Operations Director Location: Based in Doncaster with National coverageSalary: Executive Pay + BenefitsContract: Full-time, Permanent Are you a strategic and inspirational operational leader with the drive to elevate performance across a complex, multi-site business? We’re seeking an exceptional Operations Director who can shape our operational strategy, optimise plant and asset performance, and lead a high‑performing team through the next stage of our journey. This is a rare opportunity to take full operational ownership across a forward‑thinking organisation where your impact will be immediate, visible, and highly valued. What you’ll be doing As our Operations Director, you will: Lead and implement the strategic direction for all operational functions, ensuring sustainable and efficient performance. Identify opportunities to diversify and optimise plant, machinery, and equipment aligned with long‑term strategic goals. Provide credible and influential leadership across the business, taking full P&L ownership and ensuring delivery of business plans and budgets. Drive a structured schedule of operational reviews to monitor KPIs, performance metrics, and budget adherence across all business units. Establish, manage and monitor CapEx and OpEx budgets for all factories, ensuring full oversight of operational projects. Foster a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring best practices and regulatory compliance are consistently applied. Maintain strong compliance focus across safety, quality, environment, and energy, and manage relationships with relevant regulatory bodies. Enhance asset efficiency to maximise output, performance, and profitability. Build, motivate and develop a high‑performing operations team, promoting collaboration, accountability, and excellence. Set ambitious but achievable targets for improvements in plant efficiency, without compromising quality or safety. Partner with international colleagues and stakeholders to support global operational alignment and cross‑border strategic initiatives. Review and optimise existing systems, controls, processes, and maintenance strategies to improve reliability and plant performance. What you’ll bring We’re looking for a standout leader who can combine strategic capability with hands‑on operational excellence. You’ll have: 5–10 years senior leadership experience within a comparably sized or larger organisation. Strong operational and/or engineering experience, ideally supported by a degree‑level qualification or above. A proven track record of delivering operational change to improve performance, efficiency and profitability. Strong P&L ownership experience with clear evidence of improving performance metrics. A charismatic, empowering leadership style that motivates and inspires teams through exceptional communication and stakeholder management. The ability to work independently and travel frequently across the UK, with occasional international travel. An analytical mindset with the ability to interpret complex data and make informed, commercially sound decisions. A results‑driven approach, with a genuine passion for exceeding targets and driving continuous improvement. Why join us? A high‑impact leadership role with genuine strategic influence. An organisation committed to innovation, investment, and continuous improvement. The chance to shape and modernise operations across multiple sites. A collaborative leadership team and a culture where your ideas will be heard, and acted on. Significant autonomy to deliver meaningful, measurable change. If you’re an ambitious, forward‑thinking operations leader ready to take ownership of a pivotal business function, we’d love to hear from you. #J-18808-Ljbffr