Operations Management Graduate - Permanent

An exciting opportunity for an Operations Management Graduate within manufacturing has arisen working for a well-established and highly successful business. As an Operations Management Graduate you will have the opportunity to work for a progressive organisation who are looking to develop future Manufacturing Managers across their operational functions. The people are driven and passionate about what they do, and this creates a warm and welcoming environment. As the Operations Management Graduate, you will have the scope to gain further qualifications within leadership and lean manufacturing. They offer free parking, 33 days holiday, company pension and excellent career development opportunities.

Job Description:

• As the Operations Management Graduate you will have the opportunity to gain experience across all departments including planning, materials, production, quality and technical
• You will be involved with material management, planning materials, looking at forecasting, stock and production timelines
• You will spend time in each individual area gaining a full understanding of the business operations and the manufacturing process
• As an Operations Management Graduate you will look at manufacturing problems, analyse, looking at trend and investigate, looking at techniques, process improvements, implementing improvement changes
• You will be involved with costings, efficiencies, wastage, workflow and quality controls using lean manufacturing techniques
• As an Operations Management Graduate, you will take a very hands-on approach in the day to day responsibilities and leadership of the team, including motivating staff, building solid relationships and dealing with issues
• As an Operations Management Graduate you will be developed both personally and professionally to become future Senior Managers for a highly successful global business

Candidate Requirements:

• A recent graduate (open minded on degree and degree grade)
• Passionate individual
• Leadership qualities
• Commercially minded
• Tenacious and personable individual
• Ideally own transport however this is not essential
• Strong communicator at all levels, confident, bubbly individual
• Confident individual - someone who can deal with various departments with the ability to lead
• Structured, methodical person
• Logical thinker with natural problem-solving skills
• Strong IT skills
• Strong team player - ideally someone who can demonstrate this e.g. team sports
• Strong character with the ability to lead/manage a range of personalities

This role would suit people who also have the following experience: a graduate within business, science or engineering.

Hours: Monday - Friday, full time (38.60 Hours a week)

Salary: £16,000 per annum (with regular reviews as you develop)

Brampton Recruitment are an independent Commercial and Accounts & Finance recruitment agency working in partnership with employers spanning Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, Cheshire, and the Greater Manchester region.