Are you an exceptional Site General Manager or senior manufacturing leader who knows how to transform culture, improve accountability and lead people through significant change?
We are recruiting for a Site General Manager to take leadership responsibility for a complex industrial operation in South Lanarkshire.
The business is deliberately looking beyond their traditional talent pool.
Your background could be in pharmaceuticals, life sciences, regulated manufacturing, FMCG, chemicals, engineering, electronics, food production or another high-compliance operational environment.
The organisation has access to strong technical expertise. What it now needs is an outstanding leader who can manage a difficult workforce, address long-standing behaviours, strengthen management capability and lead the site through a major period of transformation.
The Opportunity As Site General Manager, you will take responsibility for the people, culture, performance and operational direction of the site.
You will be expected to create stability and clarity while introducing the standards, structure and accountability required of a high-performing operation.
Your key responsibilities will include:
Leading an established workforce through significant cultural and operational change
Building trust while setting clear and consistent expectations
Addressing resistance, underperformance and challenging behaviours
Strengthening accountability across the site
Developing managers into more confident and effective leaders
Improving communication between frontline teams, managers and senior leadership
Creating a stronger safety, compliance and performance culture
Improving productivity, reliability, efficiency and output
Delivering against operational, commercial and contractual KPIs
Introducing stronger governance, reporting and performance management
Working closely with the Board, senior stakeholders and the asset owner
Ensuring the site operates in line with all statutory and environmental requirements
The Person This opportunity would suit a strong people leader from:
Pharmaceuticals
Life sciences
Regulated manufacturing
FMCG
Chemicals
Medical devices
Food production
Electronics
Automotive
Aerospace
Energy
Engineering
Other complex operational sectors
You may currently be working as a:
Site General Manager
Site Manager
Plant Manager
Factory Manager
Head of Manufacturing
Head of Operations
Senior Operations Manager
Manufacturing Manager
Pharmaceutical Site Leader
You will need to demonstrate:
Significant leadership experience within a regulated or complex operational environment
Evidence of transforming workforce culture
Experience managing resistant, disengaged or underperforming teams
Strong employee-relations and people-management capability
A track record of improving accountability and management standards
Experience leading through restructuring, growth or organisational change
Strong health, safety, quality or compliance leadership
Commercial awareness and experience working with operational KPIs
The credibility to operate effectively with frontline employees and Board-level stakeholders
A visible, authentic and resilient leadership style
The strongest candidates will be able to combine empathy with firmness, build engagement without avoiding difficult decisions and create a culture where expectations are understood and consistently delivered.
The Package Salary of £100,000+
Performance-related bonus
Senior site leadership responsibility
Opportunity to lead substantial cultural and operational transformation
Genuine scope to shape the future of the site
This is an outstanding opportunity for a proven senior leader to move into a strategically important operation and make a significant impact.
Apply now for a confidential discussion.
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