Managing Director

Elevation Recruitment Group; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevation Recruitment Group is assisting a prestigious precision engineering business to appoint a Managing Director who will lead commercial and performance growth from the boardroom to the shop floor.

The role focuses on expanding aerospace/defence markets, protecting margins and driving operational excellence, with an entrepreneurial, commercially driven mindset and a pathway to long-term ownership via an MBO opportunity.

Qualifications

• Track record of growing order books in Aerospace/Defence or precision manufacturing.
• Experience leading complex, high-value engineering programmes.
• Proven ability to win new business and grow strategic accounts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a long-term growth strategy for the business.
• Win new business and expand strategic accounts across high-value markets.
• Build relationships with OEMs and Tier One suppliers.
• Lead and inspire a senior leadership team.
• Protect margins and drive operational excellence.
• Identify acquisition and partnership opportunities.

Skills

Proven track record of winning бизнес

Multi-million-pound order book growth

Industry relationships with OEMs/Tier

Strategic leadership at board level

Entrepreneurial mindset

Job description

Precision Engineering | Aerospace & Defence

Our client is a highly respected, privately-owned precision engineering business with a proud manufacturing heritage spanning more than 60 years. Operating from a well-invested UK facility, alongside an established overseas manufacturing presence, the business supplies mission-critical components into some of the world's most demanding industrial sectors, including Aerospace, Defence, Power Generation, Oil & Gas and Heavy Off-Highway equipment.

With a loyal blue-chip customer base, exceptional engineering capability and an outstanding reputation for quality, the business is entering an exciting new phase of growth and is now seeking an entrepreneurial, commercially-driven Managing Director to lead it there.

The Opportunity

This is not a turnaround, and it is not simply an operational leadership role.

It is a rare opportunity to take the helm of an established, profitable engineering business and shape its future, growing the order book, developing new strategic accounts and expanding its footprint across Aerospace, Defence and other high-value markets.

A future Management Buy Out (MBO) opportunity is genuinely on the table for the right individual, offering a route to long-term ownership and value creation, not just a salary.

The Role

Reporting directly to the Board, you will take full responsibility for the commercial and operational performance of the business, with a clear mandate: grow the business.

• Develop and execute a long-term commercial growth strategy.
• Win new business and expand strategic accounts across Aerospace, Defence and precision engineering markets.
• Build relationships with OEMs, Tier One suppliers and key industry decision-makers.
• Lead and inspire an experienced senior leadership team.
• Protect margins, drive operational excellence and support investment decisions alongside the existing operational team.
• Identify future acquisition, partnership and market development opportunities.

About You

You are likely to be an experienced Managing Director, General Manager, Sales Director, Commercial Director or senior Business Leader with:

• A proven track record of winning business and growing multi-million-pound order books within Aerospace, Defence or precision/advanced manufacturing.
• Existing relationships across major OEMs and Tier One suppliers.
• Strong commercial credibility, having led complex, high-value engineering programmes.
• Experience leading precision engineering or advanced manufacturing businesses at Board level.
• An entrepreneurial mindset as comfortable in the boardroom as on the shop floor.