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General Manager, Food & Beverage
Publicly Traded Global Manufacturer
Position Summary
The General Manager, Food & Beverage will lead a key business within the company’s Human Nutrition & Health division. The role carries full P&L accountability, along with responsibility for strategy, commercial operations and matrixed R&D and manufacturing. This executive will assess the current business and set a renewed vision and three-year strategic plan aimed at strong top-line and bottom-line growth. The early focus will be on the commercial organization: improving go-to-market capability, sales and channel structure, pricing and margins. The General Manager will also build a strong leadership team and a more accountable, performance-driven culture.
The ideal candidate will be an accomplished P&L leader with at least 15 years of business experience. The last five or more years should be spent leading a business of $200 million or more with a documented record of performance excellence. Experience in the food ingredients sector is required. The successful candidate will have led a significant business transformation, growth acceleration or turnaround. They will be a commercially adept, strategic and analytical leader who is equally comfortable discussing strategy and details.
