Operations Manager

Salary dependent on experience

Oldham/Manchester

Full time

The Company

A fabricator and manufacturer of fire sprinkler pipework, specialising in cutting, grooving and powder coating. Trading under current ownership for 3 years and operating from a site based in Oldham/Manchester, our 27,000 sq ft facility produces over 3,000 tonnes of raw material turned into client specification with an unrivalled lead time in the market..
With turnover in the region of £8 million versus historic turnover in the last few years of approximately £5million the company has seen substantial growth. At time of advertising a new £1.5 million contract has been secured into a new Mainland European Market and the business is on a short term trajectory to exceed £10 million turnover. In addition to this, we have recently secured an Equity Partner (Shawston – the UK leading supplier to the Commercial Fire Sprinkler Marketing).

The Candidate

An experienced, qualified Operations Manager with commercial experience. A manager who can lead a team and genuinely inspire a team to continuously improve their performance. An individual that has a personality and can energise business situations and environments. A self-starting business leader that can cope with targets and pressure to deliver.

Ideally you will possess a background from within engineering and have affinity with the product. This role would suit an individual who is looking to grow and develop with a forward-thinking company and who is ready for the next step in their career to manage and direct a team of production and transport personnel. You will be expected to engage in the day to day managing of the production plant and motivate and drive the team to succeed.

Key responsibilities but not limited to: -

·Oversee production and stock checks, capacity planning and lean production background biased, target planning.

·Environment and waste management

·Ensure health and safety practices/procedures/audits are being carried out

·Ensure forklift and machinery inspections are being carried out daily

·Conduct staff 1-2-1’s and training as required

·HR Management

·Constantly look to make cost savings on overheads/production costs

·Tool box talks

·Record holidays for staff and coordinate branch attendance

·Keeping records of staff sickness and lateness

·Arrange customer deliveries

·Implement new procedures

The ideal candidate will:

·Be able to evidence relevant experience

·Previous experience within an engineering role

·Demonstrate good leadership skills

·Have good time management skills

·Be able to work under their own initiative

·Have excellent communication skills

·Be proactive with a desire to succeed

·Be well organised and show keen attention to detail

Remuneration

·We have a strict remuneration philosophy. To pay market salaries for the job being done.

·We are looking to recruit a candidate that can demonstrate they are the perfect fit for the company culture.

·Basic salary will be in-line with the experience of the candidate and benchmarked salary levels. There is an opportunity to be part of a substantial performance bonus.

·Holiday entitlement of 25 days running January to December.

·Pension contributions in-line with the company policy as per People’s Pension scheme.

Please do not apply for this role if you do not have the relevant experience.

Please no Recruitment Agencies

OPERATIONS MANAGER (ESTATE AGENCY) – NORTH & NORTH WEST – PROPERTY SALES & LETTINGS – £40,000 BASIC SALARY, (£50,000 OTE) + CAR ALLOWANCE AND BENEFITS

Operations Manager required for our client who are a well-established and award-winning nationwide property sales and lettings company.

Due to their continued success and growth, they now require Operations Manager to be homebased.

If you are an experienced in Property Sales and Lettings then this could be the role for you.

MAIN DUTIES

As an Operations Manager your role will be to develop a relationship with our clients Franchisees and Key Staff Members to assist them in developing their business turnover and profitability. To do this by way of coaching/mentoring/training and share best practice across the network.

•Increasing turnover within individual offices and for the company
•You will mentor new offices including regular visits and calls
•Visit existing offices to offer support / advice on all aspects of sales and lettings.
•Conduct in house and classroom training where required
•Prepare detailed reports on offices visited and scheduled calls made
•Attend network meetings
•Monitor specific projects
•Assist with complaints within franchise support
•To develop MAB relationships throughout the region
•Deal with Franchise support telephone calls
•Possess legal knowledge within lettings business
•Update on sales and lettings regulations
•Diary management
•Attend regular update meeting with company Director
•To manage relationships with key suppliers
•You will be homes based and covering the North and North West

THE CANDIDATE

•The successful candidate MUST have similar experience
•Experience of property sales and letting is essential
•Experience of managing a branch or branch network
•Have a full driving licence and own car is essential
•You will need to be self-motivated, be able to work autonomously managing your own time effectively
•You need to be a team player, who enjoys working with others across different organisations.
•You will have excellent organisational, written and verbal skills with the ability to remain calm under pressure
•You will have negotiating skills with the confidence to challenge when necessary.
•You need good knowledge of Microsoft packages
•Able to cover the North and North West of England

THE PACKAGE

•£40,000 Basic Salary
•£50,000 OTE
•£400pm Car allowance
•Workplace pension
•Award winning business
•Excellent career opportunity and training for the right candidate.

