General Manager

Job Description : GM DUBAI FOR E COMMERCE VENTURE A very successful, leading organisation going through exciting developments and investing heavily in technology to disrupt their industry. · Launch, lead, and expand the start-up from rolling out the beta launch to the official launch and strategic expansion. Develop short- and long-term business and financial objectives and build strategies and action plans for their implementation cascaded down to the various functions, teams, and levels within the company. · Direct and oversee all departments across digital, marketing, technology, operations, customer support, and business development to ensure that teams across functions and markets are aligned with the high-level strategic objectives of the business. · Develop expansion and growth plans informed by intelligent data analysis, market due diligence, competitor analysis and benchmarking to ensure long-term sustainability. Maximise the profitability and valuation of the business, leading the start-up to a mature, sustainable and healthy economic position. · Lead internal and external marketing teams to set and allocate budgets across online and offline marketing channels, strategically map-out campaigns and calendars, and allocate resources for their execution. Ensure that all marketing initiatives are being planned and implemented in line with high-level business objectives. · Manage and monitor the digital marketing budgets and allocation with respective teams. Define KPIs and monitor and analyse results to make informed decisions. · Devise new and dynamic profitable strategies to maximise return on investment for all digital spending. · Proven experience in building, launching and growing a large scale B2C or B2B ecommerce platform from scratch. · Solid background in startups and marketplaces with at least 10 years of overall experience. · Experience with dealing with customers in the Middle East. · Strong leadership experience with experience managing a complex and large P&L. · Digital and E-commerce certifications from Tier 1 institutions is an added value (Insead, MIT Sloan, etc..) · Arabic language skills are an added advantage.

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