**Job Purpose**
The Regional Managing Director will lead the teams that are dedicated to the servicing of the day-to-day business and our customers across the LATAM region. The Regional Managing Director needs to be commercially focused and take accountability for all operational activity ensuring the delivery of expected services, revenue and margin targets. Ensures the achievement of budgeted profit and operational excellence. Develops strong personal relationships and builds long term sustainable partnerships with key decision makers in client organisations.
**Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities**
- Understand, implement and oversee the operations strategy and operating model and bringing in new models where required.
- Provide strategic direction, strong leadership and development to the teams.
- Overall responsibility for the implementation and launch of new business and the ongoing growth, profitability and operations.
- Translating the strategic business plans into well-defined operational plans to meet the business objectives.
- Develop a clear understanding of clients' objectives/challenges and develop strategies that meet those objectives.
- Support the implementation of new contract wins.
- Setting the budgets for the coming year and executing the annual, medium-term and long-terms plans for the business area.
- Owning P&L for the business line and driving cost optimisation.
- Responsibility for the operations of the business; setting and ensuring standards of excellence and driving customer satisfaction.
- Planning, building and nurturing the infrastructure, resources, leadership and process for delivery of the annual P&L.
- Manage all operational teams across multiple locations, whilst defining a robust operational model for an internationally based team.
- Talent acquisition, nurturing, mentoring & retention of staff.
- Accountability for Risk and Compliance in the region.
**Skills Required**:
- Experience in the promotional goods / print industry.
- Experience working with drinks related companies
- Strong team attitude.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- First class, effective organisational skills.
- A pro-active approach to managing projects.
- Experience of managing and working as part of a team.
- A keen eye for detail and an understanding of budgeting and financial reporting.
- Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining a cool outlook.
- A personable and professional character that will allow you to build client rapport.
- The confidence to give clients trust in your work.
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office particularly power point and excel.
- Excellent problem solving ability.
- Enthusiastic and passionate.
- Good time-management skills.
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