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Reporting into the Managing Director - Pacific, the new Head of Safety - Pacific will be based at our Notting Hill head office in Victoria. You will be a member of the Pacific Executive Leadership Team and accountable for the strategic, commercial, and operational leadership of the Safety Division across Australia and New Zealand.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop and execute strategy, growth opportunities, and long-term planning.
- Contribute as an ELT member to the overall direction of the Pacific business.
- Own full P&L; responsibility and go-to-market models whilst driving holistic commercial excellence.
- Lead sales, marketing, and innovation at an executive level to maintain a robust brand and effective external stakeholder relationships.
- Develop and execute the indirect channel strategy and effective partnerships across the Pacific.
- Drive operational excellence and continuous improvement across sales, service, and customer support functions.
- Attract, build, lead, coach, retain, and continuously develop a high-performing Sales & Marketing organisation and leadership team.
- Champion WeLEAD leadership behaviours throughout the division.
- Sponsor and lead strategic transformation, growth, and capability programs locally, whilst supporting regional/global programs.
- Foster a culture of entrepreneurship, agility, innovation, and performance accountability across the division.
- Collaborate closely and effectively business support functions on align strategy execution.
- Apply a compliance focused mindset across all operations.

Desired Qualifications

- Tertiary qualification in Business, Engineering, Science, Commerce, or a related discipline.
- Experience operating within complex, global matrix organisations (preferred).
- 10+ years’ progressive, strategic leadership experience within industrial, safety, technology, or related B2B sectors.




- Proven experience leading large commercial organisations with responsibility for revenue growth and profitability.
- Demonstrated success leading multifunctional teams including sales, marketing, service, operations and product management.
- Background of managing complex customer and stakeholder relationships across corporate, government, and industrial sectors.
- Strong track record delivering business transformation, growth initiatives; leadership through change, and the development of high-performing teams.
- Demonstrated ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution whilst making sound decisions in complex environments.
- Entrepreneurial mindset in conjunction with excellent commercial and financial acumen.
- Exemplary understanding of compliance rules and ability to act as a role model in upholding and promoting compliance standards.

Benefits

- Company paid Parental Leave, including Superannuation.
- Personal and tailored coaching for transitioning in and out of Parental Leave.
- Genuine and dedicated career and retirement planning and support.
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) partnerships.
- Birthday and Service Anniversary vouchers.
- Exclusive membership with our Health & Wellbeing partner, offering a wide array of discounts.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you, and your family.
- Flat structure and open doors, giving you access to everyone in the business.
- Structured leadership programs, mentoring initiatives, and global learning platforms.

We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, ancestry, ethnicity, national origin, cultural background, faith, marital, veteran, or social status. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application process to assist with access, please let us know.

Draeger is an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to a respect, fairness, and transparency. Everyone is unique and each Draeger employee contributes to our inclusive and diverse workplace.

Applicants must demonstrate the right to work in Australia.

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📌 Head of Safety - Pacific (Melbourne)
🏢 Drägerwerk Australia
📍 Melbourne