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OPERATIONS MANAGER (ESTATE AGENCY) – NORTH & NORTH WEST – PROPERTY SALES & LETTINGS – £40,000 BASIC SALARY, £50,000 OTE + CAR ALLOWANCE AND BENEFITS

Job Title: Operations Manager

About the role:

A manufacturing and distribution business which is part of a Global Group is recruiting for an experienced and highly skilled Operations Manager with Lean experience to join their team. The Operations Manager will have responsibility for the day-to-day management and continual improvement of all operational activities on Site including manufacturing, supply chain, quality, HSE & customer service.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Plan, organize, direct and run optimum day-to-day operations to exceed customers’ expectations, maximize productivity and eliminate waste.
• Maintain a safe working, and 5S compliant, environment for themselves and others within the scope of HSE regulations and the Company’s Health & Safety Policy
• Manage, mentor and coach direct reports, setting objectives, carrying out PDR’s & regular 1:1 meetings.
• Be the escalation point for all on site operational issues.
• Development, monitoring and reporting of KPI’s against targets (on time delivery performance, arrears, sales volume, waste, productivity) and identification of corrective actions as required.
• Promote the company philosophy of Lean within the business.
• Organize and lead regular team meetings, updates and briefings & become a valued member of the Site leadership team attending and presenting at monthly Site reviews.
• To work closely with none-operational areas of the business including sales, engineering and finance.
• Liaising with UK & Overseas suppliers alongside Purchasing when required to ensure purchase orders are manufactured and shipped within agreed lead times.
• Be directly involved, alongside Quality and Production with process control, and all other aspects of quality assurance within the business unit and work closely with the QHSE Engineer to ensure that product quality is achieving zero defect status.
• Provide input into the Site budget process in terms of capex, labour/opex costs & operational metrics.
• Provide cover as and when required for all members of the UK Operations Team.
• Ad-hoc tasks and projects as directed by the Global Operations Manager.

About the candidate:

• Must have previous experience in a similar role with staff management responsibilities.
• Knowledge of ERP systems (preferably SAP) & a good level of computer literacy with strong Excel skills.
• Lean experience/6 sigma qualified (Green belt minimum).
• Friendly team player with a hands-on and pro-active attitude.
• Extremely Customer focused with good commercial and financial awareness.
• Good communicator with the ability to form and maintain good relationships internally and externally.
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation and decision-making skills.

About the Company:

The Company is located in Eccles and is a successful & well-established manufacturing and distribution business supplying hydraulic hose assemblies and related products to large OEM Customers in the UK. Part of a global Group which has operations located around the world, the Group is focused on achieving excellence in the design, manufacture and supply of fluid conveyance solutions, components and associated equipment for high-pressure hydraulics, refrigeration and mining applications.

Winners of the EIC Award for Innovation, our client has been at the forefront of emergency safety shower, eye/face wash and decontamination equipment manufacturing for 50 years.

OPERATIONS MANAGER

£50,000 - £60,000 dependent on experience

Stockport, Greater Manchester

As a company associate, you will be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking organisa-tion, willing to reward those who are driven to providing exceptional service to both in-ternal and external customers. As well as being a key member of the team that further strengthens the foundation of this business, you will have the opportunity to add value that is felt throughout their customer base. The successful candidate will have the oppor-tunity to immediately impact on the performance of the business and will be given expo-sure to the wider executive team.

The key deliverables of this position will be to ensure that customer orders are complet-ed in line with quality, delivery and cost expectations, conducting all production activities in a safe manner. Key Performance Indicators will be assigned to this position and will be expected to be entirely owned by this position. The Operations Manager will be re-sponsible for, but not limited to, Gross Profit, Cost of Quality and On Time Delivery.

A change agent with the experience of implementing tangible lean improvements through creating a continuous improvement culture.

The ideal candidate will have proven lean manufacturing experience and will be custom-er focused, humble, honest and hungry; striving to ensure team and business success, outwardly praising and inwardly reflective. This person will be results driven and willing to openly challenge incumbent processes and procedures.

