Vacancy in a Leading Newspaper Publishing Company

Duties and Responsibilities
    Provide leadership to all employees within the Regional and States Offices and ensures that all facilities and environment of work are at their optimum utility and efficiency.
    Responsible for planning, assigning and directing work as well as appraising performances of staff directly under his/her supervision and also assisting Heads of Strategic Business Units of the Head Office in applicable areas of performances appraisal of their staff
    Responsible for providing strategic and operational planning input for the regional operations and report progress and results to Executive Management.
    Lead in the areas of overseeing new Business development and develop strategies to meet business goals within the Region/States.
    Participate in the preparation of the Regional office Budget and will be responsible for its success or failure.
    Ensure the safety of the company’s production inputs as well as all physical and human assets in the regional office.
    Preside over weekly and Ad-hoc meetings of Head of the Strategic Business Unit (SBU’s) of the regional office.
    The person should be prepared to meet up with revenue targets in the areas of Special projects, Advertisement, Commercial printing and Newspaper Sales.
    Prepare and send weekly and monthly reports to the Managing Director/COO.

Qualification and Experience
    A degree in Business, Management or any relevant discipline. A Master’s degree particularly an MBA will be an added advantage;
    Minimum of 15 years’ cognate experience with at least 5 years at Senior Management level in a large/multinational operational environment or experience in consulting, banking/finance, investment or in the print media.
    Membership of relevant professional bodies is important. Should have or cultivate a combination of consumer and business insight experience, coupled with brand strategy expertise on major brands in the industry