Business Unit Manager - Maritime / Naval

Package Description

• A Permanent Employment Contract.
• An opportunity where you are in control of your career
• An extremely dynamic, unique and fascinating work environment
• Membership of an enthusiastic & passionate team which will support you in your role
• An attractive salary package supplemented with additional legal benefits (company car, meal vouchers, insurance pack, laptop, mobile phone)
• Possibility of diversified career development within an international group

Further information available from the Serco Europe Recruitment Team

Job Introduction

Serco is an international government services provider employing over 50,000 employees worldwide. We provide services in Europe, UK, North America, Asia Pacific and the Middle East that have been tailored to five main sectors: Defence, Justice & Immigration, Transport, Health and Citizen Services.

Serco Defence is part of the Serco Group and is trusted by military organisations around the world to deliver critical support services and operate sensitive facilities, we have deep expertise in delivering high quality services at an optimized costing due to specialized know-how with innovation and operational excellence.

Our longstanding experience with military organisations around the world is quite broad: from running marine operations and military base management to the modernisation of ships and maintenance of aircraft, from the operation of nuclear facilities, analysis of cyber activity, and the management of satellite systems to delivering training, strategy, and leadership programs.

Serco Maritime Services currently provides services to the Belgian and the Dutch Navy maintaining and repairing mine sweepers (11).  Serco Maritime Services cares for all aspects of vessel maintenance: such as repair and maintenance of engines, electrical systems and electronics, hull, interior joinery and mechanical components.  Serco employees approximately 150 people in Zeebrugge, Belgium to provide these services. Serco Maritime Systems also operates contracts with Belgian Customs at the port of Antwerp and Zeebrugge. The headquarter is based in Oostende.

In order to support its development, Serco is seeking a:

Business Unit Manager, Serco Maritime Services

Are you passionate about the sea, ships or military activities? Are you looking for a new challenge within a strong, stable and growing company?  Do you want to work in a dynamic team, within a unique & fascinating environment?

Do you want to become part of a culture where operational excellence & continuous improvement supported by innovation are core strengths and where your entrepreneurship is valued?

Main Responsibilities

As Business Unit Manager you will be integrating Serco Maritime Services Business Unit and will report in first instance to the General Manager of the BU.  You will be closely supported by a Senior project manager and two assistant project managers.

Business Unit Manager’s key responsibilities:

• During the integration period
  • Learn the business in depth: services, processes, the stake holders
  • Get to know the teams and the customers
  • Run eventual improvement projects
  • Participate to the ISO 9001 project

In order, after this integration period, to take over the business Unit and be responsible for:

• Business
  • Set the strategy and goals for Serco Maritime Services
  • Define organisation and processes that delivers expected results
  • Develops customer relationship
  • Contractual performance reporting
  • Business Development:
    • Seeks and develop opportunities
    • Deliver proposals to current and new customers for developing the business (Organic Growth)
    • Supervises the execution of projects
• Human Resources
  • Communicates strategy and goals, company information’s
  • Ensures people motivation, sense of ownership and adherence to the company culture
  • Identifies, hires and develops potentials
  • Sets training & development policy
  • Manages Safety rules and ensure results
  • Generates and manage changes
• Financials
  • Ensures budget preparation and follow-up
  • Responsibility for P&L
  • Prepares Business Reviews

Successful Candidate

The successful candidate for this role is an entrepreneurial leader, someone who enjoys developing new customer relationships and equally loves working with their team to improve operational excellence.  We are looking for an ambitious and energic leader with a high focus on excellent Service Delivery, with a strong technical background, if possible, in the maritime industry and naval vessel maintenance.

Industrial or Civil Engineer (electrical and/or mechanical), or Marine Engineer with experience of 5+ years in service delivery and people management.

• Enhanced Leadership skills: dynamic capability in managing, coaching and training the team
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Commercial & entrepreneurial skills
• "Hands-on Leader / Doer"; results driven
• An experience with ship maintenance and/or Defence is a great asset
• Open to digital technologies
• Trilingual NL / FR / EN
• Office suite

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Important

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Applicants are reminded that they will be requested to produce such documentation during the recruitment process.

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About the Company

Why should you join Serco ?

At Serco not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play.

Meaningful and vital work - You’ll contribute to methodologically intercepting challenges whilst achievements will also be recognised and celebrated.

A world of opportunity - You’ll be wholeheartedly supported with development and career progression

Great people - You’ll become an integral member of a well-defined and supportive team who believe passionately in the value of our work.

What we offer

• Chance to contribute to innovation in the public services sector
• A company passionate about diversity and inclusion
• Permanent employment with comprehensive Serco Benefits package.

About Serco

At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play when managing complex public services.  

We are a team of 60,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world, we are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging. 

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