General Manager

Opportunity

Leadership and commercial strategy

• Lead the management team and take overall accountability for Sales, Operations, Quality, Health and Safety, and P&L performance.
• Develop and execute site strategy aligned with wider business objectives.
• Own sales and commercial strategy, set growth targets and work with customers and sales teams to increase revenue and margin.
• Use insight into markets, customers, competitors and trends to identify opportunities, manage risks and shape products and services.
• Build customer relationships and lead visits, commercial discussions and initiatives to improve satisfaction and retention.

Financial and operational delivery

• Manage budgets, forecasts and financial controls, with accountability for profitability, cost and cash performance.
• Improve productivity, efficiency, quality, service and on-time delivery while controlling waste and operating costs.
• Ensure production, manpower and capacity plans meet customer and market requirements.
• Lead continuous improvement and capital investment programmes to improve competitiveness.

Compliance and people leadership

• Maintain compliance with safety, health, environmental, quality and employment requirements.
• Build a high-performance, customer-focused culture through leadership, communication, coaching, development and succession planning.
• Develop regional and corporate relationships and lead business change through implementation.

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Relevant technical, business or management degree preferred.
• 5–7+ years of senior experience in manufacturing, operations, commercial or a related environment.
• Proven leadership accountability for business performance, commercial growth and operational delivery.
• Strong market, customer, competitor, financial, budgeting, forecasting and P&L capability.
• Experience developing business strategy and delivering profitable growth and operational efficiencies.
• Strong leadership, communication, influencing, customer relationship, problem-solving, planning and decision-making skills.
• Understanding of safety, health, environmental, quality and employment requirements.
• Results-focused, commercially aware and resilient, able to balance customer, people, operational and financial priorities.