Business Unit Director, Aluminium (Ref#067)
On-siteCologne, Lombardy, Italy
Job Summary
Lead the overall performance of the Business Unit with full P&L accountability, driving operational excellence and continuous improvement across multiple regions. Develop and execute business strategies that ensure sustainable growth and profitability while partnering with senior leadership to shape the future direction of the Aluminium Division. Provide executive leadership across engineering, project delivery, customer support, and operational functions to build and develop a high-performing international team. Build and strengthen relationships with key customers across the global aluminium industry. This role is based in Cologne, Germany, within an international business that operates across multiple regions, requiring regular travel to customer sites and business locations globally.
Required Qualifications
- Engineering degree
- Proven experience leading a Business Unit, Division, or major operational function
- Strong P&L ownership
- track record of delivering commercial and operational results
- Excellent commercial, financial, and strategic leadership capabilities
- Experience leading senior management teams within a global industrial or engineering business
- Enough command of an engineering environment to lead technical Directors credibly, without needing to do the technical work yourself
- A commercially minded business leader with strong operational discipline
- An effective leader of senior technical teams, able to lead through influence as much as authority
- Customer focused, with excellent stakeholder management skills
- Comfortable operating within a complex international business
- Driven by performance, accountability, and continuous improvement
- regular travel to customer sites and business locations globally
- based in Cologne, Germany
Desired Qualifications
- MBA or other postgraduate business qualification
- Experience within the aluminium industry or a related heavy industrial sector
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