General Manager

General Manager – Governance Leadership Centre

Location : Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

Join Randstad New Zealand to lead a high-precision manufacturing business on the brink of rapid growth.

The Company, a world leader with a 70-year history in high-precision optics and optical instrumentation, is entering a massive growth phase.

This role focuses on operational excellence and scaling the business to meet a significant increase in operations and revenue over the next two years.

Key Responsibilities

Operational & Growth Management : Oversee delivery of products and services, ensuring quality standards, contractual obligations, and agreed timelines / budgets.

Develop capacity, capability, staffing, and processes to support a major increase in operations and revenue.

Commercial Focus & Financial Oversight : Drive a customer-centric culture and maintain strong customer relationships.

Manage the financial performance, overseeing operational budgets, forecasting, and understanding key revenue, cost, profit, and cash drivers in a technical / manufacturing setting.

Team Leadership : Lead, inspire, and mentor a high-performing, engaged, multidisciplinary team (scientists, technicians, engineers, and sales professionals) and conduct talent acquisition and retention.

Stakeholder & Strategy : Actively contribute to the Division's leadership team, represent the Company and Division in New Zealand, advocate to government and local authorities, and foster corporate relationships.

Continuous Improvement : Stimulate and encourage continuous improvement at all levels within the Company and the broader group.

What You Bring

Strong Commercial Acumen : Proven ability to manage financial affairs, identifying key drivers in a technical / manufacturing setting.

Leadership Experience : Minimum 10 years of supervision experience leading a multi-disciplinary team in a project role.

Hands-On Approach : Direct involvement in designing, building, testing, packaging, and delivery of technical solutions.

Program & Project Delivery : Demonstrated ability to drive complex technical programs to successful completion.

Mentorship : Proven experience mentoring multidisciplinary teams, including scientists, technicians, engineers, and sales professionals.

Highly Advantageous

Industry Knowledge : Experience within the optics sector or similar advanced manufacturing businesses.

Transferable Sectors : Experience in Space or Defence sectors.

Systems Understanding : Basic understanding of Systems Engineering as a discipline.

Why Join The Company?

Be the operational leader transforming a 70-year-old high-tech manufacturer during its most significant growth phase.

Work with a world leader in advanced technology products and services for the global defence and space domains.

Lead a technical business guided by core values : Respect, Safety, Integrity, Excellence, Teamwork, and Leadership.

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all.

We actively encourage applications from any background.

Job Details

Seniority level : Mid-Senior level

Employment type : Full-time

Job function : Management and Manufacturing

Industries : Staffing and Recruiting

Education : Bachelor's Degree

Skills : General Manager, Management, Strategy

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