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Implementation ManagerPosition/Title: Implementation ManagerOrganisation: Think Eleven LimitedReporting to: Managing DirectorLocation: Spectrum 5, Spectrum Business Park, Co. Durham, SR7 7TTTerms: Permanent, 37.5 hours per weekSalary: Up to £45,000 p.a. depending on experienceBenefits: • At least 80% (4:1) office-based with flexible & hybrid working, • 25 days holiday plus 8 statutory bank holidays, • Company Pension, • Additional benefits including Westfield Heath, Death in Service and Tusker, • Volunteering Day, • Free onsite parking, • Free refreshments, • Training & development as required, • Shared rewards The RoleYou will lead and support our team of Implementation Consultants to deliver an exceptional onboarding customer experience, ensuring that customers are supported through a seamless onboarding journey Key Responsibilities• Lead, coach, and develop a team of implementation specialists • Set performance goals, conduct reviews, and support professional development • Allocate resources effectively across projects • Oversee end-to-end implementation projects from planning to delivery • Ensure timelines, budgets, and deliverables are met • Identify risks and implement mitigation strategies • Act as a senior point of contact for clients during implementations • Build strong relationships with clients and internal teams (e.g., sales, product, support) • Manage expectations and ensure clear communication throughout projects • Maximise customer retention through ongoing service delivery• Develop and optimise implementation processes, tools, and methodologies • Drive efficiency, scalability, and consistency across projects • Monitor KPIs and continuously improve team performance • Ensure all implementations meet quality standards and business requirements • Conduct post-implementation reviews and gather feedback • Resolve escalations and complex issues • Provide regular updates to senior leadership on project status and team performance • Contribute to strategic planning and growth initiatives • Support pre-sales activities where implementation expertise is required Key Skills & Experience• Proven experience in implementation, project management, or delivery roles • Strong leadership and people management skills • Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities, demonstrated in customer facing roles.• Experience with project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, PRINCE2) • Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously • Data-driven mindset with experience tracking KPIs Desirable Qualifications• Degree in Business, IT, or a related field • Project management certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, Agile) • Experience in [industry-specific tools/software] Key Competencies• Leadership & coaching • Strategic thinking • Customer focus • Organisation & planning • Adaptability • Conflict resolution Technical Proficiency• Implementation experience with SaaS platforms• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills • Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. The Small Print• Strictly no agencies.• All applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

Senior Supervisor – Press Shop\n\nNorth East England | Manufacturing | Permanent\n\nJackson Hogg is supporting a well‑established manufacturing site in the North East with the appointment of a Senior Supervisor within their Press Shop (P200) operation.\n\nThis role exists to strengthen frontline leadership, shift accountability, and operational control in a high‑volume press environment. It’s a genuine step‑up opportunity for an experienced Supervisor or Shift Leader who wants full ownership of KPI performance, people leadership, and continuous improvement – not just day‑to‑day firefighting.\n\nThe role\n\nAs Senior Supervisor, you will lead a shift within the Press Shop, taking full accountability for safety, quality, cost, delivery, morale, and productivity in line with the Unipres Production System (UPS) and the site’s mid‑term strategic plan.\n\nYou’ll manage Supervisors and operators, drive structured problem‑solving on the shop floor, and ensure output, availability, and standards are consistently met in a demanding manufacturing environment.\n\nThis is a hands‑on leadership role, not an office‑based post.\n\nKey responsibilities\n\n * Lead and deploy QCDMS across your shift to achieve departmental and UPS targets\n\n * Own shift‑level KPI performance, driving structured improvement aligned to mid‑term strategy\n\n * Manage and develop Supervisors through coaching, feedback, and clear performance expectations\n\n * Deliver sustained output improvements through SPM optimisation, press availability, and shift control discipline\n\n * Ensure daily production plans align with capacity, cost targets, and customer demand\n\n * Drive a culture of ownership, visual management, and problem‑solving at shop‑floor level\n\n * Work cross‑functionally with Engineering, Quality, HR, and Planning to deliver site objectives\n\n * Manage absence, holidays, disciplinaries, and recruitment in line with HR policy\n\n * Support succession planning and development of future leaders within the Press Shop\n\n * Maintain effective communication and cascade of safety, quality, and production updates\n\n * Take ownership of shift‑level budgetary control and contribute to cost‑reduction initiatives\n\n * Ensure full compliance with company policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements\n\nSafety, Health & Environment\n\n * Ensure all SHE policies and procedures are followed at all times\n\n * Act immediately on safety concerns and implement countermeasures to reduce risk\n\n * Create and deploy strategic safety improvement plans\n\n * Report safety KPI performance and countermeasures for accidents and near misses\n\n * Demonstrate strong working knowledge of risk assessments and proactive safety management\n\nWhat we’re looking for\n\nThis role will suit someone who already operates at a senior supervisory or shift management level in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment.\n\nEssential:\n\n * Minimum Level 5 qualification in Operations Management (or equivalent)\n\n * Proven experience leading people in a high‑volume manufacturing operation\n\n * Strong understanding of QCDMS, continuous improvement, and visual management\n\n * Track record of improving KPI performance under pressure\n\n * Advanced knowledge of safety risk assessments and safety KPI reporting\n\n * Experience handling disciplinaries, appraisals, and manpower planning\n\n * Confident communicator able to influence at all levels\n\n * IT‑literate, comfortable using digital systems for production, safety, and training data\n\n * A visible, safety‑first leader who sets standards on the shop floor\n\nDesirable:\n\n * Automotive manufacturing experience\n\n * Strong technical background in press operations or die engineering\n\n * Experience working at a strategic level within a structured production system\n\nWhy consider this role?\n\nGenuine senior leadership responsibility with real accountability\n\nClear alignment to a mid‑term strategic plan, not short‑term fixes\n\nOpportunity to shape culture, standards, and future supervisors\n\nStable manufacturing environment with long‑term investment

