Join Legrand Belgium's dynamic leadership team as Director of Operations! Drive strategic decisions, innovate processes, and develop a compelling vision for operations in a growing, market-leading company.
Your responsibilities
1. You develop and articulate a long-term vision for the Operations Department, ensuring alignment with the needs of the business and with Legrand’s overarching strategy for sustained success and growth.
2. With your strong people and management skills, you lead and manage the Operations Department, overseeing three specialized teams: Sales Solutions (12 FTE), Customer Service (10 FTE), and Project Solutions (12 FTE), each led by a dedicated manager. You foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and accountability while driving team performance and development.
3. Together with the teams, you implement and continuously improve operational processes tailored to meet the company's evolving needs. You cultivate a culture of efficiency, knowledge-sharing, and people development.
4. You align operational capabilities with sales goals, ensuring timely delivery and effective coordination across departments to meet customer and business needs.
5. You develop and implement training programs for both internal staff and external stakeholders, ensuring they are equipped to handle new products, technologies, and evolving industry standards.
Your profile
1. You have a proven successful experience in operations management within a technical project-based business. Experience in transforming a flow business into a project-based business is considered a plus.
2. A strong background in people management is essential, with the ability to effectively lead and manage both internal and external stakeholders.
3. You possess in-depth expertise in setting up and optimizing processes, managing projects, and overseeing customer service functions.
4. Prior experience as a member of a Management Team is preferred.
5. Knowledge of tender processes is an advantage, as is familiarity with ERP system implementation.
6. Fluency in Dutch, French, and English is required to communicate effectively with various stakeholders.
What’s in it for you?
1. Become part of a dynamic and driven Management Team. This is a unique opportunity to grow with the company, contribute to the development of a compelling and sustainable vision for operations, and help shape a more complex and scalable business environment.
2. As Operations Director, you will play a crucial role in fostering a culture of ownership and accountability, leading with pace, ambition, and a data-driven approach.
3. Tap into a wide-ranging portfolio, collaborate with market leaders, and drive strategic decisions that impact the future of Legrand’s project-business.
4. Benefit from a competitive compensation package, including a performance-based bonus and extra-legal advantages, such as a company car. Please note that this role is offered with an employee contract, and management fee arrangements are not applicable.
Interested? We look forward to hearing from you
Please click the Apply button to send your CV. For additional information please contact Diandra Roebroek at diandra.roebroek@mercuriurval.com (ref.no. BE-07673). This recruitment is exclusively performed by Mercuri Urval.
About the company
Legrand Group Belgium, headquartered in Zaventem, is a subsidiary of the French Legrand Group, which employs over 38,000 people worldwide and operates in more than 80 countries. Legrand Group Belgium represents the brands Legrand, BTicino, Netatmo, and Ecotap in the Belgian and Luxembourg markets, offering a wide range of innovative products for residential buildings (switches, home automation, distribution, and security), the tertiary sector (hospitals, offices, hotels, etc.), industry, and data centers. The company generates a turnover of €90 million and employs 110 people.
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