Head of Operations (future MD)
$130,000–$130,000 year
On-siteStone Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Lead day-to-day operations across manufacturing, engineering, maintenance, quality, supply chain, HSE, and support functions while shaping long-term strategic direction. Coach and develop managers to build a strong succession pipeline, drive improvements in productivity, efficiency, quality, and profitability, and oversee capital investment projects and new technology adoption. Maintain relationships with key customers and suppliers, represent the business at senior-level meetings, and ensure compliance with all health, safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements. Assume overall responsibility for implementing manufacturing, commercial, financial, and operational policies to position the business for sustainable growth.
Required Qualifications
- Significant senior leadership experience within a manufacturing environment
- Proven experience leading operational teams and delivering measurable business improvement
- Strong people leadership skills with a track record of developing high-performing teams and future leaders
- Experience managing change, driving operational excellence and embedding continuous improvement cultures
- Strong commercial and financial acumen, including budget, cost and profit responsibility
- Experience working closely with customers, suppliers and senior stakeholders
- Credible, visible leadership style with the ability to engage at all levels of an organisation
- Strategic thinker with the ability to balance long-term direction and day-to-day operational demands
Desired Qualifications
- Experience within plastics manufacturing, polymer processing, injection moulding, rotational moulding, automotive, engineered products or other complex manufacturing environments
- Experience leading capital investment, automation or manufacturing transformation programmes
- Full site, business unit or divisional P&L responsibility
- Experience operating within SME, privately owned or entrepreneurial manufacturing businesses
- Degree qualified in Engineering, Manufacturing, Business or a related discipline
- MBA, Master's degree or equivalent leadership qualification
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