Details:
- Salary: £65,000 - 80,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne & Wear
- Date: 3 weeks ago
Description:
General Manager - Industrial Machinery
Location: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
Reporting to: UK Managing Director
Our client is a leading UK provider of industrial equipment and services, and part of a larger international group. They're looking for a Regional General Manager to take full ownership of a branch operation of around 16 employees across operations, sales, service and workshop functions - with complete P&L accountability for the site.
This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who enjoys building structure and driving performance in a business with real heritage and a loyal, long-serving team. You'll balance the commercial (budgets, forecasting, margin, growth) with the operational (safety, compliance, delivery, quality) and the people side (coaching, accountability, conflict resolution).
What you'll be doing:
* Leading and managing the branch with full profit and loss responsibility
* Developing and executing strategic and operational plans to grow the business
* Managing budgets, resource allocation and financial performance against KPIs
* Building a culture of safety, accountability and customer focus
* Recruiting, developing and managing your team, including performance and conflict resolution
* Overseeing project costing, margin control and on-time delivery
* Acting as site lead for health, safety and environmental compliance (LOLER, PUWER, HSE)
* Identifying opportunities to grow project work and hire fleet utilisation
* Serving as the senior escalation point for key customers and project issues
What we're looking for:
* A strong, motivating leader who can hold teams accountable while bringing people with you
* Commercially astute, with confidence reading financial statements and managing budgets
* Calm under pressure, with strong prioritisation and decision-making skills
* Excellent stakeholder and interpersonal skills across departments
* Background in blasting, finishing, surface treatment or specialist industrial equipment is advantageous but not essential
Competitive salary plus bonus, dependent on experience