Senior Manufacturing Operations Manager
Geomiq is the UK’s leading Digital Manufacturing Marketplace, offering an AI-powered B2B MaaS (Manufacturing as a Service) solution that connects buyers and suppliers to drive efficiency and innovation.
About the Role
Geomiq’s Senior Manufacturing Operations Manager will own the operational engine that converts customer demand into delivered revenue—cleanly, profitably, and predictably. You will ensure manufacturing orders flow seamlessly from quote to dispatch, build and enforce preventive systems, oversee supplier and partner contracts, track key metrics, and lead a culture of accountability across all hubs.
Your Mission
* Drive Throughput & Revenue: Ensure manufacturing orders flow seamlessly from quote to dispatch.
* Engineer Prevention: Build and enforce preventive systems to catch issues before they hit customers.
* Control Contracts & Performance: Oversee supplier and manufacturing partner contracts, ensuring compliance with commercial, delivery, and quality standards.
* Measure What Matters: Track on‑time delivery, NCR rate, and yield—and continuously improve those metrics.
* Lead With Discipline: Create a culture of accountability across every hub.
* Collaborate Across Teams: Work hand‑in‑hand with Sales, Quality, and Product to align capacity, systems, and commercial priorities.
* Report With Clarity: Deliver operational performance reports that leadership can trust – transparent, data‑backed, actionable.
Your Profile
* Experienced and Battle‑Tested: 7–15 years in manufacturing operations, production or supply chain, ideally within CNC machining, injection moulding, or contract manufacturing.
* Preventative by Nature: You don’t firefight — you build systems that make firefighting unnecessary.
* Commercially Grounded: Understanding how operational precision drives margin, retention, and growth.
* Militant About Standards: Enforce quality and process with calm intensity.
* Data‑Literate and System‑Savvy: Proficient with CRM, ERP, dashboards; use metrics to drive action.
* Operationally Bilingual: Speak the language of engineers, suppliers and executives, aligning all stakeholders.
* Cross‑Functional Communicator: Align Sales, Quality and Operations on common goals.
* Outcome‑Focused: Proven track record owning throughput, delivery and margin performance, managing contracts and supplier SLAs.
* Experienced in Preventative Quality Systems: Knowledge of RCA, CAPA, ISO 9001 and building processes that stop repeat issues.
* Distributed Supplier Management: Comfortable managing suppliers or teams across multiple regions (UK, China, India, EU preferred).
* Seen Failure and Fixed It: Understand how to transform operational pain points into system‑level prevention.
Why This Role Matters
Every pound of growth runs through operations. This leadership position drives the systems, teams and habits that turn manufacturing complexity into consistent performance and ensures the business scales without compromising quality or margins.
Benefits
* Competitive salary reflecting skills and value.
* Stocked kitchen with snacks, fresh fruit and drinks.
* 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
* Birthday Off – an extra day to celebrate your birthday.
* Christmas shutdown – company‑wide time off.
* Pet‑friendly office – bring your dog.
* Team events – monthly team‑building activities.
* Career growth – focus on internal promotion and development.
* Cycle to Work scheme – save on commuting and reduce emissions.
* Expanding perks – more benefits as the company grows.
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