General Manager

General Manager

South

£55,000 - £65,000 + Car Allowance + Bonus

Role Profile

Cast UK are delighted to be exclusively recruiting a General Manager for a market leading courier business with operations throughout the UK. The General Manager role will focus on transport operations, developing new and existing customer accounts and ensuring all SLA's are consistently achieved. Reporting into the Managing Director, the General Manager will be accountable for creating and leading continuous commercial projects aimed at ensuring the business continues to grow year on year. The success of the role will be determined by efficient service delivery to customers, contractual compliance, contract profitability and staff motivation.

Selected duties and responsibilities include:

• Introducing and managing contractual relationships with customers
• Ensure commercial goals are met and where possible exceeded
• Collating MI reports to be discussed regularly with the Managing Director
• Ensure all staff and sub contractors operate in an ethical and professional manner
• Identification and management of non-compliance amongst the courier team
• Lead specific projects as agreed with the MD

Skills & Experience

Candidates applying for this role must have previous experience of leading a fast paced courier operation. In addition, it is vital that you have previously led commercial negotiations with customers within a courier environment. A good understanding of transport legislation and an insight into the self employed courier sector is also highly advantageous. As this role will involve managing a team of direct reports, it is essential that you can articulate examples of where you have led, coached and developed teams.

Client information

Our client is a market leading courier business with a presence throughout the UK.

Remuneration
£55,000 - £650,000 + Car Allowance + Bonus

About Cast UK

Cast UK is a leading executive consultancy, providing national recruitment solutions to both clients and candidates. Specialising in, HR, Procurement, Buying, Supply Chain, and Logistics, each member of our specialist team has a professional background specific to their recruiting sector. With this unique insight and knowledge, our consultants are able to place individuals from trainee through to main board. For more information on Cast UK and a complete list of all of our current vacancies, please visit www.castuk.com