Managing Director -Distribution Branch Electric motors

• MD experienced on sales and people management
• Local Branch of international player expanding in Europe

About Our Client

Leading company in electric motors distribution, with constant growth and a well-established presence in both domestic and international markets.

The company has built long-term partnerships with both large multinational corporations as well as entrepreneurial businesses, offering tailor-made solutions, quality products, acting with transparency and a customer-first approach.

Job Description

The MD, reporting directly to the owners, will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Together with the Sales leaders, develops, reviews, updates and implements strategic business planning, including financial performance and product development;
• Sets KPIs, leads and monitors the budgeting process to meet long-term financial and business goals;
• Deploys new efficiency and quality road-map to achieve the higher standards requested by customers;
• Fosters the partnership with existing clients and represents the Company in front of potential new clients during key meetings;
• Ensures operations are at all times compliant with Group policies and standards, in particular for HSE, ISO, certifications and policies;
• Ensures successful project management processes, aiming to meet client expectations from initial concept, manufacturing and on-time delivery;
• Demonstrates strong leadership skills through empowering, collaborating, coaching and mentoring the existing human capital.

The Successful Applicant

The ideal candidate has a Master's Degree in Electric or Electronic Engineering or equivalent field experience, combined with a proven track record with small but growing organizations, where personal relations are extremely important.

A solid understanding of project management, from end to end, combined with a customer-oriented mindset is highly preferred. A genuine interest in personal relations, towards internal and external stakeholders, is a key requirement mixed with a high level of honesty and humbleness.

The new MD will need to be capable of gaining trust from the bottom up and deploying in an engaging manner the necessary turnaround process, empowering the existing talents and focusing on the long-term journey.

Fluency in English and Italian is required.

What's on Offer

You will have the chance to lead this expansion process, in an agile and high-performing organization, being totally empowered by the management.

If you have strong leadership skills, an entrepreneurial mindset, and the ability to gain the management's trust, you'll have the chance to steer the company to the next chapter of their brilliant story.