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Section: Sales Vacancy 740 |
| Post:General Manager
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Wolverhampton
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| The announcement text: |
General Manager £40000 To £50000 Basic + 3 Month Salary Bonus, Executive Company Car, Pension, Health Care.
My client is the Worlds leading manufacturer of Lighting, Utility and Communication poles and towers. With over a billion pounds turnover they are now looking to heavily invest in the UK marketplace and are seeking a General Manager for there Northern Branch.
THE ROLE.
In the context of the lighting & traffic poles activity of the group, the General manager is responsible for sales, customer service*engineering, operations (manufacturing, quality, human resources, safety) and controlling in order to develop the performance and results of his entity in coherence with the group expectations. In this role his*her challenge is to grow the Northern organisation from a start up operation to a leading UK poles manufacturer recognised by its customers for his outstanding product quality and service.
- The market is driven by 3 major actors: OEM`s, municipalities (Local Authorities), wholesalers and contractors. The commercial and marketing approach aims at knowing and influencing each one of these actors.
- End users asking for product for functional use (standard products) and specific products tailored and made specifically for a precise need (engineered products). The market is driven by service and costs. End users are mainly based in the UK.
- Knowledge of products, industrial processes and norms are essential to meet customers` expectations on a worldwide basis in terms of innovation, design and specificities.
Main Activities * responsibilities:
- 50% : Sales & Customer service
- Business development
- Sales coaching
- Competition benchmarking
- Pricing & margin control
- 25 % : Operations
- S&OP
- Day to day planning of production given orders
- Capacity availability : subcontracting, temporary workers…
- Continuous improvement
- Cost reductions
- Investments
- OTD, quality and safety
- 15 % : Management*Human Resources
- Internal communication – quarterly presentations
- Teams & performance management
- recruitment and dismissal
- structural absenteeism follow up
- safety
- 10 % : Business review, control, strategic planning, reporting
- Investments, productivity improvements, subvention research
- Innovations, new products
- Forecasting
- Budgeting
- My Clients factory is a start up operation. The challenge is to solve daily problems and sticking to a plan by enthusiasm, creativity and motivating others.
- Implementation of business systems and procedures. These need to be developed or derived from other Company operations.
- The major challenge is to meet objectives and financial requirements of the group: building trust through data and reporting accuracy.
- Balance the overall constraints (legal, work laws) with competitive requirements: attract and develop young people, develop competencies and performance.
Knowledge, skills and experience
- Experience in Exterior Lighting and production management.
- Experience in sales
- Knowledge of materials, innovation and specific technical aspects of the activity.
- Knowledge of commercial negotiation, market approach.
Additional information
The personal quality of the job holder is essential to succeed:
- Drive & execution
- Good interpersonal, listening and influencing skills
- Coach & motivator
- High energy level
- Pragmatic
- Result driven
To Apply for this outstanding opportunity please email your latest up to date CV to justin.hines@austinbenn.co.uk Or telephone 0161 834 7334
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1545@stoke-on-trentcareer.informnow.com
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0161 834 7334
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Publication date: 2009-03-24 14:42:03
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