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Head of Manufacturing

Hunter Selection Limited
Posted 2 days ago, valid for 23 days
Location

Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF5 1DR, Wales

Salary

£40,000 - £48,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The position of Head of Manufacturing in Cardiff offers a salary of £80,000 along with various benefits including Bupa Healthcare and a matched 10% pension.
  • Candidates must have over 10 years of experience in manufacturing and supply chain management, preferably in the medical device sector.
  • This role involves managing a small team to enhance manufacturing and supply chain capabilities to meet increasing demand.
  • The job includes responsibilities such as developing production plans, managing budgets, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
  • The successful applicant will also have opportunities for travel within the UK and internationally to work with suppliers and manufacturers.

Head of Manufacturing

Cardiff (Partly remote with travel)

£80,000

Benefits:-

  • Excellent career progression opportunities
  • Bupa Healthcare
  • 25 Days + Bank Holidays
  • Matched 10% pension
  • Opportunity for shares

This is a fantastic opportunity for a driven and experienced candidate to join a rapidly expanding business working within a highly regulated industry. My client have experienced exponential growth in recent years and in order to meet demand, they are looking for a Head of Manufacturing to join the business in a newly created position. Managing a small team, this role will see you scale up manufacturing and supply chain capability so that increasing demand can be sustained by the business. This position will afford you the opportunity to travel within the UK as well as internationally visiting a variety of suppliers and manufacturers. If this opportunity sounds like something which could be of interest - please click apply today!

Responsibilities

  • Translate the stock demand forecasts into a production plan and control stockholding, workflow and production schedule to meet demand.
  • Develop the manufacturing function in line with the needs of the business. Recruit, train and develop an appropriate workforce and outsourced capability. Manage capital and operating budgets for the function.
  • Source and manage all manufacturing subcontractors (raw material suppliers, subassembly, assembly partners etc.) Create a robust production supply chain capable of meeting both current and future demand and quality standards.
  • Ensure product manufacture meets cost of goods targets.
  • Ensure product manufacture meets all regulatory requirements maintains ISO accreditation.
  • Create and execute the plan for production scale up and scale out to meet the planned expansion of the business.

Requirements

  • 10+ years general experience in manufacturing and supply chain management in relevant industries - ideally having medical device experience.
  • ISO13485 experience.
  • Have demonstrable experience of overseeing periods of transformation within a business - scale up of a start-up business, restructuring, a site move.
  • A track record of establishing manufacturing in a new venture or rapid expansion situation.
  • The jobholder must have strong IT, project management and analytical skills and be able to operate effectively and influence right across the organisation, with good interpersonal, communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
  • Willingness to travel across the UK and internationally.

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If you are interested in this role or looking for something similar please contact Jack Lavis directly at or call for a confidential discussion on .

If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.