General Manager – Operations & People Leadership

General Manager – Operations & People Leadership
£70 –75k salary + 30% bonus + car/car allowance

Nottingham – site based role with Monday to Friday working week

This is a General Management role for a major UK organisation, taking responsibility for a substantial operation with multiple operational departments.

The role is well suited to the transferable skills that would come from candidates with a background in supermarket management and combines responsibility for:

• Operational management – overseeing complex, high-volume workflows, storage and transport
• People and team leadership – leading, coaching and developing your management team and creating a high-performance culture
• P&L management – taking ownership of financial performance, budgets, revenue and costs
• Stakeholder management – building strong relationships and communicating effectively across the wider business
• Problem solving – understanding complex operational issues and resolving them at root cause
• Continuous improvement – identifying and delivering improvements to service, processes and operational performance

What we’re looking for

You could come from retail such as supermarket management or logistics, distribution, manufacturing or another high-volume environment but more important than the sectors you have worked in is your ability to demonstrate the following:

• Strong operational management
• People leadership
• Commercial awareness including P&L management
• Analytical approach with significant use of data to interpret performance issues, opportunities and to make decisions
• Operating with proactivity in fast paced environments
• Delivery of continuous improvement initiatives

The remuneration package

• Salary of £70 –75k, with some flexibility for the right person
• Bonus of up to 30% of salary
• Company car or car allowance
• Pension contributions

This is an excellent opportunity for an accomplished operational leader looking to take ownership of a significant operation within a large, successful organisation offering genuine scope for future career development.