Head of Latin America
- Employer
- Mace
- Location
- Centro de Lima, Peru
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 10 Sep 2024
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- Sector
- Construction and Building Services
- Role
- Senior Manager
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.
Within our Consult business we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.
Our values shape the way we consult, and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:
- Safety First - Going home safe and well
- Client Focus - Deliver on our promise
- Integrity - Always do the right thing
- Create Opportunity - For our people to excel
With our principal location in Peru, this is an opportunity to lead and develop our Latin America (LATAM) business. With existing high value clients and high margin services, this fantastic opportunity will oversee the growth across Peru, Colombia, Mexico and other regional countries as you develop our LATAM ambitions further. This role can be fulfilled from any of our principal locations in either Peru, Colombia or Mexico.
We have built a reputation for delivering projects and programmes faster, safer and better than ever before, but as a purpose-driven business we look for opportunities to shape the future.
Our work in LATAM gives us those opportunities, securing the first delivery partner contract in the Americas on a nation-wide programme, while also working with a number of prestigious clients across the region. This means we have a significant opportunity to not just transform the country, but also to shape how projects are delivered for the future, leverage international best practice and leave a meaningful legacy for communities.
LATAM is going through an incredible transformation, and thanks to strong partnerships with our clients, strong experience and proven expertise, we are thrilled to be playing an integral part in helping to shape the future of the region and in bringing an ambitious vision to life.
With a multi sector capability including manufacturing, corporate real estate, technology and infrastructure and transportation, this is an opportunity for an experienced leader to take their career and ambitions to the next level on this exciting journey with Mace.
The Role
To direct and oversee the operational business activities of the Mace consult business across LATAM, implementing operational programmes that are aligned to the strategic objectives of the business.
The role oversees business activities and is accountable for country KPIs and business outcomes. Reporting to the Americas managing director the successful candidate will be an integral member of the Americas senior leadership team, providing operational expertise, business planning and strategic advice to the regional leader and leadership team.
You'll Be Responsible For:
- Visibly leading, inspiring and guiding the business, providing strategic direction and developing the overall country's long and short-term goals, inputting into the regional strategy.
- Ownership of the country businesses operational resource requirements, creating an inclusive environment based on vision, direction and engagement. Leading a compliant business in line with Mace Group reporting cycles and establishing KPIs and OKDs (objectives and key deliverables).
- Overseeing key client relationships and takes ownership of strategic, local or country accounts including government, private sector and public sector clients when required.
- Partnering and collaborating with business leadership to identify new opportunities with existing and new clients, ensuring all strategic and profitable opportunities are captured and actioned, to further develop and grow the Mace country business.
- Delivering of annual financial and operating targets for the Mace country business (including KPIs, OKDs and business outcomes), achieved through developing fit-for-purpose planning processes appropriate for a growing, market leading and highly profitable organisation.
- Leading effective cost management for country business, ensuring budgets are met and utilises data & analysis to drive continuous business improvements.
- Collaborating and partnering with other leadership teams to identify strategic partnership opportunities and further develop, cultivate and maintain strategic relationships with clients, partners and supply chains.
- Accountable for ensuring the required leadership and capability for the country is implemented, to deliver the business ambition with robust resource planning and a talent pipeline matching business demand, to drive the Mace purpose, priorities and 2026 strategy. Responsible for converting the group and regional strategy and objectives into country results.
- Owning the specific Mace country business positioning and market strategy, pipeline, bids and submissions including service offerings, strategic sector priorities utilizes robust market and competitor analysis.
- Demonstrating 'good organisation citizenship' by working in an enterprise-wide way. Driving the business ambitions, making things happen in an ethical and inclusive way and demonstrating resilience and an ethical, value-based approach in line with Mace values.
- Leading the LATAM business by example, setting and working by high standards, leads, guides and provides direction to country business ensures a high performing portfolio and teams that meet and exceed KPIs.
- Representing Mace and the country business, manages and influences key C-Suite and senior external relationships with key stakeholders, including clients, supply chain and relevant government/regulatory bodies.
- Providing executive leadership, strategic direction and thought leadership across the country business, supporting and mentoring senior leaders including succession planning, onboarding, training and diversity planning.
- Promoting and championing the highest standards and adherence to health, safety and wellbeing across country portfolio.
- Partnering with marketing and communications and relevant stakeholders to raise the overall profile of the country business (typically covering including larger and complex country portfolios).
- Providing thought leadership, industry expertise and expert counsel across the country business portfolio to senior leadership teams and engine executive board.
- Fluency in Spanish and English.
- Relevant degree qualification (or equivalent).
- Demonstrable track record in a senior leadership/director role, in the region.
- Commercial acumen across operational finance, financial and commercial strategy, work winning and pipeline development.
- Ability to develop long-term strategic relationships.
- Builds professional relationships both internal and external networks at all levels necessary.
- Good listener. Able to actively listen to, and engage with, all levels of business and clients.
- Ability to lead strategic direction of a business from both an internal and external perspective.
- Regional perspective and understand specifics of each country and synergies/differences between them.
- Advanced understanding of wider management and enterprise leadership principles.
- Advanced communication skills, effectively communicates at C-Suite and all levels in an organisation.
