Managing Director Malaysia

Sefar Group at a glance

Sefar is the world's leading manufacturer of precision fabrics from monofilaments for the screen printing and filtration markets. Sefar products are used in a wide variety of industries, reaching from electronics, graphics, architecture, medical, automotive, food and pharmaceutical applications to mining and refining, aerospace and smart fabrics. 

Sefar operates weaving mills in Switzerland, Romania and Thailand.  

With Monosuisse, the Sefar Group has its own yarn production with locations in Switzerland, Poland, Romania, Mexico and Germany.

Based on extensive know-how, our global network of subsidiaries, and manufacturing centers in 27 countries on 6 continents, we can quickly and efficiently help our customers to achieve the best results in their industrial processes and applications.

Oversee a company's business operations, liaise with stakeholders, drive strategic company growth, and are responsible for the overall performance of the Sefar business.

Leadership

• Provide direction and leadership for the region within the "Sefar Group Policy and Policies", The "Sefar Guideline of Behaviour" and "Sefar Guideline of Behaviour in Competition".
• Lead the country managers, and coordinate the budgeting process and 3 years planning for the Region
• Assure the implementation of Sefar's strategy, concept and initiatives
• Create group thinking on all levels
• Uses regional support function to support local organizations in their fast and timely roll out of group initiative and their installation of best demonstrated practices.

 
Human Resources

• Hire, qualifies, develop, compensate and dismisses all his/her directly reporting people according to the "4 Eyes Principle" and approves according to "4 Eyes Principle" all personnel decisions regarding the next lower hierarchical level.
• Support management development, talent recruitment, promotion and employee retention in his/her region.
• Host representatives of Global Business (i.e. Architecture, M&R) on request and in coordination with relevant Business Manager

Market

• Knows the regional market, its opportunities and competition
• Assure competent and fast reacting organization to penetrate the local markets and capture opportunities in line with the business strategies.
• Provide Business with relevant information from markets and customers to allow targeted development and further roll-out. Proposes new product/market ideas to the Businesses. Suggest adaption to local requirements for the product.
• Assure the rapid copying of success stories within his/her region in coordination with the Business. Responsible the roll-out of new product and services provided by the Businesses.
• Initiate / participates in cross boarder project teams
• Identify, evaluate, propose, integrates business opportunities, acquisition / divestment as well as alliances.
• Initiate / participates in cross boarder project teams
• Has regular contact with important customers in order to evaluate their satisfaction and to detect future trends

Performance

• Exploit the market potential in the region
• Implements the strategy, goals and main moves for the 3 years plan and establish yearly budgets within the Region, in cooperation with the Businesses.
• Overviews the regional pricing in coordination with the respective Businesses
• Monitors and analyses the overall performance (insight analysis) and organizes and action plan if required (not only financial)
• Ensure the best allocation of resources and optimizes the use of capital employed.
• Installs "early warning system" and timely reaction

Representation

• Represent the interests of the Region on Group Level
• Represents the Region in the regional public, professional associations and partners