The client is seeking an experienced General Manager to lead commercial and operational production activities, including end-to-end responsibility for P&L across a team of around 100 employees. In this role, you will drive the transition toward a more professional, efficient, and future-ready working environment, reporting directly to the CEO of the group.
Key responsibilities include commercial leadership for revenue growth, pricing policy, and customer retention in collaboration with sales. You will proactively manage the end-to-end process from order to shipment, identifying improvement and innovation opportunities, while using KPI management to steer on targets such as delivery reliability, quality, and cost efficiency. You will also initiate and guide change initiatives related to digitalization, automation, and process optimization.
The client is looking for a people-oriented, result-driven leader who coaches and motivates teams through change and promotes ownership and continuous improvement within a collaborative culture. You will bring a bachelor’s degree (e.g., in business-related fields), proven commercial experience, and general management experience in a production environment, preferably within the graphic media or packaging sector. Experience with sales and key account management, change management and organization development, and a hands-on leadership style is expected, along with affinity for graphic techniques and modern production methods and systems such as ERP and approaches like Lean or Six Sigma.