Site Operations Manager
About Our Client
Autosmart International is a manufacturing success story, leading the field in vehicle cleaning products, we are the No.1 choice of automotive trade customers across the UK. We have doubled in size in the last 10 years, with a strategic plan to grow by 50% in the next 5 years to £55 million.To sustain and underpin our growth, we are investing over £35 million in our new 5-acre site, which includes state of the art machinery and automated production lines, as we understand that our manufacturing and warehousing infrastructure is critical to our future success.
My client are looking for a motivational leader and manager to join their team and become Site Operations Manager, where you will manage, lead and coach their Manufacturing and Warehouse Teams. You will own, develop and drive continuous improvement throughout our new manufacturing and warehouse facility to support the achievement of our commercial business goals and ambitions.
Job Description
The Site Operations Manager will be:
- Operationally responsible for their new, highly automated Production and Warehouse site, and taking it to full working efficiency
- Developing a culture which supports continuous improvement and lean management
- Setting, communicating, and driving the department vision
- Leading from the front, hands on and nurturing a positive and open culture across your team
- Setting and agreeing individual and team SMART objectives
- Carrying out regular one to ones and team reviews
- Inspiring and motivating your team to achieve department performance against agreed key performance indicators, celebrating success
- Capacity planning
- Reporting to the Operations Director and presenting to key stakeholders
- Preparing annual budgets and proposing capital and operational expenditure
- Working collaboratively across our business
The Successful Applicant
The Site Operations Manager will bring:
- A minimum of 5 years' experience of working in an automated manufacturing production environment
- Proven ability to lead, inspire and manage teams
- Experience in successfully coaching and developing operations talent
- An understanding and experience of leading teams through transformational change
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to influence and negotiate
- A strong desire to drive and implement change, with a willingness to challenge the status quo
- A positive mindset and be open to personal development and coaching
- A high level of self-motivation and ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment
- Project management experience
- Knowledge of quality principles, lean manufacturing, and continuous improvement, such as Kaizen, visual management, OEE, SMED, Six Sigma, Waste and DMAIC
- IOSH/NEBOSH certificate
- A thorough understanding of manufacturing and warehousing principles and processes
- Come from a chemical, pharmaceutical, food or beverage background (desirable)
- Degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject (desirable)
- A formal Leadership and Management qualification (desirable)
- Located within an hour of Burntwood, Staffordshire
What's on Offer
What they can offer the Site Operations Manager:
- Competitive salary of up to £80k depending on experience (open to a chat about salary expectations)
- Permanent contract of employment
- A varied and autonomous role with a financially stable market leader
- Companywide training programme to develop key skills
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Non-contributory; private health care and critical illness cover
- Generous contributory pension scheme
- Life insurance at three times salary
- Employee assistance programme
- Staff purchase scheme - take home products for FREE
If you are looking for a hands-on, varied and exciting role, an opportunity to make a difference from day one and keen to develop your own skills in a career within a market leading, rapidly growing business, I'd love to hear from you.