Very rarely does the chance come up to take the lead role in a long established wholesaler of tyres based in the fastest growing city in NZ. This is a true General Manager role, with accountability for the operational delivery of agreed strategy and direct leadership of the SLT.
With responsibility for business performance, operational efficiency and risk management, you will steer a market leader with deep distribution capability through the challenging curves of a competitive industry, delivering market share growth through setting clear leadership expectations that ensure consistent value led leadership across the organisation.
You will have a number of executive objectives across strategy including divisional plans, financial budgets, business priorities and key performance indicators – and the ability to pivot to maintain alignment as the market changes.
The Company
Value Tyres Limited (VTL) is an established wholesaler of tyres based across 10 locations nationally who boast over 50 years successful trading. With a growing team, VTL maintains the family ownership and family feel through a strong commitment to culture maintained by valuing customers both internal and external, taking ownership to find solutions, and leading with innovation and integrity.
The Role
- Leadership of the senior leadership team comprising four heads of department
- Design and sustaining of a cohesive operating model across divisions
- Owning succession planning within the leadership structure
- Relationship development and management with senior external stakeholders in both supplier and customer areas
- Drive performance visibility and accountability through KPIs, dashboards and regular reviews
- Lead the annual business planning and budgeting process with the SLT and monitor performance against budget
- Ensure compliance with regulatory, administrative and operational requirements, that key business risks are identified and evaluated, and that VTL carries adequate insurance coverage
- Provide visible leadership for a safe and healthy workplace, ensuring compliance with policies and good practice
Your Profile
- Proven experience leading a multi-site or multi-function operation through an engaged Senior Leadership Team
- Track record of creating alignment across functions and holding leaders accountable to delivery
- Commercially astute. Comfortable balancing service, margin, cost control, working capital and growth outcomes
- Experienced leading annual planning and budgeting cycles and managing performance against plan with corrective actions
- Comfortable becoming “knowledgeable enough” across multiple operational areas to add value without micromanaging functional leads
- Pragmatic, decisive problem-solver who makes timely calls using practical judgement and clear rationale
- Personally organised and resilient. Maintains prioritisation and operating cadence during change, ambiguity and peak workload
- Hold full, unrestricted working rights for New Zealand and be based in or actively relocating to Christchurch
For more information about this role, please contact Simon Lawrence on 021 240 2620 or apply via the link below
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