Senior Operations Manager - North and Scotland
Lead Regional Operations. Drive Performance. Shape Strategy.
Are you an experienced operational leader with a track record of delivering exceptional results across aggregates, asphalt or heavy industrial environments? Do you thrive on leading high-performing teams, driving continuous improvement and developing long-term strategic plans?
We're looking for a Senior Operations Manager to lead our North West and Cumbria region overseeing a diverse asset portfolio and ensuring the safe, efficient and profitable delivery of operational performance. This is a high-impact leadership role with responsibility for operational excellence, business performance, talent development and strategic growth.
As a regional position, we're flexible on location across the region including Manchester, Warrington, Leeds, Sheffield and surrounding areas.
What You'll Be Responsible For
Reporting to the Regional Operations Director, you'll lead operational performance across the region, ensuring safety, efficiency and commercial success while developing future leadership capability. Your responsibilities will include:
Leading teams to achieve safety, operational and financial targets
Owning the design and delivery of the annual regional strategy
Driving continuous improvement, innovation and best practice sharing across the business
Managing regional budgets and ensuring effective cost control
Monitoring KPI performance and implementing improvement actions
Leading customer complaint reviews, root cause analysis and corrective actions
Aligning production, sales and resource planning to maximise returns and minimise stock levels
Managing Capex planning, business cases and the five-year investment plan
Supporting estate planning and quarry development activities in partnership with Land & Natural Resources teams
Championing sustainability objectives and embedding sustainable ways of working across operations
Developing, retaining and coaching talented leaders and future successors
What We're Looking For
You'll bring significant operational leadership experience within the aggregates, asphalt, quarrying or wider extractive industries, together with the ability to deliver ...
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