chief executive officer
Code 1120.3
The chief executive / general manager (CEO, country manager o máximo ejecutivo) owns the full P&L, strategy and senior team. Use this Job Dictionary profile to write the job descriptor, screen candidates and decide what to assess before an executive search.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- marketing management
- business process modelling
- financial statements
- financial management
- company policies
Skills and competences
- analyse financial performance of a company
- analizar objetivos empresariales
- shape corporate culture
- liaise with shareholders
- define organisational standards
- develop organisational policies
- develop revenue generation strategies
- develop company strategies
- develop business plans
- establish collaborative relations
- shape organisational teams based on competencies
- imprint visionary aspirations into the business management
- integrate shareholders' interests in business plans
- interpret financial statements
- conclude business agreements
- make strategic business decisions
Transversal competences
- assume responsibility for the management of a business
- lead managers of company departments
- integrate strategic foundation in daily performance
- mostrar un liderazgo ejemplar en la organización
- negotiate with stakeholders
- plan medium to long term objectives
- strive for company growth
- track key performance indicators
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What to assess for this role
Prioritise senior-team leadership, judgment under uncertainty, P&L ownership and board or parent-company management.
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Common questions about this role when you are hiring or writing the job profile.
- What does a general manager / CEO do?
- Sets and executes strategy, owns financial and operating results, leads the senior team and represents the company with the board, key clients and, when relevant, the parent company.
- Are CEO, general manager and country manager the same?
- They often overlap. CEO stresses the top executive role; general manager is the common Chilean title; country manager usually implies a foreign parent and a local market mandate.
- What should you assess before hiring a CEO?
- Results track record, senior leadership, crisis handling, board cultural fit and executive judgment a CV never shows—hence a deep psychometric assessment.
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Sources
This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences