Director, Supplier and Manufacturer Quality

Thermoteknix Systems

COMPANY PROFILE Location:             Waterbeach, UK Department:        Production Reports to:          Operations Director Type:                   Full-time, Permanent  Thermoteknix Systems Ltd, founded in 1982 and based in Cambridge, is a world leader in thermal imaging, night vision, and augmented reality systems. Our award-winning technologies are trusted by defence, security, and industrial customers in over 70 countries. With in-house R&D, cutting-edge innovation, and a global reputation for quality, we design and manufacture solutions that perform in the toughest environments. ABOUT YOU Thermoteknix is seeking an experienced and commercially minded Manufacturing Manager to lead and develop all manufacturing and production operations across the business. The role is responsible for ensuring safe, efficient, high-quality and scalable production of advanced thermal imaging and sensing systems, supporting both current programmes and future growth.  The successful candidate will oversee production planning, manufacturing, assembly, test operations, supply chain coordination, quality performance and continuous improvement initiatives. They will play a key leadership role in delivering operational excellence within a high-technology, regulated manufacturing environment.  Key Responsibilities  Production Leadership  * Lead daily production activities to achieve delivery, quality and efficiency targets. * Ensure manufacturing schedules are executed effectively to meet customer demand.  * Coordinate cross-functional teams to support smooth production operations.   * Drive accountability and performance across all production areas.   * Support new product introduction and transition into manufacturing.   Manufacturing & Operations * Oversee manufacturing operations to ensure safe, efficient and cost-effective production.   * Oversee purchasing and supplier coordination to maintain continuity of supply.   * Ensure ERP/MRP systems are effectively utilised to support operations.  * Identify and mitigate operational risks affecting delivery or product quality.  * Monitor operational KPI’s and implement corrective action where required.   Quality & Compliance * Maintain compliance with quality, regulatory, and health and safety standards.   * Ensure manufacturing processes meet ISO and customer quality requirements.  * Support audit readiness and continuous compliance across operations. *  Promote a culture of quality and process discipline throughout manufacturing. Continuous Improvement  * Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce waste.  * Drive lean manufacturing and operational excellence initiatives.  * Improve production flow, capacity utilisation, and on time delivery performance. * Analyse operational data to support informed decision-making and improvement actions.  * Lead change initiatives that support business growth and scalability.   * Support automation and digital manufacturing initiatives where appropriate. People Management  * Lead, mentor, and develop manufacturing and operational teams.  * Foster a positive, accountable, and high-performance working environment.  * Support employee development through coaching and performance management.  * Ensure effective communication across departments and operational teams.  * Promote employee engagement and adherence to company values.  Commercial & Strategic Contribution  * Contribute to operational strategy and long-term business objectives.  * Support cost control and margin improvement initiatives across manufacturing.   * Collaborate with the leadership team to support growth and investment planning.  * Align manufacturing capability with customer and commercial requirements.  * Provide operational insight and reporting to support strategic decision-making.  * Liaise with commercial teams to align manufacturing capacity with customer demand forecasts.  Required Experience  * Proven leadership experience running a manufacturing environment with highly configurable products.  * Strong understanding of production planning, purchasing, and supply chain operations.  * Experience managing operational performance and continuous improvement initiatives.  * Knowledge of quality systems, compliance, and manufacturing best practices.  * Extensive experience working with ERP/MRP systems and manufacturing KPIs.  * Experience leading multidisciplinary production teams.  * Strong problem-solving and decision-making capability.  * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.  * Experience working within ISO-regulated environments.  * Engineering or technical degree qualification.  Desirable Experience * Experience within defence, aerospace, electronics, or high-technology manufacturing.  * Knowledge of lean manufacturing or Six Sigma methodologies.  * Experience managing low-volume, high-complexity production environments.  * Experience in evaluating, selection and implementation of a new ERP/MPR system.   * Experience supporting NPI (New Product Introduction).  * Familiarity with regulated or export-controlled manufacturing operations.  * Engineering or technical manufacturing background preferred. WHY US? What We Offer  * Opportunity to lead manufacturing operations within an innovative and globally respected advanced technology business.  * Significant scope to shape manufacturing capability, manufacturing systems, and future production strategy.  * Exposure to cutting-edge thermal imaging, sensing, and defence technologies.  * Competitive senior-level salary, performance-related bonus, pension contribution, and benefits package. * Professional development and long-term career growth opportunities within a rapidly evolving technology environment.

