Current Roles
Managing Director
Salary: circa £100k plus car allowance
Managing Director
Royal British Legion Industries
Our client, RBLI, is a well-known charity with market-leading Social Enterprise manufacturing factories in Kent, that provides employment, welfare, and homes to veterans of the British Armed Forces, their families and dependants; as well as people with disabilities and those who have been long-term unemployed.
The Requirement
The RBLI is now seeking to appoint a suitably experienced Operations and General Management professional from the manufacturing sector to become their Managing Director for the Social Enterprise businesses.
Core Role & Responsibilities
- Direct, lead, inspire and motivate the charity’s Social Enterprise Manufacturing businesses to deliver to P&L budget
- Deliver continuous improvement leading to top class quality and customer service to both beneficiaries and commercial customers
- Deliver sales growth to target
- Drive and enable the charity’s Social Enterprise commercial team to grow demand for products and services
- Temper, where appropriate, commercial imperatives with charitable aims
Experience & Suitability
- Proven operations leadership track record within manufacturing companies at a senior management level
- Strong financial and commercial literacy – Evidential achievement of objectives, budgets, KPI’s, margin and continual improvement
- A proven leader of people with a measurable track record of creating successful operations – an excellent team player
- Strong commercial, influencing and negotiating skills
- Goal focused with demonstrable reputation for delivery
- Passion for service excellence
- High energy levels to execute business decisions
The Opportunity
- The chance to be a Managing Director with the opportunity to make a real difference to veterans and their families’ lives
- A highly respected national charity with a strong legacy
- A charity with excellent funding and financials
- A highly talented and stable senior management team
- The chance to be involved with some really interesting social enterprise businesses
Please get in touch if you are interested.
