Job Title: Operations Manager
Location: East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire
Duration: Permanent
Salary: Negotiable + car allowance
Our Engineering client based in East Kilbride is looking for an experienced Operations Manager.
The role
- Be responsible for the development of the activity and the results of its site.
- Coordinate activities and resources within the framework of the Group's orientations and in compliance with the safety rules, quality management system, and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in force.
Main missions
1. Manage and organize the site:
- Define with the General Management the strategic orientations and objectives of the site.
- Act as an interface between the site and the company's management.
- Manage the interface with the head office teams and external stakeholders including regulatory and institutional bodies.
- Organize the human, financial, and technical resources of the site.
2. Oversee economic performance and its optimization:
- Manage production, evaluate productivity, and identify the levers of profitability (production capacity, optimization of resources).
- Set the site's orientations and objectives in line with the strategy defined by the company.
- Ensure production and productivity are on time and to the required cost and quality.
- Manage the site's investment projects: drafting specifications, sourcing suppliers, and supervising project implementation.
- Carry out reports to the management.
3. Ensure and improve processes:
- Carry out the approach and animation of continuous improvement.
- Guarantee the application of hygiene, health, and safety rules at work.
- Implement the CSR policy.
4. Manage and develop the skills of the teams:
- Ensure the management of human resources within its scope.
- Promote change management, innovation, and the development of team skills.
- Promote transversality and a QHSE - CSR-oriented work culture.
- Contribute to team cohesion.
- Facilitate communication and professional relations between directorates.
- Bring the company's values to life on a daily basis.
Labour Relations
- Internal relations: all employees at its site, all Group Departments.
- External relations: suppliers, customers.
Responsibilities and Scope for Action
- Manage the site's teams.
- Participate in the definition of the quality assurance system and CSR rules.
- Define and maintain the site's health and safety rules and measures.
- Represent the employer with various external regulators and stakeholders.
Knowledge
Minimum level of training: Engineering degree / Experience in an industrial environment.
General Knowledge:
- Negotiate with internal or external stakeholders at management level.
- Lead, motivate, and mobilize a team of multidisciplinary employees.
- Manage a company P&L.
- Be an effective communicator.
- Support change and skills development.
- Anticipate risks and manage crisis situations.
- Master continuous improvement methodologies and tools.
- Master budget management and control.
- Understand the fundamentals of Employment law.
- Know the strategic challenges of the industry sector.
- Master the production line, products, and manufacturing processes.
- Master the Group's QMS-CSR processes.
- Proficient with computer tools (Internet, e-mail) and office automation (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Familiar with statistical tools and reporting.
This is a full-time position with an internationally recognised company providing a competitive salary, company contribution pension, and company bonus scheme.
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