Operations Team Manager
Ramsbottom, Bury
Competitive Salary & Benefits
Marshalls plc is the UK’s leading hard landscaping, building and roofing products supplier and has supplied some of the most prestigious landmarks in the UK since the 1890s. We’ve held a Superbrand status since 2010, and we’re a successful FTSE 250! Every step we take and every product we make, is geared towards making the world around us a better place to live.
Manufacturing is the powerhouse of our operation, the very place where we deliver on our promises and create the UK's leading landscaping, building, and roofing products. We're committed to continuous improvement, investing in our people, processes, and state-of-the-art facilities to drive innovation and set new industry standards. We're now seeking a dynamic Operations Team Manager to join our talented team at the Marshalls Landscape Products site in Ramsbottom.
The mission, should you accept it ….
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Operations Team Manager at our site in Ramsbottom.
In this role, you'll be responsible for ensuring that business objectives are cascaded through to our manufacturing teams, engaging the ‘hearts and minds’ of our colleagues to create and sustain a proactive culture in all disciplines across the business!
So what's the role about?
You'll lead the operations team and operational activities defined to your area, some of which include overall safe operation of plant and equipment, safety, quality, waste and OEE targets, and people management. You’ll ensure that process control checks and records are completed to company standards and escalation and management of quality incidents through a non-conformance process, guaranteeing all affected products or material is contained/controlled.
We pride ourselves on Health, Safety and Quality so you will maintain a safe working environment for all by behaving in a way consistent with safe working and proactively challenging colleagues if they are taking unnecessary risks. You’ll support a zero-tolerance approach to breaches in safety standards, ensuring that everything within the assigned department/shift is compliant with policies/procedures and associated site controls.
As a team player and people person, you’ll deliver team briefs/toolbox talks promptly and in the spirit in which they are intended whilst ensuring that any initiatives are embraced and actioned in line with company guidelines.
What are the mission-critical skills?
* Excellent people leadership skills
* Experience in maximising the potential of others including development and performance management
* Excellent IT skills (Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word)
* Knowledge and understanding of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
* Experience in implementing continuous improvement/lean manufacturing techniques eg DMAIC, would be an advantage
* IOSH Managing Safely / NEBOSH General Certificate and other relevant qualifications eg ILM, Lean Six Sigma desirable
So, what's next?
This is a great opportunity to take the next step in progressing your career. New ideas are encouraged and you will be rewarded with the opportunity to learn and grow, achieving your career aspirations. Have a look at our careers website for more information on working for Marshalls.
Benefits include:
* 26 days holiday + bank holidays
* Private health care
* 5% employer matched pension scheme
* Training and development opportunities
* Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption pay and leave
* Employee discount on products
* Marshalls Wellbeing Centre
* EE mobile phone discount
* Cycle to work scheme
* Retailer discounts
* Share purchase scheme
* Life assurance
More about Marshalls
Our operations are organised into three distinct divisions: Landscape Products, Building Products, and Roofing Products. Although divisional, we work as one Marshalls team. To find out more about Marshalls visit our website:
Equal Opportunities
Whoever you are and whatever your background, you’ll find a fair and supportive workplace. You’re unique and we want you to bring every part of who you are to work, every day. We’re committed to ensuring equal opportunities for everyone. To us, this is more than a legal, moral, or ethical necessity – it’s the right thing to do! We want our team to reflect the diverse nature of society and the communities we serve. Marshalls is a workplace where you’re valued for the contribution you make, and where you can grow and develop by being entirely yourself!