General Manager, Hach South Africa

Imagine yourself…

• Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you.

• Owning your ambition and fueling your career growth.

• Joining a company with a proven track record of success and an exciting future.

At Hach (www.hach.com), a Veralto company, we ensure water quality for people around the world, and every team member plays a vital role in that mission. Our founding vision is to make water analysis better—faster, simpler, greener, and more informative. We accomplish this through teamwork, customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy-to-use solutions.

As part of our team and the broader Veralto network, you’ll be part of a unique work environment where purpose meets possibility: where you’ll make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale by enabling the world’s everyday water needs, and where you’ll have opportunities to foster your professional development and fuel your career growth.

Motivated by the highest possible stakes in climate change and global health, we’re working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and our environment.

Find out more about us here: Water is our Why: Evolving for Tomorrow

We offer:

• Flexible working hours

• Professional onboarding and training options

• Powerful team looking forward to working with you

• Career coaching and development opportunities

• Health benefits

• Car Allowance

Reporting to the VP/GM Water Quality MEA, as the General Manager South Africa, you will have the full profit and loss responsibility in South Africa and develop organization capabilities to fulfill corporate objectives on financial performance, talent development & retention, risk management and customer experiences. You will define, develop and execute short- and long-term business strategies to sustain continuous growth in responsible market. You are expected to meet or exceed revenue goals by executing sales initiatives in alignment with regional marketing strategy and will be responsible for leading gross profit and operating margins in the region.

You will ensure quality of work and compliance of all local government laws & regulations, enhance effective communication within operations team and cross functional group to achieve company goals. You will also drive the organization to sustain our level 1 BBB-EE.

This is an onsite role, based out of our offices in Northriding, with travel as required.

In this role, you will:

• Develop and implement operational and sales strategies to meet company objectives

• Oversee daily operations & sales activities (direct & indirect), ensuring efficiency and productivity

• Manage local distributors

• Lead and mentor teams across operations and sales departments

• Analyze performance metrics and provide reports to senior management

• Prepare and manage budgets, forecast sales objectives and operational costs

• Identify opportunities for process improvements and cost reductions

• Ensure high levels of customer satisfaction through excellent service and support

• Ensure compliance with local laws, regulations, and industry standards

• Document and process controls

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or business administration (Master's degree preferred)

• Proven experience (10+ years) in a senior operations and sales role locally (RSA).

• Industry Experience: 10+ years in (or related to) water industry

• Leadership and Team Management: with a good ability to inspire, motivate, and guide teams toward achieving goals.

• Strategic Thinking: Crafting and implementing strategies to drive growth and solve complex challenges

• Communication Skills: Clear and persuasive communication with teams, stakeholders, and customers.

• Problem-Solving: Identifying issues and implementing effective solutions.

• Adaptability: Navigating market changes and internal challenges with agility.

• Customer Focus: Ensuring customer satisfaction and aligning operations with customer needs.

• Time Management: Balancing multiple responsibilities and priorities effectively.

• Ability to quickly establish significant credibility, trust and support within all levels of the organization (i.e. peers, subordinates and senior management)

• Decision-Making: Making sound and timely decisions, often under pressure.

• Financial Acumen: Preparation and management of the budget, the profit and loss statements, as well as financial planning

Hach is proud to be a Water Quality company in Veralto (NYSE: VLTO). Imagine a world where everyone has access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. That is the tomorrow Veralto is creating today. Veralto is a $5B global leader in essential technology solutions made up of over 16,000 associates across our Water Quality and Product Identification segments all united by a powerful purpose: Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources.

At Veralto, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

If you’ve ever wondered what’s within you, there’s no better time to find out.

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