We are looking for a General Manager for the Americas operation. This person should have experience in a technical product environment with strategic, project sales, management, and operations experience. This is a full‑time position with a start date adjustable to your current notice period. Similar experience in the manufacturing sector is preferable but not essential.
Responsibilities
- Exhibit a high level of ambition, professionalism, and a strategic approach
- Develop and implement a strategic growth plan
- Coordinate and oversee engineering, office administration, and financial functions, and drive and structure improvement
- Understand project management and monitor projects to influence outcomes
- Understand financial reports and help develop budgets
- Oversee and help drive sales development with existing customers and industries, as well as new market segments for new projects and aftermarket
- Conduct environmental, market, industry and competitor analysis
- Implement sales strategies, including target establishment and analysis of results
- Establish best practices and KPIs in all areas of the operation
- Understand and negotiate contracts
- Exhibit excellent communication skills and establish/maintain relationships with customers, suppliers and staff
- Exhibit proactivity in solving problems
- Participate in industry associations to establish/maintain relationships and stay in tune with industry and market developments as well as legislative/regulatory trends and issues
Qualifications
- A technical and/or business/economics degree
- Strong background in a manufacturing environment
- Technical understanding of sales in the municipal environmental industry or equivalent industry
- Experience negotiating technical and commercial terms
- Microsoft Office Suite skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills