General Manager (North East Branch Operation)

General Manager - Industrial Machinery
Location: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear
Reporting to: UK Managing Director

Our client is a leading UK provider of industrial equipment and services, and part of a larger international group. They're looking for a Regional General Manager to take full ownership of a branch operation of around 16 employees across operations, sales, service and workshop functions - with complete P&L accountability for the site.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who enjoys building structure and driving performance in a business with real heritage and a loyal, long-serving team. You'll balance the commercial (budgets, forecasting, margin, growth) with the operational (safety, compliance, delivery, quality) and the people side (coaching, accountability, conflict resolution).

What you'll be doing:

* Leading and managing the branch with full profit and loss responsibility

* Developing and executing strategic and operational plans to grow the business

* Managing budgets, resource allocation and financial performance against KPIs

* Building a culture of safety, accountability and customer focus

* Recruiting, developing and managing your team, including performance and conflict resolution

* Overseeing project costing, margin control and on-time delivery

* Acting as site lead for health, safety and environmental compliance (LOLER, PUWER, HSE)

* Identifying opportunities to grow project work and hire fleet utilisation

* Serving as the senior escalation point for key customers and project issues

What we're looking for:

* A strong, motivating leader who can hold teams accountable while bringing people with you

* Commercially astute, with confidence reading financial statements and managing budgets

* Calm under pressure, with strong prioritisation and decision-making skills

* Excellent stakeholder and interpersonal skills across departments

* Background in blasting, finishing, surface treatment or specialist industrial equipment is advantageous but not essential

Competitive salary plus bonus, dependent on experience
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed