Managing Director

JR United Kingdom; Crawley; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in bespoke plastic extrusions seeks a Managing Director to oversee all commercial and operational activities. The successful candidate will implement growth strategies, manage a motivated team, and ensure profitability. This role offers high autonomy and responsibility in a continuously growing environment.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience as a Head of Sales or similar with an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Proven experience in sales and operations of industrial products.
• Recognized as an excellent leader with the ability to motivate and inspire.

Responsibilities

• Manage all commercial and operational activities of the company.
• Develop and execute the strategy for profitability and revenue growth.
• Lead, motivate, and develop the team while ensuring participation in value creation.

Skills

Sales skills

Leadership

Negotiation skills

Communication

Education

Technical and/or commercial higher education

Job description

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Expatria Human Resources focuses on recruitments for international groups.

Our customer Condale Plastics (www.condaleplastics.com) is the largest producer of bespoke plastic extrusions in the South East of England with a successful track record of business growth for over 50 years, supplying a wide range of extruded profiles and tubes to a broad selection of customers in a wide range of industries.

Condale Plastics has an annual turnover of some 16 MGBP and employs almost 100 people. The company is part of Swedish Group Lifco (2 040 MGBP, 7 300 employees) listed on the Swedish Stock Exchange.

For Condale Plastics we are now recruiting a

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Reporting to the Group HQ in Sweden, your main responsibilities are:

• Responsible for and manage all commercial and operational activities (production, R&D…) of the company.
• Develop and execute the strategy for the company in line with Group strategy. Deploy tactics focused on profitability and revenue growth.
• Proactive and entrepreneurial “sales champion” establishing the company as a preferred partner for customers and prospects.
• Implement actions to reach market share, price, volume, and customer satisfaction objectives.
• Leader managing, motivating, and developing a team of excellence in the UK. Ensure that everyone participates in the value creation.
• Overall responsibility for budget, P&L, forecasts, and Group reporting.
• Travel to be expected in the UK and internationally.
• Based in the South East of England.

Your profile :

• Relevant experience, e.g., as a Head of Sales or similar, with an entrepreneurial mindset, ready to evolve.
• Passionate about selling technical products.
• Proven successful experience in sales and operations of relevant industrial products.
• Preferably technical and/or commercial higher education.
• Track record of excellent results developing sales and profitability. Motivated by the challenge to continuously grow your activity.
• Recognized as an excellent leader with the ability to motivate, inspire, and involve your team.
• Good communicator creating strong relationships both internally and with customers and distributors.
• Experience from international reporting in a multinational group.
• Charismatic, enthusiastic, pragmatic, proactive and dynamic personality, strong negotiation skills.
• Ideally living in the South East of England, or prepared to move there.

Our client offers an interesting and challenging position with a high level of autonomy and responsibility. If you want to participate in the development of a continuously growing group with the support from a dynamic and dedicated team, then this position is for you!

This recruitment is managed by Expatria Human Resources. Please send us your application. Reference 2541MDUKLi.