Posted: 8 June
The role
General Manager (CEO Designate)
Location: Ealing (Onsite) with UK travel as required
Salary: £85,000 £115,000 (negotiable) Car allowance, Healthcare, Performance Bonus, and Significant Annual Executive Bonus
The Opportunity
- This is not a caretaker role. It is a launchpad. An established, high-velocity B2B eCommerce and wholesale business is preparing for its next chapter. With the current CEO planning retirement, we are seeking a board-ready leader to join as General Manager with a clear and accelerated path to UK CEO.
- We need someone who has already operated at GM level in a UK eCommerce business, with direct P&L responsibility for a turnover of £150M in a large-scale, multi-site environment.
- You will not shadow. You will take full ownership of UK operations from day onelearning the mechanics of the business, earning the trust of the team, and proving you have the strategic grip and commercial instinct to take the helm.
The Role
- As General Manager (CEO Designate), you will be based at our Ealing head office and oversee a multi-site UK operation. Your mandate is twofold: deliver exceptional commercial and operational performance now, while systematically preparing to assume the CEO role within two years.
- You will balance rigour with vision, optimising costs, driving growth, building culture, and positioning the busin...
