Operations Manager - East Anglia - pa

One of the UK’s most established printing companies, which exceeds expectations in terms of its customer service and product quality, is looking for an Operations Manager to lead its highly skilled workforce and work with many of the most renowned organisations in the country.

• Analyse crew and machine performance – improve month on month performance in terms of make ready times, run speeds and downtime.
• Continual improvement – Look to gather low lying fruit in terms of wins on make ready times, run speeds and downtime.
• Publish weekly performance figures – Discuss published performance with Managers and crews ensuring that all parties understand the importance and relevance of improvement.
• Chair weekly production meeting – discussion of non-conformance, customer feedback, changes to interested parties and their concerns, changes to risk register and overall machine performance.
• Address performance issues with crew members – Engage with all crew members, discussing their performance.
• Annual appraisals – Structure annual appraisals to formalise the wellbeing and career progression of all shop floor operatives.

• Analyse machine performance and prioritise based on analytical data.

• Produce weekly non-conformance reports.
• Chair weekly quality meeting, reviewing all non-conformances & instigate corrective actions.
• Rewrite ISO 9001 procedures to reflect corrective actions.

• Maintain and revise the Company’s integrated systems.
• Review and map changing work methodology.
• Rewrite and review manuals and procedures.
• Supervise/Conduct internal & external audits.

• Take responsibility for Health and Safety and ensure that the plant is legally compliant and standards are maintained at all times.