Vice President General Manager

This role is in Milford, Indiana

Who We Are:

Brock Grain Systems is a division of CTB, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway Company. CTB’s core purpose is Helping to Feed a Hungry World® through several business units that manufacture and supply systems and solutions primarily for the agricultural supply chain. Brock is achieving this goal by providing Leadership Through Innovation® with grain storage, handling, conditioning and drying, and structural systems. Founded in 1957, Brock has a long tradition of developing industry-leading, innovative products and a reputation for delivering Brock Solid® reliability and durability. To continue this tradition, we need talented people looking to grow their careers while working toward our global mission. We hope you’ll join us in this journey!

What You Will Do:

As the Vice President & General Manager, you will develop, lead, and execute the Division’s strategies to drive short and long-term organization goals for profitable business growth and global brand value.

What You Will Accomplish:

• Interface with key stakeholders to identify, develop, and lead short and long-term strategies that drive the Division’s success.
• Explore new product opportunities and develop/lead short and long-term market strategies to expand the global reach and achieve long-term business objectives
• Develop and manage Sales and Operational Key Performance Indicators, ensuring that continuous enhancement of products, quality, delivery, and cost containment objectives are met.
• Champion change management initiatives targeted towards the Mission, Vision, and Values, while engaging, developing, mentoring, and leading individual contributors to higher levels of performance.
• Participate and provide business and financial analysis on trends, opportunities, and overall Divisional direction to continually move the organization forward.

Position Requirements:

• Education: Graduate degree in Business, Sales, Marketing, or related field; will consider undergraduate degree in a related field with proven leadership and management expertise.
• Experience: 7+ years of progressive senior business and leadership experience within an international mid- to large size manufacturing organization, selling large capital equipment, industrial or similar products through a dealer network.
• Functional Skills: Excellent strategic, organizational planning and execution skills; strong analytical skills with financial planning/cost containment experience; proven experience in formulizing and leading Key Performance Indicators and contingency plans that will drive the business is also important; Exceptional understanding of pricing/costing.
• Technology Aptitude/Skills: Excellent MS Office Skillset; ability to learn and use in-house developed software programs is also essential.
• Language Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills; will interact with key customers, dealers, opinion leaders, as well as all levels of the organization to lead and facilitate a vision.
• Leadership/Behaviors: Excellent people management and development skills. Natural curiosity to learn the business – identifying potential enhancements to help the company to grow. Understands the art of change management, getting buy-in, and leading with a connected vision. Collaborative, supportive, humble, and genuine leader; Highly organized, credible, accountable; Comfortable taking reasonable risks and making sound business decisions. Values transparent, calm, goal-oriented, and compassionate communication; Driven and results-oriented. Possesses a strength in interpreting large amounts of data, making strategic assumptions, and creating a solid business case on new initiatives. Comfortable influencing key decision makers. Exceptional ability to listen and learn from a diverse group of people. Innovative, and able to step outside of the box and propose new solutions, while also being compliance-oriented and self-directed. Flexible and adaptable.
• Culture Match Behaviors: Professional in appearance, customer-focused, intuitive thinker who can take a vision and successfully facilitate a plan of execution.

Other Important Information:

Salary: Salary is commensurate with proven expertise

Reports To: CTB Chairman and CEO

Core Hours: 8:00am – 6:00pm (Can be somewhat flexible; will work approx. 9-10 hours within this timeframe)

Typical Work Week: M-F; some weekends required (when applicable); 45-50 hours a week on average

Direct Reports: 14

Travel: Approximately 30-40%