Graphene Composites Ltd
Chief Operating Officer
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Company Description
GC is an innovative advanced materials engineering company, driven by an ethos to create life-changing products. As a world leader in advanced and nanomaterials research, development, and design, we work with manufacturers to solve key technical challenges and enhance product performance with breakthrough materials.
Role Description
The Chief Operating Officer (COO) will provide strategic and operational leadership across the business, ensuring that GC’s nanomaterials technologies are effectively developed, commercialised, and scaled.
Our new COO will own GC’s operating model end to end – manufacturing, supply chain, quality, programme delivery, and organisational scaling – working as a peer and strategic partner to our CTO and attending the Board. It’s a role for an enterprise-level leader who can set direction at Board level and stay close enough to the detail to deliver.
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This role is based in Sedgefield, North East England, with a blend of international travel, on-site presence, and some work-from-home flexibility. Day-to-day responsibilities include overseeing operational processes, supporting business planning, managing performance metrics, and coordinating cross-functional teams to deliver on commercial and technical objectives.
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Qualifications
- Significant senior operations leadership (COO, VP Operations, or similar), ideally in advanced materials, chemicals, composites, or deep-tech manufacturing.
- A track record of scaling manufacturing from pilot to commercial volume.
- Experience managing international supply chains and partners.
- Strong financial and commercial acumen: budgeting, capital planning, margin, and KPIs.
- Proven leadership abilities, with experience guiding teams, building collaborative cultures, and managing change.
- Credibility at Board level with investors, customers, and partners.
- A degree in engineering, materials science, chemistry, or a related discipline.
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