General Manager – London – Circa £70k pa

Our client is a major Printing Group who wish to appoint a dynamic General Manager from Commercial Print for their London based operation.

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• Commercial acumen / client focused
• Effective communication skills
• Motivating others
• Decision making capability
• Strategic agility
• Results driven
• Lean methodology
• Continuous improvement

Role Function

• Own and have full responsibility for the site’s P&L.
• Own the site’s financial performance and the long‑term planning process.
• Work alongside the Operations Director to drive the commercial performance of the manufacturing site.
• Contribute in contract negotiations for bids.
• Identify market and cross‑selling opportunities.
• Liaise with clients across the business.
• Develop and maintain networks and relationships among senior key decision‑makers in the business and client organisations.
• Develop effective strategies to capture viable business opportunities, presenting and communicating these to the Operations Director and wider SMT.
• Manage direct reports and other team members to ensure high standards of service and ongoing personal development, enabling direct reports to maximise their full potential.
• Ensure effective people planning, optimising resource usage.
• Set and manage SMART objectives for agreed strategy, ensuring expectations and accountabilities are clearly understood.
• Require influencing and relationship management skills for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Work with and support best practice across manufacturing sites.
• Strive and deliver world‑class manufacturing standards using appropriate methodologies.
• Own planning and execution of site disaster recovery plan.
• Maintain a safe working environment fully compliant with all Health and Safety obligations.
• Work alongside each function within the client to identify opportunities to improve business profitability.
• Ensure all business processes are correctly documented to a professional standard.
• Be commercially aware of key industry developments, legal changes or market trends that may affect the Company and related business areas.
• Determine KPIs and review operational performance on an ongoing basis.
• Lead the continuous improvement programme within the site using lean methodology. xwzovoh

This position has now been filled.

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