Vice President and Head of Global Service for Alfa Laval High Speed

We're glad you want to help us make a difference!

We create better everyday conditions for people. We do this by contributing to a more sustainable future through engineering innovation. We love what we do and we’re good at it. We're now looking for passionate people to become even better! 

We are looking for a Vice President to lead and to develop our Global Service business within the Food & Water division to the next level.

We are active in a very wide range of food and life science application and our equipment is a centerpiece in our customers production process helping them to produce safe, cost-efficient foods and medicines in a sustainable manner.

The global team is based in Tumba and consists of a team of eighteen highly skilled and competent employees supporting our very extended global network of service sales and service execution teams in more than 45 countries.

As Vice President and Head of Global Service you will also be a member of the BU High Speed Separator (HSS) Management team and work closely with your peers in the management team to determine the strategy and the long-term development of the global high speed separation business.

Your main responsibilities:
* Develop and implement a global HSS service growth strategy.
* Drive the digital transformation journey both related to our service offering and in the way we go to market and serve our customers.
* Frequently interact and connect with our key customers to truly understand the needs of our customers and translate these insights into a clear business development plan and action plan to provide a superior customer experience during the whole product lifecycle, which many times is stretching beyond 30 years.
* Define the product upgrade development roadmap in very close cooperation with Product Management and R&D.
* Inspire and lead to deliver a superior customer experience across the whole organization during the whole lifecycle.

Your personal profile & qualifications
* A university degree in engineering and/or industrial marketing & sales.
* Several years of experience in sales management roles and line management functions from international organizations.
* A proven track record in change management skills and having a passion to drive a digital transformation.
* Strong business acumen and proven track record of delivering a superior customer experience.
* High degree of global perspective in every aspect of decision-making.
* Strong leadership skills to engage and inspire and being passionate about coaching people to develop their talents and careers.
* Good in alignment and execution in a complex matrix organization.
* Strong leader and manager capable of obtaining excellent results through delegation, goal setting and follow-up.
* Full professional English proficiency is a must.

What we offer
A challenging senior managerial position in a global organization with a direct and major impact on the future development and success of our high-speed separation business. Exciting career possibilities in an international oriented and global organization.

For more information please contact:
Sammy Hulpiau, Business Unit President, sammy.hulpiau@alfalaval.com
Cecilia Anetorn, Talent Acquisition Partner, Cecilia.anetorn@alfalaval.com

For union information contact:
Francisco Garcia, Akademikerna, +8 530 656 84
Bruno Smolic, Unionen, +8 530 652 17

You are welcome to send your motivated application including a cover letter and a CV in English no later than 20th October 2020 at www.alfalaval.com/career/.