General Manager and Business Development Professional

General Manager for Business Development and Sales

Greenville, SC

Six figure salary + incentives / bonuses / benefits

Company Profile :

• A worldwide successful company in the "Built to Print / Spec" business with 1500+ employees in Austria, USA, Croatia, and India.
• The Greenville, SC location was established to support the company's customers even better with shorter lead times and highest quality.
• The company's customers, mostly worldwide market leaders in various sectors of mechanical engineering, attach importance to the quality and "know how."
• A family-owned company, rich in tradition.
• Thanks to our solid capital equity base, the company is independent and strategically focused on sustainable success.
• Focused on achieving long term targets involving all employees to the WCM philosophy.
• Constant and advanced training as well as investments in new technologies ensure competitiveness and profitability.
• Social sustainability is reflected in active responsibility for the safety and satisfaction of employees.
• The value-oriented corporate culture forms a common ground for the motivation of the employees and thereby creates added value for the company making us even more competitive.

Job Description : Job Title

Job Title

General Manager for Business Development and Sales

Reporting to

Board of Directors

Location

Greenville, SC

Education / Qualification

Master of Science with experience in Commercial Business Management

Experience

15 years’ experience in the manufacturing industry for specialty machinery of custom-made packaging machines with market knowledge and min.

5 years' experience in a senior management role leading teams.

• Proven experience in Operations Management
• Excellent Organizational and Time Management skills
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to analyze data and make data driven decision
• Knowledge of Industry best Practices and trends

Position Overview

The General Manager is primarily responsible for the business development and working in close partnership with the headquarter to develop the US market as well as leading and developing the Corp operational team.

Key responsibilities include managing staff, overseeing projects, and ensuring that the company meets its financial and operational goals and identifying business opportunities on the US market.

Roles and Responsibilities

• General Management of cross functional teams with a focus on manufacturing, assembly and supply chain management.
• Create a culture of continuous improvement and problem solving to drive performance and productivity improvement.
• Responsible for short-term and long-term planning, drive initiatives throughout the management team and in the organization that contribute to long-term operational excellence.
• Ensure efficient collaboration and coordination between departments through communication with managers for successful job completion.
• Analyze data, develop metrics and strategies to improve profitability, accountability, and revenue.
• Establish prevailing performance standards that set high expectations for quality and performance.
• Responsible for training and mentoring managers and employees.
• Provide inspired leadership for the organization.
• Oversee the creation and management of budgeting, reporting, planning, and auditing for areas of direct responsibility.
• Establishing strong relationships with stakeholders, suppliers, and customers to drive business growth.
• Ensuring compliance with legal and other requirements to maintain company’s legal and ethical standards.
• Focused drive to the vision statement.

Skills

• Proven experience in Manufacturing Leadership, processes, optimization, and Continuous Improvement.
• A strategic, analytical, and problem-solving mindset.
• Leadership and mentoring skills.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent networking abilities
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