Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL) is a leading brewer and marketer of premium alcoholic and malt drinks in Ghana. GGBL operates from two sites in four drinks categories: Stout, Lager, RTD and Malt as well as the distribution of Spirits. The business is the larger of the brewing businesses in Ghana holding circa 75% market share.

Description Of Jobs

Job Title: Head of Strategy, GGBL
Reports To: Managing Director GGBL

Strategy Team

•  The Head of Strategy will be tasked with formulating, implementing and evaluating cross-functional projects that will enable the business to achieve its objectives.
•  This role will report to the MD of GGBL and work closely with functional heads, the Africa Regional Markets strategy team and relevant external parties.

Market Complexity:
This role operates in the GGBL markets context and has significant impact on the business requiring self-drive, management and dealing with a lot of uncertainty.
Ensuring that the strategic direction developed is not rigid or narrow to allow for creativity or change due to market dynamism.

Leadership Responsibilities
May be leading a project team with several part time internal staff – potentially also managing project contractors or consultants.

Purpose of Role
To guide key strategic initiatives in Ghana and work alongside project teams on the highest value strategic priorities that will deliver business growth.

Top 3-5 accountabilities

•  Develop detailed analyses and work with businesses to deliver action plans supporting short and long term strategies within the group.
•  Understand business issue to identify scope of work and plan the activities and resources required for the project
•  Deliver great project outcomes for business – robust, pragmatic strategies that create new possibilities for the business. Most projects require analytical models built from a wide range of internal and external data – all need clear, concise presentation and communication to stakeholders.
•  Handover project / results to relevant parties within business to enable execution

Qualification Required & Experience

Qualifications

•  Degree level, preferably from a top tier school with high scholastic achievement

Experience

•  Strategy consulting experience preferred, with definite broad business experience in a large “blue chip” organization
•  Project management experience
•  Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
•  Excellent influencing skills
•  Conceptual, problem solving/analytical skills
•  Good experience of relationship building

Barriers to Success in Role (Optional)

•  Lack of interest in research and analysis to break down an issue into component parts, find patterns in data and find the story behind the facts
•  Lack of creativity to identify new approaches to business issues
•  Inability to plan work or deliver to high quality in tight deadlines
•  Inability to work independently
•  Poor presentation and computer skills
•  Lack of thorough understanding of the drivers of business growth
•  Inability to influence senior stakeholders

How To Apply For The Job

Qualified candidates should send their resumes to:

GhanaHR.Hotdesk@diageo.com

Closing Date: 30 October, 2012

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