Operations Manager

Operations Manager

£65,000 - £70,000 + company pension, private healthcare, life assurance & bonus scheme

Hereford

Are you an experienced Operations Manager or Senior Business Unit Manager with a background in manufacturing / engineering? Does the thought of working for a major, international manufacturer that can offer a highly varied role with excellent employee benefits and convenient working hours appeal to you?

If so, we'd like to hear from you.

We are currently recruiting for an Operations Manager to join an industry leading manufacturer in Hereford. This is a great opportunity for you to maximise individual and plant-wide productivity, quality and technical skills development on site and showcase your managerial skills when managing the day-to-day Safety, Quality, Throughput and Cost for all plant Business Units.

As Operations Manager you will:

• Be accountable for driving the zero harm processes with actions supporting the achievement of risk reduction in line with target.
• Drive zero defects processes in support of plant initiatives, ensuring processes are supported appropriately by Operations and improvement actions are in place, owned and completed on time.
• Establish the ESH & Productivity targets for the business unit per quarter based on sales Budget, ESH and staffing model to set Headcount levels and productivity targets.
• Lead, motivate and engage with Production Managers through effective communication e.g. team briefings, regular interaction on shopfloor, involvement of team in projects and initiatives.
• Identify improvements for internal and external quality, cost and on-time delivery to the customer requirements
• Drive the production team to use process Improvement and Lean Manufacturing Tools such as SPC, FMEAs, 6S and Lean Sigma structured problem-solving techniques to drive improvements.
• Be accountable for ensuring Operation adherence to Preventative Maintenance Plan and will attend weekly Planned Maintenance review meeting

This is an exciting opportunity to put your stamp on a large department for a major, international manufacturer. You will benefit from a very competitive starting salary as well as a host of employee benefits including private healthcare, life assurance x 4 and bonus potential.

For immediate consideration, please forward your CV to us today.