General Manager

This isn't a role for someone who simply keeps a factory ticking over. We're looking for an experienced General Manager / Plant Director / Senior Operations Leader who knows how to take ownership of an engineering operation, lead from the front and make it perform.

You'll take full responsibility for a well-established manufacturing site in Walsall, leading a team of circa 50 and owning the operation from P&L and people through to safety, quality, delivery and continuous improvement.

The business supplies engineered industrial products into demanding sectors including automotive, aerospace and general manufacturing. It needs a leader who is equally comfortable on the shop floor, around the management table and in front of senior stakeholders. THE ROLE You'll have genuine ownership of the site, including:

Full P&L and operational responsibility

Leadership and development of the site team

Driving safety, quality, delivery, cost and productivity

Improving operational performance through Lean / continuous improvement

Building stronger processes, accountability and KPI discipline

Identifying opportunities around capacity, efficiency, waste and cost

Working cross-functionally across engineering, production, quality and supply chain

Creating a culture where people take ownership and performance improves

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR The important bit.

We need an established senior manufacturing leader from a heavy engineering or technically demanding manufacturing environment.

You'll ideally already be operating as a

General Manager | Plant Manager | Plant Director | Operations Director | Head of Operations

You must bring

Significant senior operational leadership within heavy engineering / industrial manufacturing

Experience leading a complete manufacturing or engineering operation

P&L / budget accountability

Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes and operational KPIs

A demonstrable record of improving productivity, cost, quality, delivery and safety

Strong Lean / CI / operational excellence credentials

The ability to lead managers as well as shop-floor teams

An Engineering or relevant technical degree

Experience within automotive, aerospace, metals, machining, fabrication, engineered components or similarly demanding manufacturing would be particularly relevant. WHY CONSIDER IT? This is a proper operational leadership role.

You'll have the autonomy to shape the site, develop the team and make tangible improvements to the performance of the business.

It should appeal to someone who enjoys being close enough to operations to understand what's really happening, but senior enough to change it.

Salary: up to £80,000 + package Location: Walsall, West Midlands

If you've built your career leading engineering and manufacturing operations and you're ready to take full ownership of a site, we'd like to hear from you. Coburg Banks Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.