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01Health is at an inflection point. The platform is built, revenue is accelerating, and we are moving from a single-specialty company to a multi-vertical specialist healthcare platform - with AI as embedded clinical infrastructure. Our vision is to help all clinicians deliver the latest innovations in healthcare, improving the standard of care for millions of people.  Backed by the investors behind Revolut, CityMapper, and Depop - we're scaling fast across the UK and beyond, and are looking for exceptional people to join us on our mission.  What is happening at 01Health right now: Balderton-backed Series A company 90% of UK patients can reach an 01Health–affiliated clinic within 30 minutes All growth has been inbound, ~50% word of mouth 4.98★ customer rating from the dentists who use us Aerox (sleep) ready for national rollout to top-performing 01 Partners, with a 300+ clinic waitlist US expansion live  New verticals being tested and prototyped We are not searching for product–market fit anymore. We are ready to dominate the market, and to do it across multiple medical specialties, transforming lives in the process. The Role: We're hiring for one of the most critical and exciting roles at 01Health.   As Head of Operations, you will report directly to the COO and own day-to-day operations, leading a team of 50+ people across clinical, support, treatment planning, supply chain, fulfilment, and specialist teams. You’ll play a crucial part in enabling our geographical (US) and product (Sleep) expansion. How we deliver the next 10x growth has AI at its core. Working with our COO and leadership team, your job is to take those plans and translate them into crisp, well-run execution on the ground - and to be the feedback loop back up: surfacing problems early, spotting where reality is diverging from the plan, and channelling ideas and intel from team leads back into leadership decisions. Operations is already performing strongly. We’re not hiring someone just to keep the lights on; we’re also looking for someone to play a key part in redesigning and scaling how operations works. What you'll do: Own and run day-to-day operations across our Orthodontic and Sleep products (UK and US), with full accountability for our high quality bar, performance, and output against agreed targets. Execute against the operations roadmap set by leadership. Break it down into clear workstreams, sequence the work, drive it through to completion, and report progress crisply. Manage and develop team leads across functions. Set clear expectations, hold a high bar on performance, and run a tight operating cadence (1:1s, weekly reviews, monthly business reviews). Hit SLAs and performance targets consistently. Track the numbers, understand why they are what they are, and act fast when they slip. Identify and unblock bottlenecks. Spot where work is getting stuck, get to the root cause, and fix it - whether that's a process change, a tooling tweak, or a difficult conversation. Treat operations as a product. Design, build, and continuously improve internal tools, workflows and systems. Drive adoption and impact of AI and automation across your teams. The COO and leadership team sets the AI build agenda; you make sure the tools land, get used, and translate into measurable change in how operations actually runs. Run capacity planning, forecasting, and resourcing across your three areas, partnering with leadership on hiring and headcount. Lead operational readiness for new markets and products, executing the rollout plan and surfacing what needs to change as you go. Manage day-to-day supplier and partner relationships across our manufacturers and product lines, with clear ownership of lead times, quality, and fulfilment reliability. What success looks like: Operations runs smoothly day-to-day without needing COO involvement in execution. SLAs and performance targets are consistently met across the three areas as volume scales. AI and automation tools the team is building are actually adopted, used well, and driving measurable improvement in throughput and quality. Team leads have a clear, supportive manager who holds them to a high standard - and they're getting better at their jobs because of it. Leadership has full, accurate visibility into what's happening on the ground: nothing is festering quietly, surprises are rare, problems are caught early. Roadmap items land on time, in scope, and with the team leads bought in. You're seen as the trusted operator the COO can hand a problem or a plan to and trust will get done well. You'll thrive in this role if… You have 5-8 years of experience, for example combining top-tier consulting or finance experience with at least one operations role in a high-growth environment. You are obsessive about execution and detail. You take pride in things being done well, on time, and to a high standard - not just done. You are hard-working and high-output. You don't need to be told twice, you don't drop balls, and you bring real energy and pace to the work. You're a natural project manager. You can take a messy goal, break it into a clear plan, run it, and report on it crisply. You're great with people. You can manage and develop team leads, hold a firm line on standards, and have hard conversations when needed. You're an excellent communicator - clear, concise, structured - and just as comfortable writing a sharp update to the leadership team as you are sitting next to a team lead unpicking a workflow. You operate well with ambiguity but you bring structure to it: you turn vague briefs into clear plans rather than waiting for clarity. You are AI-fluent and genuinely excited to drive AI adoption across your teams. You don't need to be the one building the tools, but you need to be a power user, a strong advocate, and the person who makes sure they actually land in the real workflow. You are commercially minded. You understand why operational metrics matter to the broader business and you make trade-offs accordingly. Why this role: You'll be the senior operations executor at a fast-scaling company, reporting directly to the COO with a clear seat at the table. You'll own day-to-day operations across three exciting frontiers from day one: our core business, our growing US operation, and our new Sleep product line. Few mid-level ops roles offer that kind of breadth and frontier exposure. You'll have a clear scope and a clear mandate: take strategy from leadership and turn it into excellent execution. No fuzzy lines. You'll work side-by-side with leadership and have real exposure to how a high-growth company is run from the top. AI is reshaping operations and you'll be on the front foot, driving adoption of tools and ways of working that will define how operations is run for the next decade. Clear path to grow as the company grows - whether that's deepening into Director-level ownership, scaling into new markets, or moving sideways into other parts of the business. Compensation is benchmarked to senior mid-level operator roles in the London market, with meaningful equity.

