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MANAGING DIRECTOR MANUFACTURING

The Spec...

Job Title:               General Manager

Salary:                   £70,000 – £80,000 + Bonus + Healthcare, etc

Reporting To:       Chief Operating Officer

Location:               South West

 

THE OPPORTUNITY

We recently secured a retained assignment with a leading UK Manufacturing business to help find their next General Manager. We are searching for a resilient, business leader with extensive change management experience along with a significant commercial awareness. 

 

WHAT YOU WILL DO     

As the General Manager, you will have strategic responsibility for all aspects of the business; sales and marketing, customer service, design and installation, ensuring that all key business goals are met. 

Key Duties

  • Setting goals in line with the Group’s objectives that deliver achievement of profit targets and other key performance measures
  • Translate the Group’s strategic plans into defined operational plans for the business
  • Define performance management KPI’s to monitor success against overall business objectives, reporting to the board on key activities towards business goals
  • To work closely with the manufacturing team at Stonehouse to ensure a ‘one company’ approach that is customer-focused.
  • Working closely with the Group Sales and Marketing team, support the sales team in increasing sales through extensive marketing and trade shows, benchmarking our competitors.
  • Deliver the extensive New Product Implementation, Business Improvement and E-transformation plans
  • Ensuring the business hits key measures in terms of stock, cash and credit control.
  • Develop and implement plans to increase efficiency, improve customer service and reduce costs across all aspects of the business.
  • Coach and mentor the management team to deliver improved management of all aspects of the business
  • Work with functional managers to maximise employee engagement, retention and skills development
  • Establish and develop a safety-focused culture, ensuring compliance in all areas but with particular regard to field-based installation teams.
  • Develop a process-driven culture to drive efficiency and remove waste

 

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

In order to be successful as the General Manager, you’ll have the following skills and experience:

  • You’ll be a resilient, experienced business leader with extensive commercial and general management experience. Specific industry experience is highly desirable, with experience of driving through profit improvement through a process-driven culture with high engagement
  • Analytical, strategic thinker and planner, with a ‘hands-on’ strong leadership style, leading by example
  • Customer-focused with a strong emphasis on ‘safety first’, quality and cost management
  • Visionary, with the ability to engage staff through their passion to succeed

Please click on the apply button or contact Matthew Buchanan at Mercury Hampton directly. We aim to respond to all successful applicants within 48 hours, however, if you have not heard from us within 7 working days please consider yourself unsuccessful on this application. 

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