Business Manager (m/w/d)

Job Description

The job holder will be a business leader managing a designated region with the key responsibility of ensuring regional profitable growth, and attainment of sales revenue through planning, execution, and management of a team. This will entail consistently achieving set sales targets and growth plans for the region, building strategic relationships that will deliver a pipeline of sales growth, overseeing regional Opex costings, and developing an effective team. The RBM will be completely responsible for driving new growth in the target region.

Responsibilities

• Lead in the formulation of the tactical sales strategy, business plans implementation programs & budgets within designated region.
• Provide leadership and direction; and optimize Route To Market (RTM) and distributor development design and development aimed to deliver numeric distribution growth and increase sales Revenue.
• Oversee the Regional OPEX management focusing on optimizing key cost drivers and delivering profitability
• Champion the Customer Experience agenda within the region to deliver top-of-class experience on the after-sales touchpoints
• Champion brand and trade visibility within the region through excellent trade marketing execution & relationship management.
• Market intelligence - be the go-to person on the region market insights and develop strategy to counter competition growth and maintain/improve market share
• Engage & manage staff performance, capability & capacity development through coaching & field accompaniments.
• Responsible for total business in Partnerships, Retail, and PAYGO channels in the region.
• Responsible for the management of all company assets in the region.