Job Description
The Area Manager (AM) plays a pivotal role in developing and deploying the Business Assurance Strategy within the assigned Area, managing operations, sales, business development and people, while ensuring operational efficiency, compliance in alignment with the global management team. The AM drives a customer-centric environment, identifies business opportunities, and leads the team through continuous improvement and change, while achieving targets for sales, profit, revenue, cash flow, and quality.
The main areas of responsibility are:
- Business Assurance Strategy:
- Contribute to the development and deployment of the Business Assurance Strategy in the assigned Area.
- Ensure alignment with the global management team and organizational goals.
- Customer-centricity:
- Drive a customer-centric environment within the organization.
- Build and maintain strong strategic relationships internally and externally.
- Business Opportunities:
- Define and implement effective means to drive growth and success in the Area.
- Identify business opportunities, potential partners, markets, and competition.
- Leverage the Area's market conditions, business practices, and cultural nuances to maximize business growth.
- Financial and Quality Targets:
- Take responsibility for achieving targets for sales, profit, revenue, cash flow, and quality, while ensuring sustainable and profitable operations with full P&L responsibility.
- Ensure compliance with local and international regulations.
- Avoid actions that could harm the reputation or integrity of the organization.
- Leading People:
- Inspire the team to align with the organization's purpose, vision, and values.
- Provide strategic direction and foster diversity within the team.
- Empower team members through delegation, encourage professional growth, and offer timely individual feedback to enhance employee performance.
- Lead by example how we attract, develop and retain talent and promote a positive work environment.
- Leading Change:
- Adapt to ongoing changes and promote a culture of continuous improvement and growth.
- Lead the team through changes in alignment with the business strategy.
- Performance Monitoring & Reporting:
- Monitor Area’s KPIs and performance metrics, taking prompt action to address underperformance and optimize operations accordingly.
- Ensure accurate, consistent, and efficient reporting processes across teams, delivering regular performance reviews to Regional Management and key stakeholders.
DNV is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity.
- Proven experience of at least 5–7 years in a similar leadership role, preferably within Management System Certification and Training
- University degree in business, engineering, economics or a related field is recommended
- Familiarity with compliance standards and quality management systems and training services
- Demonstrated experience in business development, sales, and full P&L responsibility
- Proven track record of achieving financial and operational targets
- Experience in managing diverse teams and fostering collaboration across the organization
- Solution oriented mind-set combined with a pragmatic approach
- A commitment to DNV’s Leadership Principles, including customer focus, people engagement, performance delivery and forward thinking
- Fluency in English; additional languages are a plus
Security and compliance with statutory requirements in the countries in which we operate is essential for DNV. Background checks will be conducted on all final candidates as part of the offer process, in accordance with applicable country-specific laws and practices.
About Business Assurance
We help companies ensure compliance, build high-performing management systems, and meet competence needs within a wide range of industries. DNV helps companies understand Working with us, you can be involved in technically challenging and innovative projects worldwide demanding a broad variety of expertise. Our strong focus on research and innovation opens an array of opportunities, and allows you to engage in projects which develop next generation solutions. and manage their risk picture through our management system certification and training portfolios.
