General Manager

G  Recruitment Ltd, are exclusively working with an SME sized online circular economy resource redistribution platform business, recruiting for an experienced General Manager to oversee a small team of 5.

This circular economy / repurposing online business supports mainly the public sector, healthcare, higher education & charities in sharing, reusing & loaning surplus assets such as office furniture, IT equipment, medical supplies & more.

This is a remote role, with end-to-end business operations responsibility, in terms of; strategic growth & business development, commercial & financial controls, day to operational delivery, leadership of the team, governance & compliance control, sustainability & brand development.

The company helps members and organisations save money, reduce waste, reduce emissions, be more sustainability focused, manage unwanted stock clearances, as well as in some cases connecting the organisation / business with charities, by donating unwanted items to support worthy causes.

This would suit someone working already within the circular economy services sector, or within a senior sustainability role or unused assets repurposing or possible someone within a charity organisation that delivers similar offerings to the local / national communities they support.

Duties:

* Strategic growth & business development management

* Commercial & financial controls management (budgets, P&L, forecasts)

* Management & mentoring of the team to achieve set targets / KPI’s

* Legislation governance & compliance control

* Sustainability, driving the businesses environmental & social missions

* Brand development, increasing market exposure & sector coverage

* Looking at new improved ways of working with a focus on CI / LEAN

* Brainstorming & implementing new innovative service offerings to expand

* Ensuring the highest levels of customer satisfaction & customer service

Attributes:

* General Manager, Operations Manager or Director level experience.

* Experience with in the circular economy, repurposing, sustainability roles within the commercial business sector or within charity operations.

* Strong operational & strategical skills, along with strong commercial acumen

* Strong with numbers in terms of budgeting, forecasting, plus P&L’s

* Passionate about the circular economy / repurposing industry & giving to others

* Strong CRM skills

* Strong Excell skills

* Happy to lead a team remotely as this is a home-based role