Operations Director - Multi-Site Manufacturing & Growth

Harper Fox Partners; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Harper Fox Partners has been exclusively engaged to appoint an Operations Director for a global manufacturing organisation with two sites and around 250 employees. The role reports to the Managing Director and drives leadership across Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain & Planning, Strategic Sourcing, and Continuous Improvement to support growth and resilience.

The successful candidate will lead performance improvements in delivery, quality, cost and productivity, build a high-performing

Responsibilities

• Providing strategic and operational leadership across two manufacturing sites and approximately 250 employees
• Leading Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain & Planning, Strategic Sourcing and Continuous Improvement
• Ensuring operational capability and capacity can support significant business growth
• Driving improvements across safety, quality, on-time delivery, productivity, cost and customer performance
• Strengthening material availability, inventory performance, planning and supply-chain resilience
• Improving supplier performance and developing strategic sourcing capability
• Establishing effective operational rhythms, governance and performance management across both sites
• Identifying operational constraints and leading structured improvement programmes
• Building, coaching and developing a high-performing leadership team
• Partnering closely with Quality, Project Management, Finance, Commercial, HR and customer-facing teams
• Leading operational and organisational change while embedding a culture of accountability and continuous improvement
• open to considering experienced interim Operations Directors who can provide immediate leadership during growth

Job description

Harper Fox Partners has been exclusively engaged to appoint an Operations Director for a global manufacturing organisation with two sites and around 250 employees. The role reports to the Managing Director and drives leadership across Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain & Planning, Strategic Sourcing, and Continuous Improvement to support growth and resilience.

The successful candidate will lead performance improvements in delivery, quality, cost and productivity, build a high-performing