General Manager, Dach

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Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste.

We are committed to protecting food, people and the planet and are on the lookout for passionate and consummate professionals to join our growing team to help us deliver on our ambitious 2030 Strategy.

We look for colleagues who Care, Dare and Deliver.

• Fiber Foodservice Europe-AsiaOceania (EAO) business segment offers high quality molded fiber and paperboard packaging for fresh food and beverages across Europe, Asia, Oceania, Middle East and Africa. We serve quick service and fast casual restaurants, coffee shops and vending operators as well as egg, fruit and vegetable producers. The segment has a turnover of €1.3 billion The business has about 6,600 employees and 34 manufacturing sites across Europe, Asia, Oceania, Middle East and Africa._

GENERAL MANAGER, DACH & BENELUX, FIBER FOODSERVICE EAO

• Are you thriving with key customers and on factory floor alike?
• We are looking for an experienced, business savvy General Manager to lead our Fiber and Foodservice business in a geographic area covering Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg in alignment with Huhtamaki Group strategic goals. The role is responsible for profitable growth in the Market Unit as well as running efficient operations in our Manufacturing Sites in Franeker, the Netherlands and Alf, Germany.
• The role reports to SVP, Europe, Fiber Foodservice EAO and is based in the Netherlands or Germany, preferably in one of our manufacturing sites.
• KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• The purpose of the role is to drive and manage our Fiber and Foodservice business in the market with full profit and loss accountability. The position holder creates, manages, and implements plans and leads the organization to deliver commercial, operational, and financial targets for the Market Unit.
• Establishing and implementing a 35year strategy designed to maximize growth and financial value of the market
• Maintaining effective market insight and customer relationships to ensure market protection, sustainable innovation and growth and improved performance for Huhtamaki
• Supporting Key Account Management and customer intimacy both with Global and Local Accounts
• Promoting innovation and development of new products and markets
• Running efficient operations and optimized supplychain in the market, including manufacturing, warehousing, employee health and safety, quality, and productivity
• Enabling and driving Integrated Business Planning (IBP) in the core of the operating model
• Managing financial performance, budgeting, and monthly reporting to segment leadership with Finance teams
• Building a highperformance culture grounded in the company values Care, Dare and Deliver
• Providing leadership to Market Unit commercial, operations and support functions teams (solid or dotted line), effectively influencing other functional areas where needed
• Ensuring world class health and safety practices and procedures
• Ensuring sustainable talent supply, performance, development, and engagement
• Driving continuous improvement
• Ensuring that Huhtamaki values, ethical standards and legal compliance is followed and adhered to across whole organization and in all activities, and the company's interests are protected by developing relations and representation with industry bodies and contactsKEY SUCCESS FACTORS AND QUALIFICATIONS
• This role requires both commercial and operational excellence as well as strong leadership and change management skills. The role works closely with the teams in the Manufacturing Sites, and in close collaboration with segment and Group functions to achieve our strategic goals.
• Subject matter expertise extensive international experience in packaging or similar industry in a general management capacity, preferably experience in FMCG or Foodservice companies, commercial roles, and good understanding of the market
• Business acumen proven track record of true P&L responsibility, leading a business and achieving results, establishing strategies
• Business development experience in developing business in mature markets as well as bringing expertise to drive operational excellence
• Change agility thriving in a complex environment and having previous experience on successfully leading transformation and change
• Collaboration ability to build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, comfortable working in a matrix environment with strong stakeholder management skills
• Communication excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Leadership proven track record of leading and engaging people and develop

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