About the Position
In Quarter 1 2014, Al Futtaim Group acquired CMC Holdings in East Africa, and is now looking to independently develop the truck, agricultural and heavy equipment business under the FAMCO organisation.
This role will report to the Senior Managing Director-FAMCO Group, with a matrix reporting line to the Al Futtaim Group Country Managing Director. The position will be based out of Nairobi, Kenya.
This position will assume full responsibility for Profit & Loss (P&L) and Balance Sheet (BS) performance across unit sales, project sales, parts, service and rental functions across our East Africa operations, and achievement of annual budgets & targets through planning and implementing strategies and actions across multiple franchises. The responsibilities will span Administration, IT and Financial controls; ISO & QS systems; Maintenance of Premises and Assets; Human Resource and Organizational Structure and Customer Satisfaction.
As a member of the FAMCO Leadership Team, this role would contribute to commercial and strategic decision making in order that the business units achieve their annual objectives and KPI’s in a time bound manner.
This role would have 6-8 people directly reporting to him/her, with a total report of 150-200 people.
The role would manage our Kenya branch network, one branch in Uganda and one branch in Tanzania with Five trading divisions (Agricultural machinery, Trucks & buses, Construction equipment, Engineering and Aftersales).
About You
We are looking for someone who has been at the minimum educated to degree standard, preferably within either Sales & Marketing or Business Administration disciplines. Knowledgable of heavy vehicle and machinery industry, and of dealership management.
The ideal person would haveextensive industry experience in commercial vehicles, construction/industrial machinery, diesel engines, material handling etc. He/She must have a proven track record of profit centre management during this time with considerable experience in a senior management/leadership position.
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