Country Manager

**OIA Global **Since its founding in 1988, OIA Global has grown into a $1 billion world-class logistics and packaging company that employs over 1,200 professionals in 28 countries. Our knowledge, solution design experience, and installed infrastructure give our customers the confidence and capability to extend their supply chains from emerging production areas to key commercial markets.
- The hiring rate for this position is $202,600 BLR - $292,600.00 BLR per year._
- The actual pay may vary based on several factors, including professional experience, hiring location, skills, and competencies._

**Summary**:
The Country Manager position will direct, manage, and provide guidance to staff; proactively seek out ways to improve and streamline operations; develop, implement and ensure compliance with corporate policies; actively participate in business development activities and present insightful analyses with recommendations to senior management as needed. The Country Manager directs the operations, sales, and customer service for a country of the organization by performing the following duties personally or through subordinated supervisors.

**Supervisory** **Responsibilities**:

- Manages one or more subordinate supervisor(s) who supervise a total of two or more employees in Sales and Operations and is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the branch. As a member of the management team, this position is responsible for establishing and maintaining a work environment focused on quality and that fosters learning, respect, open communication, collaboration, integration, and teamwork.

Duties and Responsibilities:

- Full P&L management, including recommendation of budget to Sr. Management
- Coordinates operations, sales, and customer service in accordance with policies, principles, and procedures established by corporate headquarters.
- Consult with customers and vendors to evaluate and promote improved and expanded services in all areas impacting customer service.
- Develops plans for efficient use of materials, employees, and equipment where applicable.
- Reviews cost, service quality and modifies operations programs to maintain and enhance profitable of operations.
- Evaluates operations of competing organizations, plans, and directs sales program with Sales and Marketing to develop new markets.
- Coordinate proper and timely input of values in corporate system to be paid to suppliers and invoiced to customers.
- Following regulatory guidelines received from Finance and Accounting, allowing finance department to invoice customers and pay suppliers properly and accounting department to fulfill required obligations.
- Analyze the financial needs of the business and recommends budgets to management.
- Negotiate with airline partners and ocean carriers with respect to rate and space allocation issues.
- Represent Company at business and customer functions when required.
- Ensures regulatory compliance in accordance with industry standards.
- Ensure effective management of the operations teams.
- Interface with vendors to help drive cost efficiencies and service excellence
- Develop, Implement and Maintain ‘Smart-goals’ for all staff members - collaborate with regional / global management team to ensure appropriate top down and bottom-up alignment
- Direct client interface in operational support of business development team
- Manage and measure all regional KPI metrics
- Work closely and communicate with country government agencies regarding queries and regulation requirements.

Required Skills and Abilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
- Ability to think strategically, gather and analyze large amount of data and information, think objectively, and present facts and recommendations to senior executives
- Ability to adjust priorities to meet changes in departmental and company requirements

Education and Experience:

- Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university or equivalent work experience
- 7- 10 years’ experience in Distribution and logistics in progressively responsible roles in high-growth, multi-national companies that have reached at least $100m in annual revenue

**Physical** **Requirements**:

- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds
- The work en