Chief Executive Officer (CEO) job at Dalilang Foods & Beverages

Dalilang Foods & Beverages is a Ugandan FMCG manufacturer producing packaged snacks, including potato crisps, gonja chips, coated peanuts and peanut butter, alongside spring water, fruit nectars and energy drinks.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Details

Closing Date:

2026/10/29

Reference Number:

DALI-2026-0001

Job Title:

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Job Category:

Executive Management

Job Type:

Full Time

Location, Town / City:

Namanve, Mukono

Job Description

• Define corporate strategy, oversee plant expansion in Namanve and Nakasongola, and lead enterprise operations.
• Manage board and investor relations while safeguarding long term financial sustainability and commercial growth.
• Direct organizational capability, executive governance, and cross functional performance to deliver strategic business objectives.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Translate corporate purpose into measurable medium and long term operating priorities and enterprise strategy.
• Oversee manufacturing plant expansion projects in Namanve and Nakasongola, ensuring realistic operating plans, capital allocation, and risk controls.
• Manage board and investor relations through transparent, data supported performance reviews and strategic updates.
• Direct financial stewardship across capital expenditures, annual budgets, cash flow requirements, and major commercial contracts.
• Establish senior leadership accountability and enforce timely corrective action across operating, legal, and financial functions.
• Shape organizational structure, succession plans, and management routines to resolve cross functional bottlenecks.
• Uphold strict occupational safety, food safety, hygiene, environmental, and statutory regulatory requirements across all facilities.
• Champion continuous improvement and quality standards while ensuring approved operating controls and validated processes are never bypassed.

Skills

• High level strategic leadership and executive decision making
• Financial modeling, capital expenditure planning, and governance literacy
• Stakeholder management and executive communication
• Cross functional leadership development and organizational design
• Enterprise risk management and regulatory compliance oversight

Education Qualifications & Experience

Education Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA), Strategic Management, Economics, or a relevant Master's credential (such as MSc, MA, MEng, or postgraduate diploma).
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Commerce, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Marketing, Human Resource Management, Food Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Professional certifications such as CPA, ACCA, CIPS, CIM, CIPD/HR credentials, project management certifications, quality or safety qualifications, or recognized equivalent foreign credentials.
• Experience
• 10+ years in executive leadership within an FMCG or manufacturing environment.

• Define corporate strategy, oversee plant expansion in Namanve and Nakasongola, and lead enterprise operations.
• Manage board and investor relations while safeguarding long term financial sustainability and commercial growth.
• Direct organizational capability, executive governance, and cross functional performance to deliver strategic business objectives.
• Translate corporate purpose into measurable medium and long term operating priorities and enterprise strategy.
• Oversee manufacturing plant expansion projects in Namanve and Nakasongola, ensuring realistic operating plans, capital allocation, and risk controls.
• Manage board and investor relations through transparent, data supported performance reviews and strategic updates.
• Direct financial stewardship across capital expenditures, annual budgets, cash flow requirements, and major commercial contracts.
• Establish senior leadership accountability and enforce timely corrective action across operating, legal, and financial functions.
• Shape organizational structure, succession plans, and management routines to resolve cross functional bottlenecks.
• Uphold strict occupational safety, food safety, hygiene, environmental, and statutory regulatory requirements across all facilities.
• Champion continuous improvement and quality standards while ensuring approved operating controls and validated processes are never bypassed.

• High level strategic leadership and executive decision making
• Financial modeling, capital expenditure planning, and governance literacy
• Stakeholder management and executive communication
• Cross functional leadership development and organizational design
• Enterprise risk management and regulatory compliance oversight

• Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA), Strategic Management, Economics, or a relevant Master's credential (such as MSc, MA, MEng, or postgraduate diploma).
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Commerce, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Marketing, Human Resource Management, Food Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Professional certifications such as CPA, ACCA, CIPS, CIM, CIPD/HR credentials, project management certifications, quality or safety qualifications, or recognized equivalent foreign credentials.