General Manager

Wallace Hind Selection; Oxford; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus £20,000 p.a.

Car or Car Allowance

Pension

Insurances

25 days holiday

Job summary

Wallace Hind Selection in the United Kingdom seeks a General Manager to lead the UK business, reporting to the Group. You’ll take a stable, profitable SME with an experienced team and drive the next growth phase in a mature market. A strong handover from the current GM is part of the transition.

This role is business generation and customer-facing, requiring ongoing customer engagement and active participation in the sales cycle.

Qualifications

• To succeed in this role, you will bring commercially minded leadership and the gravitas to drive a sales strategy.
• You will be an expert in client management and in networking senior industry professionals to generate new business.
• Expect to manage a multi-million-pound P&L and mentor a diverse team across SME environments.
• There is a need for hands-on leadership across many hats in a growing SME.
• A degree-level education is preferred for the role.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all leadership elements for the business (Full P&L circa £10m t/o) including coaching and motivating.
• Be working with and developing the team of direct reports as well as overseeing the development of all indirect reports.
• Carry out regular market analysis to ensure we are aware of our competition and economic indicators that may impact our business.
• Help us drive into new market focus areas and ensure we maximise growth opportunities.
• Demonstrate operational excellence and manage our inventory, logistics and assembly teams.

Skills

commercially minded business leader

client management

network senior industry professionals

sales strategy

P&L management

hands-on SME mindset

Education

Degree level education

Job description

BASIC SALARY

up to £100,000

BENEFITS

• c£20,000 pa Bonus
• Car or Car Allowance
• Pension
• Insurances
• 25 days holiday

LOCATION

An office-based leadership role. With occasional international travel, you could be based anywhere within 75 minutes of our office. Location will be discussed once an NDA is signed.

JOB DESCRIPTION

As General Manager, you will be the head of the UK business and will report directly to the Group. You will be taking on a stable, profitable business with established team members and plenty of industry experience. You'll be heavily involved in the next phase of growth in a mature UK market and will have the benefit of a strong handover from the current General Manager.

This will also be a business generation and customer facing role, so you will want to keep that customer engagement and enjoy the sales cycle.

In addition to this you will:

• Oversee all leadership elements for the business (Full P&L circa £10m t/o) including coaching and motivating.
• Be working with and developing the team of direct reports as well as overseeing the development of all indirect reports. There is a good mix of experience levels and longevity in our business, however, they do need challenging, mentoring, and support.
• Carry out regular market analysis to ensure we are aware of our competition and economic indicators that may impact our business.
• Help us drive into new market focus areas and ensure we maximise growth opportunities. Demonstrate operational excellence and manage our inventory, logistics and assembly teams.
• Drive operational excellence through effective inventory management and leadership of logistics and assembly teams.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Ultimately, as our General Manager, you'll be a commercially minded business leader (lead-by-example), ideally someone who can clearly demonstrate how you have developed and grown sales in an SME environment, but also how you have influenced and progressed individuals. You will be an expert in client management and in using your position to network senior industry professionals to generate new business.

To succeed in this role, you will bring:

• Varied industry exposure with a keen focus on a technical product/solution. The person is more important than the experience so the aptitude and interest to learn will trump the industry specificity.
• Degree level education, we will consider Sales & Operational management experience at the right level.
• The gravitas and presence to drive a sales strategy where you are the face of the business.
• Experience managing a multi-million-pound P&L
• Genuine enthusiasm for the SME environment, this is a role that requires a hands-on candidate who enjoys the "many hats" elements of SME business.

THE COMPANY

As part of an international group, we are active in a variety of industries and have more than 50 entities across 15 countries. We operate globally but are locally anchored. Each company has its own identity but is part of that bigger picture. We owe our success to a heightened level of cooperation with our customers, our search fo