Country Manager NZ - Retail & Trade
| Location: | sydney |
| Salary: | $160000 - $180000 per annum, Benefits: + Car + Bonus |
| Job Type: | permanent |
| Contact: | Ben Maurer |
The Business
With a rich history going back over 100 years, this business has a portfolio of iconic brands with a reputation for quality manufacturing, innovation and design excellence with applications for consumers & DIY, residential builders, trades and commercial markets (as well as a number of more specialised but seperate divisions for industrials, marine & automotive). They have a large footprint across the region including Australian manufacturing, their own trade store networks and consumer distribution partnerships with leading hardware retailers. Backed by a global leader who have invested in growth and people, the Australian operation has gone from strength to strength and is now looking for a new NZ Country Manager to replicate that success and achieve its full potential in the New Zealand market by shifting the thinking to growth and supporting the team through that process. A great culture of supportive people and impressive MD backed by a global leader - what more could you ask for?
The Role
Reporting to the Australian / Regional MD, this business critical role will be leading a diverse team of nearly 90 sales staff across 2 main channels - retail and trade with revenues circa $45M across both. The role will be tasked with building a more strategic partnership with the single biggest retail customer and indentifying any underlying issues in the trade channel, removing barriers to success, building a high-performance / can-do culture and creating momentum in revenue and volume growth, CX and improving market share. The role will hold P&L for NZ and have a focus on sales & marketing but collaborate with and leverage strong internal relationships cross-functionally including supply chain & distribution, marketing & digital, executive & HR, manufacturing & R&D - all of whom are invested in the success of the NZ business. Career growth includes taking on additional functional responsibilities as growth returns and the business invests but also regional or global pathways in a business that promotes from within.
The Person
You will be a strong leader with a proven track record in consumer products, ideally hardware or related residential / DIY categories that have both consumer and trade channels or applications. The role will require a balance of strategic thinking and capability (including analytical nous & the proven ability to execute effectively) along with strong interpersonal and hands-on leadership style. You'll have led either turnarounds or change programs to improve performance but importantly you'll have brought the team along for the journey and building capability along the way. You'll have an excellent repution and strong relationships with large, national retailers and nring structure to how that relationship is managed at a top to top level. Non-negotiable is an absolute focus on the customer and your people who you will put first.
Interested?
Please apply now to be considered or DM me on LinkedIn - Ben Maurer at Six Degrees. This role is Auckland based and open to New Zealand or Australian applicants who have the ability to relocate (at this stage the client is not considering relocation packages but may be open to for the right leader).
With a rich history going back over 100 years, this business has a portfolio of iconic brands with a reputation for quality manufacturing, innovation and design excellence with applications for consumers & DIY, residential builders, trades and commercial markets (as well as a number of more specialised but seperate divisions for industrials, marine & automotive). They have a large footprint across the region including Australian manufacturing, their own trade store networks and consumer distribution partnerships with leading hardware retailers. Backed by a global leader who have invested in growth and people, the Australian operation has gone from strength to strength and is now looking for a new NZ Country Manager to replicate that success and achieve its full potential in the New Zealand market by shifting the thinking to growth and supporting the team through that process. A great culture of supportive people and impressive MD backed by a global leader - what more could you ask for?
The Role
Reporting to the Australian / Regional MD, this business critical role will be leading a diverse team of nearly 90 sales staff across 2 main channels - retail and trade with revenues circa $45M across both. The role will be tasked with building a more strategic partnership with the single biggest retail customer and indentifying any underlying issues in the trade channel, removing barriers to success, building a high-performance / can-do culture and creating momentum in revenue and volume growth, CX and improving market share. The role will hold P&L for NZ and have a focus on sales & marketing but collaborate with and leverage strong internal relationships cross-functionally including supply chain & distribution, marketing & digital, executive & HR, manufacturing & R&D - all of whom are invested in the success of the NZ business. Career growth includes taking on additional functional responsibilities as growth returns and the business invests but also regional or global pathways in a business that promotes from within.
The Person
You will be a strong leader with a proven track record in consumer products, ideally hardware or related residential / DIY categories that have both consumer and trade channels or applications. The role will require a balance of strategic thinking and capability (including analytical nous & the proven ability to execute effectively) along with strong interpersonal and hands-on leadership style. You'll have led either turnarounds or change programs to improve performance but importantly you'll have brought the team along for the journey and building capability along the way. You'll have an excellent repution and strong relationships with large, national retailers and nring structure to how that relationship is managed at a top to top level. Non-negotiable is an absolute focus on the customer and your people who you will put first.
Interested?
Please apply now to be considered or DM me on LinkedIn - Ben Maurer at Six Degrees. This role is Auckland based and open to New Zealand or Australian applicants who have the ability to relocate (at this stage the client is not considering relocation packages but may be open to for the right leader).
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- Contract Type permanent
- Reference BH-25056
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Salary$160000 - $180000 per annum, Benefits: + Car + Bonus
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Contact Name
Ben Maurer
Country Manager NZ - Retail & Trade
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