Operations Manager – South Scotland – £Highly Competitive Salary

Job Description

This position has now been filled, but has been left on our website as we have other similar vacancies to this on an ongoing basis that might interest you. More importantly, we have vacancies that are not advertised due to their confidential nature therefore it would certainly be in your interest to email your CV, as a word document, depending on which sector you are in, to :

Head of Packaging recruitment – Greg Nelson –

Head of Print recruitment – Neil Pearson –

Head Paper recruitment – Gary Young –

Board level, account management and all levels of sales vacancies –

Our divisional heads will then email your CV internally to the consultant who specialises in your exact sector, for example a category of packaging is cartons, a category of print is print management, in fact we have over 30 specialist categories. Our specialist consultant will contact you if we have a live vacancy that matches, or contact you in the near future as soon a good match to skill set and experience becomes available.

Overview

We are working with a supplier of premium printed products to find a stand out Operations Manager. Having won numerous awards for innovative ideas, this company creates, develops and manufactures unique products. It takes pride in ensuring products are delivered in perfect condition and believes that is key to their success.

Insisting on the highest quality standards, this role is pivotal in driving cultural and quality change within production and warehouse facilities. This specialist in all things print is looking for a senior manager who can ensure that all parts of the production process come together to deliver the correct quality of each product. This role is vital for ensuring our client maintains its strong reputation within the marketplace.

The Operations Manager is a conduit between different departments, providing important feedback and communication. This is vital for continuous improvement processes.

With a constant focus on the company’s success, you will ensure KPIs are in place and production targets are met. You will implement any new policies and procedures relating to production processes, while managing budgets and costs effectively.

Key Skills Required

• Communication – ensuring that communication is ongoing and effective between different departments.
• IT – keeping up to date with IT systems in the workplace while understanding technologies.
• Team working – fostering an environment of teamwork to ensure that all products are delivered on time and company goals are met.
• Initiative – The ability to take lead when hurdles arise or when tasks require completion.
• Planning – staying ahead of the game and ensuring future plans are clearly defined out for everyone to follow.
• Problem Solving – adapting to the ever changing environment and reacting quickly to meet challenges.
• Experience implementing ISO 9000 would be advantageous but not essential.

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We prefer MS Word format (.doc or .docx)

Being the largest recruitment company in print, packaging and paper we receive new vacancies on a daily basis. The software we use to “skill match” can “read” a word document but not a PDF. You will be considered for many more positions if your CV is in word format.

The following section is OPTIONAL however if you have the time it would help tremendously in us matching you to over 300 positions (the average number we have at any one time).