Operations Director

About AMS

**Who are Advanced Medical Solutions?**

When we say we're a world leading independent developer and manufacturer of innovative and technologically advanced products for the global advanced wound care, wound closure and surgical markets, it's true. But we're much more than that...

AMS is a world-leading independent developer and manufacturer of innovative tissue-healing technology, focused on quality outcomes for patients and value for payers. AMS has a wide range of surgical products including tissue adhesives, sutures, haemostats, internal fixation devices and internal sealants, which it markets under its brands LiquiBand®, RESORBA®, LiquiBandFix8®, LIQUIFIX and Seal-G®. AMS also supplies wound care dressings such as silver alginates, alginates and foams through its ActivHeal® brand as well as under white label. Since 2019, the Group has made five acquisitions: Sealantis, an Israeli developer of innovative internal sealants; Biomatlante, a French developer and manufacturer of surgical biomaterials, Raleigh, a leading UK coater and converter of woundcare and bio-diagnostics materials, AFS Medical, an Austrian specialist surgical business and Connexicon, an Irish tissue adhesives specialist. AMS's products, manufactured in the UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Israel, are sold globally via a network of multinational or regional partners and distributors, as well as via AMS's own direct sales forces in the UK, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Russia. The Group has R&D innovation hubs in the UK, Ireland, Germany, France and Israel. Established in 1991, the Group has more than 800 employees.

AMS provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants. We highly value and encourage diversity across our workforce meaning that no one will be discriminated against because of their gender, race, age, nationality, disability, or any other protected characteristic as prohibited by law.

Job Details
We have an exciting opportunity for an Operations Director to oversee our 5 Woundcare and Sealants manufacturing sites located in Winsford UK, Eccleshall UK, Plymouth, UK, Haifa, Israel and Etten-Leur Netherlands.

Our Woundcare and Sealants business is responsible for supply of high quality Advanced Woundcare and Sealants products with a cost base of £25M+ and outputs of over 10M wound products per annum. This role will have direct responsibility for financial, safety, quality, and service performance for the Winsford site and will lead a team of approximately 150 people including Manufacturing, Engineering, Continuous Improvement and Supply Chain. In addition, this role will oversee the other locations ensuring that their management and their respective teams deliver against targets encompassing Financial, Safety, Quality and Customer Service.

We're looking for someone who have previous experience in managing multiple sites, who can influence and drive change, and has strong experience in embedding a continuous improvement culture and a cost-conscious approach. You'll have a hands-on approach to leadership, with an element of "walking the shop floor" as well as strategic thinking and drive.

Key responsibilities

**What will this role involve?**:

- Represents Wound Care and Adhesives operations on the Operations Senior Leadership team, working closely with the group functions to ensure we develop and execute a strategy which delivers year on year improvement and standardisation.
- Responsible for managing all aspects of the end-to-end production process within the Winsford site, and ensuring performance delivery against targets encompassing Financial, Safety, Quality, Customer Service, Logistics, Planning & Purchasing.
- Responsible for oversight, strategy-setting and acting as point of escalation for significant issues of 5 other locations (Wound Care - Etten-Leur, & Stafford. Adhesives - Plymouth, Haifa and Dublin) ensuring that their management and their respective teams deliver against targets encompassing Financial, Safety, Quality, Customer Service, Logistics, Planning & Purchasing.
- Responsible for promoting and delivering against a culture of continuous improvement leading and driving processes for initiating and executing improvement projects for the Woundcare and Adhesive Operations. Focus on driving improvement to standard costs.
- Reducing waste in all its forms, including, but not limited to, time, material, and energy consumption.
- To develop and manage departmental budgets and product standards, including accountability for performance, reporting and meeting customer service levels.
- Assuring an optimized manufacturing operation that complies with all relevant quality and other regulatory standards. Promoting effective corrective and preventative actions to eliminate gaps.
- Participating effectively in resource planning for the manufacturing sites, including active participation in S&OP processes, new product and process introduction.
- Providing leadership in EHS through regular discussions with safety teams, risk assessments and workplace inspections.
- Building collaborative relationships with principal contacts (especially peer group) and relevant external organisations. Ensuring that the team is committed to high performance, ethical behaviour and good employee relations.
- Development and implementation of the vision and long term strategy for operations at AMS's Advanced Wound Care and Adhesive sites.
- Safeguarding our ISO 13485 certification and delivering right first time quality product.
- Ensuring alignment with the Company Vision and Values within the Operations function.
- Leading and coaching the engineering functions to ensure process reliability while continuously improving processes and delivering cost reduction.
- Ensuring the operations team is supporting the product development process to deliver new product launches.
- Guide, coach and mentor employees in the execution of their roles and supporting them with their personal development.

**What we're looking for?**:

- Proven success in a complex manufacturing environment overseeing multiple sites.
- Experience in leading manufacturing in a regulated industry.
- Expert knowledge of continuous improvement techniques.
- Strong leadership qualities and motivational skills.
- Relevant Degree (or equivalent) or higher education with appropriate experience
- Significant experience of high-level management within a complex operations/manufacturing in a regulated industry environment.
- Experience in deployment of continuous improvement methodologies.
- Excellent teambuilding, decision making and influencing skills.
- Sound experience and understanding of project management best practice.
- Ability to respond flexibly to change.
- Ability to work to tight deadlines.
- Approximately 40% travel expected.

Employment BasisFull Time Location CountryUnited Kingdom Location CityWinsford Applications Close Date13 Oct 2023