Operating Officer. This position will be based in Sohar, Oman

PURPOSE OF ROLE

This role will have overall responsibility for leading and growing Food Solutions and ensuring the successful implementation and delivery of the Company’s strategic goals for this sector, and will be fully accountable for the P & L for Food Solutions.

Provide leadership and support to the Head of Sales and his team to increase brand awareness in our chosen categories, drive sales growth with our existing key accounts, and attain new sales in new and existing markets and geographical areas.

Provide leadership and support to the Factory Manager and his team to ensure high quality products are manufactured and delivered in a safe, hygienic, efficient manner to our customers, and that we have world class efficiencies, food safety, quality and hygiene standards.

In addition this role will be responsible for developing a supportive team working ‘safety first’ culture, where skills and performance increase year on year, a talent pool is developed, and employees are engaged.

This is a senior leadership position and the role holder will be expected to be an example, coach, support, and lead their direct reports and wider teams, and offer input and appropriate challenges to other parts of the business.

REPORTING AND KEY RELATIONSHIPS

This role will report directly into the CEO. At a later stage for reasons of scope and scale the General Manager will report into the Chief Operations Officer, who in turn reports into the CEO position.

The Head of Sales and the Factory Manager, together with the Head of Finance and Administration, will report to this role.

This role will indirectly lead and manage several diverse teams and a large number of indirect reports which will range between 140 and 200.

Key Contacts:

• CEO

• Chief Operating Officer

• General Manager Brands and Commodities

• General Manager Food Solutions for MENA/India

Other Key Contacts

• Marketing Head

• Business Development Manager Commodities & Brands

• Business Managers for Delicio, Commodities, and Sub-Sahara Africa

• Head Group Supply Chain

• Head Training & Development

• Manager for Operational HR

• Production Manage

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• QSHE Manager

KEY ACCOUNTABITIES

• Growth in Market Share for HoReCa

• Growth in Market Share for Key Account Franchisees

• Promotional Activity and Launches

• Customer Service Levels and CRM

• Health and Safety

• People Leadership and Development

• Quality and Food Standards

• Manufacturing

• Procurement, Logistics and Financial Administration

• P & L

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Growth in Market & Mind Share for HoReCa

• Growth in Market & Mind Share for Key Account Franchisees

• Promotional Activities and Product Launches

• Customer Service Levels & CRM

• Health & Safety

• People Leadership & Development

• Quality & Food Safety

• Manufacturing

• Procurement, Storage, Logistics, Finance and Administrational

• P & L

ROLE PARAMETERS

Financial Responsibility

• The achievement of circa 40 million USD Sales

• Revenue budgets for the factory circa 4 million USD

Travel Requirements

• This role will be based in Sohar/Mumbai, but the job holder will be required to travel regularly to the Company’s other offices and sites and to meet customers, which will include regular international travel, predominantly within the MENA/Indian region but will include travel to other places in the world.

Hours of Work

• The role holder will work normal office hours, (8.00 am to 5.30 pm Sunday to Thursday) although will be expected to work such hours as required to ensure the responsibilities of this role are fulfilled. In addition, the role holder may be required to travel and work during evenings and weekends.