Operations Manager Penicuik, Scotland
Job description
COMPANY BACKGROUND
OGI Bio is a University of Edinburgh biotechnology start-up company with a vision of revolutionising current practices in microbial culturing. We offer our customers in the microbiology sector affordable and innovative solutions for automation and analysis of microbial culturing. Our modular and retrofittable automation devices, and our increased analytics solutions are unique in the market. When combined they give our customers a flexible base from which to accelerate their innovation by increasing their R&D capability and throughput.
The company was founded in 2020 and has experienced significant growth since. Our base system has been certified and first customer orders delivered. We are launching an update to this system, including additional measurement and control features in Q2 2023 with another upgrade on track for delivery in Q4 2023. We already have a strong background in developing innovative products; the company were inaugural winners of the IBioIC Biotechnology Company Award in the Scottish Edge Awards and were also one of 40 companies to benefit from the Scottish Government/Scottish Enterprise Unlocking Ambition Accelerator. OGI Bio has recently identified a significant potential market that extends our existing opportunity and is looking to grow rapidly by accelerating development of new modules and products to capitalise on this international opportunity.
OPERATIONS MANAGER
OGI Bio are seeking an experienced Operations Manager to support the growth of our company and to contribute to accelerating the potential of biotechnology R&D by revolutionising the way microbes are grown. This post is full-time and the successful candidate will report to the CEO. The candidate will be responsible for day-to-day operations of the company, manufacturing electro-mechanical products. This role has an extended portfolio with the opportunity to dramatically shape and form the development of OGI Bio as a company and it is envisaged that this role will develop into an Operations Director/COO, Executive level position as the company expands.
We offer a competitive salary package incl. pension, 28 days Annual Leave and company share options on performance milestones. We are strongly committed to equality and diversity of our staff and consider applications on merit and commitment. This is an excellent opportunity to work with a dedicated, dynamic, and rapidly growing team that also believes work is fun and rewarding.
It is preferred but not essential that applicants should be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK.
Apply via https://ogibio.freshteam.com/jobs. There is no formal deadline for applications, we will review all applications as they arrive on a rolling basis.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
- Technical qualification to degree level preferred.
- Supply Chain management experience at a managerial level with budgetary responsibility, including sourcing, price negotiation, materials planning, and management of outsourced production partners.
- Line management experience of multi-disciplinary engineering team designing and manufacturing electronic and electro-mechanical assemblies.
- Project management of technical and/or product development programmes.
- Start-up or SME business environment experience.
- Regulatory experience (ideally from Biotechnology/laboratory hardware).
- Highly IT literate with experience in cloud-based solutions.
PERSONAL PROFILE
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills.
- Takes initiative and responsibility for actions.
- Innovative, proactive and creative problem solver.
- Forward-thinking and able to adjust plans/ priorities accordingly.
- A champion of good governance with an ethical and integrity-driven approach and objectivity.
- Passionate about continuous improvement with a positive approach to constructive criticism.
- Displays genuine respect for alternate views.
· Collaborative with superior communication skills, including active listening.
- Builds strong and effective relationships with internal and external teams, establishing and maintaining a team working culture that produces a high degree of innovation using current best practices.
- Excellent organisational skills and outstanding attention to detail.
- Demonstrates commitment to goals and a sense of urgency in fulfilling ambitious objectives.
- Adapts personal style to context.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Production
· Direct management of the production facility and staff, including recruitment.
· Ensure the development, qualification, authorisation and maintenance of operating procedures for build, test, shipping and other production processes, as required.
· Plan and implement production ramp up as demand increases, against agreed requirements and to required quality standards.
Supply Chain
· Identify, select and qualify external suppliers for subcontract activities, as required to support increasing manufacturing volumes.
· Identify and manage material requirements and stock levels to support development and production and field service activities.
· Maintain parts catalogues, Item Masters and Bills of Material for all assemblies and subassemblies, including a formal change control process.
· Identify and document requirements for a Material Requirement Planning and manufacturing control system.
· Source and implement an appropriate MRP and manufacturing control system, managing specialist external support as required.
Product Development
· Working with the research team, manage the product development engineers to turn the output from the research team into products suitable for manufacture and sale to the timelines required by the business.
· Define and agree a formal handover process between the research and development teams.
· Ensure maintenance of an up-to-date drawing baseline for released drawings and documentation for each revision of finished product.
· Manage product certification activities to support target markets utilising external specialist test houses
Quality
· Establish working practices for operations staff, including change management, reporting methods, handling defective materials, test failures, customer complaints, and corrective actions.
· Maintain Sharepoint storage, or other storage method, of all relevant and pertinent documentation for future access and reference.
· Document a Quality Management System to support and enable ISO9001 certification
Health and Safety
· Day to day responsibility for the Health and Safety obligations of the facility and staff per the company Health and Safety Policy.
Facilities
· Manage and adjust the company premises to meet the changing needs of the business.
· Ensure the required infrastructure, such as IT services and software, is in place to support the business.
· Ensure laboratory, manufacturing and office equipment is operational and fit for purpose, ensuring that renewals, servicing, calibration and other critical actions are completed and documented in a timely manner.
KEY RELATIONSHIPS
- Very close working relationship with CEO, CSO, production team and rest of the team;
- And external advisors, e.g. Chairman.
- Contractors, suppliers and manufacturers of parts
- Shipping agents;
- Park manager and maintenance manager of OGI Bio’s premises.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
