Water Sector Managing Director | London, Greater London, United Kingdom

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Champion client care and key client management to ensure total client satisfaction, proactively working towards strengthening and broadening client relationships, enhancing the value of the Arcadis brand in the market. Qualifications & Experience: Strategic Leadership: Proven experience in developing and executing multi-year business strategies including within the water sector, aligning with broader organizational goals to accelerate growth, increase revenue, and improve margins. Business Development Expertise: Demonstrated success in identifying and targeting new clients, as well as cultivating existing client relationships to drive revenue growth and achieve sector objectives. Client-Centric Approach: Strong track record of fostering a client-focused culture, ensuring high levels of client satisfaction and driving long-term engagement. Team Leadership and Development: Extensive experience in leading, motivating, and developing diverse teams, setting clear objectives, reviewing performance, and building capability to deliver strategic plans. Sales Process Management: In-depth knowledge of managing sales pipelines, including involvement in go/no-go and bid/no-bid decisions, and overseeing the preparation of high-quality client proposals. P&L Accountability: Previous experience managing full P&L responsibilities, with a focus on minimizing risks, maximizing opportunities, and delivering sustainable financial performance. Market Innovation: Ability to identify and launch new solutions, services, and propositions to address client needs and differentiate the business in the market. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Experience in building strong internal relationships to foster cooperation, maximize cross-selling opportunities, and enhance business outcomes. Client Relationship Management: Proven capability to champion client care, expand and strengthen client relationships, and enhance brand visibility and value within the market. Why Arcadis? We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together. You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you. Together, we can create a lasting legacy. Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy. Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success. 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