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

Highly Advantageous

Why Join The Company?

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.

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