Business Unit Director

Business Unit Director
Midlands
Wireless Technology
c£70k + bonus + car

Our client (t/o c£5m) is a leading solutions provider in the markets in which it operates. Privately owned, the business is enjoying a period of sustainable growth due to the effectiveness of their new product introduction programme and a growing realisation of need in the target market areas.

This is a new role in the executive team and has assigned to it full P&L responsibility for the company’s core area of activity. It reports into the MD who we recruited over 5 years ago and who has presided over a doubling of turnover as well as completing a management buyout.

The Role
Development of an annual business plan for the business unit including determination of budgets and forecasts for sales, gross and net profit.
Responsible for defining the Product Development strategy for the business unit through consultation with customers, industry influencers and the internal technical team.
Management of the company’s relationships with all key customer contacts and representation of the company at Trade Events, Exhibitions and Industry Forums.
Responsible for ensuring compliance with Health & Safety, ISO9001, Field Engineering and Personnel Policies & Procedure and any other customer codes of practice.
Manage and develop a team of approximately 15 people covering the disciplines of Sales, Account Management, Field Engineering, Technical Support and Customer Services.

The Candidate:

Graduate calibre (business/engineering), who can demonstrate a track record of profitable growth and cost management within a technology business. Understanding of wireless technology.
Experience within security, fire, CCTV or telecoms would be advantageous and this would embody an understanding of wireless tech.
Effective man manager who has run a team of office and field based staff.
Strong analytical, problem solving skills allied to an eye for an opportunity are a must alongside a confident personality which will see you as an effective contributor at the boardroom table.