Responsible for the performance of the division’s products in the region.STATISTICS- Markets, costs, & profitability reports through management accounts- Factory performance reportsDECISIONS- Approves staff assignments- Recommend expendituresPRESSURE- Meet volumes, revenues, cost & profitability targets.- Periods of unstable economic performance when forecasting is challenging & risk is high.CONTROLS- Check subordinates’ performance regularly.CONSEQUENCE OF MISJUDGEMENTS- Fines due to non-compliance to legal requirements - Losses due to unmet revenue, costs, & profitability targetsMAJOR ACTIVITIESo Provide leadership by articulating the strategic direction & reviewing progress towards its attainment.o Increase Circulation and Advertising volumes.o Coordinate various departments to create synergy and allocate resources to areas of highest need and greatest returno Growth in digital productso Production of newspapers timeously, maintenance, & improvement on standards. o Overall effective planning, delegating, coordinating, staffing, and decision-making to meet budgeted revenue, volumes, profit margins, & projectionso Maintain business profitability.o Oversight of plant & business infrastructure maintenance.o Ensuring corporate policy compliance and renewal.o Identify & manage business risks through environmental scans, develop & execute appropriate risk mitigation programso CAPEX justificationso Recommend strategic investments in equipment and manpower skills to exploit future opportunitieso Manage the performance management system to ensure objective assessment of staff, and the systematic recommendations of training programs to close out gapso Liaison with HODs to ensure unity of purpose and shared direction o Ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines governing operationso Monitors overall industrial relations in businesso Chairing all operations meetingso Preparation of reports for the General Manager as requested