Business Unit Director Water - Europe & Africa
You will assume full P&L ownership and lead a team delivering mission‑critical water systems testing and certification solutions to customers who depend on reliability, innovation, and business excellence.
If you thrive in environments where decisive action matters and you’re motivated by building momentum, developing people, solving problems, and delivering measurable outcomes, this role puts you at the center of that impact.
What You’ll Lead
- P&L Ownership : Manage financial performance, set targets, and ensure profitable growth across all product and service lines.
- Commercial Leadership : Strengthen customer relationships, identify new opportunities, and guide the sales organization to win high‑value industrial accounts.
- Operational Excellence : Oversee delivery, service quality, and technical performance to ensure reliability, compliance, and customer satisfaction.
Team Development : Build, mentor, and inspire a high‑performing team across commercial, technical, and operational functions.
What Makes This Role Exciting
- You’ll lead a business unit in a sector experiencing rapid transformation, regulatory pressure, and sustainability commitments.
- You’ll have the autonomy to shape strategy, influence investment decisions, and build the next phase of growth.
- You’ll work with customers whose operations depend on high‑performance water treatment — from manufacturing to energy to heavy industry.
- You’ll join a company committed to innovation, safety, and long‑term environmental impact.
What You Bring
- Proven leadership experience in industry, water technologies, environmental services, or a related industrial sector.
- A strong energic personality focusing on driving execution and challenging status-quo
- Strong commercial acumen with a track record of driving revenue growth and managing P&L.
- Ability to translate market trends into actionable strategy.
- Experience leading cross‑functional teams in technical and international commercial environments within a matrix organization
- A mindset that blends operational discipline with entrepreneurial drive.
- Excellent communication and relationship‑building skills at all organizational levels
Other duties that are reasonably within the scope of the role and function
Why Join Us
You’ll step into a role where your decisions shape the future of the business. You’ll have the support of a strong organization, the ownership to innovate, and the opportunity to make a real impact on water sustainability and industrial performance
Hybrid from our Diegem office with frequent travels across region Europe & Africa
Higher degree in business, marketing, or a related field, providing a strong foundation for commercial and strategic leadership.
10+ years of experience in business development and commercial leadership roles, ideally within industrial or technical B2B markets, water industry as an asset
Proven track record of exceeding revenue targets, expanding new business, and delivering results across regional or global markets.
Exceptional relationship‑building skills, with the ability to strengthen client partnerships, drive customer satisfaction, and create long‑term value.
Sales & Commercial Leadership: Demonstrated success leading teams, executing proactive selling strategies, driving execution and accountability woven in naturally and powerfully
Execution & Issue Resolution : A leader who brings solutions, and discipline to daily operations. Demonstrated ability to quickly identify performance gaps, and fix issues decisively to keep teams aligned and customers satisfied. Skilled at implementing strong processes, reinforcing accountability, and ensuring problems are solved at the root .
Our culture is rooted in four central values: Doing the Right Thing, Treating People Well, Relentlessly Pursuing Excellence, and Embracing Unity Within NSF. These principles drive all our actions.
Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Please note that NSF is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and search firms for this role. Resumes submitted to an NSF employee by a third-party agency without a valid written and signed search agreement between NSF and said third-party agency will become the sole property of NSF. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.
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