Site Director

VERDER SCIENTIFIC; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Westfield Health Scheme

Hospital Treatment Plan

27 days annual leave

Free onsite lunch

Free Fresh Fruit

Cycle to Work

Free onsite parking

Company Incentive Scheme

Lunch bi-weekly onsite

Job summary

Carbolite Gero Ltd. is seeking a Site Director for our Hope Valley, Peak District facility. You will take full P&L ownership for a 120-employee site with £20 million in yearly revenue and lead a high-tech R&D and manufacturing operation delivering standard and bespoke furnaces.

The role demands a strong engineering background, international business experience, and the ability to drive continuous improvement, with travel between the UK and Germany as required.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering or related field; MBA or Chartered titles are a plus.
• Extensive senior leadership in manufacturing/engineering with P&L responsibility.
• Strong cross-functional leadership across finance, engineering, sales.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-tech R&D and manufacturing site with 120 employees and £20m revenue; own the P&L.
• Identify areas for improvement and implement strategies to boost efficiency.
• Represent the site to global leadership and manage international stakeholder relations; report forecasts and results.
• Foster innovation and develop leadership across the management team.

Skills

P&L ownership

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

International business

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Engineering degree

MBA or Chartered qualification

Job description

• Carbolite Gero Ltd.
• Hope Valley (UK)
• Management

Are you looking for a long-term perspective in a successfully growing, profitable company? Then you've come to the right place!
Carbolite makes a significant contribution to technological progress: We are a leading international manufacturer of innovative and reliable high-temperature furnaces, which are indispensable for production and research facilities as well as quality and analysis laboratories. As part of Verder Scientific, we belong to the German-Dutch technology group Verder, a group of companies with over 2000 employees around the globe. Design and manufacturing take place at our purpose-built facility on the outskirts of Sheffield in the beautiful Peak District National Park.
We have an exciting opportunity to step in as Site Director of our UK site in the beautiful Hope Valley in the Peak District. This role will see you taking full P & L responsibility for our 120 employees and £20 million of revenue. Approximately 70% of the turnover is from worldwide export sales. The product range comprises both standard catalogue product as well as high value bespoke furnaces.
Responsibilities & What To Expect

• Focus: successfully lead a high-tech R&D and manufacturing/assembly site where standard and bespoke Capex furnaces are developed and built in an international group of companies. You own the P&L and take full responsibility of the site with 120 employees and approximately £20 Mio revenue.
• Change ownership: analysis and identification of areas of improvement and implementing strategies to increase operational performance and improve efficiency across all business areas.
• Innovation: you thrive in a high-tech environment and as sparring partner for the leadership team create an environment where the exceptional standard of innovation is not only maintained but elevated.
• Excelling in leadership: role-model inspiring leadership and embody the Verder DNA in your daily interactions on site and the wider business; coaching the managing team to excel in their strengths; embrace enabling progress as guiding principle of why we do what we do.
• Stakeholder interactions: transparent communication and reporting of forecasts, EBIDTA, margins etc. as well as successes and challenges to the C-suite in Germany and Netherlands as well as the German Carbolite site.
• Commercial and business acumen: strategically direct activities in response to fast changing international business and industry environments, regulations and compliance, trade.

Education And Experience

• Education: degree in engineering or similar with additional qualifications such as MBA, Chartered Engineer, Chartered Manager or Chartered Director.
• Work experience: sound experience as manufacturing / mechanical engineer and a successful track record in a senior leadership role in an engineering and/or manufacturing organisation is a requirement.
• Performance and efficiency: strong understanding of relevant performance indicators of a manufacturing business with in-house engineering, sales incl. international business and export trade.
• Continuous development: ability to identify and develop continuous improvement strategies to increase efficiency of operations, including existing engineering and manufacturing processes and project management.
• Leadership skills: an inspiring and strong leader who is able to meet employees across all business levels, and has successfully developed managers into leaders incl. finance, engineering, manufacturing, production, commercial.
• Communication skills: highly developed communication and networking skills to present reports, pipelines and forecasts as well as feedback to relevant stakeholders in HQ and the German Carbolite site.
• Additional requirements: present in Hope, travel internationally between UK and Germany and further afield as needed by the business.

What We Offer

• 37.50 Hours per week, (early finish on a Friday).
• Company Incentive Scheme.
• Generous salary sacrifice pension plan with 7.5% Employer contributions and with 8 x salary death in service policy.
• 27 days annual leave - plus statutory days.
• Westfield Health Scheme membership and Hospital Treatment Plan.
• Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme - enjoy the stunning beauty of the surrounding area.
• Sports & Social events.
• Free onsite parking.
• Access to employee assistance programme to help with life’s challenges.
• A Free Lunch bi-weekly onsite.
• Free Fresh Fruit.

Carbolite Gero Ltd. - Parsons Lane - Hope - Derbyshire - S33 6RB
Web: www.carbolite-gero.com