Senior Director

Senior Director - Duluth, Georgia 

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the world’s top-recognized brands and companies, is actively seeking a Senior Director to join our Electrical team in Duluth, Georgia.  

Intertek's Electrical business line applies more than 100 years of product testing expertise to quickly and efficiently help clients meet safety, performance, environmental and quality requirements for every market. Spanning a wide range of industries such as Medical, Lighting, Renewable Energy, HVACR, Appliances & Electronics, Hazardous Locations, Industrial Equipment, Life Safety & Security, IT & Telecom Equipment, Intertek's global network of laboratories employ world-class experts in their fields who deliver quality, accurate testing and certification that continually exceeds our clients' expectations and helps to clear a path for their product's success. Intertek is continually innovating and evolving to reduce risk for consumers, brands and organizations in every sector and industry around the world. We go beyond Testing, Inspection and Certification of products: we are a Total Quality Assurance Provider to industries worldwide. Our Purpose: Bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life.

What are we looking for?

The Senior Director is responsible for the overall leadership of staff, P&L responsibility and revenue growth/EBIT for Atlanta, GA/Boxborough, MA locations. This position has the potential for 50% travel.

Salary & Benefits Information

Individual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons.  

In addition to competitive compensation packages, when working with Intertek you can expect benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k) with company match, generous vacation / sick time (PTO), tuition reimbursement and more. 

What you’ll do:

• Oversight of labs within an assigned region.

• Overall responsibility for the revenue/cost/EBIT for the region and drive towards maximization.

• Identify/develop/improve processes to enhance and maximize efficiencies and margin/expense.

• Coordinate with other working groups to create synergies and reach and exceed targeted goals.

• Mentor and develop management staff by setting appropriate goals and objectives.

• Participate in technical trade or association meetings.

• Serve as a technical resource to management staff and major clients.

• Serve as part of the US Leadership Team.

• Actively work with sales leadership to drive growth and customer relationships.

• Manage Capital expenditures of responsible laboratories.

• Make business recommendations on capital expenditures and other initiatives.

• Investigate and promote new business opportunities.

• Perform other duties as required.

This position outline is a general guideline and does not represent all encompassing details. The position assumes that the incumbent has both the mental and physical requirements to carry out the above defined duties. 

Minimum Requirements & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, management or scientific discipline

• 10+ years’ operations management experience in an engineering environment 

• 8 years of budget management and P&L responsibility

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Excellent leadership and team building skills

• Must possess entrepreneurial qualities

• Microsoft Office software expertise

• Must be self-motivated and able to work independently in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment
• Must be client focused and quality driven
• Must be able to confront and resolve conflict in an effective manner
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Ability to travel as business needs dictates at least 50% of the time

Preferred Requirements & Qualifications:

• Master’s degree

• Experience within a testing or product development laboratory

Intertek: Total Quality. Assured.

Intertek is a world leader in the Quality Assurance market, with a proven, high-quality business model and a global network of customer-focused operations and highly engaged subject matter experts. With passion, pace, and precision we work to exceed our customers’ expectations, while engaging with our employees to be 10X in their performance and professional growth.

Intertek is a drug-free workplace. As a condition of employment, certain positions may be required to pass a pre-employment drug test based on the type of work that will be performed.

We Value Diversity

Intertek’s network of phenomenal people are our greatest assets, and the diversity they bring fuels our success. Intertek is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that values inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

For individuals with disabilities who would like to request accommodation, or who need assistance applying, please email intertekhrusa@intertek.com or call 1-877-694-8543 (option #5) to speak with a member of the HR Department.

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*Intertek does not accept unsolicited approaches from agencies and will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. 

About the company

Intertek is a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide. Our network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices in more than 100 countries, delivers innovative and bespoke Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification (ATIC) solutions for our customers' operations and supply chains. Working at Intertek means joining a global network of state-of-the-art facilities and passionate people who deliver superior customer service with a purpose of bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life.