Operations Director

Euro-projects Recruitment Ltd; Leicester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an Operations Director for a fast-growing food manufacturing business based near Leicester. The ideal candidate will manage sourcing, procurement, and production, while also implementing scale-up manufacturing processes. Candidates should have a strong background in regulated manufacturing and be passionate about optimizing operations in a dynamic environment. This position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity for significant career growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in highly regulated manufacturing (clean room, food, beverage, pharmaceutical).
• Passionate about improving scale-up manufacturing.
• Exposure to GMP, HACCP, BRC or similar regulations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee sourcing, procurement, R&D formulation, production, packaging, and QC.
• Manage CapEx roadmap including automation projects.
• Lead agile scale-up manufacturing processes.

Skills

Operations management

Regulated manufacturing experience

Budget management

Agility in scaling production

Job description

Operations Director

• Operations Director NPD focused food manufacturer & supplements manufacturing.
• Leicestershire based food manufacturing business (but R&D / NPD focused - very fast paced manufacture)
• Fast growth - over 20% year on year. Scale up manufacturing.
• Senior Operations Manager jobs role / Operations Director jobs role
• Salary TBC: £65,000 - £80,000 depending on overlap / ability to scale up manufacturing

This job would suit someone seeking a broad ranging Operations jobs role covering sourcing, procurement, R&D / formulation, production, packaging, labelling QC and fulfilment. As an Operations Manager or Operations Director, you must be interested in an agile scale up manufacturing. You will have autonomy for the CapEx roadmap (including automation projects) to speed up the scaling of manufacture. This is a great Ops job opportunity for someone dynamic and wanting to really grow.

You may have been an operations manager, site manager, Production manager, head of operations or operations director. You will maybe be wanting to move away from "turn the handle" high volume food/ FMCG/bev production and help an innovative fast growth business scale up their manufacturing.

You will be Leicestershire / Warwickshire based (commutable to Leicester / Hinckley region) and ideally have that experience of highly regulated manufacturing (clean room, food, beverage, pharmaceutical, FMCG). Ideally you will have the agility to manage R&D and manufacturing of lower volume, high mix small batch.

Are you seeking Operations Manager jobs, Operations Director jobs or Head of Operations jobs in the Wigston, Hinckley, Leicester, Coventry, Rugby, Nuneaton, Market Harborough, Leicestershire regions?

Your Background / What we need for this Operations Director jobs role

• Within 25 miles approx. of Leicester (Wigston, Hinckley, Leicester, Coventry, Rugby, Nuneaton, Market Harborough)
• A rounded Operations manager / Operations Director who is passionate about working in and improving a scale up manufacturing business; this may be your first Director level position
• You could be someone looking to step up into an Operations Director / Director of Operations jobs role
• You must have experience of highly regulated manufacturing (clean room, food, beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, FMCG). Likely to have some exposure to GMP, HACCP, BRC or similar regs.

This Operations Director jobs role is based near Leicester, commutable from Wigston, Hinckley, Leicester, Coventry, Rugby, Nuneaton, Market Harborough, Leicestershire regions.

To apply please email your CV to Edward Smith.

Please note that ifyou are not contacted within the next ten days then your application, on this occasion, has not been successful. We thank you for taking the time to apply.