General Manager Switzerland

Location: Zurich, Switzerland (hybrid options)
Salary: Competitive DOE + % Bonus + Company Car + Regional Benefits
Corporate Benefits: Enhanced Carer/Parental Leave, Additional Holiday, EAP, Bespoke Career Pathways, Upskilling and Development and more

Are you an inspiring leader looking for your next step? Watson-Marlow is seeking a dynamic and experienced General Manager to drive profitable sales growth in Switzerland. As the General Manager, you will be responsible for leading all strategic activities and operational teams, ensuring an efficient, effective, and productive business. You will play a crucial role in aligning with WMFTS Strategy and Spirax Sarco Engineering plc values while being a core member of the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Leadership Team.
Due to the nature of our clients in this region the successful candidate will have fluency in both English and one local language (German or French), Italian also an asset.

About Us:

At WMFTS, we have been supplying engineering and process expertise for nearly 60 years, making us the trusted name in the industry. With over one million pumps installed worldwide, our products are proven to deliver outstanding performance. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc, a global organization with a workforce of approximately 10,400 employees, we offer an unrivaled breadth of solutions for pumping applications.

This role will focus on:

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  Lead and manage all aspects of the Switzerland business, including Sales, Operations, HR, EHS, IS, Sustainability, Legal, Marketing, and Finance, with a focus on driving profitable sales growth and identifying strategic new business opportunities.
• Provide a vision, direction, and purpose for your direct reports and their teams, serving as an authentic leader, coach, and advisor. Make key decisions on budget allocation and resource management, creating a followership.
• Foster development and career progression within your teams, ensuring colleagues have the necessary skills, motivation, and fair and transparent recruitment processes. Support robust talent management across CEE and EMEA OpCos as a member of the CEE Leadership team.
• Drive Total Customer Solutions by aligning Switzerland with Watson-Marlow value chains and collaborating across EMEA and Watson-Marlow teams. Understand and meet customer needs, identify growth opportunities, and communicate effectively with various stakeholders.
• Lead continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives to increase sales, generate leads, identify market opportunities, and drive efficiencies in your teams. Comply with Spirax Sarco Engineering Group policies and procedures.

• Inspirational leadership style, approachability, excellent influencing and communication skills, and the ability to gain followership.
• Deep understanding and experience of running all aspects of a sales operation, including full P&L responsibility.
• Strong commercial background coupled with operational General Management experience is essential.
• Experience growing the Switzerland market, ideally across industrial process capital equipment or life sciences.
• Strategic thinker with experience in leading change initiatives. Ability to communicate and implement a vision for a "best-in-class" sales organization. Strong collaboration skills.
• Due to the nature of our clients in this region the successful candidate will have fluency in both English and one local language (German or French), Italian also an asset.

Closing date: 25th August 2023

As a growing and ambitious organisation with a presence in over 60 global locations and across multiple markets, we can offer you the working environment and support needed to be successful. We are committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or religious belief.

About Watson-Marlow

Every day, we help companies across the globe to be more efficient and sustainable. Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions (WMFTS) is the world leader in niche peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies. Comprising ten established brands, each with their area of expertise, but together offering our customers unrivalled solutions for their pumping and fluid transfer applications. Together with our colleagues across Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc, we are proud to be a FTSE 50 company.