General Manager

  • Barker Ross
  • Feb 26, 2026
Full time Manufacturing

Job Description

Role: General Manager - National Opportunities (Relocation Required)

Ready to Shape the Future of Operations - Anywhere in the UK?

Are you a high-calibre, degree-educated operational leader with the ambition and mobility to take on a significant General Management role wherever the business needs you? Do you thrive in complex, fast-paced environments and have the credibility to lead large, multidisciplinary teams through change and growth?

As we continue to expand, we are seeking a General Manager of true GM stature - commercially astute, operationally rigorous, and completely flexible on relocation within the UK. We are specifically looking for leaders who see their career nationally, not regionally.

This is more than a site role. It is a platform for long-term progression within a high-performance, internationally recognised organisation.

Your Opportunity

You will take full leadership responsibility for a major operational site at a pivotal stage of its growth journey. With full P&L accountability and end-to-end operational oversight, you will shape culture, performance, and strategic direction - positioning the site, and your career, for sustained success.

Your Mission

Inspire and Lead
Provide visible, values-led leadership across production, logistics, customer service, and support functions. Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, and high performance.

Own the Numbers
Take full P&L responsibility, driving strong financial performance, protecting revenue, and delivering ambitious EBITDA targets.

Develop Future Leaders
Coach and mentor your leadership team, strengthening capability, succession planning, and organisational resilience.

Drive Transformation
Lead Lean and continuous improvement initiatives, embedding best-in-class standards in safety, quality, service, and cost control.

Shape Strategic Growth
Identify and deliver opportunities for operational efficiency, innovation, and long-term value creation, aligned to group strategy.

Deliver for Customers
Ensure service excellence remains uncompromised during periods of change, complexity, and growth.

What We're Looking For

Proven General Management or Senior Operational Leadership experience within a fast-paced production, manufacturing, or logistics environment.

Demonstrated success managing full site P&L with clear evidence of commercial impact.

Change leadership capability, with experience navigating cultural and operational transformation.

Strategic and commercial acumen, with strong command of KPIs, cost control, and performance metrics.

A people-centric leadership style, building high-performing teams through engagement, accountability, and trust.

National mobility and full relocation flexibility within the UK - essential for long-term progression within the business.

Uncompromising commitment to health, safety, quality, and sustainability.

Why Join Us?

National Career Pathway
We are looking for leaders who see themselves progressing across multiple sites and opportunities within the UK. Mobility opens doors.

Real Impact
You will lead a strategically important operation within a globally recognised business.

Long-Term Growth
We invest in leaders with the potential to grow beyond a single site. This role offers visibility, scale, and future opportunity.

High-Performance Culture
Resilience, accountability, and results define us. You will be surrounded by ambitious peers and supported by a forward-thinking leadership team.

If you are commercially sharp, operationally credible, and fully flexible on UK relocation - and you are ready to take ownership of a significant General Management platform - we want to hear from you.

Apply now and take the next decisive step in your General Management career.

Barker Ross Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

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