Operations Manager

2 weeks ago


West Midlands, United Kingdom Kaizen Talent Solutions Full time

Are you an Operations Manager/Production Manager with continuous improvement expertise, looking for a challenge in a high-growth business? Our client is a UK designer and manufacturer of products fabricated from sheet steel, supplying a wide range of markets including civil engineering, security, defence and utilities.


Long-established in the Black Country, West Midlands, but acquired by a small but growing group in recent times, it is part of a success story that has seen the business grow extensively in the last few years. Despite year on year sales and profit growth from the Black Country site, it is in a prime position to be developed operationally, incorporating progressive and modern operational and manufacturing methods that will not only increase capacity and profitability, but will also improve the working culture.


Reporting to the MD, leading Design, Materials and Production teams, you will have the autonomy to be able to express creativity without the usual constraints of large corporate organisations (whilst still harnessing the synergies of the other companies in the group) and have freedom to restructure and lead a transformation journey. As the business scales you will lead the people agenda, recruiting and training a growing team.


You will:

  • Having seen what good looks like earlier in your career, as a proven Operations Manager/Production Manager, you will have experience of taking the progressive and modern methods you have learnt and successfully transforming less mature (likely SME) environments to increase capacity and profitability.
  • Have high levels of EQ with a growth mindset.
  • Be motivated and ambitious about driving change with a problem-solving skillset.
  • Be easily adaptable to changes led by business demand, with the ability to positively influence adaptability and change in those around them.
  • Be experienced in heavy manufacturing manufacturing environments such as sheet metal, fabrication, laser cutting or welding.


Are you the one we're looking for? Apply now by clicking the apply button or email me for more information or should you wish to have an informal and confidential discussion before applying.



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