Director of Operations

1 month ago


Kent UK, South East England, United Kingdom Red Diamond Executive Headhunters Full time

Duties and responsibilities


  • Overseeing daily operations of the organisation.
  • Implement and communicate the strategy for the plant that motivates employees and connects to divisional strategies.
  • Direct the local Management Team via clear leadership to achieve divisional goals and strategies, ensuring high-quality output, and fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
  • Track key performance indicators. Monitor routinely with active data analysis to target and drive results.
  • Establish an annual budget and a resource plan. Monitor and perform within forecasted plan.
  • Work together with the Division to drive international sales volume growth.
  • Provide overall production leadership, problem solving, and strategic direction during normal production.
  • Drive the engineering department and all related functions.
  • Foster and maintain strong relationships with employees and management.
  • Establish and communicate clear and measurable expectations of performance and provide frequent feedback.
  • This role manages and directs staff management in manufacturing, engineering, quality, supply chain, finance and human resources.


Required traits and characteristics

  • Strong, but kind leadership, Integrity as a cornerstone
  • Solid management skills, strong organizational mindset, and planning capabilities
  • Excellent operational understanding
  • Excellent interpersonal and coaching skills


Educational and experience requirements

  • Business Acumen.
  • Bachelors or master’s degree in engineering.
  • People oriented and results driven.
  • Be a natural leader and demonstrated strong leadership, team building, coaching and the ability to build a culture and motivate people is required.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills are critical.
  • Must be highly motivated and results oriented.
  • Experienced in profit & loss responsibility and an entrepreneurial mindset.


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