General Manager

Job description

General Manager - Commercial & Pre-Construction – Bespoke Joinery

Nottinghamshire-based with regular travel to London

Super-Prime Residential | Luxury Hospitality | High-End Commercial

Package: Negotiable

Our client is an established, highly regarded specialist contractor delivering exceptional bespoke interiors and joinery installations across the super-prime residential, luxury hospitality and high-end commercial sectors.

The business combines complex project delivery with its own manufacturing capability, producing high-quality, bespoke joinery for some of the most exacting projects in the London market.

Reporting to the Production Director, this newly created position will lead the commercial growth and pre-construction activities of the specialist joinery division. It represents an excellent opportunity for a commercially driven industry professional to build a high-quality forward order book and help shape the division’s continued development.

The Role

• Identify, develop and secure high-value bespoke joinery and fit-out opportunities
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with clients, consultants, architects and main contractors
• Take ownership of estimating, tender strategy and commercial positioning
• Evaluate opportunities to ensure commercial viability, appropriate risk and margin protection
• Develop a sustainable and profitable forward order book
• Provide informed commercial and technical input during the early stages of projects
• Work closely with production, design and project delivery teams to ensure a coordinated approach
• Support the strategic development and long-term growth of the joinery division
• Establish the commercial foundations required for the successful delivery of complex projects

The Person

• Significant experience within high-end bespoke joinery, specialist fit-out or a closely related market
• A strong network and established relationships within the London super-prime construction sector
• Proven experience of winning and developing high-value project opportunities
• Strong estimating, pre-construction and tendering expertise
• Excellent commercial and financial judgement, with a clear understanding of project risk and margin
• Experience of design and build project environments
• A sound understanding of factory-led joinery manufacturing and its relationship with project delivery
• Credible, engaging and capable of building confidence with sophisticated clients and professional teams
• Commercially ambitious, strategically minded and motivated by the opportunity to help grow a specialist business

For an individual who demonstrates the necessary commercial, operational and leadership capability, the position offers the opportunity to progress into broader responsibility for the joinery division.

This is a discreet appointment offering considerable influence, autonomy and longer-term potential within an established and successful specialist contractor.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Nottinghamshire

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

04-09-2026

Profession type

Technical

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English