Operations Manager

Elevation Recruitment Group are pleased to be exclusively supporting a global industrial machinery manufacturer in their search for an Operations Manager role. The company are experiencing high growth across their markets and require a leader to run their UK facility and be accountable for all Manufacturing, Planning, Supply, Forecasting, Quality, Health & Safety, Purchasing and Customer Service. The company are looking for an individual who can demonstrate resource and headcount optimization, cross-functional collaboration, driving operational excellence to deliver market-leading results around quality, safety, cost performance and overall delivery targets,

Key responsibilities:

• Provide leadership across multi-functional operational teams, driving accountability and performance.
• Shape and deliver operational strategy aligned to business objectives across safety, quality, delivery and cost.
• Oversee end-to-end production activity, ensuring output targets and service levels are consistently achieved.
• Deliver against agreed Key Performance Indicators expected by Group
• Ensure customer commitments are met in line with agreed timelines, budgets and quality standards.
• Work cross-functionally to support demand planning, capacity alignment and resource optimisation.
• Maintain and enhance compliance with relevant quality management systems and continuous improvement frameworks.
• Oversee supplier management and procurement activity to secure cost-effective, high-quality material supply.
• Drive operational efficiency initiatives focused on productivity improvement, waste reduction and throughput optimisation.
• Partner with People/HR functions to support performance management, workforce planning and engagement strategies.
• Embed a strong safety-first culture, ensuring full adherence to regulatory and internal standards.
• Lead annual budgeting processes, monitor financial performance and implement corrective actions where required.
• Track and report on key operational metrics, providing clear insight to senior leadership.
• Champion structured improvement methodologies to support sustainable operational excellence.
• Oversee service delivery performance, maintaining high levels of customer responsiveness and satisfaction.
• Support new product or service rollouts, coordinating cross-functional activity to ensure successful launch.
• Lead business change initiatives in response to evolving customer, technological and market demands.

Experience expected for the role:

• Multiple years of leadership within a Manufacturing or Operations Management role, with a track record of delivering measurable results in production efficiency, quality, and cost control.
• Proven in a leadership role managing multiple functional areas (e.g., Production, Supply Chain, Quality, Customer Service), providing alignment between Operations, Engineering, Sales and Procurement
• Experience with MRP/ERP systems for production planning, scheduling and reporting
• Ability to manage complex budgets and achieving operational KPIs
• Ideally experienced within project / made-to-order / one-off complex manufacturing processes. High precision manufacturing environments
• Strong understanding of ISO
  9001 standards and quality management systems
• Experience and/or qualifications with Six Sigma, Lean and Kaizen initiatives for strategic process improvements is preferred

Should you want to know more information about this role, please speak with Emma Bartholomew or Jonny Powell