Operations Director Jobs

Attributes of an Operations Director

The Operations Director will oversee an organisation’s physical and commercial workings, ensuring resources, property and supply chain are functioning effectively and in line with company strategy and financial budgets. Operations Director jobs are found in manufacturing, retail, hospitality, banking administration, local government and construction to name a few areas, and individuals in the role must possess in-depth experience of how their particular sector runs. They will lead, manage and motivate teams - be that across store operations, distribution sites, or pharmaceutical plants etc. Key attributes would be past commercial success in managing multi-million pound budgets, and completing major operational projects, such as successfully overseeing the opening a new chain of restaurants.

Key Responsibilities of an Operations Director

Operations Directors are responsible for making things happen on the front line, and ensuring that operational plans are brought to life in a timely fashion. Budgeting, planning and negotiating are major parts of the job. Operations Directors will also spend time establishing and maintaining systems for measuring aspects of operations, feeding back progress to the Board, and suggesting ways to improve performance. If a logistics operation is failing to meet customer delivery times it will fall to the Operations Director to find a solution. Ops Directors also ensure activities meet with organisational requirements such as quality management, health and safety, legal stipulations, environmental policies and general duty of care.

Inside the Job

Operations Directors need to be in touch with what’s happening at the coalface, guiding and motivating area managers, site managers and the like, yet be confident to relay back problems and issues to the Executive Board. For doing this highly responsible job, Operations Directors are likely to earn salaries of £50k to £90k depending on the size of the business.

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    Head of Safety

    Our client is a significant business within a UK based FTSE 250 group, with the group having achieved high profile international success in recent years.

    Veredus | £70,000 plus bonus & benefits

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    Retail Director Designate

    Competitive salary, executive benefits, long-term incentive plan Founded in 1898, the Heron & Brearley Group is proud of its heritage as the largest and oldest licensed retail business in the Isle of Man.

    Heron & Brearley Group | Competitive

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    ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BRANCH OPERATIONS

    ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BRANCH OPERATIONS £42,000 - £47,000pa London, SE1 We have over 6000 volunteers in our national Branch network who raise around £20 million in grants to assist some 50,000 clients each year.

    SSAFA Forces Help | £42,000 - £47,000pa

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    Business Development Executives

    Integrated Maintenance, Repair & Support Service Solutions Telecoms Markets

    Lord Search & Selection | to £60K + bonus (OTE £90k)

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    Operations Director OD/277/23

    Our client is a leading cosmetics and toiletries manufacturing business who due to growth are expansion is recruiting an Operations Director.

    Barnaby Stewart Executive Search & Selection | £70k package and bonus

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    Operations Director

    An innovative global technology company with worldwide sales exceeding £18.5 billion

    Warren Partners | Six figure salary plus bonus

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    Director of Operations - Office for Legal Complaints

    This is a key role in the OLC balanced against the Deputy Chief Ombudsman. The role is to ensure that complaints are processed to time and cost and managing the largest proportion of the workforce.

    Tribal Executive Resourcing | Up to £100k

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    Operations Director GM/277/15

    Our client is one of the leading wholesale wine and spirits merchants, who due to growth and expansion are looking to recruit an Operations Director.

    Barnaby Stewart Executive Search & Selection | £80k package and bonus

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    Operations Director OPD/277/22

    Our client is a leading cosmetics and toiletries business who are recruiting a multi-site Operations Director to control operations in the UK and Europe

    Barnaby Stewart Executive Search & Selection | £90k base, package and bonus

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    Group Operations Director GOD/445/22

    Our client is a leading warehouse operator with multi site functionality throughout the UK, Ireland and Western Europe.

    Barnaby Stewart Executive Search & Selection | £150k package and bonus

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