{"id":32132,"date":"2026-04-24T10:11:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beleqet.com\/vacancy\/?post_type=job_listing&#038;p=32132"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:16:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:16:04","slug":"branch-manager-beer-distribution","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/beleqet.com\/vacancy\/job\/branch-manager-beer-distribution\/","title":{"rendered":"Branch Manager, Beer Distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Detailed Duties and Responsibilities<\/p>\n<p>1. Branch leadership and execution rhythm<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Translate company volume targets and service expectations into a practical weekly and daily branch operating plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Lead structured review meetings covering stock, dispatch, route priorities, collections, customer issues, and staffing constraints.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ensure every department understands branch priorities and exception escalation rules.<\/p>\n<p>2. Sales performance and market coverage<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Drive route productivity, outlet coverage, order quality, sales follow-up, and execution discipline across the territory.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Review daily sales progress against target and act early on underperforming routes, weak customers, or missed opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Coordinate with sales teams on promotions, visibility priorities, customer feedback, and service recovery.<\/p>\n<p>3. Stock, warehouse, and inventory discipline<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Maintain tight oversight over stock receipt, storage, loading, returns, breakage, empties, and physical count accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Require timely investigation of stock variances, loading errors, damages, and suspicious movements.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ensure the warehouse operates with readiness, cleanliness, documentation, and count discipline.<\/p>\n<p>4. Fleet, dispatch, and service reliability<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Coordinate vehicle readiness, dispatch schedules, turnaround expectations, and route support so deliveries are reliable.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Monitor transport bottlenecks, trip delays, downtime patterns, and dispatch exceptions before they become customer problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Work with operations and maintenance stakeholders to reduce preventable disruption.<\/p>\n<p>5. Cash, credit, and collection control<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Maintain visibility over daily collections, credit exposure, overdue balances, and unresolved customer account issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ensure cash and collection processes are documented, reviewed, and escalated quickly when anomalies appear.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Support disciplined customer decisions by balancing volume growth with payment risk and company policy.<\/p>\n<p>6. Customer management and service quality<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Protect service quality across outlets, distributors, and key customers by resolving delivery issues, stock complaints, and communication gaps promptly.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Make sure the branch is known for reliability, disciplined follow-up, and fast issue resolution.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Track recurring customer complaints and convert them into branch improvement actions.<\/p>\n<p>7. People leadership and accountability<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Lead supervisors and support managers with clarity on target, discipline, reporting quality, and problem ownership.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Set expectations for attendance, conduct, teamwork, and care of company stock, cash, vehicles, and equipment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Support coaching, consequence management, and talent development across the branch.<\/p>\n<p>8. Reporting, analysis, and management communication<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Issue concise, decision-ready reports on branch volume, dispatch, stock, cash, credit, customer issues, and risks.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Translate branch numbers into action priorities instead of only sending raw figures.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Escalate urgent issues early with facts, options, and proposed next steps.<\/p>\n<p>9. Risk management, controls, and continuous improvement<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Strengthen approval discipline, exception logs, post-dispatch review, physical verification routines, and basic loss-prevention controls.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Review root causes behind repeated delays, stock loss, weak route output, and customer churn.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Introduce practical process improvements that make the branch faster, cleaner, and more dependable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Required Deliverables by Frequency<\/p>\n<p>Frequency<br \/>\nDeliverables expected from the role<br \/>\nDaily<br \/>\nSales vs target update; dispatch status; vehicle readiness view; urgent stock or customer exception log; collection watch list.<br \/>\nWeekly<br \/>\nBranch performance review; stock-risk summary; overdue customer action list; route productivity review; people and service exceptions.<br \/>\nMonthly<br \/>\nBranch operating report covering volume, stock accuracy, breakage\/loss, collections, fleet performance, customer issues, and priority actions.<br \/>\nQuarterly<br \/>\nCommercial review; territory and route effectiveness assessment; staffing and capability review; branch control improvement update.<br \/>\nAnnually<br \/>\nBranch plan; target deployment assumptions; capability and infrastructure needs; process improvement priorities.<br \/>\nPerformance Indicators (KPIs)<\/p>\n<p>Area<br \/>\nIllustrative KPI<br \/>\nExpectation<br \/>\nSales execution<br \/>\nBranch target achievement<br \/>\nConsistent performance against approved plan with early action on gaps<br \/>\nService<br \/>\nOn-time and complete delivery support<br \/>\nCustomer service issues identified and resolved quickly<br \/>\nStock control<br \/>\nVariance, loss, and breakage visibility<br \/>\nMaterial exceptions investigated and reduced<br \/>\nCollections<br \/>\nOverdue balance discipline<br \/>\nAging controlled with clear escalation<br \/>\nDispatch<br \/>\nVehicle and route readiness<br \/>\nFewer preventable delays and stronger daily execution<br \/>\nReporting<br \/>\nQuality of branch management reports<br \/>\nClear, timely, action-oriented reporting<br \/>\nLeadership<br \/>\nCross-functional branch discipline<br \/>\nManagers and supervisors work on one operating rhythm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","job_listing_type":[17],"job_listing_category":[188],"job_listing_location":[4],"job_listing_tag":[],"class_list":["post-32132","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-publish","hentry","job_listing_type-full-time","job_listing_category-accounting-and-finance","job_listing_location-addis-ababa"],"metas":{"_job_logo":"https:\/\/beleqet.com\/vacancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/wp-job-board-pro-uploads\/_job_logo\/2026\/04\/Omotic-General-Trading-PLC.webp","custom-text-26140818":"Omotic General Trading PLC","_job_featured":"","_job_tag":[],"_job_filled":"","_job_urgent":"","_job_type":{"17":"Full Time"},"custom-select-24762152":"Onsite","_job_category":{"188":"Accounting And Finance"},"_job_expiry_date":"","_job_gender":"Both","_job_salary_type":"monthly","custom-number-21785310":"","_job_experience":"Senior","custom-select-25910079":"5 \u2013 10 Years","_job_qualification":"Bachelor Degree","_job_application_deadline_date":"2026-05-24","_job_location":{"4":"Addis Ababa"},"_job_apply_type":"with_email","_job_apply_url":"","_job_apply_email":"helenamahitemu01@gmail.com","_job_phone":"","_job_employer_name":"Beleqet Jobs","_job_employer_url":"https:\/\/beleqet.com\/vacancy\/employer\/meseret\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beleqet.com\/vacancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing\/32132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beleqet.com\/vacancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beleqet.com\/vacancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beleqet.com\/vacancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beleqet.com\/vacancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beleqet.com\/vacancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beleqet.com\/vacancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_type?post=32132"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beleqet.com\/vacancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_category?post=32132"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beleqet.com\/vacancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_location?post=32132"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beleqet.com\/vacancy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_tag?post=32132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}