Imperial Recruitment Group are delighted to announce that we are working a long established organisation to recruit for a Sales & Proposals Director in Sunderland on a permanent basis.\nLOCATION: Remote – Sunderland\nSALARY: Competitive (Depending on Experience)\nHOURS: General office hours (Mon -Fri)\nJOB OVERVIEW:\nThe Sales & Proposals Director provides leadership and is responsible for the sales pipeline and business development activities, along with proposal management of the bid team to ensure that the generation and active progression of opportunities is significant enough to support and achieve the booking and sales targets.\nThe role is responsible for developing and implementing tools and processes that aid the progress of business development into new business sectors, manage sales pipeline producing accurate forecasting tools and reports for business planning, highlight and manage risk at the front end of all opportunities, generate accurate costing material that is in conjunction with other departments ensuring high throughput of enquiries and effective and efficient handover. The Sales and Proposals Director must effectively communicate the vision of the business, driving accountability, ownership, and measured performance. Translating the overarching business deliverables into clearly defined KPIs.\nYou’ll be supported with personalised on the job training, coaching, mentoring and twice-yearly development and performance reviews to help maintain & develop your contributions and competence.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES:\nPresent and chair meetings with senior representatives from all customers to ensure that our offer is well received and understood, giving the company the best chances of success.\nAccountable for all sales negotiations and discussions with customers, ensuring that risk, commercial and contractual obligations are accounted for and that safeguard the business.\nAccountable for reporting weekly & monthly sales pipeline, forecasting and hot opportunities to the Managing Director, including agreed metrics, Go/Get probability, close dates, project timings, resource allocation, Cost, Cashflow, Scope, Risk.\nProvide sales direction for the business through detailed business development and analysis of markets to ensure sustainability.\nDrive best practice techniques within the sales and proposals teams.\nAccountable for all sales activities to ensure that the business has a healthy pipeline of opportunities supporting the financial targets set.\nAccountable for successfully achieving the sales and booking targets set by group.\nAccountable for the management, governance and reporting of monthly sales and proposals performance to the Managing Director, including agreed metrics, OTD of bids, forecast reports, pipeline status.\nEnsures 100% compliance and governance with business policy and procedures.\nContributing to the implementation and then ongoing compliance with quality systems to ISO standards 9001, 14001 and 45001, or equivalent, including planning, preparation, and participation of external audits.\nDrive continuous improvement strategies with the Senior sales and proposals personnel along with other key stakeholders: process improvement, costing sheet progression, cost reductions, sales material, standardisation of conveyors.\nProvide effective support for the Sales and proposals team, ensuring technical and commercial support is available as required to ensure all proposals are sufficiently reviewed, approved and achievable, in line with the proposals process.\nWork with fellow Directors driving collaborative strategies for the group relating to standardisation of policy, process and systems and shared resources.\nDrive strategy for best practice across all areas of the business, providing leadership, mentoring and guidance to the management team.\nDevelop the Sales and Proposals teams to be more commercially aware of opportunities for competitive advantages, strategic positioning, high risk potentials so that mitigation or reduction measures can be implemented.\nMinimum Requirements:\nDemonstrable experience within Material Handling, Construction or / and Structural Steel industries\nDegree qualified in a technical or business management discipline\nExperience in a technical sales management role\nExperience in either a technical sales or proposal management position\nExperience of owning sales targets, forecasting and pipeline management\nCritical and analytical thinker, sound decision maker, assertive\nAble to mentor/lead management teams effectively\nExperience and understanding of heavy engineering and/or material handling products/processes\nStrong people management skills\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, and with attention to detail\nHighly organised and able to prioritise workload in a multidisciplinary environment\nAbility to project strategy clearly, setting goals and objectives for Managers/Senior Managers\nExperience of presenting up to board level / senior level clients\nExceptional leadership, visible, approachable, and with consistency across all business areas\nAdhere to the business’s core values through working relationships, attitude, and behaviour\nAbility to travel to clients’ sites when necessary\nFor more information on this opportunity please feel free to contact the retained recruitment partner Adam Pearson at Imperial Recruitment Group.\nImperial Recruitment Group is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities, ensuring fair treatment throughout the recruitment process

