Managing Director - Dual-Plant Manufacturing Growth Leader

PYVITAL Ltd; West Yorkshire; Remote; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

PYVITAL Ltd. in West Yorkshire seeks a commercially driven Managing Director to lead two established manufacturing businesses, one making point-of-sale display equipment and high-bay shelving, the other timber pallets.

The role holds full responsibility for commercial, financial and operational performance across both entities, driving profitable growth and shaping strategic direction. The successful candidate will balance strategic development with hands-on leadership, negotiate key contracts,

Qualifications

• Significant senior management experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Proven accountability for business profitability and overall financial performance.
• Demonstrable success in winning new business, developing sales and delivering profitable revenue growth.
• Strong financial literacy, including management accounts, budgeting, margins, cash flow and manufacturing costs.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across commercial and operational functions.
• Practical understanding of manufacturing processes, production planning and operational efficiency.
• Strong commercial negotiation and customer relationship management skills.
• Experience delivering measurable commercial and operational improvements.
• Highly numerate, commercially astute and confident analysing financial and operational data.
• A proactive, hands-on leadership style, with the ability to balance strategic planning with day-to-day business demands.
• Confident influencing senior stakeholders, challenging existing practices and holding teams accountable.
• Previous experience as a Managing Director, General Manager or Business Unit Director.
• Experience managing multiple manufacturing sites, divisions or separate businesses.
• Background in timber products, pallets, packaging, point-of-sale equipment or related manufacturing sectors.
• Experience working within private equity-backed businesses.

Responsibilities

• Take overall responsibility for revenue generation and profitable sales growth across both businesses.
• Develop and implement sales strategies aligned with each business's market and objectives.
• Personally lead significant new business opportunities, key negotiations and customer relationships.
• Identify opportunities to develop new customers, markets, products and revenue streams.
• Establish effective sales pipelines, forecasts and customer development plans.
• Review customer and product profitability, ensuring pricing reflects material costs, manufacturing costs and required margins.
• Set clear sales objectives and hold teams accountable for performance.
• Ensure effective coordination between Sales, Estimating, Production and Customer Service.
• Maintain full P&L accountability across both businesses.
• Develop annual budgets, business plans and financial forecasts.
• Deliver agreed revenue, gross margin, EBITDA and cash-generation targets.
• Maintain a detailed understanding of cost structures and financial performance.
• Analyse manufacturing costs, including raw materials, labour, overheads, waste and production efficiency.
• Monitor product, customer and contract contribution margins.
• Identify opportunities to improve profitability, reduce costs and strengthen financial performance.
• Manage working capital, including stock, debtors, creditors and cash flow.
• Evaluate capital expenditure and investment proposals, ensuring decisions are commercially justified.
• Review financial results, investigate variances and implement corrective actions.

Skills

Senior leadership

Financial literacy

Negotiation

Customer relationships

Strategy & planning

Hands-on leadership

Stakeholder influence

Job description

PYVITAL Ltd. in West Yorkshire seeks a commercially driven Managing Director to lead two established manufacturing businesses, one making point-of-sale display equipment and high-bay shelving, the other timber pallets.

The role holds full responsibility for commercial, financial and operational performance across both entities, driving profitable growth and shaping strategic direction. The successful candidate will balance strategic development with hands-on leadership, negotiate key contracts,