Country Manager- Sales -Silicone products in India

My associate from NPA has shared this mandate!

We are on the lookout for a senior sales professional to be based in India-to help one of the largest conglomerate companies in Korea in the 'silicone' technology business

The ideal candidate would be a professional with a proven track record in the Silicone business in India-and would have worked in one of the following domains : Silicone, Poly silicon, Inorganic /construction materials. glass, paints!

The person would be independently in charge of India-and will have the responsibility of driving pan India sales.

RSVP menon@optionsindia.com for more details!

Director -Customer Support @Bangalore

This position has been forwarded to us by a NPA associate. Their client is a Nasdaq listed company with operations in over 120 countries, with solutions addressing a wide variety of enterprise customers.

Presently, we are on the look out for a topnotch professional to lead the regional ( catering to the Asia Pac customers) support center team in order to achieve direct and in direct client customer support to the client products and solutions.

The person would head a team of about 20 professionals to provide T1/T2 remote support with expected response time and meeting SLA agreements.

An Engineer with a strong exposure to customer support in one of following areas: SQL database, web application, CTI/PBX and VOIPs-would be the most preferred candidate!

Should you reach out to menon@optionsindia.com, I shall be glad to provide more information.

Here's a chance to woo at least 85 of the Fortune 100 companies!!

Research and Development Engineers: Inorganic Material in Korea

This is an assignment forwarded to us by a fellow NPA Associate!

We are on the look out for Sr. Silicone R&D Engineers with strong analytical problems solving skills. Persons with a proven track record with ability to generate new and innovative solutions to complex problems.

1. Monomer (MCS; Methyl Chloro Silane) in: Si Metal/MCS synthesis/MCS Distillation

2. HTV (high Temperature Vulcanization)

3. RTV (Room Temperature Vulcanization)

4. Emulsion

Engineers with at least 10yrs of experience are encouraged to reach out to menon@optionsindia.com for specific details.

Have a great weekend!

Practice Director-Telecom Software company in Mumbai

Here is an assignment from a fellow (overseas) NPA member.

The ideal person would

- have a good mix of project delivery, business development, account management and technical domain knowledge in telecoms software within tier 1 telecoms clients.

- presently be working in a big 4 consulting or tier 2 telecoms company

- be responsible for applications development and deployment and integration of intelligent software for Tier-1 telecommunication service providers to ensure voice, data, IP and content services over legacy and next generation networks.

Should you be a returned/returning Indian, this would be an excellent opportunity to utilise your business acumen and build a career in a company who are investing heavily in people development and their operational and business capability across Asia.

RSVP menon@optionsindia.com- before October 6th for more details and clarifications!

Happy hunting

Wanted Professional from Power Projects / Industrial Water Systems@Hyderabad

For a slew of projects for our infrastructure industry clients, we are on the look out for Engineers across different functions/levels and domains.

Positions exist for professionals from 6 to 20yrs experience with experience in Power Projects / Industrial Water Systems -with specific focus on any :

1) Coal handling
2) Rotating equipment
3) Boiler Plant Layout, Detailed Layout drawings of BOP Systems.

4) Circulating Cooling Water, Raw Water Systems

Also required are

a) Electrical Engineers with hands on exp in process design, calculations, equipment sizing, preparation of purchase specifications, technical evaluation of the bids, participation in technical meetings with vendors and clients/consultants, vendor document review/approval and site technical support

b) Mechanical Engineers for

i)Water systems, Fire Protection, HVAC & Misc.BoP systems with good process knowledge, analytical & Communication skills,

ii) Plant Layout, isometrics, selection of supports and hangers, knowledge of stress analysis, preparation of fabrication drawings etc.

iii) Rotating equipment such as pumps (BFP, CEP), Fans (FD, ID, PA) and Power cycle equipment (TG, BOILER and its auxiliaries, feed heaters etc.)

c) Civil /Structural engineers for analysis and design of Steel and RCC structures. Preparation of Technical Specifications and BOQ for Tender purposes.

d) Contract Administrators. Preference will be for professionals with exposure to Claims Management With Customer and Suppliers / Contractors;

RSVP sameer@optionsindia.com for more details!

Director Finance @Hyderabad

The requirement is for a mid size organisation in Hyderabad -with about 500 employees.

