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Director of Operations

Ref: AS8701365

Thame, Oxfordshire

£85,000

  • Permanent
  • Operational Efficiency
  • Financial Leadership
  • Multi-National Team Leadership

About the candidate

A commercially focused finance and operations leader with strong experience across B2B product environments, including technical distribution, engineering and manufacturing. They have led multi-national teams across Europe, taking responsibility for P&L, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, logistics, purchasing and customer service.

They bring a hands-on, transparent leadership style and are at their best in growing, ambitious businesses where they can improve processes, strengthen reporting and build accountable teams. Available for a permanent role with a two-week notice period.

What makes them great?

  • Improves operational performance: Delivered around a 15% improvement in operational efficiency within a European manufacturing environment.
  • Speeds up customer delivery: Improved order-to-cash processes, helping reduce delivery times by around 20% while maintaining strong customer satisfaction.
  • Strengthens commercial decision-making: Improved forecasting accuracy by around 30%, giving leadership teams clearer insight and better control.

Areas of expertise

  • Financial and operational leadership: Experienced in managing P&L, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow and performance reporting across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Process improvement and ERP: Has delivered system and process improvements, including ERP implementation and more accurate financial reporting.
  • International team management: Confident leading cross-functional teams across logistics, purchasing, customer service and finance in multi-country environments.