- Manages and influences key senior internal (C-Suite) and external stakeholders and provides leadership and guidance to operational portfolio.
- Advanced negotiation, influencing and engagement capabilities.
- Persuades, influences, advises and collaborates with others successfully towards a desired course of action and/or to reach consensus.
- Demonstrates a new/improved perspective and explores and champions innovative approaches in pursuit of a better way incorporating continuous improvement.
- Champions the use of new technology, helps/guides others to adapt.
- Demonstrates the ability to influence, negotiate and counsel both internally and externally with peers and senior leaders.
- Inspiring/transformational leadership.
- Strategic thinking and execution.
- Builds effective senior leadership teams. Ability to engage team in growth and development of business. Work with the Mace Americas SLT in an integrated way, manage Mace Group SLT.
- Provides leadership, direction and guidance to others, leading others effectively, coaches and supports other to reach their full potential.
- Champions data and analytics to drive better decision making.
- Drives the strategic implementation of new and innovative technologies to achieve objectives.
- Possess broad leadership capabilities that appeals to clients and gains the respect of the Senior Leadership Team.
- Leads by example and acts in an ethical, legal and responsible way. Setting high standards of behaviour for themselves and others to follow.
- Focus on client satisfaction and delivers service excellence for external and internal clients.
- Flexibility and ability to respond quickly and adroitly to issues and demands.
- Comprehensive expertise and knowledge of construction industry.
- Knowledge of how carbon and sustainability considerations will shape the outlook of the projects you are working on.
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Fortune favours the brave - and so do we
At Mace we empower our people to be collaborative, curious and embrace their entrepreneurial spirits. We aim to attract the best and brightest people, whatever their background, to bring new perspectives to some of the most challenging and inspiring projects around the world.
You might be part of our healthcare team delivering critical hospital care units, or our education team creating schools to inspire our future leaders. You could be a graduate working on the world’s tallest building, or be managing the construction of world-leading cultural landmarks. Whatever your passion, we have an opportunity that will bring out the best in you.
At Mace we want you to feel comfortable from day 1, so for any questions about a career at Mace, including application advice, please contact paul.deaville@macegroup.com for a confidential chat.
Our clients say that it’s our people that make the difference
Our people think harder, do better and go further. Every day at Mace is an opportunity to think and do things differently. We were founded more than 30 years ago, and every day our entrepreneurial culture plays a huge role in our success. We exist to seek out the world’s most interesting projects that challenge and excite us.
We want our employees to thrive and achieve their highest potential. We are passionate about creating an environment that provides opportunities for the most stimulating and fulfilling careers. We encourage innovation and welcome new perspectives by attracting and developing people with diverse talent who inspire our thinking, challenge our solutions and enhance our culture.
At Mace you can deepen your knowledge, expand your skills, see the world and get to work with both inspiring colleagues and influential clients – whatever your passion, we have an opportunity that will bring out the best in you. But don’t just take our word for it; below you can see what some of our people had to say.
Reward and recognition
We invest in our people and provide a strong benefits package, which in the UK includes:
- 22 days of holiday, plus two ‘Mace Days’ to support work-life balance, bank holidays and December holiday shut down
- Contributory pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Highly competitive maternity and paternity package
- Reimbursement of professional subscriptions and membership fees
- Season ticket loan
- Annual health screening
- Private medical insurance
- Dental plan
- Sponsorship of education schemes (on approval)
- Continuous on the job training and development
- Cycle to work scheme
- Childcare voucher scheme
- Our international benefit packages are comparable. Please contact our recruitment team for more information.
We know that many parents can face challenges when balancing the demands of work and their home lives. At Mace, we fully support our people when they choose to balance their career with family life. We offer enhanced family leave, as well as options for flexible working and alternative working patterns to support and improve the work-life balance of our employees.
Our performance management and appraisal approach is based on ability and talent. Top performers are recognised for both their contribution to projects and their broader contribution to the business.
At Mace we appreciate the differences that everyone brings to work and we recognise the importance of people being free to be themselves.
Regardless of age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, or affiliation to any political party, we embrace diversity and believe in creating an inclusive environment where every Mace person is treated equally, fairly and with respect.
We are proud partners of Stonewall’s global diversity champions programme that ensures all LGBT+ staff are accepted without exception at Mace.
Mace’s corporate purpose statement is ‘Redefining the boundaries of ambition’.
Support for disabled employees is provided by:
Our recruitment and HR Teams have undertaken disability awareness training and are eager to provide an inclusive and accessibility experience to job applicants and new colleagues.
Enabled at Mace – employee network. Its aims are to support its members and, to "to raise awareness and remove barriers around disability, neurodiversity and other impairments” to support their aim to create an inclusive and diverse workplace for everyone.
Disability Confident – We are using the requirements of the government scheme to create an inclusive environment for disabled job applicants and existing colleagues.
Clear Assured – an externally verified accreditation around equality, diversity and inclusion practice across our business, driving improvements to our policies, processes and practices.
Recite Me – an assistive technology tool that provides access support to all employees. It is located on our intranet site, our website and job vacancy platform.
Mace are member of the Business Disability Forum, giving access to a wide range of resources and information. Our line managers have access to their confidential support line.
Silver Clear Assured Award
ridi - Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative Awards 2021 - Highly Commended Category
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