General Manager – Multi-Function B2B Operation; Southern England

General Manager – Multi-Function B2B Operation (Southern England)

We are working with a well-established, privately owned B2B distribution and merchant business to appoint a Site Manager for a large, complex operation in Southern England.

This is a newly created role and a genuine step above a traditional Branch Manager position. The successful candidate will take full ownership of a high-value site comprising multiple connected functions, currently generating c.£17–19m with clear potential to scale significantly beyond this.

You will have end-to-end responsibility for a multi-function operation that includes:

• A high-turnover trade branch
• A centralised sales support/account management hub
• A growing distribution capability
• A fast-scaling specialist product offering

Your mandate is to align these functions into a single, cohesive business, eliminate internal friction, and drive sustainable growth through strong leadership, effective structure, and robust customer relationships.

This is not a day-to-day operations role. It is about leading leaders, setting direction, building the right structure underneath you, and executing a growth strategy at pace.

• A proven senior leader who has managed multiple managers or business units
• Strong commercial instinct with a track record of growing revenue through customer relationships
• Experience with in builders’ merchants, B2B distribution, or a similar trade-led environment
• Comfortable operating at scale, with a “helicopter view” and the ability to prioritise across competing demands
• Disciplined, credible, and “audit-ready” with high standards of control and governance
• Visible, on-site leadership style; collaborative, pragmatic, and resilient

• Rare opportunity to shape and lead a large, complex site as a single operation
• Significant growth headroom across multiple revenue streams
• Real autonomy to design the operating model and leadership structure
• Senior-level influence without corporate bureaucracy

• Competitive senior salary, flexible for the right individual
• Bonus and benefits package, with scope for bespoke, performance-linked incentives

This role will suit an ambitious, commercially driven leader looking for a bigger, broader challenge than a traditional branch or single-site management position.

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