A brand new Associate Operations Director vacancy has arisen in a fast growing company, Micronclean. This is a fantastic opportunity to join their Operations team.
LOCATION: Louth or Skegness, Lincolnshire
JOB TITLE: Associate Operations Director
JOB TYPE: Full Time
HOURS OF WORK: Monday to Friday – 9.00am to 5.00pm (with half an hour unpaid lunch break)
SALARY RANGE: Up to 69,000pa (dependent on skills and experience)
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS: Company car – Tesla 3, private medical insurance, Board bonus scheme, relocation package
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The recruitment of the Associate Operations Director is a part of the company’s succession planning. This is a brand new role for someone who is both intelligent and technically inquisitive, perhaps evidenced by higher education in engineering, IT or science, who has directly managed teams of people and is passionate about driving innovation and managing the operations of a company.
You will be given the opportunity to build an in-depth understanding of the Business; from our products and markets and the departmental operations that deliver these products and services; through to the culture and strategic direction of the Business.
Reporting to the Operations Director, you will develop a critical understanding of the Company’s sophisticated systems through the delivery of major projects and systems re-engineering activities to meet the company’s ambitious growth and investment plans.
You will attend all Board Meetings where it is expected that you will make an increasingly valuable contribution.
Key Responsibilities to include:
- Take responsibility for the Louth factory for an 18 month period as an introduction to the businesses processes and how data can be used to drive improvements.
- Deliver major projects and systems re-engineering activities including participation in the project team for the redevelopment of several existing facilities. These activities will be pursued alongside a cohort of other new and associate directors, who will have an increasing level of responsibility as the current board members pursue other interests.
- Shape the future of the business through design and implementation of new systems and technologies.
- Delivery business outcomes through use of data, driving change and improvement, managing repeatability, and – importantly – inspiring these behaviours in others.
- Support the continuation process in the development of new process technology. Have the ability to logically analyse production processes and implement new operational technology.
- Support the journey of implementation of the Continuous Improvement methodologies.
- Understanding of broader operational issues including procurement, supply chain and engineering and will play a part in furthering those disciplines.
Person Specification:
Experience:
- Currently working at a Senior Production / Engineering Management level
- Experience in successfully leading significant business improvement projects
- Ability to demonstrate the conception, development and implementation of new technology in an operational environment
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of complex control systems and their role in a demanding operational environment
- An understanding of broader operational issues including procurement, supply chain and engineering.
Skills and Personal characteristics:
- An operational and technological visionary who can drive to shape the industrial systems and technology of tomorrow.
- Intelligent and technically inquisitive. Perhaps evidenced by higher education in engineering, IT or science.
- A data-driven systems thinker and keen practitioner of business improvement methodologies, with a track record of process reengineering and continuous improvement. Able to inspire and develop these behaviours in others.
- Conversant with controls systems (PLC, SCADA, etc.) with an understanding of how these simplify and automate processes and manage the quality of outputs.
- Passionate about innovation and environmental sustainability.
- A collaborative, lateral thinker who puts energy into delivering their own ideas and into uncovering / championing the ideas of others.
- Frustrated by inertia, with the drive and energy to overcome it.
- Possessing qualities of a senior operational leader. Empathetic but plain speaking, strong but fair. Capable of (progressively) contributing positively at Board meetings while maintaining high visibility on the shop floor.
- Numerate with good IT skills (PC and production systems).
- Commercially and financially aware
- Currently residing, or prepared to relocate to, within a 1 hour drive of Louth or Skegness.
This is an exciting opportunity to develop a fast-moving technical career in operations whilst providing a beautiful rural life for your family with exceptional local grammar schools, the nearby attractive coastline, and close to the historic city of Lincoln.
The successful candidate will have moved quickly through their career and will be looking to develop into an Operations Director. Your first 18 months will be based in Louth, Lincolnshire.
Closing date for applications: Monday 29 May 2023
Why Work for Micronclean as an Associate Operations Director
There are many reasons to join the Micronclean family, but here are just a few more:
- A generous yearly bonus paid every January
- Relocation package
- Training and Development – sponsored MBA is available
- Opportunity for progression to Director level with mentorship
- 30 days’ annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing to 33 days for loyalty service.
- Company Sick Pay scheme.
- Company pension contributions of minimum of 5% of salary.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), private counselling and other schemes to support employees with their mental health and wellbeing.
- Annual Family Fun Days, fully paid for by the business.
- A growing, family owned, highly successful business, with a history spanning back to the 1920s.
- Highly committed to investing in people and training, with a proven history of opportunities and promotions from within for employees who wish to progress.
- A great culture, represented in our company values known as the SKIEs.
- The knowledge that you are making a difference, playing a role in key supply chains such as the Covid-19 vaccine.
About Micronclean
Micronclean is a family-owned business based in Lincolnshire employing over 400 people. The company provides products and services to various industries.
Their current focus areas include rental of specialist work wear to cleanroom industries (pharmaceutical, medical devices, aerospace), and of protective workwear to manufacturing industries (engineering, automotive). The company also manufactures and distributes a range of cleanroom products, which it sells in the UK and exports throughout Europe and further afield, including India, Australia, and Canada.
The company has an ambitious vision for growth both in the UK where we are investing in all our plants and abroad. where our plant in Bangalore, India has recently been commissioned and is supporting the production of Covid-19 vaccines in India.
More information about Micronclean can be found on their website.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE ABOUT THE ROLE OF ASSOCIATE OPERATIONS DIRECTOR IN MORE DETAIL, PLEASE EMAIL HR@MICRONCLEAN.CO.UK WITH YOUR NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, OR APPLY HERE.
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