Panama, Panamá
16 hours ago
LATAM Strategy Lead

Career Area:

Sales

Job Description:

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Job Description
As part of the Customer Solutions Growth Region, you will serve as a regional strategist and lead. You will partner with LATAM (Latin America) customer-facing teams, Solutions Development, and Global corporate teams to design, define and deploy the dealer governance framework aligned to segment growth councils and differentiated dealer capabilities.

What You Will Do

Act as the regional lead supporting LATAM (Latin America) customer-facing teams to prioritize and align key initiatives that support the region growth targets and dealer growth plans in light of the long term strategic ambition.

Establish structured processes and standard work to ensure consistent execution and governance of dealer segment growth councils and differentiated capabilities across the region.

Provide thought leadership by guiding cross‑functional strategic project teams, engaging senior leaders, and coordinating with cross functional business units and dealers.

Drive clear, effective internal and external communications to support business objectives and strengthen accountability in complex environments.

Partner with ESG (Enterprise Strategy Group), DSD (Distribution Services Division) and other enterprise partners to ensure consistent governance processes and alignment of strategic imperatives across Construction Industries and regional teams.

Serve as a credible regional champion—leading, influencing, and resolving complex challenges while driving progress through innovative thinking and partnership without authority.

Skills You Have

Strategic thinking to define priorities, identify success factors, and strengthen organizational competitiveness.

Strong critical thinking and decision‑making capabilities to analyze complex variables and recommend sound solutions.

Process oriented with advanced project management skills to drive execution of strategic initiatives.

Stakeholder management expertise to understand expectations and build engagement through governance and execution activities.

Relationship management skills to develop and maintain strong cross‑business and cross‑functional partnerships.

Exceptional communication skills to clearly and persuasively convey complex concepts to diverse audiences.

What You Will Have

Customer focus skills to effectively manage stakeholders, analyze their needs and expectations, and implement various tasks to engage with them as part of the project governance and execution.

Data gathering & analysis and strong project management skills to drive execution of strategic initiatives within assigned territory

Decision making & critical thinking skills to effectively analyze and make recommendations from a large amount of variables and interdependencies

Effective communications skills to communicate complex concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences at varying levels of the organization

Relationship management skills to establish and maintain healthy cross business unit and functional area partnership.

Strategic thinking skills to leverage in planning and building the strategic thinking, organizational acumen and competitiveness to identify and maintain focus on key success factors

Basic Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited institution.

Minimum of eight years of progressively responsible, job‑related experience.

Background in Sales, Marketing and Commercial.

English Advanced

Top Candidates Will Also Have

Certified Black Belt and/or PMO experience.

Ability to manage complexity and ambiguity while operating autonomously in a fast‑paced environment.

Strength in navigating, influencing, and collaborating across enterprise partners and matrix structures.

Consistent record of meeting ambitious deadlines with high‑quality results.

Knowledge of the business and dealer network.

Strong process discipline and sales/marketing expertise.

Additional Information
Approximately 25% travel may be required.

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Posting Dates:

enero 23, 2026 - enero 29, 2026

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