Director, Digital Electronics, Logistics & Analytics

It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.

Who will you be working with?

The Finance Leader – Logistics & Analytics is a key member of the finance team, with responsibility for providing strategic leadership to the finance function and beyond and playing a pivotal role in the ongoing sustainable success of the business. The Finance Leader – Logistics & Analytics will lead the finance function to deliver on the company’s growth plans. In addition to bringing functional expertise, the individual in this role will play a collaborative role in driving business results and profitability. The Finance Leader – Logistics & Analytics will act as a true business partner, pushing the strategy and the value optimization/creation. Day-to-day, the role will have primary responsibility for planning, implementing, managing, and controlling all finance-related activities of the business. S/he will have the ability to navigate a complex and dynamic business, and subsequently define and deliver processes, systems, and capabilities that continue to simplify and optimize the business. A significant part of the responsibilities includes M&A and leading integration of the current acquisitions. This individual must also be intelligent, personable, dynamic, and innovative with exceptional strategic and analytical skills, yet one who deploys an energetic day-to-day “roll-your-sleeves up” attitude. This individual must also possess strong communication skills, executive presence/gravitas, and possess the ability to collaborate and work effectively with a cadre of experienced senior executives.

What will your typical day look like?

• To be a valued business partner to the Group President and senior management team and involved in all aspects of managing and developing the business.
• To provide insightful analysis into the business and financial performance that leads to substantive business improvement.
• To play a leading and supportive role and be a source of high-quality advice to business and functional colleagues.
• To ensure that a strong control environment is maintained and regularly reviewed.
• To be an agent of change for the business and drive continuous improvement in people, processes, and information.
• To lead M&A transactions from inception to implementation.
• To drive operational efficiency whilst balancing cost and service levels.
• To take responsibility for hiring, developing, and coaching the best people to create a strong finance team that is motivated and well-led.
• To provide fact-based financial integrity and logic to strategic decision-making.

Leading People

• Identifies and leverages individual strengths and potential within the team
• Engages the team in discussions around the longer-term strategy and how they can contribute
• Gives team members decision-making authority and accountability within their areas of responsibility
• Invites the team to recommend ways to solve problems, discuss challenging issues, or generate new ideas
• Collaborating and Influencing
• Identifies all necessary stakeholders and connects with them to gain support or agreement
• Takes advantage of opportunities to build strategic relationships to achieve a specific outcome
• Engages others in open dialogue and adapts own influence approach to different stakeholders in ways that address their interests or concerns
• Anticipates emerging or potential conflicts among all stakeholders and takes steps to pre-empt them

Driving Results

• Acts to surpass team goals, seizing opportunities to extend the limits of what is possible
• Sets continually higher goals for the team that are ambitious but achievable
• Identifies and acts on new opportunities that enable performance targets to be exceeded
• Seeks new challenges and is energized by exceeding targets
• Support & lead M&A activities to drive inorganic growth

Other Personal Traits

• Strategic partner who sees and is able to communicate the big picture.
• Fact-based and data driving decision maker with an eye for detail.
• Change management and strong program/project management skills. Drives for sustainable implementation and embedding of change to continuously improve performance and organization.