General Manager - Guinea

Employer: G4S
Location:Guinea  (Africa)

Job Reference: G4S/TP/1176406/31892
Closing Date: January 19, 2015

Package Description: Market Related Remuneration Package

Job Introduction:
Role Responsibility:
Key Performance Areas:

• To guide the Company, in terms of the areas of business and the strategies for those areas of business.
• To direct, formulate and / or approve policies and procedures on service quality, pricing and customer relations.
• To direct the Company towards providing an effective, efficient and profitable service.
• To ensure that the correct level of skills, education and experience are identified for management positions and to recruit adequate persons to fill these positions.
• To plan, prepare and monitor the business plan and budget so as to maximise profitability.
• To identify and initiate strategies that will add growth to the business to ensure its long term profitability and survival.
• To maintain close contact with the workforce through key managers to ensure feedback opportunities, the maintenance of good morale and a high standard of staff integrity and honesty. To formulate and / or approve wage increases.
• To maintain a clear communications path to the shareholders so that key issues confronting the Company are promptly identified and kept in focus.

The Ideal Candidate:
Minimum qualification

• Relevant business qualification preferred.
• Background in security management.
• 5+ years experience in a business and / or operational senior management position.
• Strong commitment, leadership and management skills.
• Experience in establishing medium-term growth strategies and strong operating mechanisms for performance.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), interpersonal, marketing and negotiation skills.
• Capable of working effectively and productively with team members.
• Knowledge of the development and implementation of policies and procedures.
• Experienced in living and working in a professional commercial capacity overseas.
• Ability to maintain strong ethical and professional values.
• The ability to operate in diverse cultural environments.
• Flexibility and adaptability to rapid environmental changes.
• Proficient in the ability to understand problems, situations and the reasons behind them, crossing the barriers of languages and cultures.
• Autonomous and results orientated, with a clear determination to succeed.

We welcome all internal applications from suitably qualified candidates but preference for  local Guinean citizens will have a distinct advantage.

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