Manufacturing Director: Transformation & Operational Excellence

Permanent Futures Limited; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 99,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Permanent Futures Limited is seeking a Manufacturing Director in South Wales to lead a major transformation and drive operational excellence across a fast-paced automated site. You will shape long-term strategy, guide engineering and reliability, and build a high-performing leadership team while delivering improvements in safety, quality, delivery and cost.

This is a high-visibility role requiring a change agent who can secure buy-in from senior stakeholders and translate vision into measurable

Qualifications

• Senior manufacturing leader with a proven track record of transforming operations.
• Experience delivering significant change and sustained improvements at pace.
• Strong leadership across Operations and Engineering with a focus on people development.

Responsibilities

• Develop long-term manufacturing and operational strategy.
• Lead major transformation programmes and embed continuous improvement.
• Provide inspirational leadership and build a high-performing senior leadership team.
• Drive improvements across Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, OEE and Productivity.
• Provide strategic direction across Engineering, reliability, CAPEX, automation and future capability.
• Build accountability, engagement and ownership throughout the operation.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to ensure strategy supports growth.

Skills

Transformational leadership

Operational Excellence

Continuous Improvement

Strategic planning

Executive stakeholder engagement

People development

Job description

Permanent Futures Limited is seeking a Manufacturing Director in South Wales to lead a major transformation and drive operational excellence across a fast-paced automated site. You will shape long-term strategy, guide engineering and reliability, and build a high-performing leadership team while delivering improvements in safety, quality, delivery and cost.

This is a high-visibility role requiring a change agent who can secure buy-in from senior stakeholders and translate vision into measurable