Reporting to the CEO, the Director finance will set the company's financial policy and direction while also being an active participant in, and driver of, the organization’s overall strategy. S/he will lead all financial administration, business planning, and budgeting. As a member of the senior leadership team, the Director will work closely with a motivated and engaged finance and governance committee of the board of directors, apart from investors.

Specific responsibilities include:

a)Strategy

-Partner with the CEO on all operational and strategic issues as they arise; provide strategic recommendations based on financial analysis and projections, cost identification and allocation, and revenue/expense analysis.
-Participate in the ongoing strategic planning process as an integral member of the senior management team.

Financial and Operational Management

Oversee budgeting, and the implementation of budgets, so as to monitor progress and present operational metrics both internally and externally.

Ensure that finance staff maintains financial record systems in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, and monitor the use of all funds.

Oversee the preparation and approval of all financial reporting materials and metrics for funding organizations and board of directors; prepare and communicate monthly and annual financial statements.

Manage cash flow and forecasting; direct all financial, project-based, and departmental accounting.

Qualifications

The Director will be a seasoned and mature leader with at least 12-15 years of broad finance experience, ideally beginning in audit, followed by experience gathering and evaluating financial information and making actionable recommendations to senior leadership. S/he will ideally have experience managing finance (accounting, budgeting, control, and reporting), and IT for an organisation.

The ideal person would be :

-A hands-on manager with integrity and a desire to work in a dynamic, mission-driven environment.
-An effective communicator, with strong oral and written skills.
-Strong commitment to developing team members.
- Demonstrated commitment to the social sector with a passion for the organization’s mission is essential.

I shall be glad to clarify offline! RSVP menon@optionsindia.com

VP-IT Asia Pac for MNC BPO in Manila, Philippines

Here is an exciting role for a topnotch IT professional!

For a mandate shared by an associate of ours, we are on the look out for someone with extensive experience in outsourcing or contact centres or in other dynamic environments with a voice/call centre component,

-in a senior service delivery / operations role,

-who has held budgetary responsibility,

-is used to driving change,

-enjoys working closely with the business &

- is comfortable managing senior technical people.

Reporting to the Global CIO, the VP IT APAC is responsible for the site IT infrastructure, personnel & business continuity of critical technology services based within sites within the region, including Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and India- hence it requires a high level of travel, assume every week!!

RSVP menon@optionsindia.com for more details!!

IT requirements for Telecom @Mumbai

India is among the fastest growing telecom markets in the world.

We are presently working on some interesting mandates for middle and senior openings -apart from multiple openings in junior management -across projects in global design, development and deployment for telecom service fulfilment, assurance and billing systems.

Opportunities exist across departments like CRM, Billing, Data Warehousing, network and service management and such OSS/BSS (Operations Support Systems/Business Support Systems).

People having worked in software design and delivery are desired.

Specifically -experience and skills on Metasolv, Geneva, Oracle e-business suite, Amdocs Cramer, IBM Tivoli, Websphere Business Modeller/ Websphere Process Server is a big plus.

Should you be aware of professionals ie managers (at Senior Manager/Dy. GM levels - 10+ yrs experience), process managers, business analysts, delivery leads, testing engineers, architects (at Senior Manager/Dy. GM levels - 10+ yrs experience), please feel free to reach out to me or seema@optionsindia.com, and we shall be glad to keep you informed!

Have a great week ahead!

What are we presently working on?

The slow pace of the recruitment life cycle in the recent past, had probably psyched me too!! I just realise that its almost 3 months since I updated this section of my blog.

But as we reviewed last evening, there are opportunities galore..across industries,locations and levels. So let me try and list them out -not in any specific order, but more to try and capture the diversity.

-Country Manager for a MNC in the wimax space wanting to expand its presence in India. We are on the look out for a topnotch professional who has had strong grounding in the business unit operations and project deployment/ management in the burgeoning telecom industry. Be it from the Equipment manufacturers, or system integrator's and Tier 1 Operators!

-Director Sales to spearhead the penetration of a VC funded firm in the business of distributed water services sector in India.The project will provide access to affordable and clean drinking water to rural households, and hence requires the professional to work with various State government departments across the country.

-Director Rural Marketing based in Hyderabad. The onus is to provide ongoing outreach and education that effectively communicate the relationship of clean water, hygiene and good health. Ideal person would be familiar with all innovative methods to appeal to the consumers in the rural areas of India-be it advertising or folk music or street plays!

