General Manager - Water Technologies Caribbean Region

As a General Manager (GM) for our Caribbean Region youll play a key Executive Leadership role responsible for the successful operation of all Services functions across 10 countries.  Working in collaboration with other Senior Leaders and Managers the GM provides strategic leadership on the positioning commercial strategy and overall customer service for the region.

Working with the Commercial leadership team Commercial Engineering and Sales teams youll play a critical operational role to grow the Services portfolio in the region across all the product families. Your business operations experience will be key in providing oversight leadership and direction to the complete business Operations teams in order to ensure that operating plan targets are met or exceeded in a safe and compliant manner.

Key Early Objectives :

Lead a culture of safety across the region at all levels within the organization

Turn strategy into action through good team alignment / leadership and setting clear goals & objectives exercise good project management discipline.

Lead and operationalize key ongoing projects in the Bahamas and Jamaica

Partner with executive leadership to set strategic direction for the region focused on core offerings operations & maintenance and modular projects in the desalination and industrial water spaces.

Core Responsibilities :

Lead and drive operations of Services business in Region. Oversee Revenue Cost Operating Profit Sales and Backlog of orders alongside commercial and activity growth.

Profit & Loss responsibility

Target achievement accountability

Operational fulfillment

Actively coach local sales and operations teams driving ongoing On the Job Training and building a pipeline of talent.

Coaching and mentoring staff to include Senior Leaders

Work observations and feedback

Lead the business rollup processes for Services in the region. Driving EHS Quality Compliance and integrity as a main component for all activities.

Business review

EHS reviews and Management site visits

Develop and drive regional business strategies across the portfolio. Lead process improvement restructuring and business transformation

Strategy development

Country and market penetration strategy development

Other key responsibilities include :

Foster strategic partnerships with internal teams and customers to drive growth

Oversee all regional operations including resource management and project fulfillment

Develop and maintain a skilled workforce through training and career advancement

Monitor and improve key operational metrics (EHS quality utilization continuous improvement)

Manage plant and fleet assets maintenance and reliability

Lead regional expansion and restructuring initiatives

Collaborate with global and shared services teams to implement best practices

Participate in executivelevel strategy and business planning

Qualifications : Core Requirements :

University degree in Business or Technical subject and at least 5 years work experience in water treatment utilities or similar B2B service solutions field.

7 years of proven leadership experience

Experience and knowledge of water treatment systems and equipment.

Experience of Desalination business contracts operations and markets.

Ability to travel as needed more than 25% of time.

Other Useful Skills & Abilities :

Ability to communicate at executive level with well developed verbal and written communication skills.

Strong strategic thinking and business development skills and experience

Experience in Operations Leadership ideally managing a dispersed multi / site Multi country workforce.

Customer focused clear thinker and detailoriented. Able to prioritize organize work mitigate risks and meet operational deadlines.

Good technology fluency

Ability to work in and lead crossfunctional teams in a matrix environment for success good influencing skills and ability to create / communicate vision.

Salary Range :  $180000  $200000

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

As an inclusive company Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications without discrimination.

Remote Work : Employment Type :

Fulltime

Salary : $180,000 - $200,000