International Group Gm – Product Manager / Permanent / Full Time

International leadership role across multiple product engineering and design teams. International business with a number of recent global acquisitions

• International market leader
• Huge career potential.
• Career defining role

Company
  
This global aftermarket product specialist seeks a Group GM to lead the product, R&D and engineering functions across the international footprint for the business. As part of the executive leadership team, this critical role requires a professional with significant leadership experience, a high level of commercial acumen and a process-led approach.
  
Key Responsibilities
  

• Manage an international product and engineering team to identify product opportunities and solutions within each market. Making decisions on developing new or rebadging/modifying existing products.
• Distribute projects across the various resource groups to maximize the international group, with a focus on the technical competence and work load of the various teams.
• Lead and manage a diverse team across a large product function to execute project plans, including scope, schedule, resources, and project deliverables.
• Manage and lead cross-functional teams to successfully deliver product projects on time and according to the quality requirements.
• Scheduling, Risk Management and Budgeting experience
• Monitor and control each phase and steps of project implementation, in partnership with the Program manager.
• Maintain financial oversight of the product group function, including budgeting, forecasting and management reporting of financial outcomes.
• Be responsible for revenue, gross margin, and cash flow management of the portfolio of projects.
• Work with the Program Manager to implement resourcing plans and budgets to deliver program outcomes.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.

  
Background Required
  

• Tertiary qualified with experience developing and driving multi-site product groups. International teams would be advantageous.
• Experiencing working across a diverse international product portfolio that have different opportunities and requirements.
• Strong engaging customer approach. We are looking for an outgoing driver in personality that is still humble in their approach.
• Extensive experience leading a commercial multi-disciplined team across B2B channels using a customer centric approach. B2C also helpful.
• Strong understanding of business operations including sales, product, and key account management.
• Automotive; industrial, electrical; lighting and consumer industry or experience within an industrial consumer product environment considered advantageous.
• Superb communication and consultation skills with an ability to engage and influence internal stakeholders including your peers at the executive level.
• Understand importance of building relationships with employees at all levels.
• Process and systems orientated. Have a natural ability to work with internal and external stakeholders to develop new processes for the benefit of the business.
• Collaborative in style, inclusive in making decisions.
• Strong presence and professional in presentation. Able to gain attention quickly and be recognised as a strong leader in the business.
• Must be able to adapt style depending on the audience and be hands on when required.
• Proven in driving change.

  
If you would like to discuss this opportunity further, you can contact Clinton Holmes at Blackbook Executive on (03) 98237402