General Manager - Manufacturing Industry (China & East/Southeast Asia)

You have a track record of creating growth, profit and expansion, and have created revenue growth specifically in business to business environments. 

 Your mission as the General Manager is to lead HATO’s commercial and operational expansion across China and East/Southeast Asia, double the revenue over the next 3 years while building a scalable and high-performing organisation.  

Core responsibilities

You will take over a business that is leading the industry. You will take over from the current General Manager who has played a critical role in growth. As this person is moving across to another business line, HATO requires a strong commercially driven and hands on General Manager to lead the business in the next stages of expansion.

You’ll have a sales team and will be tasked with improving results whilst growing the team, whilst ensuring operational excellence in manufacturing.

You will report directly to HATO’s CEO in the Netherlands, communicate with global stakeholders, and manage sales teams across China and Asia.

Please note, the working location is in Zhongshan, Guangdong, China and you will need to be confident in communicating in both Chinese and English.

About us

HATO is the world's largest and most renowned manufacturer of poultry lighting equipment - a profitable, innovation-driven company with a flat, transparent culture and a 50+ year history. Founded in the Netherlands in 1974, we've grown to 100+ team members in Zhongshan, China, with a new state-of-the-art facility and a low staff turnover rate that reflects how we genuinely care about our people.

You will travel extensively across China, visiting customers and taking on the lead role in securing new major clients which includes challenging negotiation management and handling of accounts.

You know you are good at what you do and prefer high rewards than average salary.

If this sounds like your type of mission, please send your resume to m.yan@hato.lighting and we will share more information about the position in the next step.