Managing Director

&deBlauw Search | Interim | Advisory; Drenthe; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TECE Netherlands is seeking a Managing Director to take full P&L responsibility for the Dutch business and steer the organisation into its next phase of growth, professionalisation and commercial development. The role blends strategic leadership with hands-on involvement across sales, finance, logistics, technical support, HR and administration.

You will refine the Dutch strategy within the Group direction, build trust, coach your team and ensure disciplined execution, reliable forecasting and

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading a technical sales organisation in the Netherlands and managing cross-functional teams.
• Strong background and network in technical project sales, complex solutions and distribution.
• Knowledge of the sanitary, heating, building or construction sector.
• Strategic, operationally strong and data-driven.

Responsibilities

• Refine the Dutch strategy within the wider Group direction and translate into clear business and action plans.
• Lead the organisation with full P&L responsibility and drive growth, professionalisation and commercial development.
• Develop project business, expand key accounts and sharpen TECE's local product and market approach.

Skills

Strategic leadership

P&L management

Sales leadership

Cross-functional teamwork

Data-driven

Job description

TECE Netherlands prepares for a structured leadership succession after almost 30 years under its current Managing Director. As Managing Director, you take on full P&L responsibility for the Dutch business and lead the organisation into its next phase of growth, professionalisation and commercial development.

You refine the Dutch strategy within the wider Group direction and translate it into clear business and action plans. The role combines strategic leadership with close operational involvement across sales, finance, logistics, technical support, HR and administration. You strengthen commercial performance by developing project business, expanding key accounts, identifying new customer segments and sharpening the local product and market approach.

You report to the Head of International Business and lead a professional and experienced team. Working with TECE Group and the local organisation, you build trust, coach your team and ensure that strategic priorities are translated into disciplined execution, reliable forecasting and measurable results.

The role offers an entrepreneurial scope within a profitable family-owned company with long-term ambitions. You shape the Dutch organisation while building on a solid market position, an established customer base and a structured handover from the current Managing Director.

• Proven experience leading a technical sales organisation in the Netherlands and managing cross-functional teams
• Strong background and network in technical project sales, complex solutions and distribution
• Knowledge of the sanitary, heating, building or construction sector
• Strategic, operationally strong and data-driven

TECE is an internationally active, family-owned building technology group headquartered in Emsdetten, Germany. With around 1,300 employees, more than 25 international subsidiaries and exclusive sales partners, the Group develops, produces and sells systems for piping, pre-wall technology, flushing, shower drainage and sanitary solutions. Annual turnover exceeds €350 million.

TECE Netherlands was established in 1993 and has grown into a profitable business with approximately €10.5 million in revenue and a stable team of 16 employees. The company serves installers, technical wholesalers, project contractors, retail showrooms, planners and architects. The Netherlands is a target market for the Group, with ambitions to grow by expanding project business, increasing value per project and strengthening TECE’s position around quality, compliance and technically advanced solutions.