Commercial and Projects Director

About the job

CIMO Compagnie industrielle de Monthey SA is a Swiss company established in 1997, composed of 450 employees across 80 specialised trades. Embedding its strategy in a commitment to sustainable development and innovation, CIMO is active notably in the following fields: energy production and distribution, waste treatment, technical maintenance, engineering, automation, hygiene and safety, environment, laboratory, occupational medicine.

We are looking to complete our management team with a Commercial and Projects Director

Your mission:
As a member of the management team and reporting to the General Manager, you develop and enhance the activities of CIMO and the industrial park by strengthening relationships with current and future clients. You expand the client portfolio by identifying new growth opportunities and managing internal and external projects.


Your activities:
Commercial development and client relations

• Define and implement CIMO’s commercial strategy
• Develop and manage the client portfolio
• Identify and realise new development opportunities
• Ensure client satisfaction and loyalty
• Strengthen the client culture within the company
• Participate in representing CIMO to clients, partners, authorities and economic stakeholders

• Supervise the portfolio of strategic internal and external projects and mandates
• Ensure alignment of projects with CIMO’s strategic objectives
• Monitor results, resources, risks and expected benefits
• Arbitrate priorities and support project managers

• Define and manage the internal and external marketing and communication strategy
• Promote the image of CIMO and the industrial park
• Enhance the service offering to current and new clients
• Contribute to the site’s attractiveness to welcome new industrial activities

• Higher education (university, ETH or HES) in engineering, economics, management or an equivalent field
• Additional training in management, project management or commercial development
• Proven experience in a management role
• Significant experience in a complex industrial environment
• Demonstrated experience in commercial development, managing strategic clients, commercial negotiation and project management

• Initiative
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Pragmatism
• Interpersonal skills
• Analysis and synthesis
• Communication and influence
• Client orientation

• A strong corporate culture based on collaboration, trust and respect
• A cutting-edge technological environment within an SME rooted in the regional economic fabric
• Real professional development opportunities, with continuous training as a strategic pillar
• Attractive conditions, including advantageous social benefits and flexibility promoting work-life balance