Full job details, responsibilities and key skill requirements can be found on the company recruitment system once you click apply

Key Skills

•  An engineering degree or equivalent and/or relevant professional qualifications.
•  At least 5 years’ experience in Operations Management.
•  Leadership
•  Communication
•  IT
•  Presentation
•  Team working
•  Initiative
•  Planning
•  Problem Solving
•  Proven experience working with Lean Manufacturing principles.
•  Proven track record of leading lean initiatives to achieve business results.
•  Lean focus - pull system, Kanban’s, one-piece flow, visual management, stand-ard work, SMED, etc.
•  Strong, proven knowledge of lean and continuous improvement techniques and tools.
•  Experienced in working within high variation, low volume manufacturing environ-ments.
•  Use of visual metrics & decision making with good IT skills, used to develop, track and validate improvement initiatives.
•  Honest, humble and hungry
•  Always does the right thing for Company, Customer and Community

• Technical Skills
•  Experience of SAGE 200 MRP or similar MRP systems.
•  Exposure to the ISO 9001 Quality System.
•  An awareness of complementary processes such as:
•  Non-destructive testing methods such as PMI, LPI, MPI and radiography.
•  Industrial painting and inspection techniques.
•  ATEX electrical systems.
• Third party inspection activities.
• Understanding of the HASAW Act 1974

Training Requirements

• Level 2 Health and Safety
•  Basic environmental awareness
• Basic quality awareness

Years Experience

At least 10 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment. At least 5 years’ experience in Manufacturing Management.

Interested in this Operations Manager job?

If you have the skills and experience required for this position, please click “apply” today. You will be guided to the company website where you can find out more about the role and complete your application online.

You must be eligible to work in the UK

Job Title: Operations Manager

About the role:

A manufacturing and distribution business which is part of a Global Group is recruiting for an experienced and highly skilled Operations Manager with Lean experience to join their team. The Operations Manager will have responsibility for the day-to-day management and continual improvement of all operational activities on Site including manufacturing, supply chain, quality, HSE & customer service.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Plan, organize, direct and run optimum day-to-day operations to exceed customers’ expectations, maximize productivity and eliminate waste.
• Maintain a safe working, and 5S compliant, environment for themselves and others within the scope of HSE regulations and the Company’s Health & Safety Policy
• Manage, mentor and coach direct reports, setting objectives, carrying out PDR’s & regular 1:1 meetings.
• Be the escalation point for all on site operational issues.
• Development, monitoring and reporting of KPI’s against targets (on time delivery performance, arrears, sales volume, waste, productivity) and identification of corrective actions as required.
• Promote the company philosophy of Lean within the business.
• Organize and lead regular team meetings, updates and briefings & become a valued member of the Site leadership team attending and presenting at monthly Site reviews.
• To work closely with none-operational areas of the business including sales, engineering and finance.
• Liaising with UK & Overseas suppliers alongside Purchasing when required to ensure purchase orders are manufactured and shipped within agreed lead times.
• Be directly involved, alongside Quality and Production with process control, and all other aspects of quality assurance within the business unit and work closely with the QHSE Engineer to ensure that product quality is achieving zero defect status.
• Provide input into the Site budget process in terms of capex, labour/opex costs & operational metrics.
• Provide cover as and when required for all members of the UK Operations Team.
• Ad-hoc tasks and projects as directed by the Global Operations Manager.

About the candidate:

• Must have previous experience in a similar role with staff management responsibilities.
• Knowledge of ERP systems (preferably SAP) & a good level of computer literacy with strong Excel skills.
• Lean experience/6 sigma qualified (Green belt minimum).
• Friendly team player with a hands-on and pro-active attitude.
• Extremely Customer focused with good commercial and financial awareness.
• Good communicator with the ability to form and maintain good relationships internally and externally.
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation and decision-making skills.

About the Company:

The Company is located in Eccles and is a successful & well-established manufacturing and distribution business supplying hydraulic hose assemblies and related products to large OEM Customers in the UK. Part of a global Group which has operations located around the world, the Group is focused on achieving excellence in the design, manufacture and supply of fluid conveyance solutions, components and associated equipment for high-pressure hydraulics, refrigeration and mining applications.

We have a fantastic opportunity to join our team as an Hotel Operations Manager at Holiday Inn Express Manchester Hotel. You must have experience in a similar hotel role to be considered. IHG experience is desirable.As Operations Manager you’ll provide leadership direction to the hotels by maximising financial returns, driving development of people, creating and maintaining memorable guest experiences, executing on brand standards, and building awareness of hotel and brand in the local community. You may need to act as the General Manager in their absence.