As the Head of Demand & Inventory Planning, you will chart the course and set the strategic direction for regional demand planning and S&OP execution in On’s largest market. You bring 10+ years of experience in Demand Planning, Inventory Planning, IBP or Supply Chain for a premium or performance-o

This role involves analyzing energy usage data, creating strategic energy plans, and influencing board-level decisions.

Fashion and Events Management LecturerDepartment: AcademicsLocation: Sunderland CampusPosition Type: Permanent, Full-TimeWorking Hours: 37.5 hours per weekWorking Pattern: 5 days per week, with flexibility for occasional evening or weekend teaching depending on academic timetable needs.Reports To: Course DirectorCompany DescriptionUK Management College (UKMC) is a growing higher education provider offering a range of business-focused and professional programmes. Our focus is on delivering practical, career-driven education that prepares students for real opportunities in industry. We work with experienced academics, established professionals, and industry partners to ensure our courses remain relevant, supportive, and high-quality.Job PurposeThe Fashion and Events Management will contribute to the delivery, assessment, and development of the BSc (Hons) Fashion Management & Strategy and BA (Hons) Events Management programmes. The role involves teaching across Levels 4–6, supporting students’ academic progress, maintaining subject expertise, and contributing to quality assurance processes.Key ResponsibilitiesTeaching and Curriculum Delivery•Deliver lectures, seminars, workshops, and tutorials across fashion management, events management, sustainability, strategy, and related subject areas.•Teach topics including brand management, event and festival planning, consumer behaviour, digital engagement, and live experience design.•Provide industry informed academic content and ensure learning materials are current and relevant.Assessment and Student Support•Design, deliver, and mark assessments in line with College and regulatory requirements.•Provide clear, developmental feedback to support student learning.•Supervise dissertations, placements, live projects, and client based assignments.•Offer appropriate academic and pastoral support to promote student engagement and progression.Curriculum Development and Quality Assurance•Contribute to curriculum review and ongoing programme enhancement.•Participate in moderation, annual monitoring, and other quality assurance processes.•Implement inclusive teaching and assessment practices in line with institutional policies.Industry Engagement and Professional Practice•Maintain and develop industry links to support guest lectures, live briefs, and placement opportunities.•Engage in scholarship, research, or professional practice to maintain subject knowledge and contribute to academic currency.Academic Contribution•Support recruitment and outreach activities, including Open Days and induction events.•Work collaboratively with academic and professional services colleagues to maintain a high quality learning environment.Person SpecificationQualifications and EducationRequired Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Fashion Management, Events Management, Business, Creative Industries, Marketing, Tourism, or a related field. Willingness to obtain Fellowship of Advance HE if not already held.Preferred PhD or active progress toward a doctoral qualification. PGCert or equivalent teaching qualification.Knowledge and SkillsRequiredStrong subject knowledge in areas such as: Fashion brand management Sustainability and values‑based business Strategic management within creative industries Events and festival management Digital retail, e‑commerce, and audience engagement Project or live experience management Effective communication and presentation skills Ability to deliver inclusive and engaging teaching Competence with digital learning platforms and technologiesPreferred Professional networks within fashion, events, or related creative sectors. Engagement in research, scholarship, or industry practice.ExperienceRequired Teaching or training experience in higher education or a comparable professional environment. Experience assessing student work and supporting academic development. Experience contributing to curriculum delivery or module design.Preferred Industry experience in fashion management, event production, festival management, or related creative fields. Experience supporting quality assurance or enhancement processes

