Managing Director UK&I

Page Executive; West Midlands; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Page Executive is guiding a market-leading international B2B services organisation through a pivotal growth phase in the UK & Ireland. Reporting to the European leadership team, the Managing Director will shape strategy, drive sustainable growth and deliver enterprise value at scale.

The role leads an executive team of 1,000+ staff across multiple sites, balancing commercial ambition with robust governance and operational excellence to meet evolving customer needs and market dynamics.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering growth in large-scale B2B services.
• Experience leading multi-site organisations with P&L responsibility.
• Strong governance, stakeholder management and change leadership.
• Ability to translate strategy into operational execution at scale.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the UK & Ireland strategy.
• Lead an executive team across multiple sites and 1,000+ colleagues.
• Drive performance, governance, and long-term value creation.
• Navigate market dynamics and customer needs to accelerate growth.
• Foster an inclusive, high-performance culture.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Commercial growth

Operational excellence

Change management

Job description

• Shape the future of a market-leading business with board-level influenc
• Make a lasting impact across a large-scale, market-leading business

About Our Client

Our client is a leading international B2B services organisation with a substantial UK & Ireland operation. With a strong market position, broad customer base and ambitious growth agenda, the business is entering an important phase of its evolution focused on accelerating performance, strengthening capability and delivering long-term value creation.

Job Description

Reporting to the European leadership team, the Managing Director will lead a complex, multi-site UK & Ireland operation, with responsibility for defining and executing the strategy, delivering sustainable growth and building long-term enterprise value. The successful candidate will balance commercial ambition with operational excellence, ensuring the organisation continues to evolve in line with changing customer needs, market dynamics and broader business priorities.

Leading an established executive team and a workforce of more than 1,000 colleagues, the Managing Director will foster a high-performance, inclusive and accountable culture, creating an environment where people, customers and the business can thrive. The role requires a leader who can successfully navigate complexity, inspire confidence across multiple stakeholder groups and translate strategic vision into operational execution at scale.

This is an opportunity to shape the next chapter of a market-leading business, driving commercial performance, organisational capability, transformation and innovation, while maintaining the highest standards of governance, customer focus and leadership excellence

The Successful Applicant

We are interested in speaking with accomplished Managing Directors, CEOs, Divisional Presidents and Business Unit leaders who have successfully led sizeable, customer-centric organisations through periods of growth, transformation and increasing complexity.

You are likely to have operated within large-scale B2B services, distribution, facilities management, consumer or FMCG environments, with a proven track record of delivering commercial growth, operational excellence and long-term value creation. Experience leading businesses of meaningful scale, including significant P&L responsibility, large and geographically dispersed workforces and multiple stakeholder groups, will be essential.

This role will suit an ambitious and commercially minded executive who enjoys leading at scale and is energised by the challenge of driving performance in a complex operating environment. You will combine strategic thinking with operational execution, bringing the ability to navigate change, accelerate growth and build organisational capability for the long term.

Equally important is your approach to leadership. You will have a reputation for building high-performing inclusive team cultures, developing exceptional leadership capability and creating a culture where accountability, ownership and collaboration drive results. You will be an authentic leader, recognised for building trust, creating clarity and bringing people with you through periods of growth and transformation.

What’s on Offer

The successful candidate will receive a highly competitive executive reward package, comprising base salary, short and long-term incentive plans, pension and executive benefits, commensurate with the scale and significance of the position.