Regional Operations Manager - Industrial ASX100

About the role

A leading ASX100 industrial B2B business is looking for a Regional Operations Manager for its Brisbane/Gold Coast region, a $100M+ multisite portfolio with a team of 120+. The role comes up for promotion and gives the leader full accountability for the state's metropolitan region, which holds the largest concentration of national account exposure in Queensland. Most of the portfolio performs strongly and delivers budget, while one part has underperformed for nearly two years and needs a clear turnaround. The position is highly commercial, with genuine executive visibility.

Key responsibilities

• In the first 12 months, return the underperforming site to budget by addressing capability, culture and operating discipline
• Protect and grow margin across the portfolio through disciplined decisions on labour, fleet, cost base and service mix
• Partner with and influence sales and commercial teams on tender modelling, pricing and service design for major renewals, several of which fall due in the next 12 months
• Lift service performance against national and key account KPIs, with causes understood and controls owned at site level
• Build leadership depth beneath you, with credible succession at site leader and supervisor level

Required profile

• Proven full P&L ownership at a regional, state or multisite level, with measurable improvement you can evidence
• Demonstrated ability to turn around an underperforming operation or drive significant improvements
• Ability to lift the capability of a site leadership team and develop successors
• Proven ability to influence and drive results through teams and stakeholders that do not report to you
• Background in an industrial, process-driven, metrics-led business
• Highly regarded: experience leading across both sales and operations
• Preferred: transport or logistics exposure, including heavy vehicle and chain of responsibility compliance and fleet return metrics
• Unrestricted working rights in Australia; pre-employment checks will be conducted

What we offer

• Direct line of sight to executive leadership and a pathway beyond the role within an ASX100 business
• Competitive package including a short-term incentive
• Flexible base location across the region

The vacancy is advertised by Arete Executive, an executive search firm, and applications are made through the advert or by contacting the recruiter named in the listing.