Operations Director, Door Manufacturer - Gloucestershire & Leicestershire


Company:	Unity Doors Limited
Salary:	£80,000 to £100,000 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Newent, GL18 1DZ
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	9 Oct 2026
Closing date:	8 Nov 2026

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Summary

Unity Doors is a specialist in the design, manufacture and supply of Composite and Timber doorsets. As a result of a planned retirement, we are now recruiting for the newly created role of Operations Director to join our senior management team. The majority of the role will be based at our Head office site in Newent, Gloucestershire but travel to our Joinery business in Leicester will be required weekly.

The role will be reporting directly to the board of directors / owners.

Line management reports will include:

• Manufacturing & Engineering Manager, Newent

• Plant Engineer, Newent

• Commercial Operations Manager, Leicester

• Production Manager, Leicester

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Manufacturing & Engineering – both sites (Newent & Leicester):

• Focus on process improvement and engineering for all aspects of manufacturing across both sites to maximize output and enable flexibility of workforce and machinery usage

• Line management of Newent Manufacturing & Engineering Manager, providing mentoring and guidance on day-to-day activities

• Accountable for all Maintenance & Engineering activities

• Line management of Newent Plant Engineer, providing mentoring and guidance on day-to-day activities

• Work with the Leicester Production Manager to monitor and control use of production labour and minimize overtime

• To develop and maintain high levels of machine preventive maintenance throughout the workplace and promote good housekeeping regimes across both sites

• Develop relationships with 3rd party providers – machinery, installation, parts – to ensure cost efficiencies and ongoing support partnerships for both sites

• Ensure all statutory and regulatory requirements are achieved across site for all electrical, mechanical and utilities supply

• To ensure that everyone on site follows and adheres to Health and Safety requirements and that they lead by example on how people should perform their roles safely

• Work closely with the board of directors to help achieve the overall objectives of both sites

JCK Timber Operation - Leicester:

• Work with the Commercial Operations Manager to understand the incoming order flow and to ensure the production plan meets desired delivery dates

• Line management of Commercial Operations Manager and Production Manager, providing mentoring and guidance on day-to-day activities

• Communicate clearly and regularly with the Leicester team to ensure that everyone is aware of the daily / weekly and monthly priorities in order to achieve the budget.

• Develop and implement plans and strategies to recover shortfalls in production and to work with the management to ensure these plans are implemented successfully and on time

• Working closely with the Technical team to ensure that all doorset compliance - fire, smoke, security and energy - is being adhered to during sales process

• Recommend ways in which the output can be improved, or costs can be reduced to improve profitability and efficiency of the business

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