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Role Description:

Honeywell Korea is operating its business since 1984. Currently, we have five Strategic Business Group with nearly 600 full time employees and its revenue of USD 550M USD.
We are looking to hire the Country President for Honeywell Korea. This is a senior leadership appointment and will take responsibility for the development and growth of Honeywell businesses in country, spanning diversified lines of business including:
• Aerospace Technologies
• Industrial Automation
• Building Automation
• Energy and Sustainability Solutions
• Honeywell Connected Enterprise
This role will interact with Regional & Global SBG/SBU leaders as well as ‘C’ level customers, suppliers, relevant government officials.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create a synergistic and cost-effective group platform to support the further growth and development of the five (5) operating business groups including Honeywell Connected Enterprise. This will include developing plans to allocate resources within the country to drive growth as well as building functions such as Finance / Tax / Treasury, IT, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing / Communications.
• Hold geographic (not business unit) P&L responsibility for activities in the country and be accountable for working capital and employee performance.
• Formulate, together with the Strategic Business Groups, the strategic plan for the country’s growth and to build a superior business in country.
• Organize and coordinate all business activities in country and leverage the breadth and depth of the company’s product and solutions portfolio to create a total value proposition to customers and employees in the country
• Serve as a senior statesman and “Ambassador” for Honeywell in the country to advocate and evangelize the overall corporate mission and goals with multiple constituents particularly government and public agencies. He/she is expected to continuously enhance the company’s image and reputation and improve its marketplace position. In short, build Honeywell’s brand as a supplier and employer of choice.
• Develop, protect, and nurture customer relationships, and have detailed knowledge of key pursuit status, including assistance in developing tactical and strategic plans to grow faster than market indices and the competition in the region
• Provide firm overall stewardship of the company’s activities in the country, interacting closely with the functional leaders and the senior management team in Southeast Asia, APAC and Global.
• Identify and coordinate resources within and outside the company needed to support strategic commercial developments. The successful candidate is expected to provide coordination and alignment of cross-business resources to support cross-business growth initiatives.
• Work with other high growth regions to define strategic synergies.
• As a senior leader will drive teamwork initiatives and “best practice” values and vision throughout the organization. He/she must be a strong team builder and leader who is capable of attracting, recruiting and developing local talent and drive diversity.

FUNCTIONAL EXPERIENCE

Strategic: The successful candidate needs to have a clear insight into market opportunities and be able to prioritize business investment and commercial development. He / she needs to understand the long term competitive environment and define where and how Honeywell will play. Must have in depth experience with the country market/culture, but also competent in navigating with an international business perspective with proven experience/exposure. Minimum of 15-20 years of relevant working experience is ideal for this strategic position.

Operational: Needs to create a strong platform which facilitates growth covering organic growth, M&A, customer relationships and commercialization strategies (e.g. new customers, product development, pricing, etc). Strong strategy, visionary profile, but equally strong at operational level – this is not just “ambassadorial” role, it is involved in the execution of the strategy and roll-out of strategic corporate initiatives (growth or operational excellence initiatives).  Need to be able to roll up their sleeves, conduct regular reviews and direct engagement with the team, partners and customers to ensure growth targets are achieved.

Organizational: Build a strong and cohesive leadership team and maintain a high caliber ‘united’ leadership group and Honeywell culture. Strong talent development focus - ability to identify and develop talent, ability to build strong and independent teams, ability to create a collaborative culture where individuals complement each other to make a highly effective team. Strong focus on succession. The candidate will be responsible for hiring and development of future and existing key roles across all of Honeywell’s businesses in country. Will be the accountable leader to drive a consistent atmosphere of integrity and compliance in all things, at all times.

Establish the appropriate organization structure and processes which anticipates and analyzes market dynamics to align with customer needs. Mature, sharp and confident leader, must be able to build effective relationships and partner with / influence senior internal leaders (Honeywell SBG Presidents, regional Business and Functional leaders, etc) as well as possess a proven track record of relationships and examples of utilizing his/her network for successful business outcomes with external (c-level clients, government and local officials) stake holders.

Additional Information

• JOB ID: HRD219330
• Category: General Management
• Location: 4th & 5th & 7th Floor, Sangam IT Tower,B4-4 Sangam-dong DMC, Mapo-gu,Seoul,SEOUL-T'UKPYOLSI,121-270,Republic of Korea