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Job Title: Senior Business Director Performance Coatings EMEAI
Job Location: UK
Job type:
Permanent
Type of role:
Hybrid
Join Our Thriving Team at Lubrizol as Senior Business Director Performance Coatings EMEAI
Unleash Your Potential. At Lubrizol were transforming the industry and looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey. If you are ready to join an international company with talent around the world, and want to make a real impact, we want you on our team.
What Youll Do:
As a Senior Business Director Performance Coatings EMEAI, youll be at the forefront of our innovation, driving the regional growth strategy, aligned to global PCG strategy, to deliver profitable and sustainable business growth. This entails driving sales team effectiveness, developing growth pipelines by taking a customer:centric approach and closely working with supply chain, procurement, R and D, and manufacturing stakeholders to achieve business objectives and deliver on financial target. Your work will directly impact Lubrizol's success by owning profit and loss for Performance Coatings EMEAI region. Your responsibilities:
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Responsible for P and L of the Performance Coatings business in the EMEAI region by developing and implementing the business strategy aligned to global PCG strategy to achieve above market growth;
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Drive revenue growth and achieve / maintain leadership position, optimize spend and ensures continued profitable growth of the business unit;
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Optimize cash:flow by improving forecast accuracy, reducing payment terms, and making wise capital decisions;
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Lead, manage and develop the EMEAI team, fostering open communication, teamwork, innovation, and strategic alignment while instilling a culture of customer centricity, growth mindset, empowerment, while focusing on urgency and accountability for financial results;
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Collaborate with senior management and cross:functional teams to ensure execution of business strategy and ongoing business activities;
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Establish strong relationships with industry experts and customers, proactively supporting the commercial team in identifying new opportunities with improved NPI process and innovation for differentiated growth;
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Identify and develop strategic partnerships that will advance Lubrizol's PCG competitive position in adjacent marketspaces, and explore growth projects with these partners through the established platforms around strategic pillars;
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Embed a robust Management Operating System (MOS) to reinforce commercial excellence;
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Own Performance Coatings CRM business pipeline and align Sales and Marketing to match or overcome strategic plan targets;
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Develop and maintain a view of market dynamics in the industry, including ongoing evaluation of opportunities to create value;
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Influence and gain acceptance of leaders internal and external to Lubrizol through effective communication, relevant and insightful analyses, and creative thinking;
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Develop economic models to evaluate new business initiatives or in support of understanding the size, growth, and evolution of markets in which we do business, doing s