General Manager Brazil
Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for more than 60 years. With more than 7,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.
GENERAL MANAGER BRAZIL
The General Manager for Brazil manages all Waters Division operations in the country, including all sales and service operations. S/he directs a team of approx. 55 people on top of a network of agents and third parties engaged in furthering Waters solutions in the market. Brazil is a key market for Waters that has experienced significant growth in the last years and will continue growing strongly in the foreseeable future. The Brazil GM is responsible for driving significant order and revenue growth in the region setting up commercial and services strategies and executing accordingly.
Responsibilities
Coach and develop a team of 55+ people in various functions such as Service, Sales and Technical Support, including managing managers. The leader is responsible for maintaining, hiring and building a best-in-class team.
Setting up commercial and service strategies for Brazil and ensuring flawless execution to achieve AOP and driving accountability, focus and results.
Keep abreast of industry trends by interacting intensely with local customers, agents and partners in the country, finetuning commercial strategies accordingly and moving Waters up the supplier hierarchy.
Build a winning culture that displays collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement efforts (processes, culture, structure)
Qualifications
Bachelor in a scientific discipline, Business Administration or similar.
At least 10 years of experience in sales and / or service, and 5 years of management experience (ideally managing managers). The ideal candidate will have sold to the pharma industry in the past.
Preferred:
knowledge of pharma and Food & Environment markets in the region
