QLM Search
Site Director
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QLM Search is partnering with a leading high growth dairy manufacturing business to appoint a Site Director to lead one of its key manufacturing operations.
This is a broad site leadership role with responsibility for people, operations and overall site performance. We are looking for someone who knows their way around a complex manufacturing environment, understands the realities of running a 24/7 operation and is comfortable dealing with the challenges and ambiguity that come with it.
Just as importantly, this is a people-led role. The Site Director will lead a unionised workforce and will need to build credibility across the site, from the shop floor through to senior leadership. They will be visible, approachable, and able to bring people with them whilst maintaining clear standards and accountability.
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- Lead the overall performance of a complex dairy manufacturing site, with responsibility across Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Technical, Safety and People.
- Build a strong, visible leadership presence across the site and create clear accountability at every level.
- Lead, develop and engage a unionised workforce, building constructive relationships with employee and union representatives.
- Improve manufacturing performance across safety, quality, service, cost, waste, yield and efficiency.
- Work closely with frontline teams to understand operational issues and ensure problems are addressed at source.
- Lead the site through periods of change whilst maintaining engagement, operational stability and customer service.
- Develop the site leadership team, strengthening capability and succession across key functions.
- Manage competing priorities and make sound decisions where the answer is not always immediately clear.
- Work closely with Group functions and senior leadership on investment, capacity, performance and longer-term site strategy.
- Ensure the site consistently meets the required standards across food safety, quality, health & safety and regulatory compliance.
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