
Posted 1 month ago
Operations Manager
Kent Hire CentreOn-siteFull-time
AI Summary
Operations Manager overseeing site and yard operations to ensure safe, efficient and compliant delivery of products and services, leading teams and driving continuous improvement.
About this role
Are you looking to join a successful and growing organisation who are committed to creating a great safe place to work where all employees have the opportunity to contribute, grow and develop? We are looking for an Operations Manager to join our team based at Sittingbourne.
As an Operations Manager you will manage day-to-day site and yard operations to ensure the safe, efficient and compliant delivery of products and services, whilst promoting a positive safety culture, provide technical and process guidance, and lead teams to deliver high-quality buildings safely, on time and to budget, supporting an exceptional customer experience.
Role Details:
• Annual salary up to £60,000 dependent on skills and experience
• Potential annual-on-target bonus of up to 10% subject to business performance
• Role based: Sittingbourne, ME10 3RR
• Contract type: Permanent
• Company Car
• Eligible for single private medical
• Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.
As an Operations Manager you will manage day-to-day site and yard operations to ensure the safe, efficient and compliant delivery of products and services, whilst promoting a positive safety culture, provide technical and process guidance, and lead teams to deliver high-quality buildings safely, on time and to budget, supporting an exceptional customer experience.
Role Details:
• Annual salary up to £60,000 dependent on skills and experience
• Potential annual-on-target bonus of up to 10% subject to business performance
• Role based: Sittingbourne, ME10 3RR
• Contract type: Permanent
• Company Car
• Eligible for single private medical
• Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead operational excellence within site and yard teams, promoting efficient and safe working practices that support excellent customer service.
• Apply and continuously improve visual quality standards to ensure consistent, high quality delivery.
• Plan and organise resources effectively, sharing operational knowledge to meet quality, cost and delivery commitments.
• Monitor compliance with company quality and safety standards through audits and recommend improvements where needed.
• Provide operational input into new product development to ensure safe and efficient implementation in practice.
• Analyse operational performance data to identify and implement local improvements.
• Apply and continuously improve visual quality standards to ensure consistent, high quality delivery.
• Plan and organise resources effectively, sharing operational knowledge to meet quality, cost and delivery commitments.
• Monitor compliance with company quality and safety standards through audits and recommend improvements where needed.
• Provide operational input into new product development to ensure safe and efficient implementation in practice.
• Analyse operational performance data to identify and implement local improvements.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
• Contributory pension including life insurance benefit
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
• Learning & development opportunities and resources
• Opportunity for career progression
• A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
• Learning & development opportunities and resources
• Opportunity for career progression
• A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day
Benefits
• Experience of working in site and yard operations to deliver safe, compliant and efficient outcomes.
• Broad knowledge of operational practices, with good technical and process understanding.
• Experience of supervising and supporting operational teams.
• Awareness of how operational activities contribute to commercial performance with experience of controlling costs and delivering to budget.
• Experience of conducting audits and applying improvements to meet quality and safety standards.
Even if you do not match all of our ‘ideal’ criteria we would still be very keen to receive your CV as we love developing our people and may feel that you could be developed into this role.
We are conducting interviews during, or before, the week commencing Monday TBC.
NOTE: If we receive a high volume of applications for a role, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than scheduled.
• Broad knowledge of operational practices, with good technical and process understanding.
• Experience of supervising and supporting operational teams.
• Awareness of how operational activities contribute to commercial performance with experience of controlling costs and delivering to budget.
• Experience of conducting audits and applying improvements to meet quality and safety standards.
Even if you do not match all of our ‘ideal’ criteria we would still be very keen to receive your CV as we love developing our people and may feel that you could be developed into this role.
We are conducting interviews during, or before, the week commencing Monday TBC.
NOTE: If we receive a high volume of applications for a role, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than scheduled.
Skills
AuditData AnalysisOperations ManagementProcess GuidanceProduct DevelopmentQuality StandardsSafety StandardsVisual Quality Standards
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