Operations Manager Newton Abbot, England
Job description
The Opportunity:
You will be a confident, outgoing, positive leader of people : able to inspire staff within an Engineering / Manufacturing environment. As an experience Operations Manager or Senior Production Manager , you will be able to ‘command an audience’, and motivate your team to achieve results. Your role will be to take accountability for the operational running of this successful and expanding metal processing / tooling business in South Devon.
Job Responsibilities:
Take full responsibility for the facility and it’s 60 production staff (with the support of 2 Shift Managers): production planning, workforce planning, budgeting, defining and realisation of KPI’s, operational risk management, implementation of new policies and procedures, identifying and closing out any skills gaps within the organisation, ensuring communication between departments, maintaining an environment of continuous improvement.
Continue to make recommendations on Process Improvements and Lean Manufacture Techniques ensuring an environment of continuous improvement.
Lead, motivate, and support a large team within a time-sensitive and demanding environment.
Implementation of career development plans for all direct reports
Manage timely data collection to update operations metrics.
Meet all productivity targets, reduce unit costs, eliminate errors, and deliver excellent customer service.
Preferred Skills:
Minimum 5 years’ experience as an operations or senior production manager within a manufacturing environment
Experience in Lean Manufacturing Techniques such as Six Sigma, Kaizen and Prince 2
You must be a natural leader with proven experience of managing a successful production, manufacturing or engineering line.
Possess a high level of numeracy and literacy with strong verbal and written communication skills Working Hours:
8-4 Monday to Thursday, 2pm finish on a Friday (some of your team do work nights and weekends so there maybe there odd requirement for contact with them).
