Production Director

Our Client is a long established and well respected printer based in the North West who offer full in-house studio, print and finishing facilities.

Through expansion and subsequent re-structuring our Client wishes to appoint an experienced Print Operations / Production Director.

The successful Candidate will be responsible for overseeing the day to day operational requirements.

CANDIDATES FROM ANY SECTOR OF PRINT OR PACKAGING WILL BE CONSIDERED.

Ideal Candidate Profile:-

First Class Communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships.

Objectives of role

The aim of the role will be to:-

Improve all-round professional standards and team performance.

Develop individuals within teams

Lead and promote innovative change and modern methodologies within the manufacturing area.

Continue to enhance quality and delivery
performance to stringent customer requirements and lead times.

Identify, promote and deliver cost reductions

Promote health and safety throughout the workspace

The successful candidate will have:-

Substantial and successful experience in managing people and processes to high quality standards in time constrained activities whilst also reducing costs.

A hands-on approach to delivery of objectives.

Demonstrable success in creating and implementing change programmes with “hard” positive impacts on customer service, quality and cost.

Proven organisational and project management skills.

You will be responsible for:-

• People management including appraisals, training and development.

•Scheduling work and developing KPI’s to monitor performance

•Setting and ensuring quality standards are adhered to

•Generating a continuous improvement culture and implementing lean manufacturing principals

•Working closely with the senior management team in setting and achieving budgets and targets.

Key attributes include:-

•Excellent people management experience
•Previous experience of senior level operational management.
•Demonstrable experience of driving continuous improvement through lean manufacturing priciples
•Strong commercial acumen
•Outstanding organisational capabilities

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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.