Operations Development Executive

4 weeks ago


Wakefield West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Complete Talent Services Full time

We are looking to speak with candidates that have previous Senior Operational/Strategic leaderships experience – min 10/15 years. You must be able to show how you have managed and developed teams successfully and have the overall Technical capability within Manufacturing Engineering within a high Precision Components business.
As part of our succession plan the successful candidate will work closely with the current postholder, who retires later in the year, for a smooth transition into this permanent, full-time position.
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer the successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of Operations including Manufacturing, Assembly, Production Engineering, Metrology, NPI, Procurement, Maintenance, Facilitiesand Stores.
Working in collaboration with the Chief Executive Officer and the Management Team the Head of Operations will help shape and deliver ambitious growth plans by driving performance quality and staff engagement. This is a key leadership role which will be instrumental in supporting a quality excellence culture and driving the on-going transformation to digital technology and state of the art manufacturing excellence programmes.
The successful candidate will possess the skills to lead employees in a complex manufacturing environment of low volume, high variety, precision parts and an electro-mechanical assembly function to create best in class service to the customer base and to develop its future state. The role will develop good manufacturing practices and efficient shop layouts to develop the right first-time culture utilising Continual Improvement practices to support the delivery of the company’s long-term goals.
The combination of high technical standards and manufacturing skills, together with the high welfare standards are key to the development of our offering to the customer base to be the best-in-class supplier for our challenging components and assemblies.
The customer base is across multiple sectors, including Analytical Instruments, Aerospace Defence and Space and Standard Products, all requiring high OTIF and quality.
Leadership and development of the Operations team to support future growth and direction of the business.
Contribution to the creation and implementation of best practice to improve operational performance.
Develop the use of Sales and Operations Planning (SIOP) to manage and match the customer orders and
forecast demand with the manufacturing supply from Components and Assembly.
Delivering improved performance by utilising SQDC Boards and GEMBA walks.
Experience of working in a senior operations leadership role.
Degree in Mechanical Engineering (desirable)
Experience in leading managing, developing and building effective teams and training needs analysis.



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