Head of PGP Hard Goods

Afrox, a Linde company

Head of PGP Hard Goods

Germiston, GP, South Africa | req22688

What you will enjoy doing

• As the Head of Hardgoods, you are responsible for the oversight and optimisation of the Hard goods product portfolio (including welding and cutting equipment, accessories and consumables) in the areas of Marketing, Product Management, Channel Management, Cost Management, Pricing Management, Technical Sales Support, Inventory Demand and Stock Planning as well as Warehousing Activities, related Order to Cash processes for Hard goods products, all in a safe, reliable, and efficient way
• You will be responsible for developing and executing the Hard goods strategic growth plan for Region Africa, using market and competitive environment intelligence to develop plans to defend and identify opportunities for Hard goods sales growth to support, drive and deliver business success
• You will be the key person in driving continuous improvement within the areas above; optimize the sales revenue and product as well as customer profit, both in short- and long-term perspective
• Part of your role include leading the development and renewal of the Hard goods PSO’s
• Furthermore, you develop and deliver agreed P&L budgets for Sales, Costs, Headcount, and Capital Expenditures
• You will lead the Hard goods strategic pricing initiatives to ensure PCR objectives are achieved

What makes you great

• A University level degree in Business, Engineering or Marketing could be achieved by you
• You gained ten years relevant experience in hard good, strategy formulation and implementation, sales & marketing, product knowledge and management, channel management, key customer management, distributor management welding process and applications, product demand planning and warehouse management within Afrox or similar industry
• You have experience at a senior management level for at least five years
• Part your of your skills include excellent and proven leadership
• You have business acumen and the drive to continuous improvement
• You have demonstrated knowledge of both technical and commercial contexts of the Hard Goods business

Why you will love working with us

Afrox is a market leader in gases and welding products and part of Linde. Integrity, compliance and ethics are driving forces behind our dealings with customers. Afrox employees take pride in what they do and turn every challenge into an opportunity.

What we offer you!

At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you’re looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.

Have we inspired you? Lets talk about it

We are looking forward to receiving your complete application via our online job market.

Application closing date: 18th March 2025

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The employment decision shall be informed by the Employment Equity Plan of the company. It is the company’s intention to promote equity (race, gender and disability) through the filling of this post(s) with a candidate whose transfer / promotion / appointment will promote representatively in line with the numerical targets as contained in our Employment Equity Plan. The company reserves the right to withdraw posts, if by doing so, the interests of the Company will be best served.

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