Business Unit Manager

ITW, a Fortune 200 global manufacturing leader, is seeking a leader within its Electrostatics Division, which has $220M in annual revenue and 550 employees across six business units worldwide (USA, Europe, and Asia). The division specializes in industry-leading static control devices across many different industries, featuring brands like Simco-Ion, Eltex, Pillar, Teknek, Opto Diode, Vortec, Paxton, and AEGIS.

Electrostatic Technology (EST) seeks a highly driven, self-starter to serve as the Business Unit Manager (BUM) in Portland, Maine. This leadership role is responsible for a $30 million annual business unit serving general industrial and automotive end markets and a team of 110 employees. The BUM will have full P&L responsibility across all functional areas of the business.

The BUM will set the strategic vision and direction to meet business objectives, primarily by driving organic growth through Customer-Back Innovation and leveraging the ITW Front to Back Framework. The core responsibility involves making strategic decisions and ensuring all business activities are coordinated, effective, and secure through proper oversight. The ideal candidate will possess excellent leadership and an aggressive growth mindset.

• Develops a compelling Strategic Intent Statement and utilizes the LRP to drive Full Potential execution.
• Leverages an Aggressive Growth Mindset to effectively apply ITW's growth framework.
• Balances personal and organizational priorities and resources from margin improvement to growth appropriately.
• Invests to create, build and defend Sustainable Differentiation.
• Balances the tradeoffs associated with making strategic choices.

• Strong CBI focus that is connected with Strategic Intent.
• Has in place appropriate process/methodology/capabilities to gather key customer/market insights.
• CBI Process is dynamic, fit for purpose and continuously improved.
• Innovation Talent and Resources are sufficient to drive full potential performance.
• Innovation Pipeline Quality and Depth are commensurate with Business opportunity profile.
• CBI yield is delivering a meaningful contribution to the business's organic growth rate.

• Is a strong coach/mentor who ensures he/she has a strong, effective, and inclusive leadership team in place.
• Hires, develops and retains a deep and diverse pipeline of Great ITW Leaders for the benefit of the enterprise.
• Assesses performance objectively and candidly. Make the tough calls when necessary.

• Always lives and embodies ITW's Values and Culture to consistently execute at a high level.
• Leads with a strong Full Potential Mindset.
• Builds followership, collaboration and inclusion.
• Thinks and acts like an owner.
• Leads and behaves from an "enterprise first" perspective.

• Drives "do what we say" execution by taking ownership and delivering on commitments.
• Delivers near term business improvement (organic growth and margins) while investing appropriately to achieve long term results which are consistent with Divisional Full Potential.
• Delivers on Annual Plan commitments consistently (organic growth and margins) and is proactive and assertive in making thoughtful tactical adjustments when circumstances differ from plan assumptions.

• Strategic Clarity on Where to Play and How to Win:
  Growth focus is data driven/well informed with highly actionable CBI and Sales Initiatives resulting from prioritized sub segments.
• Driving…