- Technical Architect for a IT startup setting up an offshore development centre for handling services for an American firm. Being the employee no. 2 in the firm, the role would involve the challenges of working in a bootstrapped environment, attracting and motivating talent to help shape the company...

-Business Development managers ( based in US and in Hyderabad) to represent a company in the Outsourced Product Development services domain. The decade old company has an impressive slew of products in house, and a powerhouse of talent -and is willing to reward attractive variable pay component to stretch the best!!

--A topnotch MNC player in the aseptic packaging is looking for Dairy/Food technologists with a strong grounding in microbiology -to help their clients adopt the best manufacturing practices, in a bid to raise the quality of raw milk sourcing/production and distribution in India.

- Treasury openings exist in Chennai and Hyderabad for professionals in the 3-8yrs experience.

Should you want to know specifically more about these openings, and similar ones not listed here, please also visit Seema's blog for IT positions, Sameer's for non IT positions, as also Karthik's blog for junior openings!! Of course, you can always reach out to me offline too -mailto:-menon@optionsindia.com for more clarifications.

Happy hunting!

Round up of jobs-as of 20th May

As I analyze the jobs posted on the NPA splitzone -the platform that about 400 of us associates of the global network use to share HOT candidates and HOT job openings, there are some interesting observations that are validated!!

1. There is hiring happening-as a trickle-but mostly these are all 'tough nuts to crack' types. "Wonderful to have' type requirements, which are almost perennially open-hoping and waiting for the 'elusive catch'!!

2. Almost all the positions posted are specialists in nature. Despite jobs being listed all across the globe, one underlying feature -is the lack of expat jobs!! Almost everyone wants local candidates to be hired -even if the positions are abroad.

As an associate from Israel explained it -"I serve Israeli clients in APAC and actually I am very busy and have lots of new openings in China, Singapore and AU. Lots of openings but slow to close if at all"

Well, I am hoping to get to work on a Nasdaq listed client of hers -who is looking for a VP Sales in India. 

3.Collaboration works better!! Over the past year-we have noticed that especially in cross border senior hires, it is very essential to be in sync with the cultural sensitivities-both at the client level and the candidate level-to make a great hire.

Recently, we closed a mandate for a Country Manager for a Canadian company referred to us by an American associate who successfully hand held us-by setting expectations and continuous communication!! The key is the 'consultative approach' that clinched us-instead of the usual 'commodity approach' when job descriptions are shared across the internet!

 

Well here is a sample of the indicative roles-let me know should you need more details, as we do not have the permission to reveal more information at this stage!

Test Equipment Engineer Salary Range: $65,000 - $74,000 Location: Alabama, USA

Maintenance Manager  Date: May 13, 2009 Salary Range: $65,000 - $80,000 Location: Ohio, USA

Senior Accountant Date: May 8, 2009 Salary Range: $60,000 - $65,000 Location: Florida, USA

Human Resources Manager Date: May 13, 2009 Salary Range: $70,0000  - $90,000 Location: Arkansas, USA

VP of Engineering Date: May 11, 2009 Salary Range : $170,000  - $200,000 Location: Washington, USA

General Manager - ECM Date: May 13, 2009 Salary Range: $150,000 - $300,000 Location: Queensland, Australia

Business Development Manager Date: May 11, 2009 Salary Range: $55,000 - $60,000  Location: New South Wales, Australia

Engineering Projects Manager Date: May 15, 2009 Salary Range: $150,000 - $160,000 Location: Victoria, Australia

Business Manager Date: May 15, 2009 Salary Range: $3,000 - $4,000 Location: Indonesia

Senior Information Systems Auditor Switzerland Date: May 12, 2009 Salary Range: $125,000 - $150,000 Location: Switzerland

 

By the way, hope you can review some of the jobs we are working in India-across different industries!

COO - for a turbine manufacturing company

Industrial Relations manager for a manufacturing co.

Employee Relations Manager - MNC firm

HR head for a growing services company

Director Product Development - MNC firm

Watch out for some senior openings coming up with an infrastructure (power) project and an auto manufacturing company shortly!!

Global positions thanks to NPA partners

Here is a snapshot of job orders from last week.

