General Manager - Research & Development
- Recruiter
- e-Select Recruitment Ltd
- Location
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £58,000 - £62,000 basic
- Posted
- 22 Nov 2014
- Closes
- 29 Nov 2014
- Ref
- KT2788-DA
- Contact
- Derrick Armstrong
- Sectors
- Engineering
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
OPPORTUNITY : Are you re-locatable to the South East of the UK?, do you have an electronic degree? Experience of running an advanced R & D division with experience of working on burglar alarms, intruder detection, analogue or addressable fire alarms panels, heat, smoke detector, sounder systems or similar, happy to travel worldwide?
POSITION : General Manager R & D Department Head – Security and Fire Division
Research and Development Department.
PRODUCTS : Next generation of electronic fire and intruder detection products for the global market
SALARY : £58,000 to £62,000 base, profit related bonus, full expense account, company vehicle, international travel.
LOCATION : Based in the South East
EXPERIENCE : Do you have ability to step into the General Managers post for the global research and development division for a world wide business?
The company has been established over a century, with interests worldwide, most notably Europe, USA, Middle East, Far East and Africa designing, testing and manufacturing some of the most cutting edge and reliable electronic products routinely used in commercial, industrial, retail buildings across the world, with mature markets in most developed nations and expansion with new offices currently opening in developing nations.
Your role is to take over as General Manager of the UK based research and development team. The team routinely work on the feasibility studies on 20-30 new products per annum developing 10-12 for full scale production per annum, they also complete a rolling review, upgrade, functionality reviews to the current ranges to keep them relevant, as well as customising product specifically for larger clients.
More of a challenge, the division is currently working on a radical new generation of product which should leap frog the competitors products and become a game changer for the industry with an expected launch date in under 3 years and roll out across the World in 5 years.
The research and development team have electronics engineers, firmware engineers, software engineers and a range of specialists.
To be suitable for this role you must be re-locatable to the South East of England, have a degree in electronics, have worked for a manufacturer of intruder alarms, sounders, intruder detectors, PIR companies, fire alarm sounders smoke detectors, heat detectors or similar products, have extensive managerial experience and want to have structural control over one of the companies most important division.
Contact: In the first instance please send your CV to Derrick Armstrong
ELIGIBILITY:
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