General Manager - Mexico

gsknch; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 1,500,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Haleon is seeking an experienced General Manager to lead the Mexico business and deliver sustainable growth, market share expansion and strong P&L performance.

The role translates enterprise strategies into clear market priorities, customer plans, channel investments and disciplined commercial execution, guiding a high-performing, consumer-centric organization. The General Manager leads the adoption of Haleon’s operating model and drives cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Translate OU and category strategy into market plans
• Turn Operating Unit category and portfolio strategies into executable market, customer and channel plans
• Balance enterprise priorities and market needs, adapting execution to local consumer dynamics
• Create alignment across the Mexico leadership team and partners on goals, metrics and milestones
• Direct resources toward high-value opportunities while maintaining clarity on strategic choices

Job description

Welcome to Haleon. We're a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we've grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter - one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands - including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® - lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now it's time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose - to deliver better everyday health with humanity - at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced General Manager to lead Haleon's Mexico business and deliver sustainable growth, market share expansion and strong P&L performance.

The role translates enterprise and category (Oral Health, Pain Relief, Respiratory Health, and Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements) strategies into clear market priorities, customer plans, channel investments and disciplined commercial execution.

As the most senior leader in the market (200+ employees), the General Manager leads the adoption of Haleon's new operating model and builds a high performing, agile and consumer-centric organisation.

The role aligns cross-functional teams, develops organisational capability, represents Haleon externally, and fosters a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Translate OU and category strategy into market plans
• Turn Operating Unit category and portfolio strategies into executable market, customer and channel plans, with clear priorities and trade-offs within agreed category guardrails.
• Balance enterprise priorities and market needs, adapting execution to local consumer, customer and competitive dynamics.
• Create alignment across the Mexico leadership team and matrix partners on goals, metrics and milestones to drive disciplined in-market execution.
• Direct resources toward the highest-value opportunities while maintaining clarity on strategic choices and expected outcomes.
• Drive commercial performance and sustainable growth
• Deliver annual revenue, profit, market share and operational commitments through disciplined forecasting, performance reviews and timely corrective actions.
• Execute pricing, promotions, trade terms, media and channel plans with discipline, strong ROI focus and delivery against commitments.
• Identify and develop strategic growth opportunities across traditional and emerging channels, including digital commerce.
• Lead key customer relationships to outpace market growth, strengthen partnerships and deliver responsible business outcomes.
• Build a strong connection between category strategy, commercial choices and end-to-end market execution.
• Lead the new operating model and transformation
• Champion adoption of Haleon's new operating model and translate its principles into practical market ways of working.
• Create clarity on decision rights, accountabilities, governance routines, hand-offs and success measures.
• Drive end-to-end collaboration across Category, Marketing, Commercial Excellence, Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, Regulatory Affairs, Corporate Affairs and HR.
• Simplify processes, remove execution barriers and increase decision speed while maintaining appropriate governance.
• Lead change visibly, reinforce new leadership behaviours and ensure the operating model delivers measurable business value.
• Lead omnichannel execution - Drive excellence across omnichannel activation, ensuring end-to-end delivery from customer plans and commercial programmes through to in-market execution.
• Leverage global tools, capabilities and best practices while adapting execution to Mexico's market dynamics.
• Build capabilities that improve execution consistency, speed and effectiveness across channels.
• Share learning and proven practices across markets and Operating Units.
• Financial discipline, risk and organisation leadership - Deliver key financial and operational metrics; optimise costs, cash flow and productivity while maintaining market-leading customer service.
• Ensure compliant execution across ethical, legal, regulatory, quality and governance requirements.
• Assess business risks, maintain effective controls and lead decisively through crises or business continuity events.
• Build a strong talent bench and high-performance culture; develop the leadership pipeline and succession plans.
• Represent Haleon externally to protect and enhance reputation, visibility and stakeholder relationships.
• People and enterprise leadership - Build and lead a high-performing, inclusive leadership team with clear accountability and a strong talent pipeline.
• Develop future leaders and successors through c