Operations manager

Job Description

The Organisation

Based in the North East Birmingham region, this specialist UK manufacturer and distributor of precision consumable cutting tools is part of a US owned engineering design and manufacturing business with multiple companies operating across the USA and Europe.


The UK operation has a cutting-edge production facility with top-of-the-line machinery and inspection systems, manufacturing products including solid carbide tools, tool bodies etc, as well as modification and regrind services to meet bespoke client requirements. They are renowned for their outstanding customer service and very swift response times for clients, predominantly UK OEMs in aerospace, automotive and specialist manufacturing sectors.


Position summary/role overview:

The Operations Manager is accountable for the deployment of plant production resources in a manner that best optimizes human and physical resources effectively and efficiently to meet business goals and objectives. The role reports to the Managing Director with a dotted line to Group Head of Operations (Europe).


The role has direct production management responsibility and an important improvements element (through cross functional team management) in the delivery of key programmes such as special tool production, product cost reductions, productivity improvement and overhead management.