General Manager

Your job

Do you have a passion for the manufacturing industry? Do you want to work in an environment where we explore the limits of the possible and we often go a step further to deliver a perfect product to our customers? Would you like to strengthen Allard-Europe's unique position in the Benelux together with 100 highly skilled and motivated employees and prepare the organization for the future? If you answered yes three times, then we have a great job for you as General Manager of Allard-Europe!

We are looking to appoint a General Manager to provide effective leadership and management to set up and lead a performance driven and customer-oriented organization with a strong safety culture and CSR ambition to be CO2 neutral in 2030. You will lead the business strategy, business planning and execution fostering intercompany collaboration and teamwork towards other Royal IHC businesses. You will be a representative for Allard-Europe to governments, branch organization etc. and you will build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, clients, and other stakeholders.

You will look to embed a positive continuous improvement culture to continue to develop world class products, with a particularly emphasis on professionalizing the organization to make it fit for future. Working closely with your Management Team, you will be passionate and committed to enabling your people to reach their full potential and optimize business results.

Our ideal candidate has:

Minimum 5 years of P&L responsibility in a Belgium organization.

Experience as statutory director is a pre.

A technical background, where experience in foundry industry is beneficial.

Leadership experience in a production environment with skills to set priorities, delegate, motivate, and develop people.

Proven track record in improving a safety performance.

Good communication skills in both Flemish/Dutch and English.

Preferably living close to Turnhout.

You have:

A genuine interest in our operation and people and a well thought-out managerial style.

Data driven mindset and you naturally seek for KPI driven PDCA loops.

A growth mindset and the ability to make other people grow as well.

A strategic vision; you see opportunities and threats and set the policy to benefit/cope with them.

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