Area Operations Manager in Castle Donington

Purpose of the role

To lead, direct and manage all aggregates operational activities within a defined geography within the Heidelberg Materials Aggregates Division, and in so doing achieve agreed safety, environmental, financial, and operational performance levels. To constantly seek to improve existing performance levels, and to identify and then pursue opportunities for further business operational efficiencies and growth.

Key accountabilities

The main activity of the role involves leading, directing and managing a regional operational line management team for the region to achieve its performance objectives. The performance emphasis for each of the core areas includes.

• Health and Safety: Operating to the highest level of health and safety objectives in line with Heidelberg Materials's Integrated Management System. Action a plan of continuous improvement in this area.
• Environmental: Operating to the highest level of environmental objectives in line with Heidelberg Materials's Heidelberg Materials's Integrated Management System. Action a plan of continuous improvement in this area.
• Compliance: Ensure all statutory legislation and company regulations are adhered to with respect to all operational activities.
• Operations: Achieve optimum production levels in line with commercial activity at the lowest operation cost. Continually advance operational improvements to improve efficiency with the production functions.
• Network Optimization: Working with the logistics and commercial teams to ensure that internal and external customers are supplied from the most economic sources.
• Distribution: Working with the logistics function to ensure operational procedures are such that highest customer service levels can be achieved at the most efficient operational cost.
• Quality: Working with the technical function to ensure operational procedures are such that the highest quality levels are achieved at the most efficient operational cost.
• Business Analysis: Ensure all regional operational management information is accurate, relevant and is used effectively to assist in the management of the business and progressing all profit enhancing opportunities.

In order for the day to day activities outlined above to operate effectively, the roles also involves a number of wider aspects, including;

• Business Planning: Develop a five year operating plan in conjunction with the overall national business plan. Should work in conjunction with all other aspects of the business (sales, distribution, capex, SHE management).
• Resource Planning: Ensure the operational management team is adequately resourced and that personnel are trained and developed. Assets should be in place to ensure the business plan can be delivered. Ensure personnel are effectively developed to progress through the business and a succession line is in place to facilitate this activity.
• Production Planning: Ensure production and productivity is optimised to meet sales forecasts.
• Investment: Evaluate, prepare and submit capital investment projects for approval
• Directing: Provide leadership to the area team, ensuring that operational goals and expectations are understood and personnel are proactively developed.
• Controlling: Ensure operational control mechanisms are effectively implemented covering all relevant aspects (including Health & Safety, environmental controls, capex management control, revenue spend controls).
• Continuous Improvement Ensure that CI targets for continual business improvement are understood by your operations team and a culture of continual generation of new projects is sustained.
• Global KPI's: Ensure that data is provided to generate the Heidelberg Cement Global KPI's and that benchmarking data provided to the business from the Global KPI team is used to generate capex or change site management practices, or other business improvements.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Safety performance
• Environmental performance
• Operating profit
• Fixed and variable cost performance against budget and forecast
• CI targets
• Productivity, Energy Efficiency, Availability and Co-efficient operating KPI's
• Capex project performance and post appraisals
• Statutory and company compliance levels
• Customer satisfaction levels
• Performance against local improvement plans
• Development and implementation success of operational business plan

What's on Offer:

Salary: Competitive salary

Location: Castle Donington - Hybrid

Hours: 40

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Employer of choice: Armed Forces Covenant (Silver) / Disability Confident Committed / 5% Club (Platinum) / Mates in Mind / Clear Assured (Foundation) / The Mineral Products and Qualification Council (MPQC) / STEM Ambassador

Compensation Package: Bonus incentives / Generous Pension Schemes / Life Assurance

Work Life Balance: 27 days holiday (excluding bank holidays) / Agile working / Flexible working / Holiday purchase / Sabbatical

Family Friendly: Enhanced policies such as Maternity / Paternity / Parental Leave / Neonatal / Adoption

Social Values: paid Volunteering Day every year / Communities (LGBTQ+, Network of Woman, Woman in Science and Engineering (STEM), Armed Forces)

Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) / Mental Health First Aiders / Cycle to Work / Employee Benefits portal including Gym discount / Free eye tests / Discounted Private Medical cover