About This Role
Managing a high-growth strategic business and scaling it to achieve a targeted 3x growth over the next four years is the core objective of this role. This involves strategic business planning, profitable revenue expansion, new customer acquisition, market diversification, and end-to-end P&L ownership. The Managing Director will leverage the group's established automotive heritage, strong OEM relationships, and manufacturing capabilities to capitalize on emerging industry opportunities, expand into new products and markets, and build future-ready business capabilities. The role drives operational excellence, technology development, leadership capability, and financial performance to deliver sustainable growth and long-term value creation.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute a comprehensive business strategy to achieve the targeted 3x business growth over the next four years
- Drive business expansion through new customer acquisition, product diversification, market penetration, and entry into emerging automotive and industrial segments
- Identify high-potential opportunities in electrical and electronics systems, mechatronics, intelligent components, electrification, automation, and other future-oriented product technologies
- Translate strategic priorities into actionable business plans, annual operating targets, and long-term growth initiatives
- Assume end-to-end responsibility for business revenue, profitability, EBITDA, cash flow, working capital, and return on investment
- Drive sustainable growth through improved product mix, pricing strategies, cost optimization, and operational efficiencies
- Develop financial forecasts, investment plans, and capital allocation strategies aligned with the business's expansion objectives
- Establish clear performance metrics and governance mechanisms to monitor business performance and deliver financial targets
- Strengthen relationships with leading automotive OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, and customers across relevant industrial segments
- Drive new business wins, platform nominations, customer diversification, and long-term strategic partnerships
- Identify opportunities to expand the product portfolio across existing customers while developing new domestic and global accounts
- Lead strategic customer engagements, commercial negotiations, and business development initiatives to build a sustainable order pipeline
- Define the product roadmap aligned with evolving automotive technologies, customer requirements, and future mobility trends
- Drive the development and commercialization of electrical, electronics, mechatronics, and other advanced technology-based products
- Identify opportunities in emerging areas such as vehicle electrification, electronic control systems, sensors, power electronics, intelligent actuators, connected systems, and industrial automation, depending on the business portfolio
- Collaborate with engineering, R&D, product development, and technology partners to accelerate innovation, product localization, and time-to-market
- Evaluate emerging technologies, competitive offerings, and market trends to identify new revenue streams and strengthen the business's long-term competitive position
- Provide strategic oversight of manufacturing operations across multiple facilities, ensuring capacity, quality, cost, and delivery capabilities support the planned growth
- Drive productivity improvements, capacity utilization, process standardization, lean manufacturing, automation, and digitalization
- Ensure manufacturing readiness for new product launches, customer programs, and capacity expansion
- Strengthen coordination across engineering, quality, supply chain, procurement, manufacturing, sales, and finance to achieve operational and commercial objectives
- Identify opportunities to expand into adjacent automotive, electric mobility, electronics, mechatronics, and industrial technology segments
- Develop strategic partnerships, technology collaborations, and new business models to accelerate growth
- Evaluate new manufacturing capabilities, product investments, localization opportunities, and geographic expansion based on market potential and financial returns
- Leverage the group's established OEM relationships, industry presence, and manufacturing footprint to accelerate business development
- Build and lead a high-performing leadership team across business development, engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and other critical functions
- Strengthen organizational capabilities, succession planning, and performance management to support a business of significantly larger scale
- Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, customer orientation, and profitable growth
- Develop leadership talent capable of managing increasing business complexity, technology transitions, and future expansion
- Establish measurable KPIs and periodic business reviews covering revenue growth, profitability, order intake, new customer acquisition, product development, operational performance, and cash flow
- Monitor progress against the four-year growth roadmap and implement corrective actions to address performance gaps
- Ensure compliance with applicable statutory requirements, automotive quality standards, customer-specific requirements, and environmental and safety regulations
- Report business performance, strategic progress, risks, and growth opportunities to the Group CEO, Managing Director, and Board, as applicable
Requirements
- Senior business leader with a minimum of 15–20 years of overall experience, including at least 4–5 years as a CEO, Business Head, President, or equivalent business leadership role
- Proven end-to-end P&L ownership from a business perspective, with accountability for revenue growth, profitability, EBITDA, cash flow, and business performance
- Demonstrated track record of scaling a business, driving new customer acquisition, expanding market presence, and delivering sustainable profitable growth
- Experience in automotive Tier-1, automotive components, electrical, electronics, mechatronics, or related industrial manufacturing businesses
- Experience managing technology-driven products, preferably electrical and electronic systems, mechatronics, intelligent components, electrification, or other future-oriented product segments
- Strong relationships and experience working with leading automotive OEMs, Tier-1 customers, and industrial customers
- Ability to formulate and execute business strategy, develop new markets, drive product diversification, and build long-term customer partnerships
- Experience overseeing multi-location manufacturing operations, product development, quality, supply chain, and cross-functional business functions
- Ability to lead an ambitious business transformation and deliver a targeted 3x growth over the next four years through organic expansion, new business wins, product development, and strategic opportunities
- Strong commercial acumen, strategic thinking, entrepreneurial mindset, financial discipline, and proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams
