Are you a leader with a passion for driving business success, crafting vision, and strategy? Emerson's Branson Ultrasonics business has an exciting opportunity for you. As Vice President-General Manager for Branson Americas, you will lead the development and implementation of strategies to achieve key objectives across the region, focusing on growth and bringing value. This role encompasses the creation of both long-term strategies and short-term plans and programs for the business unit's operations. Additionally, the Vice President-General Manager is accountable for crafting the organizational culture across the region and for the overall performance of the Americas business. If you are ready to expand your professional experiences and grow professionally with a thriving organization, we invite you to become a valued member of our team!

Branson Ultrasonics is a leader in the design, development and manufacturing of equipment for plastics joining, metal welding, and industrial cleaning. Our industry-leading technology and our world-class customer-centered approach have solidified us as a major contender in the industrial automation world.

In this Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Develop long-term objectives and strategic plans to drive growth and value creation for the Americas region.
• Attract, lead, and develop a diverse team through mentoring and feedback, aligning career goals with organizational objectives, celebrating team achievements, and encouraging a culture of safety, diversity, equity, and inclusivity.
• Responsible for the North America POR, driving orders, sales, margin attainment, and cash flow by leading the Sales and Operations Regional Processes.
• Ensure high customer happiness with Branson products and services through sales calls, field sales input, marketing studies, and surveys.
• Drive strong growth above market rates by leveraging technology, new products, and commercial strategies, applying market insights to guide technology research, introducing new products, and utilizing Application Engineering to penetrate and expand in existing and new markets.
• Collaborate within a matrix organization with Marketing to lead strategies and projects involving market segment analysis, product management, pricing, distribution, and promotional activities such as advertising, digital strategies, and trade shows.
• Leverage customer service as a growth tool by ensuring industry-leading responsiveness in quoting, estimating, order processing, and after-sales support, with timely attention to customer calls and messages.
• Demonstrate strong financial and business acumen by analyzing financial metrics, optimizing budgets, and driving profitable growth through effective business strategies and financial management.
• Lead all aspects of the Americas Applications & Tooling execution models, ensuring value creation through cost management, technology, and other critical initiatives.

Who You Are:

You see the big picture, constantly are inventing future scenarios, and create strategies to sustain competitive advantage. You formulate a clear strategy and map daring steps that will accelerate the organization toward its goals. You use each team member's unique background to achieve team goals. You instill and sustain organization-wide energy to show what is possible. You identify and supervise key financial indicators to gauge performance, identify trends, and suggest strategies that can impact results. You own the risk that comes with moving forward when the outcome isn't certain.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Management, Engineering, or a related field of study.
• Relevant years of management experience with significant leadership responsibilities, commensurate with the level of the position.
• Broad experience in sales and management, with a deep understanding of business principles, team building, and technology.
• Validated expertise in strategic planning and execution, including developing profitability plans and driving growth initiatives.
• Strong financial competence with proven skills in budget preparation, financial planning, cost control, and overall financial management.
• Proven record to facilitate cross-functional collaboration and resolve issues across regional operations.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required.
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now and in the future.

Preferred Qualifications that Set You Apart:

• Master's Degree / MBA in a relevant field strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of management experience with significant leadership responsibilities.

Our Offer To You:

This role offers the flexibility of a hybrid work schedule, allowing you to work remotely two to three days per week. We collaborate as a team to ensure that our work schedules improve both creativity and efficiency while serving our customers effectively.

We understand the importance of employee wellbeing and recognize that flexibility is key to supporting your physical, mental, financial, and social needs. Our competitive benefits package includes a range of medical insurance plans, dental and vision coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, 401(k) contributions, tuition reimbursement, and access to Employee Resource Groups. Additionally, we offer recognition programs and more.

Our dedication to work-life balance is reflected in our flexible time-off policies, including paid parental leave (for all parents), vacation, and holiday leave.

At Emerson, we strive to create an environment where every employee feels valued and respected for their outstanding experiences and perspectives. We believe that fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace promotes the exchange of innovative ideas and delivers the best outcomes for our customers.

This philosophy is fundamental to living our company's values and our responsibility to leave the world in a better place. Learn more about our Culture & Values and about Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emerson.

Our training programs and initiatives focus on end-to-end development, from onboarding through senior leadership. We provide a wide range of development opportunities, including face-to-face and virtual training, mentorship and coaching, project management, and on-the-job training.

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WHY EMERSON

Our Commitment to Our People

At Emerson, we are motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps our diverse, multicultural teams across the world drive innovation that makes the world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. And we want you to join us in our bold aspiration.

We have built an engaged community of inquisitive, dedicated people who thrive knowing they are welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to solve the world's most complex problems - for our customers, our communities, and the planet. You'll contribute to this vital work while further developing your skills through our award-winning employee development programs. We are a proud corporate citizen in every city where we operate and are committed to our people, our communities, and the world at large. We take this responsibility seriously and strive to make a positive impact through every endeavor.

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Work Authorization

Emerson will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1(including those with OPT or CPT) , H-1, H-2, L-1, B, J or TN, or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

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Emerson is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.

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ABOUT EMERSON

Emerson is a global leader in automation technology and software. Through our deep domain expertise and legacy of flawless execution, Emerson helps customers in critical industries like life sciences, energy, power and renewables, chemical and advanced factory automation operate more sustainably while improving productivity, energy security and reliability.

With global operations and a comprehensive portfolio of software and technology, we are helping companies implement digital transformation to measurably improve their operations, conserve valuable resources and enhance their safety.

We offer equitable opportunities, celebrate diversity, and embrace challenges with confidence that, together, we can make an impact across a broad spectrum of countries and industries. Whether you're an established professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring possibilities, or a recent graduate with an advanced degree, you'll find your chance to make a difference with Emerson. Join our team - let's go!

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