G4S UK Jobs - Managing Director

Organisation: G4S Secure Solutions

Duty Station:  Kampala,

Uganda

Job Reference: G4S/TP/511097/62173

G4S

plc (formerly Group 4 Securicor) is a British multinational security services

company headquartered in Crawley, United Kingdom. It is the world’s largest

security company measured by revenues and has operations in around 125

countries. With over 620,000 employees, it is the world’s third-largest private

sector employer (after Wal-Mart Stores and Foxconn). G4S was founded in 2004 by

the merger of the UK-based Securicor plc with the Denmark-based Group 4 Falck.

Job Summary: The Managing Director will lead and transform the

organisation towards increased growth and development imperatives,

sustainability and profitability in accordance with the organisational vision

and strategic intent.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Guide the Company, in terms of the areas of
  
  business and the strategies for those areas of business.


• Direct, formulate and / or approve policies
  
  and procedures on service quality, pricing and customer relations.


• Oversee the Company towards providing an
  
  effective, efficient and profitable service.


• Ensure that the correct level of skills,
  
  education and experience are identified for management positions and to
  
  recruit adequate persons to fill these positions.


• The incumbent will plan, prepare and monitor
  
  the business plan and budget so as to maximise profitability.


• Identify and initiate strategies that will
  
  add growth to the business to ensure its long term profitability and
  
  survival.


• Maintain close contact with the workforce
  
  through key managers to ensure feedback opportunities, the maintenance of
  
  good morale and a high standard of staff integrity and honesty. To
  
  formulate and / or approve wage increases.


• Maintain a clear communications path to the
  
  shareholders so that key issues confronting the Company are promptly
  
  identified and kept in focus.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The ideal candidate should hold a
  
  business-related qualification


• Broad background in security management.


• At least five years’ experience in a business
  
  and / or operational senior management position.


• Strong commitment, leadership and management
  
  skills.


• Significant experience in establishing
  
  medium-term growth strategies and strong operating mechanisms for performance.


• Excellent communication (written and verbal),
  
  interpersonal, marketing and negotiation skills.


• Capable of working effectively and
  
  productively with team members.


• Working knowledge of the development and
  
  implementation of policies and procedures.


• Prior experience in living and working in a
  
  professional commercial capacity overseas.


• Proven ability to maintain strong ethical and
  
  professional values.


• Possess the ability to operate in diverse
  
  cultural environments.


• Flexibility and adaptability to rapid environmental
  
  changes.


• Proficient in the ability to understand
  
  problems, situations and the reasons behind them, crossing the barriers of
  
  languages and cultures.


• Autonomous and results orientated, with a
  
  clear determination to succeed

If

you so desire to join G4S in the aforementioned capacity, Please Click on web

link below for full job details and apply online.

Deadline: 29^th February 2016