Leadership and Management Development Report: Bia Blasta Snacks (BBS)

This report provides a detailed analysis of the Director of Strategy, Marketing, and Public Relations role at Bia Blasta Snacks (BBS). It begins with an executive summary and introduction, then explores the knowledge, skills, and attributes required for the position, including a breakdown of elements in the profiles of three candidates: Arthur McLoughlin, Ciara Canavan, and Angela Redmond. The report assesses how each candidate scores against the established criteria, providing detailed explanations. It identifies Arthur McLoughlin as the best fit for the role, outlining his strengths and qualifications. Additionally, the report presents vision, mission statements, and statements of values for the company, as proposed by each candidate, and includes a personal and professional development plan for Arthur McLoughlin. The conclusion summarizes the key findings and references relevant academic sources.

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Table of Contents
 Executive summary
 Introduction
 Knowledge, skills and attributes:
 Elements in the profiles
 how they score against your criteria with a full explanation
 Best fit for the position of director of strategy, marketing and public relation
 Vision, mission statement and statement of values for the company
 Personal and professional development Plan
 CONCLUSION

Executive summary
In this report, it identifies the some key attributes which should be there in a
person who had to be called as a leader. it is required to recognize and
describe the role of new director for the Bia Blasta Snacks (BBS). They are
short listing three candidates and see who would be the appropriate leader
as per the current situations of an organization. Firstly, it is necessary to
identify their skills attributes, knowledge required in an individual top
being a leader for BBS.

Contd..
Through this assignment, a conceptual analysis has been developed which is
made on the leadership and management development plan based on the
company where it deals with the learning and development plan of the
leadership and management procedures. In this, there are various learning
approaches which are described along with this effective implication of
such tools and methods which play an essential role in the accurate
management of the firm. it can lead towards success and growth of the
organization

Introduction
Bia Blasta Snacks (BBS) is the snack food company with around 400
employees who work in this for gaining profitability. this firm
manufacture, market and distribute the wide range of snack food items
includes nuts, crisps, grain bars, pop corns, biscuits and bead based snacks.
The company also markets their products in the European market area
where large number of customers are attracted towards this. They cover
France, Netherland, Belgium and Luxemboung in the European market
place. Most of the food products are sold through supermarket chains and
small convenience stores or shops.

Knowledge, skills and attributes
This is very essential factor for Bia Blasta Snacks (BBS) is to choose or select
the correct person who has utmost potential for the role of Director. Along
with this, an individual having the role of Director should have the
following responsibilities and duties which are described as under:
• Defining the mission and vision of the company.
• Setting main objectives, formulating strategies and plan and developing
current decisions for getting accurate results or outcomes.
• Standard setting, for instance developing for the different organizational
functions and activities.

Contd..
• Developing and maintaining the human organization.
• Building strong relationship between customers and main suppliers.
• Taking quick decisions and should manage the risk as per the requirement
of the organization situation.
• Managing each and every contract and meeting the financial targets.

Contd..
Basis Arthur McLoughlin Ciara Canavan Angela Redmond
Knowledge 7 5 7
Skills 8 7 9
Attributes 7 7 6
Communication 5 8 8
Risk taker 6 5 6
Technical skill 7 7 8
Managerial skill 7 5 7
Leadership skills 9 8 6
Behavior 8 7 6
Decision making skill 9 6 8

Elements in the profiles
There are some elements which are taken into account while selection
procedures are as follows:
• Organizational objectives
• Knowledge about company strategies and policies
• Experience
• Coordination skill
• Cooperative ability

How they score against your criteria
Arthur McLoughlin - He is worked with the BBS for the past five years and
he is reputed for being intelligent and bright in their studies. He is
completed his primary degree in the marketing of at the University of
starthclyde in Glasgow and then joined the Graduate programmed. Arthur
left the Diageo in the year of 2011 and takes another job when he is doing
study in the MSC in the International business at Griffith College. After
completion his graduation, he joined BBS as an Assistant Brand manager
who is responsible for promoting their products among customers and gain
attention of them towards their company new items.

Contd..
Ciara is come from well known canavan family which own s one of the oldest
Ireland chain of supermarket area. She is doing worked in BBS for last 15
years. she is completing her MBA at Harvard Business school. There are
another three student who joined the company at the completing of their
graduation or post graduation. in an organization, she is hold the position
of Assistant Accounts manager and controlling all the financial statement
of the business operations which are conduct at regular basis.

Contd..
Angela was a joint owner and CEO of the Choconoux Company which is
small in size and sold wide range of chocolate products to their customers.
She is doing work with her partner who worked in the company as a sales
representative and a family friend, bought the brand in the last five years.
in the year of 2016, Angela and her two business partners are accepting the
offer from major Belgian chocolate retailer. As per her senior colleagues
view, she is intelligent, self confident, determined, showing integrity and
honesty.