Operations Director - South West England - Negotiable / Commensurate with experience

Salary

Negotiable / Commensurate with experience

Position Overview

Our Client is a leading and award-winning printing company who are looking to appoint a highly experienced Operations Director. This is a rarely available opportunity for a target-driven high calibre Operations Director to join the Board and be part of a senior management team and contributing to the development and implementation of the future strategy for this successful business.

Key Responsibilities

You will manage and coordinate print production from within a state of the art factory adopting best practices and initiating processes and new IT Technologies that minimise costs through effective utilisation of manpower, equipment, facilities and materials. The role of Operations Director will aim to maintain the highest level of customer satisfaction while maximising efficiency. Managing a large team of manufacturing staff will be a key part of this role, and therefore they are looking for someone who can command authority and gain respect from colleagues.

Qualifications

Applicants must have:

• Experience of working at Senior; Operational Director level
• A high level understanding of financial management; P&L and Budget Setting.
• Strong Print IT background
• Strategy formulation and implementation skills
• First Class skills when leading, coaching, and mentoring teams.
• Superb communication skills and experience of dealing with people at all levels

Desired Attributes

A strong commercial acumen and financial understanding will be essential. Successful candidates will be highly ambitious, exhibit a confident ability to manage change, and have a hunger to play a broad part in our Client's long-term success. Candidates must come from, and show, a real passion for the industry, and be able to impress with their knowledge of relevant technologies. The client is specifically looking for candidates with strong IT background i.e. MIS, Workflow, Prepress, Web2Print etc. software expertise.

Benefits

An excellent rewards package commensurate with contribution.