General Manager LSP Experience Required - Nordics Region

My client is an international leader in language and content solutions, services and technologies looking for a General Manager to lead their Nordics region. The General Manager owns the P&L of his/her region and is responsible for revenue and margin contribution.

You can be located in any Nordic country - Finland, Denmark, Sweden or Norway - with an expectation of travel to the regional HQ in Helsinki on a regular basis. There is a strong company culture around nurturing and growing employees in order to provide the best services possible to clients, so you can expect a creative environment with a culture of hiring and promoting from within. 

Major responsibilities include:

• Revenue, margin, cost of sales & cost of delivery, leading to contribution within the agreed annual budget plan.
• Define and execute a customer-centric Commercial strategy for your scope, continuously refine strategy with a growth mindset on existing business and new customer acquisition.
• Develop relationships with key customers and establish local strategic partnerships. Drive margin optimization projects in the organization.
• Define and execute a people-centric employee strategy, in collaboration with global HR. Ensure that the division is optimally structured and staffed for daily operations as well as to succeed in upcoming opportunities.
• Build a cohesive leadership team for your scope with Head of Sales and Head of Production.
• Establish close links with other general managers, as well as with the Executive Committee in order to share best practices, market knowledge and accelerate the growth of the entity.

Requirements

• 10 to 15 years of experience, with extensive experience in the Translation industry
• A Sales Management background in international environments, with B2B services experience
• Excellent leadership and communication skills
• Fluent in English is a must and Finnish is desired
• Danish, Swedish or Norwegian is a plus

For more information contact Claire clilidahl@anzuglobal.com
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