Internal Job Title: EV Infrastructure General Manager

Company: Lucy Electric

Business Unit: EV Infrastructure business unit

Location: UK (Thame & Sowerby Bridge) (Hybrid)

Job Reference No: 3985

Role Overview & Job Purpose

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.

Role Context

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 business unit will work closely with wider teams within Lucy Electric, Lucy Zodion and Lucy Group to deliver this business. The EV Infrastructure business unit is initially focused on the fast-growing UK infrastructure market, but with potential to expand internationally in the future.

Role Dimensions

The role will report directly to the COO of Lucy Electric. The role 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

Business development

Sales & customer service

Contract and product development engineering

Manufacturing, supply chain and logisticsThe 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. The role will also work closely with the Group’s service lines to ensure the business unit’s governance is within the Group’s overall strategy and approach.

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. The business will provide an end-to-end business from market/customer analysis, through product development, tendering and production. The role will have full P&L responsibility for a business unit, which should deliver in excess of £70m revenues and substantial profitability in the short to medium term.

Continue to develop the strategy for e-mobility- fully identifying and articulating the priorities and opportunities to maximise the EV Infrastructure business, including:

Reviewing strategic market forecasts and recognising key market trends to inform and evolve strategies around product development, customer solutions and optimising manufacturing deliver.

Within Group guidance, contributing to Lucy Electric’s medium-term plan and producing annual business plans/budgets for the EV Infrastructure business unit.

Setting and reviewing the business plan and priorities – building on the unit’s strategic aims and the identified Group priorities, producing the annual business plan, budget and priorities for the business unit.

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. Actively working with the Lucy Electric and Group’s marketing teams to promote and enhance the brand and product lines, particularly where there are cross-selling opportunities.

Regular engagement - continuous engagement with key stakeholders including employees, customers, suppliers and other teams across the Group as well as industry and wider market participants.

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. Creating a culture of integrity, trust and teamwork within the business unit and across wider teams.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. Can analyse the pros and cons of different scenarios to make an informed decision.

Inspirational leadership - builds trust and confidence within their team and stakeholders and understands their audience whilst communicating and delivering their message and vision with clarity, passion, and energy.

Achieving excellence - understands customer requirements and what needs to be done to fulfill the business goals and objectives.

Business development - research, investigate and identify potential new areas for business development and growth in relation to new and existing products and services. Cultivate and develop partnerships or other commercial relationships. Analyse the business markets and report on findings.

Manufacturing operations – manage and support the Company’s operations teams to ensure the delivery of product at contracted delivery times, working with the Global Manufacturing Operations Director to implement the agreed manufacturing strategy for the Company.

Continuous improvement - fostering a culture of persistent continuous Improvement across all aspects of the business unit to drive increased productivity, efficiency and quality.

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 in an open and honest forum.

Collaboration – promotes a collegiate culture that encourages difference and respects . Builds active strategic relationships with others’ functions.

Communication - applies comprehensive knowledge to act independently while providing guidance and training to others on using clear and effective communications skills for internal and external communications to express ideas, request actions and formulate plans or policies.

Legal and government affairs – business leader level understanding and works to resolve issues in collaboration with the business.Behavioral Competencies:

Strong leadership and motivation behaviours

Dedication, determination, integrity and leading by example

Excellent interpersonal and networking skills

Keen attention to detail

Collegiate, collaborative and driven

Strong strategic thinkerDoes this sound interesting? We would love to hear from you. Our application process is quick and easy. Apply today!

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