Managing Director (m/f/d) Denmark

Our customer, Kärcher, is the world's leading provider of cleaning technology. The family owned enterprise employs more than 15,600 people in 80 countries and more than 150 companies. More than 50,000 service centers in all countries ensure continuous and comprehensive supplies to customers all over the world. In 2022, Kärcher reached the highest sales with 3.161 billion euros in its history.

For their highly potential operating sales and service subsidiary in Rødovre / close to Copenhagen with around 30 employees and growing annual turnover (approx. 100 Mio. DKK), we are currently hiring a

Managing Director (m/f/d) Denmark

Position

Embedded in the Nordics sales region, and reporting directly to the Regional President, this exciting and responsible role will comprise the following tasks: 

• Elevating the business of Kärcher Denmark to the next level by enhancing a strong multichannel sales structure for an extensive product portfolio and representing the Kärcher brand in front of a highly diverse customer base and partners.

• Working closely with the Regional President and fellow Managing Directors in order to set up a mid-and long-term strategy.

• Ensuring the further growth of the business and the achievement of sales and profit targets, taking over responsibility for P&L and all operations.

• Acting as a role model for a strong corporate culture across all hierarchies and leading an experienced team from sales and service, logistics and customer service. Furthermore, establishing a performance culture as well as developing future leadership and succession planning within the organization.

• Building up a strong communication channel at every level of the organization and being a central figure in promoting the organization’s culture and its shared values.

Your Qualification

• A successfully completed technical or economic university degree or higher education (e.g. management, business administration, electrical engineering, machinery etc.) and several years of experience in senior level general or sales management positions in international matrixed organizations.

• A proven and successful sales track record as well as an operational and strategic exposure in commercial durable businesses, e.g. power tools, construction or material handling equipment, industrial vehicles, building material, outdoor and gardening devices etc.

• Strategic thinking and acting: ability to understand the needs of the market, anticipate trends and respond to opportunities and threats.

• Fluent in English and Danish.

• An empathic leadership style with a focus on professional development and coaching.

• An outgoing personality, entrepreneurial skills, a self-starting attitude and, the strong desire to add value to the organization.

Our offer.

Our client offers an extremely well-known world market leader brand, a highly supportive structure on a regional level, a high degree of entrepreneurial freedom, in an innovative and long-term-oriented family business, and an exciting product portfolio as well as a competitive salary and various employee benefits.

Application.

As the personnel consultancy commissioned by Kärcher, we would like to invite you to use the "Apply" button to apply with your CV in English in just a few steps. If you have any questions, please contact Dagmar Adu-Atwere at +49 30 40 50 416 19 and Julia May at +49 7195 14 5884.