Regional Director for Europe, Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Education and Experience

• Preference for candidates with a college degree in Marketing or related field. Equivalent training and experience will substitute for education.
• A minimum of seven (7) years of managing multi-cultural teams across countries.
• Experience or expertise in entrepreneurship, business, and international trade.
• Knowledge of Supplier Diversity and Inclusion.
• Demonstrated passion for women’s economic empowerment.
• Strong understanding of how the marketing and communications functions support business development. Preference for experience using marketing technology tools to conceptualize and implement branding campaigns.
• Proficient use of English required. Multi-lingual abilities of the languages in the region a plus.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire, manage, and develop the skills of your team across Europe, Middle East, and North Africa to drive the goals and mission of WEConnect International.
• Collaborate with a team in a global matrixed organization to deliver shared results and exchange best practices.
• Develop a budget and strategy for the region and deliver measurable, cost-effective results.
• Grow and nurture the corporate member buyers and women-owned businesses in the region to our network and facilitate connections and business wins.
• Lead marketing and business development efforts for the region team to increase brand recognition and thought leadership, as well as recruit women=owned businesses and member buyers into the network and identify strong funding opportunities.
• Identify and develop strategic partnerships with women and Supplier Diversity & Inclusion organizations, governments, international development organizations, chambers of commerce, and others.
• Measure, track progress, determine impact, and achieve metrics, goals, and stretch goals designed to recruit, engage, and retain women business enterprises and member buyers.
• Support the management and growth of donor funded projects in the region by creating and facilitating processes throughout all project lifecycles including maintaining annual budgets and workplans.

Skills & General Capabilities

• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
• Managing teams on-site and virtually.
• Sound judgment and good political skills.
• Customer service mind-set.
• Ability to raise funds and work within allotted budgets.
• Ability to travel as needed.
• Experience with relationship management of multinational corporations.
• Knowledge and experience with supply chain systems and procurement processes.
• Skilled networker and partnership player with the ability to influence others.
• Program management, strategic thinking capabilities, team building, and leadership.
• Patience and high communication skills to be able to address concerns and questions of various stakeholders.
• Excellent written communication and presentation skills in English; with the ability to deliver presentations to a wide variety of audiences; and additional local languages are preferred, but not required.
• Ability to analyze and interpret information from a variety of sources, apply critical and creative thinking to draw conclusions or develop solutions to complex problems, and deliver results.
• Ability to provide quality client service to both internal and external clients. Involves the use of considerable tact, discretion, and persuasion in gaining the cooperation of others.
• Excellent motivational skills, enthusiasm, vision, and a willingness to think big and encourage the team to develop approaches to overcome challenges.