Head of Business (Managing Director Designate)

Location: Stone, Staffs

Employment Type: Full-time, permanent

Salary: Up to £125k plus profit share

Holiday: 33 days inclusive of BH

Pension: Contributory NEST Pension

Benefits: Company Sick Pay Scheme, Christmas Shutdown, Annual Salary review

About Us: Tecni-Form is a leading UK manufacturer specializing in rotational moulding and reaction injection moulding (RIM). With over 50 years of experience, we serve diverse sectors including automotive, healthcare, and industrial equipment. Our commitment to quality, innovation, and customer satisfaction has established us as a trusted partner for clients such as JCB, Caterpillar, and Veolia.

The Opportunity: The role of Head of Business (Managing Director Designate) is an opportunity to be part of a committed team, and directly influential in the future policies and direction of company development. It is anticipated that the Head of Business would in due course be appointed to succeed the current Managing Director, who would continue as Chairman.

You will be working as part of a successful, privately owned, polymer manufacturing company, that genuinely offers and fosters a supportive and forward-thinking work culture. It is somewhere where staff are valued and rewarded for their contribution.

Key Role

The key task for this new role is to establish a sustainable model of operational management excellence through effective leadership and management. Strong in people management and development, you will truly enable and empower the existing team to achieve excellent manufacturing performance.

The successful candidate will need to be an aspirational role model to turn enthusiastic and competent managers into great managers and to identify the rising stars for good succession/workforce planning. You will bring a clear and credible management style and culture to Tecni-Form and instil high quality management techniques.

Key Responsibilities

· Maintain a close relationship with major customers, and be able to represent the company at meetings.

· Collaborate with financial, technical and commercial management in achieving profit performance.

· Ensure delivery on capital expenditure programmes.

· Maintain close working relationship with major suppliers, involving negotiation of on key contracts.

· Work with HR and HS contractors to ensure compliance in safe working conditions and staff relations.

· Assume overall responsibility for implementing manufacturing, financial, commercial, and marketing policies

Essential Criteria:

· Extensive experience managing in a manufacturing operation is essential, including at least 5 years managing teams.

· Strong technical and commercial experience

· Results driven with a proven track record of operational management excellence and driving change and culture

· Comfortable leading and / or mentoring others

· Proactive, curious and solution oriented

· Strong business acumen with a desire to be heavily involved in the Company’s strategy and growth

Person Specification:

· Strategic thinker – you know how to think differently, to reflect and to dig deeper to find the best outcomes when analysing processes, developing metrics, and making informed decisions.

· Strong communicator – you know how to tailor your communications, and you have excellent interpersonal skills. You are tactful, confident, and clear when communicating.

· Confident and inspiring – you are credible, influential, and gain the respect of all your stakeholders. You are confident working autonomously and making recommendations to leadership

· Collaborative – you engender positive working relationships amongst internal teams.

· Have experience of financial and commercial processes in a manufacturing environment.

· Educated to Masters, MBA, or equivalent

How to Apply:

If you are looking to take the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you. Please send your CV and a cover letter detailing your experience and salary requirements to our HR team: hayley@warnerconsulting.co.uk.

Applications are being centralised through the relevant job platforms. Tecni-Form and Warner Consultancy will therefore not be accepting calls regarding this position, and contacting us directly will not advance your application.

Deadline for applications: 4th November 2025 – Applications will be reviewed as they come in.

2-stage onsite interview process including assessments.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to £125,000.00 per year

Benefits:

On-site parking
Sick pay

Experience:

managing a manufacturing operation : 5 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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