Junior Project Engineer • Date: April 6, 2009 •

Salary Range: $65,000 - $72,000 •

Location: Pennsylvania, USA •

Software Engineering Manager • Date: April 6, 2009 •

Salary: $110,000 - $130,000 •

Location: Florida, USA •

Senior Systems Engineer • Date: April 9, 2009 •

Salary Range: $75,000 - $90,000 •

Location: New York, USA •

Marketing Professional/Manager • Date: April 9, 2009 •

Salary Range: $100,000 - $125,000 •

Location: New Jersey, USA •

Director of Engineering • Date: April 8, 2009 •

Salary Range: $140,000 - $150,000 •

Location: Connecticut, USA •

Finance Manager • Date: April 10, 2009 •

Salary Range: $85,000 - $90,000 •

Location: Texas, USA •

VPMS Modeler / Senior Analyst • Date: April 6, 2009 •

Salary Range: $60,000 - $85,000 •

Location: Texas, USA •

Director - Sales & Marketing (Open Source Software, Perl, Python) • Date: April 5, 2009 •

Salary Range: $90,000 - $100,000 •

Location: British Columbia, Canada •

Supply Chain / DC Manager • Date: April 6, 2009 •

Salary: $80,000 •

Location: Saudi Arabia •

Executive Pastry Chef • Date: April 6, 2009 •

Salary Range: $60,000 - $70,000 •

Location: South Korea •

For more information about these job orders, please feel free to mail menon@optionsindia.com! I shall be delighted to introduce you to the right partner.

Oh yes, NPA (www.npaworlwide.com) , The Worldwide Recruiting Network, has over 425 recruitment firms across the 6 continents. Even, if you do not find any position that matches your profile, please stay in tune- who knows one of our 1900 recruiters could be working on the dream job of yours!!

Improve Your Odds with NPA!

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Round up of jobs handled as of 30th March!

Hungry for Power!!

Its a feeling of deja vu as I try to list out some of the openings we are working on!!A lot of them happen to be in the infrastructure industry! In line with the latest 5 year plan -there are a lot of players in the power industry -trying to build capacity to bridge the growing demand and supply gap of almost 75000 MW!!

The positions are across the supply chain!! Across different levels and functions, for eg:

-Sr General manager-fund raising

-Sr Manager -civil construction

-Sales Manager-power generation equipment company

-Production manager -power generation company

-Quality and Materials Manager for a engineering company

-Legal professionals with exposure to power sector. Positions exist not just in the contracts area, but also in the litigation and at the legal research associate level!

Sticking to infra, we also have some positions for a company that handles turnkey projects-across the country-but for setting up water treatment plants in remote locations. Professionals with experience in project management, as well handling techno commercial functions, are in demand, as also those with experience in selling capital equipment.

In the telecom sector, not surprisingly-among the fastest growing markets in the world, we have mandates for:

1 Country Manager for a US based MNC in the telecom repair.

2. A Service centre manager to be based in the NCR Region.

3. Sales Manager for a MNC company in the wireless space

4. Sales positions in the telecom markets in AP. eg Zonal Business Head, as well as front line executives in the region, as the tele -operators expand their offerings. Ideal persons would be strong contenders from the FMCG industry with a good distribution profile.

5. An expert in the Broadband Remote Access Servers

We are also on the lookout for a Sales Head for a MNC in the construction chemicals client of ours. The ideal person would be a Civil Engineer with experience in technical selling thru a bunch of influencers, eg Architects, specifiers, consultants.

Last but not the least, a challenging assignment is to identify a textile engineer-who is familar with weaving from yarn to fabric, as also knowledgeable about ballistic testing in India. The ideal candidate would be responsible for setting up a state of art ballistic testing lab in India.

Should you wish to know more, please do give a shout. I shall be delighted to hear from you, if you can think of anyone with the above background!

RSVP menon@optionsindia.com

Present assignments as of 20th March

Here are a few of the openings we are presently working on:

-Country Manager for a MNC telecom repair company @ Gurgaon

-Sales Head for a MNC construction chemical company @NCR region

-Vice President HR -healthcare services group @ Hyderabad

-Director Engineering for a IT MNC

-Practice Director for IT services -MNC in Hyderabad

-Vice President Sales for IT product company in Hyderabad

-Telecom players looking for Zonal Business Managers -with FMCG sales experience to be posted in Visakhakapatnam, Tirupathi, Kurnool and Hyderabad

-Head Litigation for a power company in Hyderabad

-CIO for a product company in Hyderabad

-CFO for an infrastructure company with proven track record in fund raising

-Sales Manager for a product being rolled out as SaaS offering

-Accounts Manager- one for a IT product company and another for an engineering firm

