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Site General Manager

Ref: 501478

Wigan

£60,000

  • Permanent
  • Manufacturing Site Leadership
  • Operational Turnaround
  • FMCG Compliance

About the candidate

I am currently representing a commercially focused Site General Manager with extensive experience across fast-paced FMCG, healthcare and food manufacturing environments. They have held full autonomous responsibility for 24/5 manufacturing operations, site P&L, engineering, quality, production, administration and cross-functional leadership within a circa £3m turnover facility.

They bring a strong track record of operational turnaround, audit improvement and continuous improvement, with experience leading teams across high-volume production, ambient manufacturing, chilled food, healthcare products and retail supply environments.

Recently qualifed with masters-level equivalent CMI Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice, demonstrating commitment to self-development and leadership.

What makes them great?

  • Proven commercial turnaround: Transformed a loss-making manufacturing site from loss-making to profitable within 12 months, delivering significant margin improvement.
  • Excellent audit and compliance record: Improved and maintained BRC AA+ unannounced audit status, alongside SMETA, FSC and demanding major retailer audit standards.
  • Strong people and operational leadership: Led multi-functional teams across engineering, quality, operations and finance/admin, while mentoring future managers into supervisory and management roles.

Areas of expertise

  • Site Leadership & P&L Management: Experienced in running full manufacturing site operations with responsibility for budget control, labour planning, production planning and commercial performance.
  • Manufacturing Operations & Continuous Improvement: Strong background across 24-hour manufacturing, OEE improvement, waste reduction, production efficiency and Lean Six Sigma-led process improvement.
  • Compliance, Quality & Safety: Skilled in BRC, SMETA, FSC, HACCP, food safety, health and safety standards, customer audits and maintaining robust hygiene and compliance frameworks.