Hybrid Regional General Manager

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About the role

  • Regional General Manager leading operational excellence for the South East region at Biffa. Driving strategic growth, compliance, and customer satisfaction across multiple locations.

Responsibilities

  • Define and deliver the regional strategy aligned with organisational goals
  • Influence the wider business and contribute to national planning conversations
  • Set and support strategic growth initiatives (organic and M&A)
  • Represent the region in key stakeholder engagements and Town Halls
  • Ensure safe and compliant operations with visible safety leadership
  • Deliver P&L accountability and meet budget targets
  • Foster operational excellence through simplicity, consistency, and data-driven performance
  • Drive efficiencies across disposal, payroll, and asset utilisation
  • Drive efficient processes and high recovery rates in Transfer Stations
  • Develop and sustain a high-performance culture through coaching and leadership behaviours
  • Lead succession planning and colleague development
  • Engage and inspire teams through genuine, accountable leadership
  • Champion diversity, inclusion, and collaborative working across sites
  • Ensure industry-leading service with a relentless customer-first mindset
  • Lead successful mobilization and reduce customer churn
  • Ensure strong links with the Customer Services and Credit Control team to ensure that churn is managed in the appropriate way for the region
  • Achieve On-Time-In-Full (OTIF) delivery targets
  • Enable growth through commercial partnerships and local market opportunities
  • Support capacity expansion and talent development across regional and site teams through partnering with Central support teams
  • Collaborate and influence with disposal procurement team to negotiate competitive disposal rates /terms to support the disposal budget.

Requirements

  • A proven track record of running large, operationally complex businesses
  • Strong financial acumen and experience owning a P&L
  • Senior leadership experience across commercial, operational, and people functions
  • The ability to build performance cultures that deliver results
  • Executive presence with strong stakeholder influence
  • Experience driving transformation or business improvement
  • Degree-level education (or equivalent experience); Transport CPC advantageous

Job title

Regional General Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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