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Site General Manager – People, Performance & Change Jobs in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom at RecruitME
Title: Site General Manager – People, Performance & Change
Company: RecruitME
Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Livingston / Lanarkshire
£100,000+ salary + performance-related bonus
Permanent | Executive Operational Leadership
Could you transform the culture and performance of a complex industrial site?
We are searching for an outstanding Site General Manager to lead an established operation through a major period of organisational, cultural and operational change.
Your background could be in pharmaceuticals, regulated manufacturing, FMCG, chemicals, automotive, aerospace, engineering, energy or another operationally demanding sector.
We are deliberately looking beyond the traditional industry talent pool.
What the business needs is an exceptional leader.
Someone who can earn credibility, establish clear standards, deal with complex workforce challenges and create an environment in which people understand what is expected of them and are held accountable for delivering it.
Your leadership mandate
You will take responsibility for the people, culture, performance and strategic direction of the site.
You will be expected to:
• Lead a complex workforce through substantial change
• Create stability, clarity and confidence during the transformation
• Build trust while setting firm and consistent expectations
• Address underperformance and challenging behaviours
• Develop managers into stronger and more accountable leaders
• Improve communication across operational and functional teams
• Strengthen employee engagement without avoiding difficult decisions
• Create a proactive safety, quality and compliance culture
• Improve productivity, reliability, output and operational discipline
• Deliver performance commitments to the Board and asset owner
• Introduce the leadership rhythms, governance and reporting required of a high-performing site
Who we are looking for
This opportunity may suit an experienced:
• Site General Manager
• Manufacturing Director
• Factory Director
• Site Director
• Operations Director
• Head of Manufacturing
• Pharmaceutical Site Leader
• Senior Operations Manager ready for full site responsibility
You will bring:
• Significant leadership experience within a regulated or complex operational environment
• Evidence of transforming workforce culture and improving accountability
• Experience leading people through restructuring, growth or organisational change
• Strong employee-relations judgement and personal resilience
• The credibility to operate effectively with frontline employees and Board directors
• A track record of improving safety, quality, productivity or operational performance
• Strong commercial awareness and experience working with performance measures
• A highly visible, hands-on and authentic leadership style
We are particularly interested in candidates who may not immediately consider the energy sector but whose leadership experience is highly transferable.
This is a rare opportunity to take genuine ownership of a strategically important operation and leave a lasting leadership legacy.
Salary is more than £100,000 plus a performance-related bonus.
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