General Manager

General Manager - Medical & Life Sciences Automation

Location: Limerick

Overview

Our client, a leading Limerick-based automation solutions provider and part of a global engineering group, is seeking an experienced General Manager to lead its Medical & Life Sciences Business Unit. This is a senior executive role with full strategic and operational responsibility, including complete P&L ownership. The General Manager will lead cross functional teams across Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and Business Support, ensuring safe, compliant, and high quality delivery of engineered automation solutions to a regulated customer base.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute Business Unit strategy, annual operating plans, and long term growth objectives.
• Deliver revenue, margin, cost, and cash flow targets with full P&L accountability.
• Drive operational excellence across engineering, manufacturing, and project delivery, with clear KPI oversight (safety, quality, delivery, productivity, cost).
• Partner with Commercial teams to support business development and act as escalation lead for key customers.
• Build and develop a high performing leadership team and foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, quality, safety, and corporate governance standards.
• Serve as a key member of the senior leadership team with direct oversight of functional leaders.

Candidate Profile Essential

• Degree qualified (Engineering, Business, Operations, or related).
• 10-15+ years' senior leadership experience in manufacturing, automation, or engineered solutions.
• Proven full P&L responsibility.
• Strong financial, strategic, and operational leadership capability.
• Experience leading cross functional teams in a global, matrixed environment.

Desirable

• MBA or Master's degree.
• Experience in regulated industries (medical devices, life sciences, pharma).
• Background in custom automation, capital equipment, or project based manufacturing.
• Experience scaling operations in a growth environment.

The Opportunity

This role offers full executive ownership of a strategically important Business Unit within a growing automation organisation serving global life sciences clients. It represents a significant leadership opportunity within one of Ireland's most dynamic advanced manufacturing environments.