About Fives Group

As an industrial engineering Group with a heritage of over 200 years, Fives designs and supplies machines, process equipment, and production lines for the world’s largest industrial players in various sectors such as steel, aerospace and special machining, aluminum, the automotive and manufacturing industries, cement, energy, logistics, and glass.

As part of its R&D initiatives, Fives aims to offer solutions that continually anticipate the needs of industrial companies in terms of profitability, performance, quality, safety, and environmental protection. A major figure in the development of the industry of the future, Fives strives every day to highlight that industry can do it – our motto.

In 2022, Fives achieved a turnover of €2 billion and employed more than 8,400 people in about thirty countries.

FIVE SOLIOS INC.

Incorporated in 1982 and based in Montreal, the company has maintained over the last 40 years a workforce varying between 20 and 50 employees depending on the contracts to be delivered. A sales office in the United States (Fives Solios Corp) is responsible for approximately 40% of the company’s business. The company enjoys an enviable reputation and is recognized as a partner of choice by its customers; leaders in their respective industries.

This subsidiary of the group has its focus on the air pollution control industry addressing mainly the minerals and metals markets with a strong historical presence in the lime, cement, and primary aluminum sectors.

Through its air pollution control operations, the company aims to reduce the impact of industrial and combustion processes on the environment. Fives shares the objectives of its customers to combine performance and sustainable development.

Fives’ ambition is to offer technical solutions that stand out for their high level of quality in the following areas: safety and productivity; performance of finished products; energy and environmental performance and adaptability to the specific needs expressed by customers.

The gas pollution control activity is specialized in the design, supply, and installation of efficient systems and adopts the proposed solutions to the needs of industrial installations.

Culture, Mission, and Values

The success of the Fives group is rooted in the diversity of talent and backgrounds in its teams, for the benefit of the entire industrial engineering sector. At Fives, everyone has a shared objective: “Make people love the industry.”

Fives can quickly respond to customers, partners, and employee expectations, positioning a diverse team of individuals at the core of its strategy; reinforcing initiatives, including environmental safety, and fighting climate change, while respecting shared values.

The four pillars of the company

• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Safety
• Environment
• Governance

Brief Description

Reporting directly to the Directeur – Division Fives Aluminium, the Managing Director will be responsible for business plans, budget management, the leadership of the entrepreneurial organization, the pursuit of strategic and sales plans, as well as the maintenance of a positive and constant developing work environment under his governance, among other things.

Key Role and Responsibilities

• Prepare and implement comprehensive business plans to achieve short and long-term goals
• Prepare and execute the annual budgets of the company assuming full responsibility for the P&L and maximizing cost efficiency and profitability
• Provide leadership to an entrepreneurial organization, developing the organization in concert with its business needs
• Contribute to, adapt, and continue the implementation of the strategic plans of the organization for the company’s markets (air pollution control solutions in lime, cement, and primary aluminum sectors)
• Lead the sales strategies of the company, and at times, be personally involved in the sales process of select major projects
• Manage ongoing risks, particularly in the front end of opportunities in alignment with the company’s processes
• Maintaining a positive and trust-based work environment with business partners, shareholders, and authorities.
• Building up the company: recruit and mentor new talents; systematically develop and promote the potential of employees
• Establish company policies and legal guidelines and ensure governance including compliance with Fives group Directives and Guidelines
• Ensure the appropriate reporting is made to the Fives Group headquarters in France
• Supervise the work of executives providing guidance and motivation to drive performance
• Ensure a positive work environment
• Continue to develop and encourage a strong corporate culture

Required Qualifications

Training

• Engineering graduate
• Additional management qualification (Important asset)

Professional Experience

• A minimum of 20 years of experience
• Experience in an international company and an SME context
• Experience in managing a subsidiary/business unit and comfortable with operating in a matrix organization
• Experience in industrial project management
• Experience and inclination toward the commercial aspect
• A previous experience linked to air pollution control industries (an asset)

Competencies

• Knowledge of capital projects or services linked in primary heavy industries.
• Capable to define and implement a profitable growth strategy in close cooperation with the central and local team
• In-depth knowledge of market changes and forces that influence the company
• Familiarity with corporate law and management best practices
• Knowledge of good P&L management practices
• Competence in human resources management, mentoring, and succession planning

Specific Skills

• Entrepreneurship means Business development focus
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Able to excel in high-pressure situations
• Excellent organizational, leadership, and managerial courage skills
• Be honest, open, and accessible
• Proven results in achieving strategic goals and ambitious targets

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