General Manager

Job Description : General Manager - Cotton Location: Abidjan IVC Overview of Position: This is a well-rounded role in a dynamic business with high potential. Overall responsibilities include managing the supply chain from farm to export (procurement, processing, quality, and shipments). The team is composed of expats and functional local experts. The incumbent will have to deliver on these dimensions: - Strategic effectiveness - Operational effectiveness - Organizational effectiveness This role will give the incumbent a unique opportunity to build his/her career in Olam Agri. The role involves intensive team management for effective delivery of procurement and export volumes. It also involves significant stakeholder management (both internal and external). Given the current crop trends, our leadership position and the regulatory environment in the country, the incumbent has significant headroom to influence not only Olam's Cotton business but also the future of the Cotton industry in, Cote d'Ivoire. As a General Manager, the incumbent will have to set out the vision for the business and take full end to end responsibility for its growth, sustainability, and delivery: - Strategic responsibility for arriving at the best-fit strategy for the profit-center - Develop and deliver farmer engagement and achieving Olam's purpose of prosperous farmers, thriving community, and regenerating the living world. - Bottom line responsibilities: Completing the budgeted commitments on volumes, GC, overheads, EBIDTA and PAT. - Lead game changing initiatives - Process automation, Digitalization etc. for the BU - Development of manpower: Along with mentoring and career-pathing of the team members, the incumbent also must ensure that the career paths are perpetuated suitably down the staff line. - Play the role of Olam Cotton face in the complex regulatory environment. The incumbent must manage the complex regulatory and competitive environment, constantly keeping in touch with the important players to keep themself abreast of the latest in the sector. - Bring in innovation and a high level of engagement with all key stakeholders to build on the sustainability issues critical to this industry. Requirements: Personal Characteristics: - Proven experience in leading & managing teams, key account management, sales or distribution roles in emerging/Upcountry markets. - Exposure to Micro & Macroeconomic factors of the business environment - Strong conceptual and analytical bend of mind to operate in an international business environment. To be successful you should be: - Entrepreneurial - Agile - Resourceful - Collaborative - Sustainable - The incumbent should have proven experience as a "self starter" with a strong element of dynamism and the ability to move fast and get things done. He should have the stature and the maturity that commands the respect of his peers. - Have a knack of commercial orientation with the ability to run a profit center independently. Should have exposure in managing large teams and have prior experience in growing the scale of operations and enlarging the team size. - Have an ownership mindset! And desire to run the show independently. - Have very good people management, communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to collaborate with and influence a matrix of internal and external customers at varied levels.

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