Job Title: Managing Director – Packaging Giant Expanding into Large Format/POS
Salary: £Six Figure Basic, significant bonus, executive car and many other benefits
Location: North England
Reference: J3220
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Telephone: 0141 647 6688
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A packaging giantwith factories in over 30 countries is embarking on a major investmentto enter the Point of Sale/Large Format sector. We have recruited for this client for over 20years and they continuously top our surveys for job satisfaction, high staffmorale and positive working environment. On top of this, it is an organisationwhich will offer you job security and present you with unrivalled careerprospects. They are at the final stages of purchasing a green field site atan impressive 40,000 sq ft as part of their ambitious plant investmentprogramme. Our client is therefore looking for a Managing Director at the topof their game who can get involved in the early stages of the expansion. Ifnotice period prevents this, they are willing to wait for the right ManagingDirector who has the aptitude for making a real impact further on in theinvestment process.
As the Point of Sale / Large format ManagingDirector, you will be reporting to the Board of Directorsand will develop and implement business strategy for sustainable growth. Translating thisstrategy into operational plans, you will contribute to the delivery ofprofitable top line growth, great people, a world class facility and a leadingbrand.
Our client sees a top ManagingDirector as someone who delegates tasks and ensures adequate andsatisfactory work output, and is responsible for any shortcomings made bystaff. For this reason, we are looking for someone who is not afraid to put inhard work when it is called for, especially in the early stages of the plan’soperation. Throughout supervision, it will be your role to effectively analysethe results of employee actions, take note of any ‘room forimprovement’ and provide training where necessary. Effective leadership skillsare key. We are looking for someone who is assertive yet considerate,passionate yet logical, persuasive and inspiring. When it comes to keeping employeemorale high, communication will be one of the most important factors.
It is inevitable that when thereare so many variables to consider, everything doesn’t always go to plan, andmost of the time you can count on there being some deviation from the originalblueprint. Our client is looking for a proficient Point ofSale / Large Format managing director who can adapt to changes and make quickoperational adjustments when needs be. Solutions to any problems will notalways be obvious and straightforward, and sometimes you will have to thinkoutside the box. Innovative directors are the leaders in the industry – peoplewho can formulate new product and service offerings and going above and beyondthe efforts of competition to obtain customer satisfaction. These are the exactqualities our client is looking for.
Diligence is the drive to work hardat whatever you are focusing on, and persistence is the drive to continueworking when things get tough. Managing Directors need both traits, and forthese traits to work in tandem to work harder and stay ahead ofcompetitors.
This is a fantastic time to join a company which is currently expanding and branching into new territory.
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This position has now been filled, but has been left on our website as we have other similar vacancies to this on an ongoing basis that might interest you. More importantly, we have vacancies that are not advertised due to their confidential nature therefore it would certainly be in your interest to email your CV, as a word document, depending on which sector you are in, to :-
Board level, account management and all levels of sales vacancies –
Our divisional heads will then email your CV internally to the consultant who specialises in your exact sector, for example a category of packaging is cartons, a category of print is print management, in fact we have over 30 specialist categories. Our specialist consultant will contact you if we have a live vacancy that matches, or contact you in the near future as soon a good match to skill set and experience becomes available.
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