About This Role
This is a group-level executive post that sits between the President and the operating leadership of multiple subsidiaries, meaning the GM is the person who turns high-level strategy into actual performance across a portfolio of businesses. It suits someone who has already run a business unit or company and now wants scope across several entities rather than depth in one. The "East Africa" framing in the company name suggests a group with regional ambitions, so expect the role to carry cross-border commercial considerations alongside local Addis operations.
What the Requirements Say About This Role
The reporting line directly to the President is the key signal here — this is a trusted deputy role, not a mid-level manager with a grand title. The employer is looking for someone who can hold both a strategic and an operational brief simultaneously, which narrows the field to candidates with genuine P&L exposure and experience managing managers rather than doing the work themselves. The finance and accounting flavor of the sector listing implies the group wants a GM who can read a balance sheet and challenge subsidiary heads on numbers, not just coordinate activity.
How to Approach This Application
Lead with portfolio or multi-unit experience and quantified commercial outcomes — revenue grown, costs restructured, entities turned around — because a group at this level will screen for evidence of scale before reading further. Address the reporting relationship implicitly by showing you can operate as a partner to a President or board rather than needing to be the final decision-maker. Given the regional name, any exposure to cross-border operations or multi-country coordination is worth surfacing early, even if brief.
Who This Role Suits
Best suited to a seasoned general manager or director with several years at the helm of a business unit or subsidiary and comfort operating in a holding-structure environment. Given the executive level and the breadth of the brief, competition will be strong and the shortlist is likely to be small and referral-influenced.
Position Title: | Group General Manager (GM) |
Reports To: | President, East African Business Group |
Position Summary
The Group General Manager (GM) will serve as a core executive operational leader driving strategic execution, commercial expansion, and operational performance across the business portfolio. Reporting directly to the President, the GM will provide high-level leadership, optimize operational efficiency, ensure financial sustainability, and foster organizational growth across all operational entities.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership: Work alongside the President to formulate, communicate, and implement long-term corporate strategies, business expansion initiatives, and annual business plans.
- Operational Management: Oversee day-to-day operations across group subsidiaries and business units, ensuring alignment with corporate targets, operational efficiencies, and quality standards.
- Financial Performance & Governance: Direct financial planning, annual budgeting, risk assessment, and resource allocation to ensure optimal ROI, profitability, and cost discipline.
- Executive Reporting: Generate comprehensive operational and financial performance reports directly to the President, providing strategic recommendations and actionable insights.
- Commercial & Business Growth: Identify new market opportunities, lead strategic partnerships, and enhance the Group's commercial footprint in relevant regional and international markets.
- Organizational & Team Development: Lead, mentor, and evaluate subsidiary heads and senior department managers, building a high-performance executive leadership culture.
- Compliance & Governance: Ensure all group operations comply with legal requirements, regulatory standards, trade compliance frameworks, and internal corporate governance policies.
Academic Qualifications & Experience
- Master's Degree: MA / MSc / MBA Degree: Minimum of 8 years of proven managerial experience in a dynamic operational or executive environment.
- Doctorate Degree: PhD / Doctorate Degree: Minimum of 10 years of proven managerial experience in corporate management or executive leadership.
Relevant Fields of Study: Business Administration, Management, Strategic Management, Economics, Finance, International Business, International Trade, or other closely related disciplines.
Key Competencies & Attributes
- Proven track record of strategic planning and cross-functional leadership in complex business environments.
- Exceptional financial acumen, analytical rigor, and expertise in P&L oversight and budget management.
- Demonstrated ability to drive business growth, international trade relations, and commercial expansion.
- Strong negotiation, communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.
- High ethical standards, strategic vision, and decisive executive problem-solving capabilities.
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates are invited to submit their application package, including an updated Curriculum Vitae (CV), cover letter, and copies of relevant credentials and supporting documents via email address; motimoroda2018@gamil.com
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