VP, Interventional Commercial Leader

Location: Buc

Job Description Summary

The position of General Manager, International Imaging Guided Systems (IGS), is responsible for developing and executing marketing strategies focused on increasing performance for the IGS business in the International Region. The International Region is comprised of the following geographies: Europe, Middle East, Africa, Russia, LatAm, Japan, AKA, India and South Asia. Key responsibilities for the role include a focus on offering development, channel strategy, strategic pricing and commercial execution, coordinating across product lines, services and solutions.

This role is responsible within the International Region for selling product(s), services, parts, solutions, or projects and for driving growth by working across P&L and regional marketing & sales teams. The General Manager will gather voice of the customer and provide customer input on product and solutions definitions and requirements. In addition, he/she will collaborate with relevant commercial and product marketing teams, Global Strategic Marketing, and Marketing Communications to develop innovative strategies for the modality.

As part of the International Imaging leadership team and directly reporting to the global general manager IGS, the Modality General Manager defines the proper channels (Direct, Indirect, Digital, etc.), the “go to market” strategy for the region and the commercial intensity programs on which to focus. The segment manager is responsible for the quarterly and yearly Orders/Sales forecast for the region, the yearly region’s target setting and the achievements versus targets.

Le poste de General Manager International IGS est chargé de développer et de mettre en œuvre les stratégies de marketing axées sur l'amélioration des performances dans la modalité IGS. La région International comprend l’Europe, le Moyen-Orient, l'Afrique, la Russie, l'Amérique latine, le Japon, AKA, l'Inde et South Asia. Les responsabilités clés de ce rôle incluent le développement de l'offre, la stratégie des canaux de distribution, la tarification stratégique, l’exécution commerciale et la coordination à travers les lignes de produits, les services et les solutions.

Ce rôle est responsable, au sein de la Région International, de la vente de produits, services, pièces, solutions ou projets et de la stimulation de la croissance en travaillant avec les équipes de marketing et de vente P&L et régionales. Le/la General Manager recueillera la voix du client et fournira des retours sur les définitions et les exigences des produits et solutions. De plus, il/elle collaborera avec les équipes commerciales et de marketing des produits concernés, le Marketing Stratégique Global et les Communications Marketing pour développer des stratégies innovantes pour la modalité.

En tant que membre de l'équipe de direction de Imaging International et reportant au global general manager IGS , le/la General Manager de la Modalité définit les canaux de distribution appropriés (Direct, Indirect, Digital, etc.), la stratégie de vente pour la région et les programmes d'intensité commerciale sur lesquels se concentrer. le/la General Manager est chargé de la prévision trimestrielle et annuelle des commandes/ventes pour la région, de la définition des objectifs annuels de la région et des réalisations par rapport aux objectifs.

Key responsibilities include (but are not limited to)

Deep domain knowledge in interventional products or adjacencies

Leading and cultivating a culture of GE Values, Integrity & Teamwork values.

Managing sales team across large global markets: Select, train and develop personnel to optimize effectiveness. Also, responsible for driving horizontal working across all segments of GE Healthcare to maximize commercial strength and growth opportunities.

Together with the Product and Marketing managers, elaborating growth strategies of the equipment and Services business.

Ensuring optimal sales coverage in each region, reviewing sales teams’ performance with region’s sales managers and improve performances.

Working closely with the global product managers and pushing for product releases to support customer satisfaction, International market opportunities and growth potentials.

As a member of the International senior leadership team, ensuring seamless teamwork with the Equipment & Service operation’s teams and other channels to provide total customer satisfaction. Drive a culture of cross modality teamwork, driving product synergies and solutions to maximize sales for the P&L.

Deploying resources to meet financial and operating objectives including orders, revenue, contribution margin, and base cost control.

Proactively identifies customer needs and develops and implements customer specific solutions.

Ensure all direct reports have approved annual Goals & Objectives and receive an annual performance appraisal based on these goals & objectives

Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge and understanding of market trends and requirements in the modality

Interpret internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services. Utilizes understanding of industry trends to inform decision making process

Ability to attract and retain talents

Coordinate the ‘virtual’ cross-functional and cross-business team that will deliver on the strategic business and marketing priorities

Help to identify current unmet needs and take the lead role on portfolio management. Partner across functions to identify and evaluate the value of new commercial concepts and technologies

Drive or participate in the development of the Growth Playbook and Marketing Blueprint for the modality

Align cross-business marketing resources around the modality priorities and ensure the delivering of a common messaging and a holistic value proposition for the customer

Direct market research and analysis

Provide input to the development of pricing strategies for existing and new products

Help to develop a strategy to address the modality market including: Defining the strategy for the growth (sales and profitability)Obtaining the input and buy in of key stakeholders within the P&LDriving the cross-functional and cross-organization delivery of the strategy and global marketing plans for the categoryPartnering with leadership and Business Development to identify new growth opportunities

Developing commercial expertise across one or more countries, product lines, markets, sales processes, or customer groups. Influences policy and ensures delivery across large and/or diverse sales territories

Quality Specific Goals

Aware of and comply with the GEHC Quality Manual, Quality Management System, Quality Management Policy, Quality Goals, and applicable laws and regulations as they apply to this job type/position

Complete all planned Quality & Compliance training within the defined deadlines

Identify and report any quality or compliance concerns and take immediate corrective action as required

Knowledge and understanding of all Global Privacy and Anti-Competition Policies (including but not limited to GE Healthcare HIPPA Guidelines, NEMA Regulations, etc.) and operates within them to ensure that no company policy or US / Int’l Law is broken.

Knowledge and understanding of all Environmental Health Policies (including but not limited to GE Healthcare EHS Policies, GE Healthcare Fleet Rules, etc.) and operate within them to ensure that no company policy or US / Int’l Law is broken

Ownership of order and configuration quality at the point of entry to ensure accuracy, configuration integrity and that all requirements are tied to documented customer inputs.

Drive continuous simplification improvement on all related processes, work instructions, and procedures to ensure ongoing standardization and simplification of the Quality Management System.

Qualifications

Minimum of 8 years of sales management experience including strategic selling and negotiation

Strong business acumen & experience in the product area

Bachelor’s Degree

• Experience interfacing with both internal team members and external customers as a part of a solution-based sales process
• Ability to resolve complex issues within functional area and/or area of expertise
• Strong communication skills to synthesize complex issues and communicate into simple messages
• Willingness and ability to travel within International on a regular basis

Fluent English

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven record of thought leadership and clear-thinking abilities
• Previous experience managing sales managers professionals
• Prior experience working for a large company in a matrix environment
• Demonstrated ability to energize, develop, and build rapport at all levels within an organization
• Proven leadership and ability to orchestrate resources and motivate teams

Experience in managing a P&L

• An inclusive leader that builds a connection to the workforce through personal involvement and trust
• Proven ability to influence and drive change through exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated tendency to challenge the status quo and drive constant improvement in process and ability to achieve organizational goals
• Understanding of customer/marketplace and drivers that influence customer behavior
• Previous direct report management/leadership experience
• Ability to develop and execute multiple priorities and approaches to meet objectives
• Direct customer relationship experience
• Proven ability to effectively communicate across a distributed workforce
• Additional Locations: Remote, Remote, Remote, Remote, Remote