VP/GM, Digital Flexo

An exceptional General Manager is sought to lead and further evolve a successful technology business that is part of a larger, market-leading organisation that touches 90% of the world’s retail packaging and is undergoing extensive transformation and growth. This will suit a VP/GM who has held full P&L accountability and consistently delivered results, solution innovation, and customer success within multinational, product-focused B2B companies.
 

Esko, a Veralto company (NYSE: VLTO), provides a broad range of innovative, best-in-class software, hardware and services to clients around the world, enabling them to produce the best packaging for billions of consumers.
Esko’s Digital Flexo business manufactures and sells high-quality capital equipment that combines laser imaging technology and advanced software to produce flexographic printing plates for packaging manufacturers and printers. With a dedicated factory in northern Germany and ~250 geographically dispersed associates spanning R&D, Product Management, Operations, Commercial, Field Services, and Customer Success, the business operates as a distinct, end-to-end global unit and also benefits from strong collaboration across shared Esko teams, including marketing, IT, customer experience, HR, finance & legal.
 

The Vice President / General Manager, Digital Flexo is based remotely in Europe with approximately 50% travel. Reporting to Esko’s President, this role carries full P&L leadership of a profitable and growing global business and sits as a key member of Esko’s Senior Leadership Team, contributing broadly to planning, M&A, business transformation, and other strategic initiatives.
 

The VP/GM will join at a pivotal moment: the business is actively developing a connected, intelligent ecosystem of integrated hardware, software and cloud-based services leveraging IoT and AI. There is also a strong strategic focus on user-centric serviceability and go to market transformation with associated process automation and operational transformation to support these changes.
 

We won’t pretend this role is straightforward. You’ll be operating in a fast-paced, high-performance and rapidly evolving environment, navigating complexity and sometimes ambiguity. But if you’re the kind of General Manager who finds that energising, we’d genuinely like to meet you.
 

In your first year, a successful leader will have established clear strategic priorities for the business, deepened key customer relationships, energised the team, and made tangible progress on the business model transition combined with sustainable growth. In year two and beyond, the focus shifts to delivering the connected ecosystem roadmap, and positioning Digital Flexo as a platform for broader Esko ambition.
 

• Proven general management of multinational B2B technology or complex product businesses, including full P&L accountability and a consistent track record of delivery
• Demonstrated ability to drive results, product innovation, customer success and people development in high-performance environments, combining energy, speed and agility
• Inspirational, charismatic leader with strong followership and the ability to engage and align large, geographically dispersed, multi-disciplinary teams
• Strategic vision combined with analytical rigour, data orientation, operational discipline and a willingness to roll up sleeves on tactical execution
• Effective internal collaborator and active contributor to executive leadership teams, providing insight, partnership and influence across a matrixed organisation
• Comfortable navigating complexity and ambiguity in fast-moving, transformation-oriented environments
• Willing and able to travel approximately 50% of the time globally, with particular focus on operations in Germany and Belgium
• Fluent English is mandatory; German language capability is advantageous but not essential
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree (MBA preferred) and/or substantial relevant experience at a comparable level
   

Founded in Belgium in 2002 and headquartered in Ghent, Esko has grown to become an international, award-winning provider of an extensive portfolio of trusted technology solutions to over 25,000 customers in the packaging, labels and display industries - helping businesses across 140 countries streamline workflows, enhance collaboration, and accelerate time-to-market in an increasingly digital and competitive environment.
 

Esko’s portfolio includes end-to-end software platforms for packaging design, prepress, and workflow automation, complemented by hardware solutions that ensure quality and consistency. These offerings empower customers to reduce complexity, improve operational efficiency, and deliver packaging that meets the highest standards of quality and compliance.
 

The company is undergoing significant growth and transformation, with active M&A, rapid adoption of AI, and the transition from on-premise software licensing to cloud-based SaaS. With a highly skilled workforce of over 1,600 associates worldwide that are united by a shared mission, Esko offers the resources and ambition of a global enterprise alongside the focus and impact of a specialist technology business.
 

As part of Veralto — a publicly listed, $5.5B annual sales revenue global enterprise that was spun out of Danaher Corporation in 2023 and today comprises 14 technology companies and over 17,000 associates — Esko benefits from access to strategic resources, global reach, a strong foundation of process discipline, and investment capacity, while maintaining the agility and focus required to deliver cutting-edge solutions for the packaging industry.

At Veralto, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve.  Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.
 

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