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Dear candidates, we are looking for new Country Managing Director
CMD is part of the Ayvens Leadership team and play a key role in owning, adapting and effectively delivering the strategy of the Ayvens at country level.
The Country Managing Director has primary and overall responsibility for running on a day-to-day basis the operations of the given subsidiaries of the Ayvens in a country where the Ayvens is present.
The Country Managing Director directly reports into the Group Regional Director of the Region the country belongs to or to a Sub-Regional Director..
The responsibilities of a Country Managing Director include:
Owning, implementing, translating locally the global strategy set by the Ayvens, factoring in the specificities of the local market and context, to achieve the targets and ambitions of the Ayvens to become a global leader in sustainable mobility.
It covers: the commercial strategy, Digital and IT, Services and operations (including procurement, insurance and real estate), Remarketing, ESG/Sustainability, Financial planning, HR, Transformation and Integration, Legal, Communication and Marketing.
Defining on a yearly basis the plan to be executed to achieve such targets and allocating locally the resources to deliver the plan
Developing business and maintaining good customer and supplier relationships, ensuring strategic customers and partnerships are well addressed globally and locally, in line with the priorities set by the central commercial function
Representing the Ayvens locally towards local stakeholders (local authorities and regulators, associations, etc.)
Defining the local financial trajectory and business plan, and delivering it as planned (under supervision of the Group Regional Director) and in line with the central guidelines from the Finance department
Adapting the global HR strategy and deploying it locally to ensure (i) wellbeing of employees, (ii) effective talent retention and development and (iii) people engagement.
Local subsidiaries are expected to be fully part of and contribute to the Group’s mobility and talent development program: identifying high potential local profiles, integrating them in the Group’s international and functional mobility scheme and development program, hosting talents locally for a temporary position.
Establishing and maintaining an effective relationship with the workers councils / employee representatives
Identifying ways to increase revenues and decrease costs analyzing financial reports and results and preparing budgets for the entities, while ensuring sound and robust pricing framework
Ensuring the Group’s Risk & Compliance agendas and requirements are implemented in the country and effectively respected
Ensuring the group’s ambitions in terms of sustainability and diversity are implemented locally
Ensuring group company policies (including asset, credit risk delegation, compliance, etc.) and legal and regulatory guidelines are communicated and followed at all times locally
Ensuring that the local company is always compliant with all applicable international and local regulations and laws.
Hard skills
Strategic Leadership, entrepreneurship & Market Insight: Demonstrates ability to craft strategic direction and insights into the mobility market with an entrepreneurial approach, leveraging industry trends to steer the company, and to identify and capitalize on new opportunities. Has the ability to understand customer’s needs and guide the entity to deliver on these.
Financial, commercial & Operational management, Digital, Innovation: Understands commercial strategies and day-to-day operations to drive (international) business efficiency and growth. Has digital acumen and the ability to drive innovation. Proven experience managing international business operations with direct P&L accountability, shows…