Overview As General Manager, you will lead the commercial growth of a well-established tools business serving plumbing, heating, and related markets. You'll drive sales, marketing, and business development while guiding cross-functional teams to deliver expansion, stronger brand presence, and portfolio growth. This role sits in a growing group environment where strategic leadership and route-to-market optimization shape market position. You will report to senior leadership and have a clear succession pathway toward Managing Director responsibilities.
Compensation / Benefits- remuneration and benefits package commensurate with experience
Responsibilities- Develop and implement the company's commercial growth strategy
- Lead sales, marketing and business development activities
- Manage and motivate internal teams, field sales resources and agents
- Build and strengthen relationships with national accounts and buying groups
- Identify and develop new routes to market and commercial opportunities
- Drive product development and portfolio expansion initiatives
- Strengthen brand presence and market positioning
- Develop effective pricing and commercial strategies
- Monitor competitor activity, market developments and customer trends
- Collaborate with wider group functions to support business objectives
- Lead strategic planning, forecasting and performance management
- Report progress and opportunities to senior leadership
Key requirements- Ambitious commercial leader with a track record of growing a business or business unit
- Experience in managing office and field-based teams
- Strong capability in key account management and commercial negotiation
- Experience in product development or portfolio management
- Brand development and marketing strategy experience
- Ability to develop route-to-market strategies
- Data-driven commercial decision making
- Leadership capability and ambition to assume broader leadership responsibility
- leadership
- strategic thinking
- communication
- commercial strategy
- business development
- pricing strategy
