General Manager — Interior Design & Fit-Out

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced General Manager to lead daily operations, strengthen project controls, and guide our teams from client inquiry to successful handover. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring a strong understanding of interior fit-out and the ability to balance client service, quality, schedule, cash flow, and profitability.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations and manage project managers, designers, site supervisors, technicians, and subcontractors
• Oversee projects from inquiry and quotation through design approvals, procurement, execution, handover, and defect follow-up
• Maintain project budgets, schedules, cost forecasts, cash flow, and margin reporting
• Ensure quotations are properly scoped, costed, reviewed, and approved before submission
• Establish clear systems for project planning, purchasing, subcontractor selection, quality checks, client updates, and reporting
• Ensure scope changes are priced and approved in writing before additional work begins
• Monitor invoicing, collections, supplier commitments, and overdue payments; raise risks early
• Build strong client relationships and support a realistic, profitable sales pipeline
• Promote safe work practices and compliance with applicable Bahrain requirements
• Report regularly to the owner on performance, project risks, financial position, staffing, and decisions required

Requirements

• At least 10 years of senior management experience in interior design, fit-out, interiors contracting, or a closely related business
• A proven record of managing multiple projects, teams, subcontractors, budgets, and deadlines
• Evidence of delivering projects to agreed scope, schedule, quality, and financial targets
• Strong practical knowledge of estimating, project costing, procurement, cash flow, contract variations, invoicing, and collections
• Experience improving operational procedures and management reporting
• Strong leadership, client communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills
• High integrity, sound judgment, and the confidence to raise issues promptly
• Working knowledge of relevant local building, safety, and employment requirements
• Valid driving licence

Performance Expectations

• Maintain an accurate, current register of projects, budgets, schedules, risks, and client decisions
• Provide a weekly management report covering project progress, forecast costs and margins, collections, supplier commitments, staffing, and issues requiring owner attention
• Ensure no project starts without an agreed scope, contract, payment terms, and required approvals
• Keep purchasing and subcontracting decisions documented and within approved authority limits
• Escalate likely losses, major delays, safety concerns, overdue receivables, and client disputes promptly
• Improve coordination, quality inspections, project handovers, and defect resolution
• Build accountability across the team and follow through on agreed actions