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Date Added: Mon 31/03/2025

Area General Manager Aggregates

Burton-On-Trent, UK
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Company: HEIDELBERG MATERIALS AG

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: Negotiable

We're looking for a dynamic Area General Manager (AGM) to take full responsibility for profit, health & safety, and operational excellence across our Heidelberg Materials Aggregates plants in a defined area.

Key Responsibilities:
Lead a high-performing team across operations, sales, and production
Develop & execute a Market Strategy Plan (MSP) to drive growth
Ensure top-tier safety, sustainability, and operational efficiency
Deliver Capex on budget and on time

If you're a strategic leader with a passion for driving success in the aggregates industry, we want to hear from you!


Key accountabilities

  • Achieve the highest possible standards in Health & Safety
  • Lead, inspire, motivate and develop the individual capabilities of the sales and operational teams to drive the execution of the defined area business strategy
  • Develop and update quarterly a Market Strategy Plan (MSP) and drive performance throughout the area to achieve targets for sales volumes, selling price and margin.
  • Ensure that the TSMs are pre-planning their activity - both digital and face-to-face - in a structured efficient manner which is aligned to their Territory Plan
  • Ensure TSM call cycles for customers and prospects defined and adhered to. Use a variety of digital media, including video calls, to maintain close customer contact. Call cycle objectives should be set in the customer management plan (CMP)
  • Implement a commercial and operational management cycle for your team that also incorporates the customer service team at 1MC
  • Operating to the highest level of environmental objectives in line with Hanson's Environmental Management Plan. Action and deliver a plan of continuous improvement in this area.
  • Ensure all statutory legislation and company regulations are adhered to with respect to all operational activities.
  • Achieve optimum production levels in line with commercial activity at optimum value for money. Continually advance operational improvements to improve efficiency with the production functions.
  • Quality: Working with the technical function to ensure operational procedures are such that the highest quality levels are achieved at the most efficient operational cost.
  • The incumbent in this role will have full responsibility for the profit and health & safety of the Heidelberg Materials Aggregates plants located within a defined area. The Area General Manager (AGM) will manage and lead a designated team of commercial and operational staff working closely with the customer service team at 1MC.
  • The AGM should successfully lead the team of Operations Manager, Territory Sales Managers, Plant Production Managers and Internal Sales Representatives to deliver the area business strategy
  • The AGM will develop the sales strategy by developing a clear Market Strategy Plan (MSP) and deliver the operational performance measures, improve sustainability and deliver Capex on budget and in time

Responsibilities:

  • RCO
  • Sales and account management
  • Debt collection and query management
  • Production
  • Health & Safety
  • Quality
  • Environmental Compliance
  • Cost control
  • Waste management and recycling

Direct reports:

o Territory Sales Managers

o Operations Manager

o Internal Sales representatives


Indirect reports:

  • Work with and in support of the Customer Service Manager and Leaders within the CSC:
  • Customer Service team
  • Business Competence
    • Aggregates product knowledge
    • Aggregates production or similar experience
    • Commercial experience with evidence of success in a customer facing role
    • Successful line management experience
    • Strong market awareness
    • Numerate and analytical
    • Ability to work accurately at a detailed level
    • Good IT skills; competent in Excel based reporting
    • Understand and comply with the compliance requirements of the business
    • Good general business awareness

What's on Offer:

Salary Competitive plus bonus

Company Car

Location Hybrid Barton Under Needwood

Hours 39.5

* 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)

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