Operations Director - Manufacturing

£100,000 per annum, plus performance related bonus

Leeds LS10, West Yorkshire

Permanent, Full Time

Profile

Our client a market leader in the hotel furniture industry, working with clients such as Hilton, Marriott, Holiday Inn & Crowne Plaza. With a 60,000 sq ft factory just 10 minutes from Leeds City Centre, they make high specification, bespoke hotel furniture. The company is growing and looking for an individual to join the senior team in order to help optimise the multiple opportunities ahead.

Job Purpose

Reporting into the MD, you will take full responsibility and accountability for leading and managing the 'Heartbeat' of the business (production, design, project management & procurement) to deliver the daily, weekly, and monthly production output plans to the required quality and cost objectives

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Responsibilities but not limited to

• Strategic development of operational processes, which must include short term and long-term strategies
• Adopt Lean Manufacturing disciplines, focusing WIP, waste elimination and continuous improvement.
• Implement measures and objectives across each operation, ensuring there is a KPI structure in place
• Delegate appropriate levels of responsibility and tasks to the teams so that all employees maximize their own contribution to the delivery of the output plan
• Develop the can-do & flexible attitude within the organisation, introducing a culture of right first time and ownership of problems
• Support the development and implementation of operational systems such as 3D design, MRP, and Excel databases
• To integrate the deployment of teams within and across the organisation in a flexible manner and encourage / support training and development initiatives
• Close control, monitoring, and analysis of hours worked. Reduction of downtime and the 7 wastes is key
• Deliver regular communication sessions are run with all employee groups / departments
• Ensure that all processes/activities on site have been risk assessed at a defined frequency and ensure that nonacceptable risks are eliminated
• Monitor the effectiveness of working procedures to ensure they are always sustainable
• Maintain the highest possible standard to portray a professional image level of housekeeping, with attention to health and safety issues, to create a safe working environment for all elements under your control, such as equipment, tools, and vehicles
• Willingly carry out any other reasonable duties deemed appropriate by the company

Essential skills & qualifications

• Significant and demonstrable experience in a manufacturing environment where quality and reliability are pre -requisites and where world standards of efficiency and health and safety are commonplace
• Manufacturing experience should preferably have been developed in a continually changing environment, and include direct responsibility for leading a manufacturing organisation where customers interact at every stage
• Should be able to demonstrate successful implementation of continuous improvement initiatives within a demanding high quality manufacturing environment
• Financial awareness is essential, including a good understanding of P&L, experience of setting and controlling budgets and justifying capital expenditure
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively at all levels
• Likely to be a graduate, probably in an engineering or manufacturing discipline, or certainly of graduate calibre, highly numerate, with the ability to analyse manufacturing data and use it to successfully drive continuous improvement
• Commercially aware
• Strong experience of developing managers/supervision and building effective teams
• A proven leader with appropriate presence to motivate and guide the operation forward within a framework set by the business
• A strategic thinker who will contribute confidently in wider Group discussions and initiatives

If you need a new challenge and have a proven track record of delivering results send your CV across

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