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Summary:
The food
safety testing business is one of the fastest growing and most exciting
businesses within the overall company portfolio. It is a critical
growth vector for the corporation with expectations to achieve $50-75
million in sales within 4 years. The Food Safety Testing Business
Segment Leader will lead and drive the development and implementation of
the food safety business strategy. You will run a start up with a
significant revenue base and customer reach. Your goal is to grow this
business organically and through M&A to establish it as a market leader. You
will have significant visibility and support in this key leadership role of
a rapidly growing business segment.
Principal
Responsibilities:
The Food
Safety Business Segment leader will:
- Manage the business and have
P&L responsibility.
- Lead a team of 5-10 business
professionals including marketing and product management.
- Build a high performance team
by hiring, training and coaching employees.
- Articulate
and develop a go to market strategy for the food safety business.
- Manage
the product portfolio and the overall product life cycle including new
product development.
- Be
the internal expert in the food safety testing market.
- Work
with Corporate Development team to evaluate new business opportunities.
- Manage
business relationships and contract negotiations with external
partners.
- Establish
relationships with standard setting bodies in various diagnostic and
therapeutic areas.
- Partner
with the sales team to create effective sales channels that reach
target customer segment.
Key
Selection Factors/Requirements:
- Prior
general management experience of a business, with at least $50M in
revenue, including P&L responsibility.
- The
candidate will have demonstrated ability to build and execute a
strategic product roadmap development strategy (i.e. a product
‘roadmap’).
- The
candidate will have minimum five (5) or more years of industry
experience in the food safety testing market.
- Prior
demonstrated success leading teams of at least 5 people.
- The
candidate will have product management, sales or marketing experience
in the food safety testing industry.
- The
candidate will have an undergraduate degree in a relevant course of
study. Additional advanced degrees are preferred, but not
required.
Additional
preferred attributes:
- In
their repertoire, the candidate will be self-motivated & a driving
force of product development in their current or past
organizations.The candidate will preferably have experience with
molecular biology techniques.
- The
candidate will preferably have experience with M&A and integration
efforts.
- Strong
project management skills
- Strong
presentation skills
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