Country Manager

Job Description

1. Strategic Planning & Market Growth

• Localize Strategy: Translate the global corporate vision into a comprehensive, actionable local business plan tailored to market dynamics.
• Expansion: Identify, evaluate, and execute new commercial opportunities, distribution channels, and market segments to increase market share.
• Competitor Intelligence: Monitor and analyze competitor activities, market trends, and economic indicators to proactively pivot local strategy.

2. Financial Management & P&L Ownership

• P&L Responsibility: Assume full accountability for the country's financial performance, including revenue growth, cost management, and profitability targets.
• Budgeting: Design, track, and optimize annual operational budgets, ensuring efficient resource and capital allocation.
• Reporting: Deliver regular, transparent financial forecasts and operational updates to regional and global executive leadership.

3. Operational Excellence & Team Leadership

• Build Talent: Recruit, mentor, and retain a high-performing local team across key functions like sales, operations, marketing, and customer support.
• Performance Tracking: Establish clear local Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and drive accountability across all departments.
• Efficiency: Streamline local operational workflows to improve productivity, service delivery, and customer satisfaction.

4. Stakeholder Management & Brand Advocacy

• Partnerships: Build and maintain strong executive relationships with major clients, suppliers, and strategic business partners.
• Public Relations: Act as the primary corporate spokesperson and legal face of the company to local media, industry bodies, and the public.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all operations strictly adhere to local labor laws, financial regulations, tax requirements, and corporate governance standards.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, International Business, or a related field. An MBA or equivalent advanced degree is highly desirable.
• Experience: 10+ years of progressive commercial and operational management experience, including at least 3+ years in a senior leadership role (e.g., General Manager, Country Head) with proven P&L responsibility.
• Leadership Skills: Demonstrated ability to build, inspire, and manage cross-functional, multicultural teams.
• Commercial Acumen: Strong strategic thinking, negotiation skills, and a track record of driving revenue growth in international business environments.

GMP Recruitment Services (S) Pte Ltd | EA Licence: 09C3051 | EA Personnel: Jaremy Ong | Registration No: R1876766

This is in partnership with the Employment and Employability Institute Pte Ltd (e2i).

e2i is the empowering network for workers and employers seeking employment and employability solutions. e2i serves as a bridge between workers and employers, connecting with workers to offer job security through job-matching, career guidance and skills upgrading services, and partnering employers to address their manpower needs through recruitment, training, and job redesign solutions. e2i is a tripartite initiative of the National Trades Union Congress set up to support nation-wide manpower and skills upgrading initiatives.

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