-Broadband Remote Access Server specialist in Hyderabad

-Purchase Manager for a turbine manufacturing company in Hyderabad

Apart from these, here are a few HOT positions that have not yet been closed for the past month

-Vice President -Sales for BPO/ITES industry to based anywhere in the US

-Retail Domain Specialist for IT services company in Chennai

-Facade consultant in Mumbai

-Structural Design Engineer in Hyderabad

-Information Security specialist in Singapore

-Business Analyst in Singapore

-Production Head for a turbine manufacturer in Hyderabad

-Sales Manager for an Engineering firm looking for specific exposure to Boiler/gearbox/heat exchangers -to be based in Hyderabad

RSVP menon@optionsindia.com :should you be aware of anyone keen to know more!!

Have a great weekend!

HUNTERS -Business Development roles galore!!

There is a limit to the cost cutting exercises any company can attempt, right?

The recent week has seen a spurt of Sales/Business Development roles come up through our network of associates -most of them in IT space. Here is a sample of the HUNTERS required!

1.Vice President level role for a large IT services company.

The ideal person would have handled a SBU -in the BFSI space. Someone who is responsible for handling about 100m USD business-or handled huge accounts amounting to similar value. Its largely a sales driven role (80%) with a bit of delivery responsibility (20%). The position could be based anywhere in the US.

2 VP Sales- for a BPO

The ideal person would have handled 50 m USD deals in the BFSI segment in the recent past. Based in California/NJ, the VP will report to the Head of Americas.

3.Business Development Managers - based in US, UK, Australia and Singapore.

Multiple positions exist for persons in the 8-12yrs experience category with at least 3 yrs in one of the following domains- Data warehousing & Business Intelligence, Testing, Content Management & Portal, Mainframes & Mid range, Consulting services.

4. Retail Consultant- based in Chennai

We are looking for a 10-12yrs exp retail specialist- a client facing role who would gather requirements and initial bits of design.

5. Technical Evangelist-Information Management

Based in Bangalore, this role would involve a lot of travel ( almost 50% of the time)!!

The incumbent will lead the early pre-sales assessment, awareness, and demand generation activities of a comprehensive portfolio of products for helping companies integrate, manage and gain value from their business information

Should you be keen to know more, please feel free to reach out to menon@optionsindia.com!!

NPA Bulletin of some HOT jobs

Beginning now, I propose to be posting here, a weekly indicative list of some of the HOT jobs being handled by some of my associates across the world!

Some of you would be aware that Options is an active member of NPA, The Worldwide Recruiting Network , a global network of professional recruiters working together to better serve the clients through extended geographic reach, greater access to industry specialization, and improved operating efficiencies. It connects you to over 400 premier independent recruiting firms located throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Americas!!

I am pretty bullish that we will see a global migration of talent in the near future, and so here is a great way for you to stay tuned in-to get a glimpse of some positions that could perhaps include a few that you have been always dreaming off!!

Just imagine the power of information that an online network of about 1700 recruiters across 6 continents, who could potentially help you find your calling?

Should you be aware of some one who could be interested in any of the above openings, or similar positions, please do feel free to reach out -along with the reference number to menon@optionsindia.com, and I shall be happy to provide you with more information!

Alternatively, we could also have a copy of your profile accessed by some of our 'specialists' in the fraternity, just incase some of their clients may need some one -fast!!

I shall be glad to address any queries you may have!

Happy hunting!

Hot jobs as of 28th January!

There are some roles that NEED to be filled urgently!!

Here are some of the roles that we at Options-and some of our associates have been entrusted with. Please feel free to reach out to menon@optionsindia.com, and I shall be glad to provide you with all the necessary inputs

CEO -EPC company -Delhi
R&D Head for a Pharma (Herbal) company in Philippines
SBU Head -transmission & distribution -Leading EPC -Delhi
Head -Litigation -for a power company -Hyderabad
Head -Budgets for a power project -Hyderabad
Project Head-power projects - Nagpur and Bilaspur
CFO in Chennai- expert in works contract , VAT
Transfer Pricing Expert-Mumbai/Delhi
Legal Head-Energy company-Chennai
CFO-Bulk drug firm -Hyderabad -CA, ACS must
VP Contracts & Bidding for EPC firm -Hyderabad.
IT architects in Datawarehousing/Intervowen/Pega/Vignette -Hyderabad &Chennai
BFSI Head-enterprise solutions sales-Mumbai

Looking forward to being of assistance asap!!