Head of Environment Testing Italy

Eurofins Environment Testing laboratories provide market-leading and accessible laboratory testing, monitoring and consultancy services for water, air, soil, waste, building products and industrial hygiene applications, enabling you to make informed and credible decisions related to health and the environment.

The Head of Environment Testing Italy is responsible for providing strategic leadership for the Environment Testing companies in the country. The candidate will be working with Managing Directors to establish long-range goals, scientific and commercial strategies, plans and policies.

He/she will develop and execute a strategy to establish and grow Eurofins presence in the Environment Testing market in Italy, building a leading position in targeted market segments within 3-5 years, including:

• Organic development of current companies while significantly strengthening profitability;
• Optimization of the cost base leveraging benchmarking and purchasing power;
• Implementation of change management across the organization to increase performance and transparency.

Regular M&A activities are also part of the scope and highlight the multi-faceted role.

Qualifications

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of full P&L responsibility for a complex, multi-site business
• Proven ability to implement change across a complex organization, overcome objections and create change agents at all levels
• Ability to demonstrate strong leadership and create relations of trust with teams, internal & external stakeholders, and lead them successfully through periods of change
• Ability to create a vision and move the organization through a transparent and team approach to translate strategy into business results

Education:

• Undergraduate degree required in the area of Business Administration, Engineering or Life Sciences
• Master or PhD degree highly preferred

Languages:

Fluent Italian and English is required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Development of sales & business strategy
• Proven experience in business turnaround
• Proven success in a growth-oriented business
• Strong experience in identification of merger & acquisition targets, as well as business integration
• People leadership
• Ambitious

Additional Information

We support your development! Do you feel like you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

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