Operations Director

Reporting to the General Manager, this role will provide cover to the GM, manage the operational elements of the business including manufacturing, service delivery, site facilities and Health & Safety. The role will also take responsibility for P & L management of the site, managing the Equipment supplier contracts/maintenance agreements and ensuring continual improvement and manufacturing efficiencies are achieved.

The person we seek will be an exceptionally strong manager who is used to leading from the front. The following is an extract from a highly detailed job description:-

• Ensure a machine maintenance programme is in place and that any downtime is captured and logged
• Ensure Safe systems of work are in place and updated as necessary meeting any legislative requirements
• Ensure processes in place for manufacturing and that staff are trained and compliant with these
• Ensure good housekeeping of the factory, equipment to be kept clean and in good working order
• To conduct regular reviews with equipment providers ensuring that issues with equipment are recorded and corrective actions agreed and put in place with the providers
• To maintain copies of all supplier agreements and ensure that suppliers are meeting the terms set out in those agreements
• To review all equipment contracts to look for cost saving opportunities or enhancements
• To manage any kit refreshes ensuring we remain leading edge in our equipment portfolio – you will be expected to provide reports/recommendations to the business on options along with commercials and proposed maintenance agreements.

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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.