Site Manager
Ref: 641858
Nottingham, UK
£90,000
- Permanent
- Manufacturing Operations Leadership
- Lean Continuous Improvement
- Immediately Available
About the candidate
A senior manufacturing operations leader based in Nottingham, UK, with extensive experience managing complex, fast-paced manufacturing environments across chemical, building products, automotive and transport manufacturing sectors. They have held full site accountability across production, health & safety, quality, engineering, planning, projects, CAPEX, OPEX and budget ownership.
Trained in lean manufacturing disciplines including Kaizen, practical problem solving and standardised work, they bring a strong track record of improving SQDCIP performance, building capable teams and embedding continuous improvement across single-site and multi-site operations.
What makes them great?
- Full Site Accountability: Led a 14-acre manufacturing site with around 130 colleagues, annual output of approximately 65,000 tonnes and an overall site budget of around £11m.
- Strong KPI Delivery: Delivered performance across safety, quality, delivery, cost and people, including zero lost time accidents, quality below 7.5 PPM, absenteeism below 3%, scrap below 0.3% of sales and productivity above 90% in a high-volume automotive environment.
- Multi-Site Leadership: Managed operations across multiple UK manufacturing sites, improving productivity, standardising processes and driving continuous improvement across complex production environments.
Areas of expertise
- Manufacturing Operations Leadership: Experienced in leading high-volume production environments across chemical, building products and automotive manufacturing.
- Lean & Continuous Improvement: Strong background in Kaizen, practical problem solving, standardised work and operational excellence programmes.
- Site Performance & Compliance: Confident managing health & safety, quality, engineering, maintenance, CAPEX, OPEX and site-level budget control.