Managing Director Africa

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa CA Global Headhunters International Full time

Reference No. 025 0718 OT

**Reference Number**:025 0718 OT**

**Job Description:
Our client, an agricultural company, is seeking a Managing Director for Africa.

**Responsibilities:
- Develops and ensure execution and implementation of strategies, policies, and programs related to agricultural development and food security within the African continent.
- Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders, including member governments, international donors, agricultural producer organizations, and other relevant actors
- Leading the development and implementation of programs that support all farmers, increase productivity and promote sustainable agriculture practices.
- Identifying opportunities for collaboration and partnerships with national and regional organizations focused on agricultural development and food security.
- Providing strategic leadership and oversight in the areas of budgeting, financial management, and reporting, in line with Africa's broader objectives.
- Representing Africa Agriculture at regional and international meetings, conferences, and events, promoting the organization's interests and objectives
- Managing the overall operations of the Africa Agriculture subdivision, including staff recruitment, training, and development, in order to ensure effective functioning and delivery of the organization's mandate.
- Responsible for achieving sustainable growth, profitability, cash flow and other business goals and objectives for Safety, Health, Environment, Risk and Quality; Supply Chain; Production, Operations & Finance and Brand Awareness, Promotion & Marketing functions.
- Responsible for maturing the people, process and technology capabilities and measurement, reporting as well as continuous improvement, ensuring efficient.
- Ensure execution of a governance, risk and compliance frameworks for Production, Supply Chain, HR, SHERQ, Marketing and Africa Operations including policies, processes and procedures that are aligned to company and the group.
- Ability to develop and execute effective strategies and strategic plans.
- Understanding of financial concepts related to project evaluation, budgeting and financial forecasting, return on investment, cash flow analysis, and cost accounting, as well as financial measurement.
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

**Requirements**:Qualification and Skill**_
- **
- Post Graduate Degree in Agribusiness, Engineering, Accounting, Economics, Commerce or related Qualification.
- MBA / MBL / MSc or related Post Graduate qualification in a relevant field
- 7 to 10 years executive leadership level
- 5 years or more experience as a senior role in agribusiness, production and/or manufacturing and/or engineering business.
- Demonstrable experience in developing and executing strategies and business plan.
- Experience in quality assurance and continuous improvement management.
- Proven people management experience and managing high performance diverse teams.
- Experience in governance, risk and compliance management.
- Exposure to lean manufacturing initiatives (including measurement and audit tools) in a manufacturing / production environment.

**Benefits and Contractual information**:

- Permanent
- Competitive management package

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