Senior Shift Manager Location: Washington £63,600 per year + shift allowance Hours: 2 shift rotation 6:45 - 15:03 (days) 15:00 - 23:18 (lates) • Free electric car charging points on site, • Car lease scheme, • Pension (GPP) 4.5% employee and 4.5% employer, • Life Assurance 4x pensionable pay (after 1 years’ service for GPP members), • Private healthcare, • On-site occupational health support, • Company sick pay, • Enhanced paternity leave, • Enhanced maternity leave, • Profit share, • Sports and social club, • Long service awards, • Monthly prize draw, • On- site canteen We are looking for an experienced Senior Shift Manager to join a high-volume, precision manufacturing business in Washington. This is a senior leadership role, responsible for driving shift performance, developing teams, and translating site strategy into effective day-to-day operations. If you are a strategic thinker with strong manufacturing leadership experience, this could be a great next step in your career. What you will be doing: • Lead Press Shop operations, delivering against quality, cost, delivery, safety and morale (QCDMS) targets, • Take ownership of shift performance and operational output, • Support medium and long-term operational planning, • Coach and develop supervisors and operators, building leadership capability within the team, • Drive continuous improvement initiatives and data-led performance improvements, • Manage shift planning and manpower optimisation, • Ensure compliance with health & safety, HR policies and company standards, • Work collaboratively with other departments to achieve site and business objectives What you will bring to the team: You will have: • Level 5 qualification (or equivalent) in Operations Management or a related discipline, • Experience in a supervisory or management role within fast-paced manufacturing, • Strong understanding of QCDMS and continuous improvement methodologies, • Experience managing KPIs and operational performance, • Excellent communication, leadership and decision-making skills To be considered for this position please click “Apply” and submit your up-to-date CV

Barron Williams are delighted to be retained to deliver this key search and selection instruction for our client, a leading supplier of high-quality print POS marketing materials to the UK retail motor industry. Offering a full, design-to -production service, the business has secured an excellent reputation for quality and delivery with large dealer groups as well as independents and vehicle manufacturer brands. Now with 30 years of experience serving the motor industry, the small, high-skilled team have worked closely with clients to establish highly valued, partnership-based relationships, driving growth and investment in new facilities and state of the art equipment. Now poised for further growth, the founders are looking to appoint the right GENERAL MANAGER to join the senior leadership team to lead business operations and execute the business strategy. Your role will be to drive efficiency and effectiveness whilst ensuring that the business is structured to meet both existing and new client requirements in terms of quality – design, production and delivery of effective print POS marketing materials. You will be an experienced General Manager with a relevant background in B2B service businesses, ideally print / finishing-related. Credible and grounded, you will have a naturally inspiring management style and a clearly visible ability to take problems in your stride. The ideal candidate will bring years of experience in improving business performance through developing people as well as excellent systems and processes. For the right individual, a discussion about the longer-term and potential ownership opportunities is available. Job Title: General Manager Location: NE England Reports to: Business Owners Functional Reports: Operations Team (c15, potentially growing to c30) Package: Attractive salary + car / allowance, perf-related bonus + benefits Key Deliverables: · As part of the SLT, deliver the long-term business growth plan, delivering against operations KPI’s · Lead daily activities of all core operations functions, taking overall responsibility for Operations P&L · Business transformation - deliver strategic objectives to ensure operations continue to meet requirements · Revise / establish policies and procedures that promote company growth, culture and vision · Ensure that contracts are carried out to budget, on time and to the satisfaction of the client · Champion and ensure effective people management and development plans are implemented · Develop the business optimally to maximise the potential long-term value for shareholders Candidate Profile: · High-calibre professional with a background in relevant B2B services (full-service print / finishing ideal) · Demonstrable leadership experience, leading teams in businesses of varying sizes, inc. SME’s · Operations or General Management background, probably in service-led business operations · Can demonstrate leadership experience in strategic / planning roles, in fast growth businesses · Exemplary inter-personal skills, builds great relationships and understands relationship dynamics · Motor industry or international client experience a plus but not essential · Personal characteristics would likely include inspiring, engaging, motivating, passionate and determined Apply in confidence via (url removed)

Zenith are working with our client who are a Manufacturer looking for an experienced Health & Safety Coordinator on a permanent basis. The main purpose of the position is to ensure that employees work in safe conditions, legal and corporate obligations are fully met, and safety culture is developed and enhanced. You will strive to reduce risk exposures by engaging with operators and leaders which will involve overseeing site facilities operations linked to EHS, maintaining safe working environments, and support strategic improvements which will involve come Sub-Contractor Management. Duties include:- * Leading HSE compliance and drive business target to reduce risk exposures and creating site level annual action plans for the local plant management to execute on a day-to-day basis. * Analyse data and use information via systems to work on leading indicators and drive out the potential for any Life Changing Events to occur. * Produce and share reports/data to Management on a regular basis. * Implement a safety culture necessary to reduce accident / incident frequency on a continual basis. * Define, implement and support safety strategy. * Advise on equipment standards and best practices. * Provide training in support of systems and legislation. * Conduct accident / incident investigations and manage / monitor improvement schedules. * Benchmark and leverage best practice. * Provide support and advice on legislation and corporate requirements. * Lead emergency planning and safety drills * Source, manage and monitor compliance of relevant contractors and service providers, ensuring performance and value Essential Qualifications & Experience Required * Degree qualified or IOSH, NEBOSH certification or similar If you are an experienced Health & Safety Professional with a background in Manufacturing, please click apply now