Operations Manager
Salary is circa £50-£55k, permanent position based in Gillingham, Kent. Benefits include 28 days holiday, Pension, On-site parking, Employee welfare scheme, parental leave. Days role working Monday to Friday.
Our client are a small to medium size business, who offer niche and innovative products to a global engineering market - they are going through a period of sustained growth, which is set to continue and are looking for an experienced Operations Manager / General Manager join them at their Gillingham site. Reporting to the MD, you will be a key member of the leadership team and will help drive forward the company's performance through close management of processes and methods.
Duties and responsibilities:
1. Organising and managing around 60 staff including toolroom, maintenance, quality, production and warehousing, across two sites.
2. Ability to lead engineering, health and safety and quality programs.
3. Actively contributing and implementing ideas that improve process safety and efficiency.
4. Analysis of daily operational data to ensure short and long term KPI's are being met.
5. Managing stock control.
6. Working with sales team to ensure production throughput meets customer demand.
7. Implementing and managing preventative maintenance programs.
8. Responsible for continuous improvement.
9. Responsible for en...