Regional Manager Director (Industrial Products Branch Network)

Location: Midlands - Hybrid working

Salary: £(phone number removed) plus car allowance and bonus

Summary:
Regional Manager Director (Industrial Products - Branch Network)
We are working with a growing SME that is entering an exciting period of expansion and is looking to appoint a commercially driven Country Manager to lead and develop the UK business. This is a broad, hands-on leadership role with genuine responsibility for the end-to-end operation. The successful candidate will play a key role in developing the UK strategy, opening new branches, growing revenue, and building the infrastructure required to support continued expansion. You will have responsibility across supply chain, sales, finance, marketing, property, and operations, working closely with the wider leadership team to deliver the company's ambitious growth. We are looking for someone who is commercially astute, entrepreneurial, and highly hands-on. This isn't a role for someone who wants to operate purely at board level, you'll be expected to get involved, make decisions, solve problems, and drive the business forward. You will be comfortable working in an SME environment where things move quickly, priorities change, and you have the opportunity to genuinely influence the direction of the business. Most importantly, you will have the energy, ambition, and commercial capability to help build the UK operation from its current platform into a much larger national business.

Key Responsibilities:

Take overall responsibility for the UK business and its commercial performance
Develop and execute the UK growth strategy
Lead the opening and successful launch of new branches across the UK
Oversee end-to-end supply chain and operational activities
Drive sales growth, customer development, and market expansion
Work closely with finance to manage budgets, forecasting, profitability, and financial performance
Develop and oversee UK marketing activity to support growth
Identify and negotiate suitable property and branch locations
Manage property leasing, landlords, agents, and associated commercial negotiations
Build and develop high-performing teams as the UK operation grows
Establish effective processes, systems, and controls to support scale
Monitor KPIs and commercial performance, taking decisive action where required
Identify new commercial opportunities and continually challenge how the business can improve
Act as the key senior representative for the UK business

Key Skills/Experience:

Degree educated, ideally with a strong commercial or business-related background
Proven experience in a senior leadership, Country Manager, General Manager, Managing Director or similar role
Strong commercial understanding with experience managing a P&L and delivering profitable growth
Experience within a growing SME or entrepreneurial environment is highly desirable
Proven experience of opening new sites, branches, or locations
Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain and operational management
Experience across sales, finance, marketing, and commercial strategy
Good understanding of commercial property, including leasing and negotiating new premises
Excellent analytical and financial skills
Highly commercially aware with a strong entrepreneurial mindset
Comfortable operating at both strategic and hands-on levels
Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skillsProcessing Your Data

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All applicants must have an unrestricted right to work in the UK as our client will not support visa sponsorship for this role
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed