Job Title: Operations Director

Salary: £Highly Competitive Executive Package

Location: London

Reference: J3003

Contact: George Thompson

Telephone: 0141 647 6688

Categories: Print, Commercial Print, London, Director Level


Our Client is a leading and award-winning London printing company who are looking to appoint a highly experienced Operations Director

This is a rarely available opportunity for a target-driven high calibre Operations Director to join the Board and an opportunity to be part of a senior management team developing and implementing the future strategy for this successful business.

They are looking for a strategic thinker who will formulate and implement manufacturing programmes that improve their competitive position and profitability, and who will make a valuable contribution to wider board discussions.

You will manage and coordinate typesetting, print production and mailing operations from within a state of the art factory in London, adopting best practices and initiating processes and new technologies which minimise costs through effective utilisation of manpower, equipment, facilities and materials.

A strong commercial acumen and financial understanding will be essential.

As Operations Director, your role will be to maintain the highest level of customer satisfaction while maximising efficiency.

Managing a large team of manufacturing staff will be a key part of this role, and therefore they are looking for someone who can command authority and gain respect from colleagues.

Candidates must come from, and show, a real passion for the industry, and be able to impress with their knowledge of relevant technologies.

Successful candidates will be highly ambitious, exhibit a confident ability to manage change, and have a hunger to play a broad part in our Client’s long-term success.

An excellent rewards package commensurate with contribution, including equity for the exceptional candidate.

Core competencies:

• Leadership
• Performance management
• Project management
• Problem solving/analysis
• Good communication
• Technical expertise
• Lean manufacturing
• Commercial acumen

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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.

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