Chief Country Officer
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Job Location:
Milton Keynes - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Country : United Kingdom (GB) - Location : Nexans Logistics Ltd.-Milton Keynes
Function : Finance
Contract Type : Permanent contract
Welcome to the Team
The UK Chief Country Officer is responsible for a trading business with sales of circa 50m (STD metal rates) and a team of 24 people. As a legal representative you will ensure the legal and regulatory compliance of the company as well as deployment of Nexans group policies. The CCO will be responsible for the leadership development of and management of 5 direct reports.
Directly leading Sales and Marketing this role is customer facing and will therefore require travel in the UK to meet key customers and travel within Europe for group meetings. The CCO will be responsible for setting and achieving the UKs budget and building on the success of the last 5 years with a strong relationship with the main intercompany supplier in Greece. This position will report to the Managing Director PWR G&C South Europe who is based in Paris and will sit on the board of Nexans Logistics (statutory director) and represent Nexans at the British Cable Association.
Getting a Flying Start
The key objective of the role is to enable Nexans in the UK to continue to grow sales and profitability through effective leadership and coaching of the UK team and the development and implementation of commercial strategy.
How You Make an Impact
- Provide strategic leadership direction planning and execution of Power Grid & Connect profitable growth strategy and development in the UK
- Develop and maintain relationships with Nexans Power Grid & Connect key customers including Electrical DSOs and electrical material distributors integrators and installers.
- Lead motivate and mentor the UK management team and organization to achieve ambitious business objectives and continue to build on a positive company culture.
- Develop and implement the companys strategy and mission at the country level aligning it with global corporate goals.
- Optimise OWC and maximise cash generation (Good financial understanding is key).
- Act as a legal representative of Nexans Logistics performing all duties related to this position and ensure they are fully met
- Ensure safe and efficient working conditions for all Nexans UK employees including the proper management and maintenance of Milton Keynes Distribution Centre and Offices respecting and deploying the rules regarding health and safety as well as environmental.
- Ensure the company operates in full compliance with all UK legal and regulatory requirements.
Your Starting Points
- Education: A bachelors or Master of Science degree in business administration management international business or a related field is preferred.
- Experience: Extensive senior management experience in the relevant or similar industry and significant experience in managing operations and driving growth.
- Strategic Thinking: A highly developed ability to think strategically and develop actionable roadmaps for growth.
- Commercial Acumen: A deep understanding of commercial value market dynamics and the ability to identify and manage risks.
- Strong financial management skills including working knowledge of P&L cash flow and balance sheet.
- Communication & Negotiation: Exceptional communication negotiation and relationship management skills including at very senior levels.
- Cross-Cultural Competence: Strong skills in cross-cultural communication collaboration and promoting a positive team culture and employee engagement inline with Nexans values.
- Problem solving mindset with ability to led the change
- Agile project management
- English fluency; French proficiency would be advantageous
OUR GROWTH CULTURE
Among our employees we share the same values- we are pioneers of the energy transition dedicated to deliver to the highest standards of performance united to achieve our ambitious goal.
At the individual level our growth culture is built on trust and collaboration. We wish to welcome you as a valuable member of our team. To enable impact we believe in autonomy at the local level at the same time as we encourage knowledge sharing within our global engineering competence.
REFERRAL REQUEST
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Required Experience:
Chief
Key Skills
- Mold Remediation
- Succession Planning
- Employee Evaluation
- Basic Math
- Host/Hostess Experience
- Restoration
- Restoration Industry Experience
- Water Damage Restoration
- Emergency Management
- Auto Restoration
- Fire Restoration
- Financial Report Interpretation
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