Your day-to-day

People

• Direct everyday activities, plan and assign work ensuring you always have the right staffing numbers
• Develop your team and improve their performance through coaching and feedback, and create performance and development goals for colleagues - recognise good performance
• Train team members to make sure they deliver with compliance and to the standards we expect and have the tools they need to work efficiently
• Recommend or initiate any HR elated actions where needed
• Promote teamwork and quality service through daily communication and coordination with other shifts and departmental management

Responsible Business

• Ensure a safe and secure environment for guests, team members and hotel assets in compliance with the hotel’s or owner’s policies and procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain relations with outside contacts
• Act as public relations representative to raise awareness of hotel and brand in local community
• Drive team member involvement in community organisations, activities and businesses
• Develop and carry out action plans to be environmentally conscious and take steps to reduce the hotel’s carbon footprint
• Perform other duties as assigned. May also serve as manager on duty

Guest Experience

• Interact with guests and outside contacts including, current and potential clients, government officials, travel industry representatives, suppliers, competitor’s local community members
• Make sure the hotel delivers the highest level of guest satisfaction through superb guest services and amenities

Financial

• Help the General Manager in the development, implementation and monitoring of financial and operational plans for the hotel to ensure optimum guest satisfaction, sales potential and profitability
• Make recommendations for capital improvements to enhance the assets of the hotel and/or company and brand loyalty

What we need from you

• Bachelor’s degree / higher education qualification / equivalent in Hotel Administration, Business Administration
• Three years’ management experience in a high-level operations role or prior general manager experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Must speak fluent English

Why you should apply

• Annual bonus for all Team Members
• Fantastic career potential with one of the UK's fastest growing hotel operators
• Employees staff rates across our properties

A convenient central Manchester hotel with excellent transport links is a short walk from Manchester city centre. The M60 and M62 motorways are both close by, and Manchester Airport is only 10 miles away. Nearby Manchester Piccadilly station has direct trains to London.

In line with the requirements of the Asylum & Immigration Act 1996, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process

The Holiday Inn Express® Manchester CC - Oxford Road hotel is a short walk from Manchester city centre. Manchester Airport is only 10 miles away. Nearby Manchester Piccadilly station has direct trains to London. While you’re here, catch Premier League action at Old Trafford or the Etihad Stadium, and shop for bargains at the Manchester Arndale and the Trafford Centre.

• 147 Rooms
• Air-conditioned bedrooms
• Connecting suites for families
• A spacious lobby for informal meetings
• Comfortable bedrooms have flat-screen TVs and blackout curtains to help you sleep.

OPERATIONS MANAGER (ESTATE AGENCY) – NORTH & NORTH WEST – PROPERTY SALES & LETTINGS – £40,000 BASIC SALARY, (£50,000 OTE) + CAR ALLOWANCE AND BENEFITS

Operations Manager required for our client who are a well-established and award-winning nationwide property sales and lettings company.

Due to their continued success and growth, they now require Operations Manager to be homebased.

If you are an experienced in Property Sales and Lettings then this could be the role for you.

MAIN DUTIES

As an Operations Manager your role will be to develop a relationship with our clients Franchisees and Key Staff Members to assist them in developing their business turnover and profitability. To do this by way of coaching/mentoring/training and share best practice across the network.

•Increasing turnover within individual offices and for the company
•You will mentor new offices including regular visits and calls
•Visit existing offices to offer support / advice on all aspects of sales and lettings.
•Conduct in house and classroom training where required
•Prepare detailed reports on offices visited and scheduled calls made
•Attend network meetings
•Monitor specific projects
•Assist with complaints within franchise support
•To develop MAB relationships throughout the region
•Deal with Franchise support telephone calls
•Possess legal knowledge within lettings business
•Update on sales and lettings regulations
•Diary management
•Attend regular update meeting with company Director
•To manage relationships with key suppliers
•You will be homes based and covering the North and North West

THE CANDIDATE

•The successful candidate MUST have similar experience
•Experience of property sales and letting is essential
•Experience of managing a branch or branch network
•Have a full driving licence and own car is essential
•You will need to be self-motivated, be able to work autonomously managing your own time effectively
•You need to be a team player, who enjoys working with others across different organisations.
•You will have excellent organisational, written and verbal skills with the ability to remain calm under pressure
•You will have negotiating skills with the confidence to challenge when necessary.
•You need good knowledge of Microsoft packages
•Able to cover the North and North West of England

THE PACKAGE

•£40,000 Basic Salary
•£50,000 OTE
•£400pm Car allowance
•Workplace pension
•Award winning business
•Excellent career opportunity and training for the right candidate.

Follow us on twitter @awconsultingltd

In respect to the above role(s), Anderson Wright Consulting Ltd operates as an Employment Agency 

OPERATIONS MANAGER (ESTATE AGENCY) – NORTH & NORTH WEST – PROPERTY SALES & LETTINGS – £40,000 BASIC SALARY, £50,000 OTE + CAR ALLOWANCE AND BENEFITS