Operations Manager
Recruiter: Hays Recruitment
Location: Blackpool
Salary: £40,000 - £55,000
Application date: 25th Aug 2021
Your new company
I’m delighted to be working exclusively with a highly successful, well established and GROWING manufacturing business in Blackpool to recruit an experienced Operations Manager into their team. Following sustained growth over the last few years, the business requires an Ops Manager to help them through the next stages of growth and beyond.
Your new role
As Operations Manager, you will work closely with the senior leadership team to help streamline the business’ current manufacturing operations and identify opportunities to increase productivity, efficiency and capacity. You will have total autonomy to introduce measures and processes as you see fit, in order to deliver tangible results for this manufacturing client. You will monitor systems and staff performance and take action to rectify any issues that may arise. You will proactively seek out new and improved ways of doing things, and strive to improve the current output of the manufacturing process. The Operations Manager is a new position within the structure and will play an integral part of the business’ continued success moving forwards.
What you’ll need to succeed
• Extensive experience in an Operations Management role, gained within a manufacturing setting
• Experience of lean manufacturing, Kaizen, 5S etc
• Strong people management and leadership skills
• You must be commercially astute and able to identify cost savings in a manufacturing environment
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities
What you’ll get in return
• A highly competitive salary up to £55,000 depending on experience
• Afantastic working culture with very low staff turnover
• Free on-site parking
• Progression & development opportunities
• Company pension scheme
• Flexible benefits scheme
• 30 days annual leave inc bank holidays and 2 week Christmas shutdown