MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Overall responsibility for the area, including profit and loss (P&L), to drive sales and profitability to meet targets
• Specific responsibility for sales, provisioning and operations within the area, supported by region and corporate engineering and finance functions
• Responsible for developing and delivering against budgets and forecasts
• Manage day-to-day operations, and service customers with the goal of operational excellence
• Implement and maintain processes and procedures associated with the sales, provisioning and operations functions in the area
• Manage local Aberdeen and West/North Africa based teams
• Oversee scheduling of personnel for jobs, projects and dispatches
• Oversee billing of jobs and projects
• Oversee inventory and asset control
• Must be able to work under pressure and multi-task under these conditions

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

•  University degree in relevant business or technical field

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years management and P&L experience in remote communications
• Minimum 2 years operational experience in remote communications
• Experience from business development and operations in Africa preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must have the ability to organize and lead teams in disparate geographies
• Must have direct skills in P&L management

Personal Characteristics:

• Business development leaning
• Must possess an unrelenting passion for continuous improvement and operational excellence
•  Behave Ethically: understand ethical behavior and business practices, and ensure that personal behavior is consistent with these standards and aligns with the values of the organization.
•  Communicate Effectively: speak, listen and write in a clear, thorough and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques
•  Organize: set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track details/data/information/activities
•  Solve Problems: Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem

COMPENSATION:

Competitive compensation package, including annual bonus potential and annual equity awards.  Standard health and retirement benefits.