The Role:Our client is a market leading international organisation with market leading products and a considerable manufacturing footprint in the North East, which has seen sizable investment over a number of years. They are currently looking to strengthen their operations leadership team with the appointment of an experienced Manufacturing Operations Manager. Responsible for leading operations across a complex manufacturing environment, with specific focus on health and safety culture, increasing efficiency, reducing cost and the cost of poor quality, delivering productivity performance and ensuring on-time delivery of quality products to their customers. The role with provide inspiring leadership through a team of experienced managers within a multi-shift production and warehouse facility, ensuring customer requirements are fully satisfied whilst operating within budgeted expenditure levels and facilitating structured improvement objectives. The Person: Candidates should have demonstrable experience and success leading within a fast moving, highly technical Manufacturing environment. With a recognised technical, operations or supply chain qualification, candidates should be self starters with an inspiring leadership style and a drive for improvement in a safety first environment. GEM Partnership are acting as an employment agency on this vacancy. ..... full job details .....