General Manager

Executive Recruiting Group; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Executive Recruiting Group in Jacksonville, FL seeks a General Manager to drive regional commercial and operational development, safety performance, and the delivery of the regional project portfolio. You will establish the organization, recruit and lead the team, and align with global operation and marketing teams to meet objectives.

This role requires 15+ years in energy infrastructure project/program leadership, strong knowledge of EPC contracts and cost accounting, and a proven track record

Qualifications

• 15+ years of project/program management in the Energy Infrastructure industry.
• Master's degree in mechanical, industrial, electrical, or electrotechnical engineering or another relevant discipline.
• MBA or Master’s in Business or Commercial would be a plus.
• Knowledge of standard cost accounting and budgetary control.
• Proven leadership under direct management.
• Knowledge of EPC contract and renewable energy business.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate regional operations and business activities.
• Collaborate with Global Operation and central organization for deployment of processes and tools.
• Coordinate communication across Finances, Engineering, contract administration, sourcing and Quality.
• Lead and manage the regional operations team performance.
• Monitor monthly project reviews and regional KPI dashboards.
• Prepare region budget from market assessment to reporting and cash flow.
• Apply sales project management best practices within the region.
• Drive bid, commercial and operations for portfolio management.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Strategic planning

EPC contracts knowledge

Budgeting and cost control

Education

Master's degree in mechanical engineering

MBA or Master’s in Business/Commercial

Job description

The General Manager is responsible of the commercial and operational development as well as safety performance of the region. This person will be in charge of establishing and achieving regional business objectives and will lead commercial actions, the delivery of the region project portfolio based on process and tools, as well as the deployment of after-sales strategy. This person will be in charge to settle the proper organization, to develop and to lead the team that will be supported by global operation and marketing teams.

Duties:

• Coordinate operations and business activities in the region,
• Coordinate with Global Operation and central organization for deployment of processes and tools
• Coordinate communication between departments (Finances, Engineering, contract administration, contract management, sourcing and Quality)
• Manage operations team performance
• Consolidate and monitor outputs from monthly project reviews
• Monitor full Project Portfolio control including all operational and financial indicators (GM, sales, cash)
• Define priorities in accordance with Product Line strategy
• Operation organization setup, staffing and workload management, Trainings, projects closing…
• Manage the Key Performance Indicators and prepare information for the business reviews of the division. Explain actuals compared to monthly/quarterly/yearly forecasts
• Prepare region budget from the market assessment to the consolidation reporting. Validate the figures from the order intake to the IFO and Cash.
• Apply sales project management best practices within the region
• Drive Bid, commercial and Operations for portfolio financial and operational management
• Leader on Orders, Sales & Cash forecast
• Consolidate and challenge region investment requirement

Requirements:

• Master's degree in mechanical, industrial, electrical, or electrotechnical engineering or another relevant discipline
• MBA, Master's Business or Commercial would be a plus
• 15+ years of project/program management, business or financial management within the Energy Infrastructure industry:Power plants, electric transmission networks, and renewable energy
• Knowledge of standard cost accounting and budgetary control
• Proven leadership under direct management
• Knowledge of EPC contract and renewable energy business