Your new company Your new company is a growing and well regarded manufacturing and distribution business supplying bespoke, retail ready products to ambitious direct to consumer brands across the UK and EU. Owner led and proudly hands on, the business has built a strong reputation for flexibility, reliability and doing things properly. Recent growth has been fuelled by repeat customers, increasing order volumes and investment in people and structure, creating a genuinely exciting phase of development as the business builds a leadership team capable of supporting sustainable scale and long term success.Your new role As Operations Manager, you will take end to end responsibility for planning, leading and delivering operational performance across manufacturing, packaging, warehousing and despatch. This is a senior, visible role where you will be trusted to own outcomes rather than simply oversee activity. You will translate customer demand into achievable plans, ensure materials and capacity are aligned, and bring consistency and clarity to day to day operations. The role is deliberately hands on, with time spent on the factory floor alongside the team, while also establishing more structured ways of working that support continued growth. Your leadership will be pivotal in moving the operation from reactive to proactive, enabling the business to build on its recent successes.What you''ll need to succeed To succeed, you will have proven experience within a manufacturing or distri