General Manager to lead and drive our muck away, construction, and recycling operations. Based at our Agecroft Depot, you'll play a pivotal role in providing strategic leadership, covering everything from business development, sales, and customer service to transport and on-site operations.
Key Responsibilities Include:
* Leading commercial and operational activities to ensure top-notch performance
* Pursuing growth opportunities across Wigan and Leeds
* Managing contracts and ensuring strict compliance with all company and statutory policies
Bring your expertise and help us shape the future of our North operations
Strategic leadership
* Provide leadership to the Depot, Recycling and Landfill teams
* Manage direct reports using clearly outlined clear objectives, targets and performance measures which are reviewed regularly.
Business and resource planning
* Develop annual operating plan and other business plans covering all aspects including sales, operations, and capex.
* Ensure operational assets and people are in place to deliver agreed results and, where necessary, develop plans to improve business.
* Affective management of 3rd party contracts
* Oversee a resource plan to recruit, train and continuously develop adequate personnel for the business.
* Contribute to continuous business process improvement through the adoption of best practice.
Business development
* Actively manage / develop commercial relationships for new and existing customers.
* Work closely within the Central aggregates, concrete and asphalt operational and commercial team to exploit all commercial opportunities.
* Develop marketing plans to grow demand / market for the premium mineral
* Seek opportunities to develop the business including product range, services provided, customer base and use of assets.
Operations / contract management
* Achieve optimum production levels in line with commercial activity at the lowest operational cost.
* Continually advance operational improvements to improve efficiency and productivity.
* Oversee procedures that achieve the highest quality and customer service
Job dimensions
2025 plan for Agecroft
* No of employees responsible for circa 45
* Sales revenue: £14m
* RCO: £1.2m
Experience
* Previous relevant business management experience.
* Demonstrable operational experience managing both yard and transport activities
* Demonstrable track record of business management in the recycling industry preferable with an independent business and not a construction materials business.
* Strong commercial client focus with responsibility for business development and profit delivery.
* Strong financial acumen.
Management/ Leadership Skills
* Ability to operate at strategic management level
What's on Offer:
Salary £70,000 - £80,000 depending on experience plus bonus
Company Car
Work Life Balance: 27 days holiday (excluding bank holidays) Generous Pension Schemes / Life Assurance
Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme (EAP
Employee Benefits portal including Gym discount
Location Manchester
Hours 40
* Employer of choice: Armed Forces Covenant (Silver) / Disability Confident Committed / 5% Club (Platinum) / Mates in Mind / Clear Assured (Foundation) / The Mineral Products and Qualification Council (MPQC) / STEM Ambassador
* Compensation Package: Bonus incentives / Generous Pension Schemes / Life Assurance
* Work Life Balance: 27 days holiday (excluding bank holidays) / Agile working / Flexible working / Holiday purchase / Sabbatical
* Family Friendly: Enhanced policies such as Maternity / Paternity / Parental Leave / Neonatal / Adoption/IVF/Menopause
* Social Value: paid Volunteering Day every year / Communities (LGBTQ+, Network of Woman, Woman in Science and Engineering (STEM), Armed Forces)
* Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) / Mental Health First Aiders / Cycle to Work / Employee Benefits portal including Gym discount / Free eye tests / Discounted Private Medical cover