About the Role
This is a senior leadership opportunity for a commercially driven Managing Director / Sales & Marketing Director to lead a UK-based, engineering-led manufacturing organisation through its next period of transformational growth. With recent private equity investment secured, the business is entering a new strategic phase, requiring a leader who can sharpen its market position, elevate commercial capability, and drive the development of a stronger, more scalable operational structure. The role combines strategic oversight with hands-on leadership, making it ideal for someone comfortable operating at both board level and within the day-to-day realities of an SME.
The successful candidate will take responsibility for defining and implementing a compelling commercial growth strategy, strengthening the go-to-market approach, and expanding the company’s reach into new sectors. You will work closely with investors and the board to deliver a value creation plan, enhance governance, ensure operational alignment, and build a high-performing leadership team. This role offers substantial influence over the future direction of the company and its ability to realise its growth potential.
Requirements
Proven leadership experience in a private equity–backed or investor-led environment, with an understanding of value creation, governance and commercial performance metrics.
Background in contract electronics manufacturing, engineering-led production, or a related technical manufacturing domain.
Strong commercial orientation, with experience building sales and marketing capability, winning new customers, and driving sector diversification.
A hands-on, change-oriented leadership style with the ability to build teams, embed culture, and align operations behind a clear growth agenda.
About the Company
The organisation is a long-established UK manufacturer specialising in high-quality electronics and electromechanical assemblies. With more than 35 years of industry experience, the company has built a reputation for quality, engineering rigour and flexible, customer-focused delivery across a wide range of technically demanding markets. Its capabilities span PCB assembly, box-build, cable and harness assemblies, prototyping, testing, and a suite of value-added engineering services.
The company supports customers across multiple industries including industrial automation, automotive, energy, transportation and other regulated or performance-critical sectors. Known for its ability to handle complex, low-to-medium volume work, the business differentiates itself through its engineering expertise, responsiveness, and high service standards. This positions it well within a market increasingly driven by near-shoring, supply-chain resilience and demand for more agile, specialist manufacturing partners.
Following a significant multi-million-pound private equity investment, the business is poised for a step-change in growth. The investment underpins a strategy focused on sector diversification, enhanced commercial capability, operational scalability and development of the leadership team. With strong foundations already in place, this is a pivotal moment to join the organisation and play a central role in shaping its next chapter of expansion and value creation.