NKT HV Cables AB

Company description: NKT connects a greener world with high-quality power cable technology and takes centre stage as the world moves towards green energy. NKT designs, manufactures and installs low-, medium- and high-voltage power cable solutions enabling sustainable energy transmission. Since 1891, NKT has innovated the power cable technology building the infrastructure for the first light bulbs to the megawatts created by renewable energy today. NKT is headquartered in Denmark and employs 6,500 people. NKT is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen and realised a revenue of EUR 3.6 billion in 2025. We connect a greener world. www.nkt.com Job description:Shape sustainable sourcing for critical metal materialsCopper is one of NKT’s most important raw materials and essential to delivering the global energy transition. We are now looking for an experienced procurement leader and professional to take responsibility for the Copper & Metals Cluster and contribute to the continued development of our global sourcing activities. This role offers the opportunity to work at the centre of NKT’s growth journey, supporting major investments in production capacity while advancing sustainability objectives. Are you interested in shaping sourcing strategies for one of the most important materials in the energy industry?Develop sourcing strategies for global metal supplyAs Director, Category Management for Copper & Metals Cluster, you will be overall responsible for category management activities across the metals category cluster while managing the strategic copper category. You will translate developments within commodity markets into sourcing strategies that secure supply, improve competitiveness and support sustainability ambitions. Working closely with production sites, business stakeholders and suppliers, you will contribute to supplier portfolio development, category planning and long-term procurement initiatives.Your responsibility will be to: Own category management activities within the Metals Cluster Manage strategic metals categories, including copper rod and cathode Develop category strategies, category plans and procurement project pipelines Act as the key business partner on metals supply market developments Build supplier partnerships and negotiate supply agreements using market intelligence The position reports to the VP of Category Management, Direct Materials. You will work closely with category managers across the organisation. Planned travel within Europe and internationally is expected.   Profile description:Experienced procurement professional within global metals marketsYou are a curious and commercially minded person who enjoys working with complex market dynamics and long-term business challenges. You build trust through sound judgement, persistence and a collaborative approach. You are comfortable challenging established ways of working and creating clarity in situations involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities. You enjoy working in an international environment where strategic decisions influence business continuity, operational performance and long-term competitiveness.You also have: University degree within Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Economics or a related field Extensive experience within metals commodity management, preferably copper and other non-ferrous metals, gained within international industrial or manufacturing environments. Deep knowledge of commodity pricing mechanisms, hedging principles and risk mitigation Proven track record of negotiating large-scale strategic supply agreements and securing supply continuity in dynamic market conditions. Experience translating market intelligence into multi-year category strategies, balanced sourcing actions and business recommendations Solid understanding of sustainability trends within metals markets, including low-carbon production routes, circularity initiatives and supplier decarbonization roadmaps. Experience managing supplier relationships and engaging with senior supplier stakeholders Fluency in English, written and spoken   Contribute to the growth of sustainable energy infrastructureNKT is committed to developing a diverse organization and culture where people of diverse backgrounds can grow and are inspired to do their best. We have high ambitions on establishing gender diversity at NKT and encouraging all interested candidates to apply – even if you don’t tick all the boxes described. We believe that a diverse organization enables long-term performance, and that an inclusive and welcoming culture creates a better work environment.In this role, you will contribute to securing one of NKT’s most important raw materials while supporting major investments in production capacity and sustainability initiatives. You will work with experienced colleagues across Europe, develop your capabilities in an international setting and take part in sourcing activities that support the expansion of energy infrastructure and the green transition.Read more about our offer and listen to some voices of NKT Connectors here!We will review applications continuously, but we recommend you apply no later than 26 July 2026. Please send in your application in English. Be aware that personality and cognitive tests might be included in the recruitment process. If you have any questions about the role, you are very welcome to contact Hiring Manager Martin Helbo Texel at martin.helbo.texel@nkt.com. For inquiries about the recruitment process, please reach out to Angelina Nilsson at Angelina.nilsson@nkt.com. Please note that due to the GDPR regulations we cannot accept any applications via e-mail.  We collect confidential candidate experience feedback to improve our recruitment process. Your responses are for quality development only and do not affect hiring decisions. Be a Connector of the green tomorrow!