SAS Partners - Operations & Business Development Manager

Salary offered: 12 - 18 LPA

Operations & Business Development Manager is a newly created position reporting directly to the Group General Manager to support the new implantation of the Company in India.

The main missions would be:

1) Build state-of-the-art operations and drive the customer contract:

- Install on-site operation in respect with company's quality, safety, ethics and cleanliness standards

- Hire employees to start operations inside industrial plants

- Monitor and make decisions about resources related to employees and infrastructures

- Set up annual budget according to internal procedures and policy

- Adapt workers abilities to the needs of the company and develop their skills

- Circulate EQS Management system, policy and objectives among the staff

- Communicate largely about the importance of clients- requirements accomplishment as well as normative regulations

- Make sure responsibilities and authorities of workers are set and well-known among the organization

- Ensure communication and reporting between the company and the client's team

2) Business development related to the starting-up of the new activity

- Analyse the market environment composed of OEMs & Tier 1 suppliers, foundries and steel mills customers

- Identify business development opportunities and forecast sales targets

- Track and record activity on accounts and help to close deals to meet these targets

- Determine financial orientations

- Identify potential customers and the decision makers within customers organizations

- Prospect, research and build relationships with new suppliers and customers

- Conduct competitive/market intelligence, technical benchmarking and convey feedbacks to the headquarters

- Define and implement the subsidiary's strategy in accordance with the Group General Manager and collaborate with him regarding globalized purchases/sales transactions

- Lead negotiations with suppliers and customers about prices, payments and contract conditions of services supplied

- Make decisions about the company operations as well as purchasing of materials/equipment according to the group rules

- Monitor authorization of orders in respect of internal Group procedures

Education : University degree in business, mechanical or environment engineering or other suitable education

- At least 7 years of managing experience, preferably in steel or foundry industry and/or automotive industry

- High appreciation of the Indian automotive industry market

- Negotiation and sales skills

- Knowledge of budgeting and financial control

- Effective communication and presentation skills

- Highly trustful and reliable personality

- Team player, self-confident oriented

- Readiness to travel

- Written and spoken English (mandatory), French would be an advantage

We are looking for candidates for our client.