EV Infrastructure General Manager

A pivotal and entrepreneurial role with a clear mandate to deliver significant growth in electrical charging infrastructure for e-mobility. Lucy Group is investing heavily in growing its Electric Vehicle (EV) infrastructure business, which currently comprises package substations, feeder pillars and installation & maintenance services. The EV Infrastructure General Manager will lead the newly formed EV Infrastructure business unit within Lucy Electric.

The role will drive the EV Infrastructure strategy, delivering substantial growth and profitability, enabling the right culture and generating a relentless determination to deliver excellent customer outcomes. The role will be responsible for growing Lucy’s EV Infrastructure business with the current business plan to achieve annual revenues of over £70m within 5 years, with substantial profitability.

To achieve this, the EV Infrastructure General Manager will need to:

• Deliver Lucy Group’s e-mobility strategy.
• Lead the EV Infrastructure business, delivering an end-to-end business unit including market intelligence, product development, sales, tendering, operations and supply chain to provide market-leading products and services to customers.
• Drive overall performance to deliver business objectives, grow market share and ensure revenue growth and significant profitability.

This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated leader with considerable senior leadership capability, focused on meeting strategic targets. As a new role, this will require a seasoned and driven people manager with substantial prior experience of business performance and growth.

The EV Infrastructure business unit is a newly formed, commercially-focused business unit created to fully exploit the substantial growth identified in the low and medium voltage electrical infrastructure needed for electric vehicle charging. The business unit will lead market analysis, product management, business development, sales, customer service, engineering and manufacturing/supply chain for e-mobility products and services.

The role will report directly to the COO of Lucy Electric and has a clear mandate to deliver on the major growth opportunity identified in EV charging infrastructure. The role will lead the EV Infrastructure business unit, which comprises teams focused on:

• Product management
• Contract and product development engineering
• Manufacturing, supply chain and logistics

The role will also need to work with the senior leadership team of Lucy Electric and Lucy Zodion to align strategy and operations as required and ensure dissemination of opportunities and learning across the Group.

Key Accountabilities:

• End-to-end business unit leadership with P&L responsibility – lead the EV Infrastructure business unit to deliver market-leading customer solutions in e-mobility electrical infrastructure.
• Continue to develop the strategy for e-mobility – fully identifying and articulating the priorities and opportunities to maximise the EV Infrastructure business.
• Setting and reviewing the business plan and priorities – building on the unit’s strategic aims and the identified Group priorities.
• Driving business performance and execution against strategy and business plan – relentlessly driving the business unit’s performance against the business plans/budgets and priorities.
• Continuous improvement – fostering a culture of persistent continuous Improvement across all aspects of the business unit to drive increased productivity, efficiency and quality.
• Enhancement of our values & brand – ensuring the business lives the Group’s values, including delivering the highest quality and customer service across all our products and services.
• Regular engagement - continuous engagement with key stakeholders including employees, customers, suppliers and other teams across the Group.
• Governance - working closely with the leadership team and Group service lines to ensure the Group’s governance and processes are being appropriately implemented and maintained.
• Leadership and mentoring - mentoring and guiding direct reports and the business leadership team.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience:

• 10+ years’ experience of business leadership: demonstrating strong growth, transformation capabilities and delivery of business strategy.
• Significant experience in electrical infrastructure, e-mobility or other related industries.
• Experience of delivering considerable revenue and margin growth in relevant industries in businesses of similar size.
• Experience of driving operational excellence and efficiencies.
• Business leadership qualifications such as MBA or other relevant leadership training.
• Technical qualification or relevant experience in the electrical or related industries.

Job Specific Skills:

• Entrepreneurial spirit – to drive the performance of the business unit within the overall strategy to deliver exceptional customer outcomes, growth and profitability.
• Commercial acumen - broad experience of developing and implementing short to long-range objectives and strategies to achieve business goals.
• Strategic thinking - uses data and new insights to anticipate the future, and utilises a range of data sources, to help think objectively and links information to form effective solutions.
• Inspirational leadership - builds trust and confidence within their team and stakeholders.
• Achieving excellence - understands customer requirements and what needs to be done to fulfil the business goals and objectives.
• Business development - research, investigate and identify potential new areas for business development and growth.
• Manufacturing operations – manage and support the Company’s operations teams to ensure the delivery of product at contracted delivery times.
• Budget management - works with full competence to estimate and manage the effort and finances to complete the work within budget.
• Engaging and developing people - understands and discloses own true ideas and feelings to encourage others to do the same.
• Collaboration – promotes a collegiate culture that encourages difference and respects diversity.
• Communication - applies comprehensive knowledge to act independently while providing guidance and training to others.
• Legal and government affairs – business leader level understanding and works to resolve issues in collaboration with the business.

Strong leadership and motivation behaviours include dedication, determination, integrity and leading by example. Excellent interpersonal and networking skills, keen attention to detail, collegiate, collaborative and driven, and strong strategic thinker.

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