Rubix UKII
Director of Valves
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The Role
Rubix Valve Technology is a specialist channel focused upon the supply of engineered valves and ancillary products into high-value project-based customers. Value propositions include:
- Project supply – stock proposition with brand and shipment consolidation.
- Added value – specifying, assembling, configuring and testing per customer need.
- Competitive pricing – supply direct from foundry.
The Director will establish a clear strategic vision and create alignment to deploy that vision to generate differentiated, scalable growth.
Having full P&L responsibility the Director will lead and manage day-to-day commercial and operational activities to deliver upon agreed financial targets, whilst maintaining a high-performance culture and high levels of customer and employee satisfaction.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Vision – Establish and deliver Business Unit, Product and Brand strategy in accordance with overall corporate strategy.
- Planning – Agree and deliver against annual resourcing and financial business plans.
- Product Management – Orchestrate a range of products and added value services to support sales across multiple channels.
- Research & Development – Ensure technical collaboration with customers to develop customer specific solutions, gaining market needs insight to direct the development of new products.
- Operational Excellence – Oversee key production, logistics, and functional processes, demonstrating sufficient ability to assist the management team to resolve any, and all, challenges that they may face, promoting a culture of continuous improvement.
- Monitoring & Reporting – Maintain structured, periodical analytical review to allow effective decision making. To include:
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- Daily operational KPI’s and information pulses,
- Monthly reporting and review of customer, supplier, and functional activity, together with P&L performance and balance sheet controls.
- Leading – Day-to-day leadership of the organization, guiding, developing & coaching the team continually improving organizational performance.
- Compliance – Ensure compliance to legislative and industry requirements, employing ISO14001, ISO45001, and ISO9001 management systems to mitigate environmental, H&S, or product liability risk.
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Key Skills / Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of experience across multiple functions, including customer facing roles, within businesses that specialize in the supply of valves.
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in mechanical engineering, business administration, or a related field is preferred.
- Proven track record of delivering products or solutions to MRO, OEM, or EPC customers, with a deep understanding of the sales process in these markets.
- Experience with large-scale projects, negotiations, and technical product solutions.
- Having successfully led a function through repeating ISO9001 management system audits.
- Commercial – Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to understand the P&L impact of all activity.
- Technical – Engineering competency sufficient to effect credible leadership of design, materials, and other technical functions.
- Enterprise Resource Planning system competent.
- Exceptional, practical problem-solving with the ability to coach team members with problem resolution.
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