Working at Freudenberg: We will wow your world!

Responsibilities:

Strategic Business Leadership

• Shape and drive long‑term business strategies that reflect the company’s vision, ensuring progress is reviewed annually and aligned to clear 3–5‑year growth goals.
• Stay ahead of market shifts by preparing quarterly insights on trends, competitors, and emerging opportunities.
• Lead the annual budgeting and forecasting process, ensuring timelines are met and accuracy is maintained within a ±5% variance.
• Provide the leadership team with meaningful, data‑backed recommendations at least once every quarter to guide strategic decision‑making.

Growth & Market Expansion

• Staying informed about industry trends, emerging opportunities, and threats
• Identify and develop new partnerships, customer segments, and revenue channels that support  year‑on‑year growth.
• Champion expansion into new markets or segments based on solid feasibility analysis and structured  implementation plans.
• Lead negotiations for key contracts, alliances, and business arrangements to ensure commercially strong and sustainable outcomes.
• Approve and guide the execution of distributor and agency agreements, ensuring full alignment with corporate policies.
• Champion operational excellence with a focus on product innovations, energy efficiency, sustainability, digitization, and future-oriented projects

Sales & Profitability Management

• Drive overall sales and profitability by achieving or surpassing annual revenue and gross margin targets.
• Develop yearly operational plans and track performance quarterly to ensure resources—both financial and human—are utilised effectively.
• Partner with Marketing and Technology teams to assess new market opportunities and deliver business cases with estimated ROI within a 60‑day timeframe.

Stakeholder & Relationship Management

• Build strong, lasting relationships with key customers, suppliers, industry associations, government bodies, and financial/legal partners.
• Represent the company in industry and community platforms to strengthen brand reputation, visibility, and strategic partnerships.
• Align pertinent strategic initiatives with global vertical GIT/GBT heads ( business segment)

Operational Excellence & Compliance

• Monitor operational KPIs closely and drive improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency by at least 10% each year.
• Ensure the business operates in full compliance with legal, regulatory, and corporate standards, establishing preventive controls to reduce risks.
• Collaborate with Finance to deliver accurate budgets, forecasts, and internal control measures that impact multiple departments.

Governance & Risk Management

• Oversee and resolve all legal matters affecting the organization, ensuring timely action and comprehensive documentation.
• Implement and reinforce risk‑mitigation frameworks to prevent non‑compliance and strengthen organizational resilience

People Development- Mentor and develop team members, with special focus on talents, to build a high-performing, growth-oriented workforce.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, or related field.  Master’s degree preferred.
• Experience in the Chemical Industry strongly preferred
• Experience working in large multi-national organizations.
• 10+ years of experience in a leadership role & managing manager level employees
• 15+ years of experience in a sales management role
• Experience with  laws and financial reporting practices preferred
• Ability to speak, read and write English

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The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.