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Operations Manager

Job Description

Main Purpose of Role

To hold responsibility for the operations functions of the business ensuring the organisation runs smoothly and efficiently.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

· Reporting to the Head of Operations.

· Overseeing all operational activities for the organization.

· To work closely with the Manufacturing Planning & Fabrication Production Managers, to deliver the workload, and department objectives. This can include:

o Identifying capacity constraints & proposing solutions

o Resource co-ordination.

o Overtime authorisation

· To work closely with the Commercial & Engineering teams, understand their requirements for operations services, devise a capacity planning tool to accommodate planned & expected demands, highlight potential capacity/resource issues.

· Identifying opportunities to streamline business processes and systems.

· Defining performance management KPI’s to monitor operational success against objectives.

· Establishing a culture of continuous business improvement.

· Implementing lean management procedures to minimize stock holding and free up working capital.

· Researching opportunities for cost savings across the business.

· Staying up to date with technological changes within the industry.

· Minimizing operation expenditure within the business wherever possible.

· Developing leadership and coaching programmes to increase employee effectiveness.

· Compliance with all departmental H&S requirements

· Compliance, where appropriate with management, & environmental, systems, such as ISO 9001 & ISO 14001

· Establish a full programme of documented inspections, audits and checks for shop floor equipment to include Identifying the needs for repairs, renovations, or replacement.

· Any other reasonable duties which may be required by management from time to time.

Key Skills Requirements

· Commercial awareness with an eye for seeing business improvement opportunities.

· Familiar with 5axis machining centres and related processes of manufacture.

· Familiar with welding/fabrication & processes of manufacture.

· Excellent stakeholder management skills and an ability to communicate complex business ideas.

· Previous experience working for a company within the Manufacturing & Fabrication industry or from a similar business.

· Highly motivated with a passion for driving operational business change

Special aptitudes

· Professional approach, coupled with strong interpersonal skills.

· Excellent planning, organisational and time management skills

· Excellent verbal, written communication, and presentation skills

· Ability to make sound business judgements on the spot.

· Awareness of small business needs

· Ability to work on own initiative.

· Ability to work in and adapt to a rapidly changing environment.

· Ability to work co-operatively with others to complete tasks and implement process improvements.

· Determination to improve, grow and contribute to the department’s success.

· A creative thinker not afraid to suggest new ways of doing things.

Disposition

· Flexible and cooperative attitude

· An assertive but calm demeanour

· Self-motivated

· Ability to listen to customer needs and respond accordingly.

Requirements

· Good timekeeping and attendance record

· Willing to be flexible with hours to ensure tasks are completed on time.

· Neat and tidy appearance

· Completer/Finisher

Any JRM employee may be asked on occasion to perform additional or unrelated duties, after appropriate training has been given, if required.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £35,000.00-£55,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Daventry: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Operations management: 4 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Ops Man

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