Business Manager Job Placement – La’ Marc (U) Limited
Job Title: Business Manager
Organization: La’ Marc (U) Limited
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
La’ Marc (U) Limited is a coffee growing and processing company established in 2016 with a vision of being a “Window through which the world accesses Uganda’s finest coffee varieties produced with amazing innovations.” The company is the producer and distributor of La’ Marc coffee one of the most preferred coffee product on the Ugandan market.
Job Summary: The Business Manager must be committed, knowledgeable, innovative and ready to drive the organization forward in increasing its market base. The ideal candidate should be great at training, managing and mentoring staff and possess great business creativity skills. He/she should be capable of making all aspects of the business run more efficiently and effectively from marketing, sales, finance and Information Technology. Excellent leadership skills and teamwork are therefore vital to job success. The successful candidate should be able to identify new opportunities and think on his/her feet in order to catch up with the ever changing business landscape.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Identifying and managing new business opportunities in current and potential markets.
- Preparing comprehensive budgets that delivers the greatest value for money.
- Organize training for employees, intern students and company stakeholders as needed.
- Leverage market data to drive company growth.
- Work with other managers to create long-term company strategy.
- Solve customer needs and concerns through product innovations.
- Cultivates the organization through commerce directive and advertising strategy.
- Supervises and oversees company’s employees and activities.
- Reports to company director about condition of the company through periodical and annual reviews
- Reviews long-standing productivity of the company.
- Accomplishes company goals by exploring opportunities to add value and taking charge of new requests.
- Compiles and reviews monthly and annual company reports.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or related fields.
- Master’s degree in any related field will be an added advantage.
- A minimum of three years of working in a well-established profit making business.
- Business marketing and sales skills are a must
- Good knowledge of business financial management is desirable
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with customer care knowledge.
- Excellent computer skills most especially in Ms. Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft word and Internet usage.
- Knowledge of any accounting package software most preferably QuickBooks/Tally/ Peach Tree.
- Knowledge in coffee business or farming is a strong added advantage.
- Multitasking ability.
- Fluent in English both in speaking and writing.
- Knowledge of one local language preferably Luganda.
- Good knowledge in report writing and proposal development.
- Ability to manage conflict between employees and business partners
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested individuals should send their updated resumes, motivation letters, academic documents and reference letters to jobs@lamarc.co.ug or sales@lamarc.co.ug. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
Deadline: 13th July 2018 by 4:00pm
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