General Manager Sub-Saharan Africa

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The GM for SSA is responsible for the overall financial and operational performance of the business. The GM must possess excellent commercial acumen & business transformation abilities to expand market share in core industries as well as grow in new markets. The incumbent needs to be “forward thinking,” while equally engaged operationally in a manner that helps the team build and accomplish its goals and develop the next generation of leaders.

Reporting to Global VP/GM Projects and Automated Solution business, provides overall leadership to SSA Region including P&L ownership, and operations management of projects and project teams consisting of program managers, project managers, and Engineers.

The location is fixed in South Africa and key requirement is the availability of mobility for a relocation within 3-4 years.

Key Responsibilities

• Develops and communicates long term strategy and vision for SSA Region in line with overall HPS business strategic vision
• Ensures a close partnership with HPS sales organization including development and review of a healthy pipeline of orders as well as engages on pre-sales opportunities on strategy and customer presentations
• Provides leadership to program teams around business plans for customer terms/conditions of contracts
• Establishes and maintains management operating system to monitor and address the health of the business
• Working with cross functional teams, provides significant input to overall HPS STRAP and AOP
• Responsible for selecting and developing top program/project management talent, building a delivery focused environment
• Teams with other functional business leaders to ensure most effective use of resources across the PAS and ultimately HPS business
• Incorporates cost savings and process improvement into overall operating model
• Responsible for overall financial performance of SSA PAS & HPS including Orders, Revenue, Gross Profit, and Operating
• Income necessary to achieve AOP
• Build a high performing projects org. by continually investing, building on the capabilities of the project managers while ensuring 100% deployment of project management tools, processes and guidelines on projects execution and commissioning
• Own and drive diversification and growth in newer markets by building the skill set and competencies on projects execution for newer verticals
  
  

Key Skills And Qualifications

• General Manager / P&L experience required especially in a projects business
• Knowledge of Process Instrumentation & controls, Automation in Energy Transition & Sustainability initiatives, Oil & Gas
• Midstream Industry and Hybrid / Discrete manufacturing segments
• Experience working cross-functionally across the global organization
• Excellent relationship management skills, along with the ability to manage cross-functional teams.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple assignments concurrently, including ability to evaluate and manage priorities
• Effective interpersonal and communications skills, particularly the ability to communicate technical expertise and lead multi-discipline teams
  
  

We Value

• The successful candidate will have a minimum of fifteen years of progressive experience in commercial management (“commercial” is defined as strategy, sales, marketing, pricing business development, and general manager (P&L responsibility) experience.
  
  

If this is your dream role, then we'd love to hear from you.

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Additional Information

• JOB ID: req445691
• Category: Business Development
• Location: Allendale, Magwa Crescent, Waterfall City, Midrand,Johannesburg,South Africa
• Exempt

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