Role: Operation Manager

Location: Oldham

Contract: Initial 24 month fixed term

Working pattern: Monday to Thursday 7:45am – 5:00pm & Friday 7:45am – 11:45am

Do you want your impact to be recognised?

Do you want a career that impacts millions of people for the good? At Mölnlycke, you’ll be helping to equip medical professionals with solutions to improve outcomes for patients. And you’ll develop your career in a growing organisation with an inspirational culture – where you’ll be recognised for the results you’ve achieved.

In Wound Care at Mölnlycke, we help to prevent, manage and accelerate the healing of wounds.

As the Operations Manager, you’ll have responsibility for providing senior leadership and guidance for the manufacturing site operations whilst maintaining full regulatory compliance adherence.

Duties will include but are not limited too:

• Delivering all product manufacturing within regulatory and validated specifications
• Ensure that projected quantities are met within required customer timeframes
• Leadership, mentoring and development of all Operational Cell Leaders
• Embed an environment of continuous improvement and drive various CI projects
• Participate and contribute towards shopfloor daily operational meetings  
• Develop long-term strategic resource and demand plan
• Build business cases for required capital investment requests

What you’ll get

• Competitive base salary, dependant on experience
• 25% annual bonus
• Monthly car allowance
• BUPA healthcare
• Private pension up to 10% company contribution
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Life assurance and Income protection
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Wellbeing resource hub

What you’ll need

• Extensive experience leading manufacturing operations in similar regulated environment
• Proven ability to implement continuous improvement initiatives
• Clear ability to coach and develop team members
• Demonstrable knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
• Previous exposure to dveloping strategy and investment business proposals  

Our approach to diversity and inclusion

At Mölnlycke diversity is not just a vision, but our strength. We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace that values and celebrates the power of diversity. At the heart of our commitment is the belief that diversity fuels innovation, creativity, and problem-solving. We invite you to be a part of a team where authenticity is embraced, and every employee, regardless of background or any other traits, experiences a true sense of belonging

Your attitude, drive, enthusiasm, and eagerness to learn are just as important to us as the requirements for the role

Please contact Matthew Davitt if you have any questions about the role or wish to discuss opportunities at Mölnlycke further

About Mölnlycke

Mölnlycke is a world-leading medical products and solutions company that equips healthcare professionals to achieve the best patient, clinical and economic outcomes.

Our business is organised in the four business areas Wound Care, Operating Room Solutions, Gloves and Antiseptics, where customer centricity, sustainability and digitalisation are at the heart of everything we do.

Mölnlycke employs around 8,400 people. The company headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden and we operate in more than 100 countries worldwide. Since 2007, the company has been part of Investor AB, an engaged owner of high-quality, global companies which was founded by the Wallenberg family in 1916. For more information, please visit www.molnlycke.com and www.molnlycke.com/careers