The Oval Partnership
Site Director
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We are currently partnering with an exciting, growth-focused, well-invested food manufacturing business.
Currently entering a new cycle of evolution, they are looking to recruit a Site Director to lead the operation. This opportunity requires more than an experienced Site Director. We are seeking a transformational leader who has successfully led organizations through significant operational and cultural change.
Ideally, you will have worked within businesses that have implemented TPM or other world-class manufacturing methodologies, giving you first-hand experience of what "good" looks like and, more importantly, how to take an organization on that journey. You will understand that sustainable operational excellence is achieved through leadership, capability development, and disciplined processes rather than individual heroics.
You will bring the credibility, resilience, and coaching style needed to shift a reactive culture into one where accountability, continuous improvement, and operational discipline become the norm. Above all, you will be passionate about developing people and building a leadership team capable of sustaining high performance long after the transformation has been delivered.
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Experience Required
We're looking for an accomplished manufacturing leader with a proven track record of leading complex food manufacturing operations through periods of significant change. The successful candidate will ideally demonstrate:
- A minimum of 10 years' senior operational leadership experience within food manufacturing.
- A proven track record of leading a manufacturing site through major transformational change, whether that be cultural transformation, operational turnaround, organizational redesign, implementation of new ways of working, or the transition into a new manufacturing facility.
- Significant experience of embedding Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) or a comparable Operational Excellence framework, with a clear understanding of what world-class manufacturing standards look like.
- Experience of moving an organization from reactive firefighting to structured, process-led performance management.
- A history of developing high-performing leadership teams and creating accountability at every level of the organization.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen, with experience delivering measurable improvements in productivity, cost, quality, and customer service.
- Experience delivering capital investment programmes and major operational improvement projects.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, capable of influencing both operational teams and executive leadership.
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