General Manager

Job Description

O.C.O Technologyare currently looking to recruit a General Manager - Aggregates to join our team. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive acompetitive salaryplus an excellent benefits package.About the General Manager - Aggregates role:The General Manager - Aggregates roleis to take full commercial and budgetary responsibility for the aggregate net revenue from three existing sites, and potential new sites as and when they are developed. You will develop and grow an alreadyexisting client base.You will be an active and hands-on member of the management team responsible for coaching, guiding, and leading the territory sales managers and commercial support staff to achieve the agreed commercial objectives, sharing best practice wherever possible.The role requires strong relationships to be built and maintained with customers to ensure customer service and satisfaction levels are kept at the highest possible levels. At the same time, an objective and balanced view is required to guarantee that O.C.Ois achieving best commercial value.The role will, by its nature, expose the you to an important level of confidential information which needs to be treated and maintained with the utmost confidence. This may at times require you to work closely with legal to ensure NDAs and MOUs with newcustomers are in place.Key responsibilities of our General Manager - Aggregates include:

• Developing, leading and driving the aggregate team forward, ensuring commercial activities are analysed, which in turn will guide and justify decision-making.
• Leading by example to promote and drive the delivery of commercial objectives for the Business.
• Maintaining, improving, and progressing relationships with existing customers. Make appointments, arrange visits, and present to potential new and existing clients to broaden customer and product base.
• Ownership for periodic management information commentary and insight to Board and management team.
• Negotiations with suppliers and customers, including cost/price increases as appropriate.
• Responsibility for haulage strategy and management of logistics across the Business.
• Overseeing customer forecasting to ensure value chain is effective and efficient.
• Ensuring team monitor deliveries and collections from sites.
• Developing excellent working relationships with external stakeholders and suppliers in a professional manner to ensure the best interests and reputation of O.C.O are preserved and enhanced.
• Fostering excellent working relationships across the leadership team and collaborate effectively with Directors and senior management to improve their understanding of commercial strategy and challenges. This will be achieved through relevant meetings,presentations, and regular day-to-day interactions.
• Continually identifying and diagnosing where changes are required to increase the commercial effectiveness of the Business. Drive a healthy culture of appropriate cost control and adherence to budgets.
• Ensuring Territory managers are leveraging support from Aggregates Technical manager to drive best outcomes for the Business.

What were looking for in our General Manager - Aggregates:Essential

• Of Graduate calibre and/or relevant industry experience in senior commercial position
• A minimum of 5 years of successfully managing and leading a commercial team
• Proven leadership skills and ability to nurture and get buy in from immediate reports.
• Excellent coaching skills and the ability to develop others
• Excellent commercial awareness and proven record of financial delivery
• Concrete/asphalt/aggregate background
• Commitment to delivering a high level of customer service
• Proven selling, communication, and negotiation skills, with the ability to secure new business
• Be able to keep certain tasks and information confidential and private
• Computer literate with an elevated level of numeracy and literacy skills
• Full, clean driving license and own transport

Closing Date: Friday 10th December 2021So, if you would like to join our team as ourGeneral Manager - Aggregates then please click apply todaydont miss out, wed love to hear from you!