Biffa

Regional General Manager

Biffa

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Birmingham • United Kingdom

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About the role

  • Drive the success of regional depots, ensuring budgets and forecasts are accurate and delivered.
  • Work closely with our business development team and clients, particularly during contract renewal times.
  • Build and maintain strategic relationships with clients and prospective customers, attending and recording Partnership/Quarterly review meetings.
  • Demonstrate exceptional mentoring and coaching skills, developing capabilities within your management teams.
  • Lead by example, instilling leadership behaviours and fostering continuous improvement in health, safety, and compliance.
  • Plan for the future with typical planning timescales of six to eighteen months.
  • Ensure KPIs are produced weekly, presenting summary reports with action points against variances.
  • Work with HR to adhere to recruitment policies, retain talent, and build succession pipelines.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated success in working with local authority clients or at comparable levels.
  • Comprehensive understanding of industry-specific, transport, and health & safety legislation.
  • Established track record in managing the commercial aspects of multisite contracts.
  • Knowledge and experience of UK Local Authority norms and values.
  • Strong grasp of quality standards principles, including continuous improvement and internal.
  • Demonstrable commercial and strategic thinking, with the ability to manage upwards and downwards. Strong mentoring and coaching capabilities.
  • Certificates: WAMITAB Level 4 and IOSH industry qualification are essential. Relevant Transport knowledge and a CPC are required.
Benefits
  • Competitive salary + Bonus
  • Generous pension scheme.
  • Medical and dental scheme.
  • Retail and leisure discounts.
  • Holiday and travel discounts.
  • Bike to work scheme.
  • Plus much more......
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Hard Skills & Tools
budget managementforecastingKPI reportingcontract managementquality standardsstrategic planningcompliance managementcontinuous improvementrecruitment policiessuccession planning
Soft Skills
mentoringcoachingleadershiprelationship buildingstrategic thinkingcommunicationteam developmentproblem solvinginterpersonal skillsadaptability
Certifications
WAMITAB Level 4IOSH qualificationCPC