Our client, a production facility in North Dublin is looking for an Operations Director to join their senior leadership team.
The ideal candidate is a highly proactive leader who will support the growth of the business and have full functional oversight. You will be responsible for leading the company's day-to-day business operations, managing the production teams, ensuring operational compliance is followed, and supporting strategic planning and ongoing process improvement. You will have experience in a heavily regulated production environment such as food or pharma.
Responsibilities
* Measure the effectiveness of all production processes and ensure improvements are implemented when needed.
* Strategic planning of production department inline with client requirements and project acquisitions.
* Lead the production, EHS, Compliance & HR teams.
* Motivate, develop and support training of operations staff and department heads to achieve performance targets.
* Ensure all EHS, compliance & HR procedures are followed and implemented.
* Ensure ongoing improvement of EHS, compliance & HR processes and procedures.
* Reporting to the MD, the role works alongside the Finance & Commercial Directors to achieve company goals and milestones.
* Determine company's strategic growth as part of the executive team.
* Coordinate & ensure delivery of cross-functional initiatives and projects.
Qualifications & Experience needed
* 5-10 years experience as senior operations manager/director within a regulated production environment.
* Excellent people management experience that delivers results.
* Business Management or leadership qualification.
* Strong leadership, process improvement, interpersonal and communication skills.