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This exciting Operations Director role will oversee and optimise all aspects of engineering and manufacturing operations, ensuring efficiency, quality, and alignment with strategic objectives. This role is based in Leeds and requires a strong background in manufacturing bespoke joinery products.
Client Details
The organisation is a turn-key manufacturer in based in Leeds. They use raw materials from plastic to timber, creating bespoke products for a variety of customers. They are looking to continue their success with a new Operations Director, focusing on the manufacturing operations side of the business across 2 sites.
Description
The main responsibilities of this Operations Director role will be to ensure the manufacturing operations of the factory, production assembly and warehouse facility run smoothly.
Other day-to-day responsibilities will include:
Leading and developing a team of c.70, split across two sites
Overseeing the smooth running of manufacturing; plastic, metal and wood fabrication, warehousing and assembly
Managing site Health and Safety to ensure legal compliance
Ensuring products are manufactured to a high-quality standard and are delivered on time and in full
Managing relationships and agreements with external partners, vendors and suppliers
Responsibility for the operational budget, capital projects and business development
Profile
As Operations Director this candidate will have a strong engineering background and experience of working in a bespoke joinery manufacturing environment.
They will also have:
- Extensive hands-on experience of managing production, ideally within a sheet plastic or wood joinery environment
- Good communication skills and the ability to work well as part of a team
- An innovative and customer focused approach
- A strong HSE practitioner and lean manufacturing mindset
- Knowledge of ERP or MRP systems would be advantageous
Job Offer
90,000-100,000
Car allowance
Wider benefits package
