General Manager
Kendal

Are you ready to take the next step in your Elis career?

This is an exciting opportunity to lead our established Kendal site, with responsibility for £10.5m revenue and a well-established operational team.

The Kendal site plays an important role within our UK operations, and we are looking for a strong, inspiring leader who can continue to drive performance, develop people, and deliver operational excellence.

We are looking for someone who is either an existing General Manager or a high-potential candidate ready to step up into a General Manager role for the first time.

Your Mission at Elis

• Lead and Inspire: Direct all site teams – production, logistics, engineering, customer services – to deliver excellence every day while fostering a culture of trust during a period of change.
• Take Ownership: Full P&L responsibility with a focus on hitting EBITDA targets and safeguarding revenue.
• Develop People: Coach, support, and grow your team, ensuring every colleague, both new and existing, feels valued, engaged, and part of the Elis culture.
• Drive Improvement: Lead the LEAN agenda and embed our culture of safety, quality, and efficiency.
• Shape the Future: Align local operations with Elis’s strategic goals while identifying opportunities for growth and innovation.
• Deliver for our Customers: Put service at the heart of everything we do, ensuring we continue to exceed customer expectations throughout the integration process.

What will make you stand out?

• Experience leading teams in an operational environment
• Commercial awareness and confidence with budgets, KPIs and performance metrics.
• A people leader with the ability to engage, motivate and bring out the best in others.
• Passion for continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Commitment to health, safety, quality and sustainability.

• 33 Days Holiday
• Car Allowance
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance
• On-site Parking
• Private Medical
• Employee Assistance Programme

• Competitive base salary
• Performance-related Bonus
• Car Allowance
• EV Scheme (with qualifying service)
• Private Medical Insurance
• Company Pension
• 33 Days Holiday (including bank holidays)