Operations Director
Location: Based in Doncaster with National coverage
Salary: Executive Pay + Benefits
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Are you a strategic and inspirational operational leader with the drive to elevate performance across a complex, multi-site business?
We’re seeking an exceptional Operations Director who can shape our operational strategy, optimise plant and asset performance, and lead a high‑performing team through the next stage of our journey. This is a rare opportunity to take full operational ownership across a forward‑thinking organisation where your impact will be immediate, visible, and highly valued.
What you’ll be doing
As our Operations Director, you will:
* Lead and implement the strategic direction for all operational functions, ensuring sustainable and efficient performance.
* Identify opportunities to diversify and optimise plant, machinery, and equipment aligned with long‑term strategic goals.
* Provide credible and influential leadership across the business, taking full P&L ownership and ensuring delivery of business plans and budgets.
* Drive a structured schedule of operational reviews to monitor KPIs, performance metrics, and budget adherence across all business units.
* Establish, manage and monitor CapEx and OpEx budgets for all factories, ensuring full oversight of operational projects.
* Foster a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring best practices and regulatory compliance are consistently applied.
* Maintain strong compliance focus across safety, quality, environment, and energy, and manage relationships with relevant regulatory bodies.
* Enhance asset efficiency to maximise output, performance, and profitability.
* Build, motivate and develop a high‑performing operations team, promoting collaboration, accountability, and excellence.
* Set ambitious but achievable targets for improvements in plant efficiency, without compromising quality or safety.
* Partner with international colleagues and stakeholders to support global operational alignment and cross‑border strategic initiatives.
* Review and optimise existing systems, controls, processes, and maintenance strategies to improve reliability and plant performance.
What you’ll bring
We’re looking for a standout leader who can combine strategic capability with hands‑on operational excellence. You’ll have:
* 5–10 years senior leadership experience within a comparably sized or larger organisation.
* Strong operational and/or engineering experience, ideally supported by a degree‑level qualification or above.
* A proven track record of delivering operational change to improve performance, efficiency and profitability.
* Strong P&L ownership experience with clear evidence of improving performance metrics.
* A charismatic, empowering leadership style that motivates and inspires teams through exceptional communication and stakeholder management.
* The ability to work independently and travel frequently across the UK, with occasional international travel.
* An analytical mindset with the ability to interpret complex data and make informed, commercially sound decisions.
* A results‑driven approach, with a genuine passion for exceeding targets and driving continuous improvement.
Why join us?
* A high‑impact leadership role with genuine strategic influence.
* An organisation committed to innovation, investment, and continuous improvement.
* The chance to shape and modernise operations across multiple sites.
* A collaborative leadership team and a culture where your ideas will be heard, and acted on.
* Significant autonomy to deliver meaningful, measurable change.
If you’re an ambitious, forward‑thinking operations leader ready to take ownership of a pivotal business function, we’d love to hear from you.
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