Regional Director, Nordic

Simpson Strong-Tie A/S
Simpson Strong-Tie is an international building products company with headquarters in California, USA, and multiple locations across every continent.

Globally, Simpson Strong-Tie has more than 3,000 employees and more than 50 factories, offices and warehouses all around the globe. In Europe, Simpson Strong-Tie employs about 1,600 people across several countries and shares a long history of dedication to their customers' success by providing them with high quality products, technical solutions and services. As a pioneer in the construction industry and a global leader in structural solutions, Simpson Strong-Tie demonstrates a strong commitment to problem-solving through advanced engineering and continuous innovation.

In the Nordic region, the company has offices in Denmark, Norway and Sweden with a total of 194 employees, and from the Nordic HQ in Horsens the company serves the customers in the region.

Regional Director, Nordic
Nordic responsibility with full value chain and member of the European senior leadership team
With report to the Group EVP, responsible for the European region, you will get the full P/L responsibility for the Nordic region of Simpson Strong-Tie and management responsibility for the entire Nordic organization with 194 employees across Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
You will become a member of the European senior leadership group and be responsible for executing and evaluating the Group strategy in the region.

Can you manage a complex sales strategy targeting the Nordic market, combined with focus on profitability?

You will get a broad range of key tasks, ranging from strategic decision making to leadership tasks as well as hands-on commercial implementations, operations and finance. Some of the following key tasks will be considered high priority:

• Driving and securing strategic, tactical and operational development of the Nordic region in line with the group strategy - 2030
• Drive market and segment initiatives covering a preferred partner position in both DIY and the OEM market
• Lead and develop leadership teams across the Nordic region with focus on team effort and profitability in the business
• Part of the European leadership team and taking part in securing a well-functioning corporation in the division
• Focus on financial performance, goals, P&L results etc.
• In daily work, identify and proactively make necessary adjustments to resource allocations, operations, staffing, or plans.

Industrial experience with P/L responsibility and strong commercial track record
Ideally, you have a relevant master’s degree, minimum a bachelor’s degree, in Business Management, Engineering or similar. You have experience from:

• An industrial company with own manufacturing, ideally within construction or building products and services
• A position including P/L responsibility, preferably as CEO, MD or BU Director for a division in a larger Group with matrix structure

Furthermore, you have:

• Solid commercial experience and a proven sales track record, with an understanding of multi-channel business
• Experience from an international organization as well as exposure to a multi-cultural environment
• Having experience with the Nordics is an advantage

You possess natural authority and are confident with challenging and improving existing practices. You are diligent and prompt to make decisions. You act as an ambassador for change initiatives and able to motivate people to embrace continuous improvement. You are able to create followership and a united team spirit.

Opportunity to join a market leader with strong brand reputation
This role offers the opportunity to join a large global company with both Group support functions and financial muscles for future investment. The company is the market leader and largest supplier of structural building products in the world with a strong brand reputation in the market.
With Nordic responsibility, the role will have an international perspective both internally in terms of creating synergies across countries and externally dealing with all the Nordic markets.

Please note that we only need your CV if you want to apply.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Consultant Casper Olesen at +45 2256 1215.