General Manager
hace 2 días
Scotland
Job Title: General Manager Location: Scotland Sector: Food Manufacturing (FMCG) Reports to: Managing Director / Board Direct Reports: Senior Leadership Team Total Headcount: ~70 employees Role Overview We are seeking an experienced and commercially focused General Manager to lead our FMCG food manufacturing operation based in Scotland. The General Manager will have full responsibility for site performance, including operations, people management, financial results, food safety, quality, and continuous improvement. This is a senior leadership role requiring a hands-on, visible leader with strong experience in FMCG manufacturing environments and a proven ability to manage and develop teams of around 70 people. Key Responsibilities Operational Leadership • Provide overall leadership and direction for the manufacturing site, ensuring safe, efficient, and compliant operations., • Drive operational excellence across production, engineering, supply chain, quality, and hygiene., • Lead, motivate, and develop a workforce of approximately 70 employees., • Build a strong leadership culture through coaching, performance management, and succession planning., • Own the site P&L, budgets, and cost control, ensuring delivery of financial targets., • Identify and deliver opportunities for cost reduction, efficiency improvements, and margin enhancement., • Champion continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, CI, or similar methodologies., • Drive productivity, yield, waste reduction, and OEE improvements., • Act as a key interface with customers, auditors, suppliers, and external stakeholders., • Ensure consistently high levels of service, quality, and compliance expected in FMCG environments. Essential • Proven experience as a General Manager, Site Manager, or Operations Director within FMCG food manufacturing., • Experience managing a workforce of circa 70 people in a manufacturing environment., • Strong knowledge of food safety, quality systems, and regulatory compliance., • Commercially astute with solid financial and P&L management experience., • Experience working with major UK retailers or branded FMCG customers., • Hands-on, visible leader who leads from the front., • Strong communicator with the ability to influence at all levels., • Resilient, decisive, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced FMCG environment., • Pragmatic, solutions-focused, and results-driven.