B&I Business Line Manager - Africa at Bureau Veritas Group

Role:

Establish and write the strategic vision of each Business Line in collaboration with the Market Leaders of the Marketing & Sales department and ensure its dissemination in the different districts and countries 

Develop strategic guidelines for determining the budget of each the Business line

Management:

• Lead a "Business Line" committee in which the different new services, different business line projects and performance of the different countries are shared
• Implement "Service Packages" (product sheets + market research + ambition + business development plan) of the "Business Line" in collaboration with the sales teams (Market Leader, KAM, etc.).
• Participate in the development, evolution and monitoring of the tools of the "Business Line" 
• Ensure proper management of Business Line projects
• Propose new standard operating procedures while assessing the impact for the "Business Line"
• Support change management during the implementation of projects

Relations and support to the different Districts:

• Participate, when requested, in meetings with Districts (Business Line Committee, workshop, District or country meetings, etc.)
• Ensure the relationship with the sales and marketing department
• Support Operational Excellence manager in analyzing processes and proposing operating methods that tend towards greater efficiency
• Provide support to the Operational Excellence manager to find improvements and/or synergies between the different Districts/regions/"Business Line"
• Ensure internal Business Line synergies and promote synergies with other Business Lines
• Supervise and, if necessary, direct the contracts of its "Business Line" in collaboration with local teams, when requested by the Sales Department, due to their volume, their multi-site scope or their complexity
• Define the methodologies and pricing of new products to be implemented with the Sales Department

Growth

• Support new projects, services, special offers, large opportunities
• Develop new services, special offers and specific products of the "Business Line"
• Provide support for special (strategic) offers and/or over €250,000, at the request of the Sales Department
• Develop the external network of subcontractors, freelancers, for existing and new services, relying on the central and local HR teams, but also on the BU Managers
• Promote the development of technical skills of new services in the regions
• Identify and encourage regional technical experts
• Define the intervention methodologies and propose the best organization for the execution of the contracts, according to the scope and the requirements of the client
• Provide support to the Districts in the recruitment of specialists and identify all potential subcontractors.
• Provide support to the Districts in the business plan (development of specific proposals, visits to customers)
• Provide technical support to employees on the business lines of the "Business Line"

Technique, Training and Methodologies

• Establish and define in detail the technical scope of new services
• Supervise regulatory and technical monitoring and exploit opportunities
• Write Business Line Guides
• Define employee qualification processes and requirements 
• Operational performance
• Identify business line tool needs
• Participate in the development and monitoring of the tools (equipment & software) of the "Business Line"