Group Business Manager – Prime Trading Group
Reports to: Group CEO
Contract: Permanent, Full‑time
Location: Glasgow (with occasional travel to St Albans and Warrington)
Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum
Benefits: Car allowance, annual performance‑related bonus (30%), pension (8% rising to 10%), health cover, life assurance, flexible working subject to business needs following completion of probation.
Company Overview
Prime Trading Group is an ambitious, entrepreneurial group of businesses comprising:
Prime Secure Systems Ltd – security system and guarding services
Trust Hire Solutions Ltd – solar powered CCTV systems
Prime Workforce Solutions Ltd – recruitment services
Catapult Marketing Solutions Ltd – marketing services
V360 Systems Ltd – technology research and development and build services
We are growing quickly and aim to achieve a turnover of £50 m per annum by 2030.
Role Purpose
Drive the effectiveness of the executive team by overseeing the project management and reporting of key initiatives and activities, ensuring accountability for delivering against objectives. Liaise with the Group CEO to connect the dots across business activities, ensuring prompt communication of critical performance information.
Core Values
Integrity
Customer Excellence
Plain‑Speaking
Agility
Courage & Conviction
Key Accountabilities
Leadership Team Effectiveness
Ensure actions from the Group CEO’s engagement with the Senior Leadership Team are proactively managed, coordinated and delivered within agreed timescales.
Ensure alignment on the strategic priorities.
Project Management
Project management of team‑specific initiatives, holding action owners accountable for delivery against agreed objectives.
Oversee and track progress in relation to the delivery of priorities.
Ensure regular meetings take place on key priorities and any associated reporting is kept up to date.
Be the eyes and ears for the Group CEO by connecting dots with activities across the various businesses within the Group.
Internal Communications and Administrative Support
Attend and provide administrative support for regular Board and senior leadership meetings, including assigning, tracking and following up on key actions.
Coordinate communications across teams including internal communications to the organisation.
Communicate highly complex and sensitive information across the Group.
Requirements
Knowledge and Experience
Strong commercial acumen: Advanced knowledge of financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting with the ability to interpret complex financial data and provide actionable insights from P&L statements, as well as being very comfortable with tracking and managing financial performance.
Extensive experience in executive support: Proven track record in providing high‑level administrative and strategic support to senior executives or leadership teams, demonstrating an ability to manage complex schedules, coordinate critical initiatives and handle sensitive information with discretion.
Strong project management skills: Demonstrate expertise in managing and delivering on multiple, concurrent projects, with the gravitas to influence and hold stakeholders accountable, track progress against objectives and ensure timely completion of key priorities.
Excellent communication skills: Superior verbal and written communication skills, with experience in crafting and conveying complex and sensitive information clearly to both internal and external stakeholders.
Strategic thinking and alignment: Proven ability to align strategic and performance‑based priorities within executive teams, demonstrating strong analytical and problem‑solving skills to support business objectives effectively.
Organisational and coordination expertise: Exceptional organisational skills with experience in coordinating internal communications, facilitating meetings, and maintaining comprehensive tracking systems to manage multiple priorities efficiently.
Proficiency in administrative tools: Advanced proficiency with administrative and project management tools (e.g., Microsoft Office Suite, project management software) and a solid understanding of business operations and best practices.
Confidentiality and integrity: A strong track record of handling confidential and sensitive information with the highest level of integrity and professionalism.
Your Performance Mindset
Striving for excellence in all you do
Being adaptable and flexible
Liaising with colleagues to ensure controls and processes are maintained.
Being business‑minded and commercially aware
Making astute decisions
Courage of your convictions to do the right thing.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Prime Trading Group (UK) is committed to promoting equal opportunities for all; irrespective of colour, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origins, gender, marital/civil partnership status, sexuality, disability or age.
Benefits
Additional leave
Company pension
Cycle to work scheme
Employee discount
Enhanced maternity leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Free or subsidised travel
Health & wellbeing programme
Life insurance
On‑site gym
Paid volunteer time
Profit sharing
Referral programme
Sick pay
Work from home
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