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Global Business Leader-Home Appliances
About the job Global Business Leader-Home Appliances
1. Strategic Planning & Industry Leadership
- Develop and execute a 3-5-year global growth strategy, aligning R&D, supply chain, and market expansion to drive cross-functional synergy.
- Define regional market entry plans and product portfolio roadmaps, ensuring scalability and competitive differentiation.
- Lead annual business planning, translating strategic goals into actionable revenue/profit targets by region and product line.
2. Operational Excellence & Cost Optimization
- Oversee global contract manufacturing (OEM/ODM), ensuring partners meet quality, cost, and delivery benchmarks while complying with international standards (CE, UL, etc.).
- Implement digital operations solutions to enhance inventory turnover, order fulfillment speed, and end-to-end customer satisfaction.
3. Market Expansion & Brand Growth
- Spearhead omnichannel distribution strategies (e-commerce, retail chains, regional distributors), benchmarking against leaders to capture market share.
- Drive brand integration and global campaigns, elevating recognition of kitchen appliances and air purification products in key markets.
4. Team & Organizational Development
- Build and mentor a high-performance global operations team, fostering an entrepreneurial culture and seamless cross-functional collaboration.
- Design talent development frameworks to support long-term business scalability.
5. Financial Stewardship & Risk Mitigation
- Govern budgeting and financial allocation, tracking critical metrics (gross margin, net profit) to ensure profitability.
- Develop risk assessment protocols to navigate currency fluctuations, trade policies, and geopolitical uncertainties.
Job requirements
1. Education & Language
- Advanced Degree: MBA or Masters in Engineering, with a strong global business acumen.
- Language Proficiency: Fluent in English (working language); proficiency in a second foreign language (e.g., German, Spanish, Mandarin) is a plus.
2. Professional Experience
- Industry Expertise: 15+ years in the home appliance sector, including 5+ years in leadership roles at multinational corporations or industrial initiatives, with a demonstrated ability to launch and scale new business lines.
- Category Focus: Deep familiarity with kitchen and small home appliances; hands-on experience in contract manufacturing (OEM/ODM) and global channel partnerships (e.g., Amazon, Costco, regional retail leaders).
3. Leadership & International Exposure
- Global Management: 5+ years overseeing overseas operations, including market entry, P&L management, and cross-border team leadership.
4. Core Competencies
- Resource Integration: Proven ability to align R&D, supply chain, and commercial teams to accelerate growth.
- Data-Driven Decision-Making: Expertise in leveraging analytics tools to dissect market trends, user behavior, and competitive landscapes.
- Benchmarking & Innovation: Mastery of global best practices in product development, go-to-market strategies, and operational scaling (e.g., Dyson/SharkNinja playbooks).
5. Key Skills
- Execution Excellence: Translates high-level strategy into actionable regional plans with measurable outcomes.
- Entrepreneurial Agility: Track record of building businesses from zero to one, optimizing limited resources for rapid growth.
- Cross-Cultural Leadership: Navigates Western compliance (e.g., EU EPR, U.S. FTC) and emerging-market localization with finesse.