Field Service Director South EMEA

Waters, the world's leading specialty measurement company that cares about inclusion and diversity is seeking for a Field Service Director to lead the very successful growth of our service businesses across South Europe.

The Field Service Director has core responsibility to lead the Field Service Team in Europe South (France, Italy, Spain & Portugal) - overall team size:  Approx 150 employees, direct reports a team of 4 Service Managers that create success for Waters customers with Waters Service solutions.

This position could be located in France / Italy, or Spain.

• Strong voice of Service and active member of the Europe South and EMEA Service Leadership team
• Provides leadership, direction and coaching to the Europe South Service Managers (to meet objectives with a customer centric approach and enabling the Service organisation to deliver successful business results)
• Contribute to the EMEA Service growth strategy and translate into an Europe South Service business plan to ensure both short- and long-term targets are met in a sustainable manner
• With a constant focus on service productivity and creating efficiencies, the appointed leader will meet both revenue and profit targets
• Is capable in successfully driving all different Service Functions (Maintenance, Repair, Escalations, Expert Center, Service Enablement, Education, Asset Management, Service Sales)
• Designs a work force planning and strategy to ensure the South Service organisation continues to build diverse leadership strength and ensures a strong talent pipeline is built across the region
• Drives service transformation initiatives for customer experience excellence achieved though globally aligned and optimized service processes and systems

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree required; MA/MS/MBA or other advanced degree preferred

 Experience:

• Relevant Leadership experience
• In-depth international experience in a technical service management environment. Cross-functional, commercial experience would be desirable.
• Significant track record of successfully leading an international team and coaching direct reports
• Knowledge of various service and sales tactics, as well as broad base business and financial acumen.
• Strong technical and scientific knowledge

Competencies:

• Strong interpersonal skills as well as excellent verbal communication and presentation skills
• Ability to collaborate and to manage multiple non-connected projects and prioritize time/activities
• Has a strong customer focus and capability to balance stakeholders
• Ability to develop new go to market service strategies, build business cases, gain internal/external support, and drive implementation and execution through a motivated workforce
• Drives vision and purpose, strategic, analytical and innovative mindset

 Skills:

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Fluent in English (verbal and written)

 Other requirements:

• The ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required (up to 40%)

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 60 years. With approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.   

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow. 

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status.