Senior Operations Leader for Industrial Manufacturing
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing industrial manufacturing group based in Dublin.
The Managing Director will report directly to the Group CEO and the Board and be fully responsible for leading the Irish business, including commercial and operations activities.
Key responsibilities include:
Strategy and Financial
* Develop and promote a comprehensive business strategy for Ireland in line with the company's ambitions.
* Meet or exceed agreed performance targets relating to revenue, order intake values, EBITDA and cash.
* Coordinate financial and budget activities for maximum operational effectiveness and efficiency.
* Manage capital expenditure for assets in line with agreed expenditure levels.
* Identify risks to achieving the company's strategy or targeted performance and devise mitigating actions.
People Management
* Provide strategic leadership, coach, lead, inspire, develop and motivate the management team and the rest of the organisation.
* Increase team effectiveness by recruiting, selecting, training and coaching direct reports.
Talent Attraction, Development and Retention
* Promote a culture of employee engagement and focus on safety, health and wellbeing, environment and quality by taking a leadership responsibility for ensuring safe working and driving continuous improvement.
* Develop effective relationships with other members of the company's management team and contribute to sharing best practice through participating/leading appropriate group projects.
Commercial Excellence
* Identify, recommend and implement agreed initiatives to enhance and add value to the business.
* Build relationships and partner with key suppliers and customers.
* Guide the commercial team to ensure agreed KPIs are achieved for all areas through commercial action plans, including retaining our key customers.
* Create and implement a launch plan for new products.
* Review performance data (financial, sales and activity reports) to monitor and measure productivity, goal progress and activity levels and ensure an effective business development strategy is in place.
Compliance and Governance
* Maintain understanding of the company's legislative requirements by working closely with the Group's Legal Counsel and Design & Engineering Department.
Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, manufacturing or a related discipline.
* 5+ years experience within a senior operations/director role within a manufacturing organisation, preferred.
* Demonstrated success in managing operations of businesses with annual turnover of +€50m.
* Experience leading cross-functional teams, including sales, engineering, quality, compliance, HR and others, including performance and annual reviews. Demonstrate experience holding meaningful discussions with teams and individuals on performance, strategic objectives and general business outcomes.
* Experience supporting commercial teams to create, execute and optimise profitable growth strategies.
* Exceptional communicator, strong interpersonal and active listening skills, able to create impact and demonstrate proactive stakeholder relationship awareness.