Lead, grow and shape an established Australian and New Zealand manufacturing group

Gold Coast based | $180,000 to $200,000 plus superannuation | Performance incentive | Potential long-term equity pathway

This is a rare prospect to take the operational lead of a profitable, founder-led business group entering its next significant stage of growth.

The group comprises Nook Australia, Flexicube New Zealand and Rover Off Grid across Australia and New Zealand. We design, manufacture and deliver innovative prefabricated homes, modular buildings and off-grid accommodation solutions.

Over the past five years, the founders have built the group to approximately $8 million in annual revenue, established operations across Australia and New Zealand, developed a strong forward order book and created brands with considerable further growth potential.

The next stage requires an experienced General Manager who can take ownership of the whole business, continue its current growth trajectory and build the leadership, systems and capability required for sustainable scale.

This is not a turnaround role. It is an opportunity to step into a strong and profitable business, work closely with committed owners and progressively assume responsibility for leading the group.

Group General Manager

As Group General Manager, you will be accountable for the performance of the business across Australia and New Zealand.

Your mandate will be to:

- Continue the group’s growth trajectory, with an initial objective of growing annual revenue from approximately $8 million toward $10 million.
- Maintain or improve profitability while ensuring growth does not compromise quality, delivery performance,



customer experience or organisational culture.
- Take ownership of the group’s financial, operational, commercial and people performance.
- Build a capable management structure that reduces reliance on the founders.
- Strengthen production planning, delivery reliability, capacity management and accountability.
- Develop larger commercial, institutional and government relationships and contract opportunities.
- Protect and strengthen the reputation of each group brand.
- Build a workplace where strong people want to work, expectations are clear and high performance is recognised and supported.
- Address persistent underperformance fairly and promptly so that strong performers are not frustrated or held back by tolerated poor performance.
- Establish the systems, reporting and management disciplines required to support the next stage of growth.

The founders intend to transition away from daily operational involvement and focus on strategy, governance and major business decisions. Authority will increase progressively as the successful candidate demonstrates sound judgement, commercial discipline and the ability to deliver results.

This role offers the opportunity to materially shape the future of the group,



not simply inherit and maintain an established corporate structure.

What success looks like

During the first 12 months, the successful candidate will be expected to:

- Develop and implement the group’s comprehensive operating budget, forecast and management reporting framework.
- Establish a clear operating plan supporting current approximate 25% revenue growth.
- Maintain or improve the agreed normalised EBITDA margin after accounting for the employment costs of the General Manager and permanent Operations Manager.
- Improve production visibility, scheduling, quality control and delivery performance.
- Recruit and establish a permanent Operations Manager capable of overseeing the complete operational pathway.
- Foster a high-performance organisational culture with clear standards, meaningful accountability and strong employee retention.
- Reduce routine owner involvement to an agreed governance and strategic oversight role.
- Establish a credible strategy and qualified pipeline for government and major-contract opportunities.
- Demonstrate that the group can operate effectively without the founders’ daily presence.

About you

You will be a proven whole-of-business leader who has already carried meaningful responsibility for financial and operational performance.

Ideally, you will bring:

- Demonstrated General Manager, COO, Managing Director or equivalent experience.
- Genuine P&L;, budgeting, forecasting and cash-flow accountability.
- Experience leading an owner-led or privately held business through growth and professionalisation.
- Strong manufacturing, construction,

📌 Group General Manager (City of Gold Coast)
🏢 Nook Tiny Homes Australia
📍 City of Gold Coast