Operations Director

Our client, a highly-respected operator in the markets they serve, is seeking an exceptionally strong manager who is used to leading from the front. As Operations Director, you will be required to drive and develop all print production operations, enhance the customer experience, drive efficiency and enable new product opportunities. You will collaborate closely with the business and customers to understand overall market requirements and help translate strategic and product priorities into robust production solutions.

Many of the challenges that you will face will be operationally focused so to be considered for this role you will have at least 10 years working in the printing or packaging industry with the last 3 years at Senior Manager level. You will be used to taking responsibility for driving efficiencies and best practice and ensuring uniformity in all areas. You will work closely with the Managing Director, and will lead the production team daily with a pragmatic determination to complete and finish projects to plan and KPI. The ideal candidate will therefore be a strong, admirable leader with exceptional people management skills, showing a capability of delegating and task prioritisation. Moreover, you will have the strategic vision to be able to contribute to shaping the future of the company as it continues to grow and develop.

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This position has now been filled, but has been left on our website as we have other similar vacancies to this on an ongoing basis that might interest you. More importantly, we have vacancies that are not advertised due to their confidential nature therefore it would certainly be in your interest to email your CV, as a word document, depending on which sector you are in, to :-

Head of Packaging recruitment – Greg Nelson – greg@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head of Print recruitment–Neil Pearson – neil@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head Paper recruitment – Gary Young – gary@harrison-scott.co.uk

Board level, account management and all levels of sales vacancies –

George Thompson – george@harrison-scott.co.uk

Our divisional heads will then email your CV internally to the consultant who specialises in your exact sector, for example a category of packaging is cartons, a category of print is print management, in fact we have over 30 specialist categories. Our specialist consultant will contact you if we have a live vacancy that matches, or contact you in the near future as soon a good match to skill set and experience becomes available.