Location
Farnborough, Hampshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Role: Operations Director
Location: Farnborough
Salary: GBP80,000 – GBP90,000 + Car Allowance + Healthcare
Are you an Operations or General Manager looking for a new challenge? Do you have proven experience of driving site wide continuous improvement initiatives within a manufacturing environment? If this sounds like you and you have proven leadership skills then read on, this could be the perfect role for you
The responsibilities of the Operations Director are as follows: - Managing employee performance, training staff, and developing new hires as needed, recruitment and retention of staff
- Responsibility for day to day operations, output and planning activities within the cells
- Capacity management
- Developing and implementing plans to take the cells to World Class status including: reduction in lead time, reduction in inventory holding, utilisation of continuous improvement techniques, aggressive lean implementation, preparing and justifying capital expenditure
- Maintaining inventory controls and ordering supplies needed to operate the plant
- Building and leading the teams to achieve the above including communication, training, recruitment and performance management
- Management of department cost centre budgets, expenditure, variances and capital budget/assets.
- Champion lean processes across Operations
- Assisting in the introduction of new products from Engineering into Production
- Coordinating with other departments on site such as Human Resources and Finance to ensure that all aspects of plant operations run smoothly
The successful Operations Director will have the following skills/experience: - Previous proven experience in the same or similar role
- Self–motivated, creative, and highly organized, with proven ability to meet deadlines, prioritize workload, and manage time effectively in a high–pressure environment.
- Highly skilled in terms of teamwork, effective communication oral and written and interacting with people at all levels and sectors of the organization.
- Ability to show previous experience of lean implementation
- Degree qualified or equivalent in an engineering discipline is desirable
To Apply Please apply online or contact Dan Smith on (phone number removed) (url removed).
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Salary
£80k - £90k per annum
