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