Vacancy Description
Location: Cockermouth
Salary: £500 per day (outside IR35)
Hours: Monday-Friday (35 hours per week)
Are you an experienced Operations Manager looking for an exciting opportunity in the Lake District?
Would you like to work for a global manufacturing organisation?
Then this may be a great opportunity for you!
Our client, a global manufacturing organisation, is looking to appoint an Interim Operations Manager to join their team in Cockermouth. Reporting to the Director, you will have responsibility of managing operations involving materials preparation, extrusion, toolmaking, compounding, moulding, finishing and inspection processes.
Responsibilities:
- Working closely with planning, purchasing, customer services and engineering to deliver high service levels to internal and external customers
- Manage all manufacturing operations on site- materials preparation, extrusion, toolmaking, compounding, moulding, finishing and inspection processes
- Improve Health and Safety performance of the business
- Set, measure and report KPI's focusing on cost, delivery, quality and service
- Develop a strong, customer-oriented culture that emphasizes the importance of getting things right the first time, fostering a 'can do' attitude across the manufacturing teams.
- Offer robust and captivating leadership, acknowledge achievements, oversee the number of staff, enhance the abilities of managers and supervisors, guarantee that every worker gets suitable training for their positions, and manage poor performance
- Reduce costs, streamline operations, implement automation and best practices, and adopt a culture of continuous improvement in manufacturing
The person:
- Excellent communication, numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong knowledge and application of material processing/manufacturing techniques
- Implement and measure KPI's
- Understanding and knowledge of Lean/Continuous improvements
- Excellent organisational and planning skills
- Working knowledge of materials compounding, extrusion process, compression and injection moulding techniques
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