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Head of Operations

Are you experienced in retail operations or have worked within a senior role within a fast-paced distribution centre?

Are you able to not only successfully lead a team but to review exiting processes and to improve the whole operation.
A fast-growing international online fashion and clothing outlet are adding some key figures to the business to enable the business to have the correct structure in place to not only cope but excel with the growth it is currently undergoing.

One of these roles is this, a Head of Operations. Working closely with the Operations Director you will take responsibility for the ongoing management and development of multiple departments including Customer Service, Warehouse, and Logistics with a headcount of around 50 people.

This role offers hybrid working, an excellent salary, free parking, a significant annual bonus and additional benefits the most attractive being a definite route to becoming an Operations Director.

I want to talk with anyone from the e-commerce, Warehouse and/or logistics environment.

Responsibilities of the Head of Operations:

* Plan and utilise resources in each department to run an efficient, cost-effective operation.
* Monitor/control KPIs to achieve business, financial and service targets
* Train, motivate, manage and lead your teams, identifying and nurturing strengths, identifying areas for development
* Oversee the operational processes for the entire business ensuring that they are as efficient and growth ready as possible
* Take responsibility over Carrier solutions.
* To ensure the direct labour resource is utilised to maximum productivity and P&L, will take full ownership throughout the work with the Operations Director.
* Production of operational reports support the roll out of new operational systems, processes, and procedures
* Build excellent working relationships with wider internal teams
* Responsibility for assurance across Quality and Health & Safety standards

Experience Required to become their Head of Operations

* Familiar with online, e-commerce retail/distribution.
* Previous experience in a similar role, specifically relating to high volume parcel delivery
* A proven track record of managing multiple departments and large teams
* Knowledge and experience in applying Lean methodologies or Continuous Improvement initiatives.
* A love for the detail and being involved

This role would suit an experienced Head of Operations or operations manager with previous experience in e-commerce, warehousing and logistics. We want someone highly motivated to develop and progress professionally.

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.

Are you a Technical Sales Engineer that's looking for a step up the ladder? Perhaps you're looking for a bigger territory of area because of current restrictions? Maybe you're looking to increase your basic and commission earnings?

Benefits include a competitive basic salary of up to £45K per annum depending on experience, a realistic yet generous commission structure, company car and fuel card, 25 days holiday plus bank hols, mobile phone & laptop, private healthcare, private pension with 6% employer contributions.

The business have a global reach, with distribution channels on every continent. The UK based operation has a team of engineers in the field to provide cutting edge technology and innovation to their clients, across various industries including steel manufacturing.

We're looking for a technical sales engineer with the capability of understanding tooling requirements, and be able to demonstrate the features and benefits whilst on site with a customer.

This role is fully remote, working from home and site based with clients which will require nationwide travel and overnight stays at times. Occasional head office visits may be required to collect new stock, brochures and marketing materials.

Technical Sales Engineer responsibilities include -

• Maintaining and developing relationships with the current client base
• Increasing sales and volume of end users of the product
• Actively deliver technical tooling solutions to customers whilst on site
• Identify and develop your own leads with new or existing customers
• Demonstrate a strong working knowledge of capital machine tool equipment, to maximise sales opportunities
• Work alongside colleagues and management to coordinate and deliver marketing campaigns, exhibitions and promotional events
• Document cost saving activity and daily use / updating of the CRM system

To be successful as a Technical Sales Engineer, the ideal candidate will possess -

- Previous experience as a cutting tool sales engineer, applications engineer, or area sales
- Be able to confidently demonstrate features & benefits, and identify solutions to the end user whilst on site
- Have a strong awareness of the manufacturing industry in the midlands, as well as competitors and distributors
- Excellent communication and customer facing skills
- Full UK driving license

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.

A globally recognized manufacturer of laser cutting machinery and supporting software, is looking for an experienced UK Sales Manager to join their team.

Some of the benefits include

• Basic salary up to £60K, plus bonuses with OTE of £80K
• Fully expensed company car & fuel card
• Company credit card for expenses
• Working From Home (WFH)
• 32 days holiday inc bank holidays

The business has a global reach, with distribution channels on every continent. They have a UK based operation with a full infrastructure of service, projects and sales. They provide cutting edge laser cutting technology and innovation to their clients, across various industries of precision steel manufacturing.

Key responsibilities for the UK Sales Manager include:

• Maintaining and increasing sales across the whole range of laser cutting machinery
• Gathering market and customer information to develop new pipelines of business
• Providing customers with detailed and accurate quotations
• Negotiating terms of sales and agreements and closing sales with customers
• Develop key customer relationships, together with attracting and building on these relationships to maximise sales growth
• Provide input to commercial strategy programmes and innovative solutions, as well as budget planning in support of relevant projects and new business acquisition
• To plan, attend and deliver demonstrations of equipment, and support trade fairs and exhibitions throughout the year
• New product introduction
• Project management from cradle to the grave

The ideal candidate will have previous experience as a sales manager, selling capital investment machinery ideally within CNC or metal processing, focusing on new business and account management.

This growing business has consistently grown year on year, despite the pandemic, putting them in the enviable position of being able to offer genuine job stability as well as career progression.

If you're looking to join a business that will give you full autonomy over driving the sales function of business, whilst investing in your career through OEM product training, then make sure you hit the apply now button in this advert.

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.

A French Speaking Customer Service Advisor role is available working for an e-commerce company based in the Leicester area. A hybrid position, you will be joining a fun and energetic team in a supportive and vibrant environment on a 12 month fixed contract.

Duties of the role include;

• Translating product information between English and French
• Main point of contact for French speaking clients
• Handling customer queries, majority via email
• Dealing with complaints and order queries (in both English and French)
• Ensuring excellent customer service is provided

Ideally you will;

• Be fluent in French and also English
• Previous experience working in Customer Service
• Good IT skills, with Microsoft systems, Excel and CRM systems
• Good problem solving, able to trouble shoot queries

Hours of work are Monday - Friday working either 9:00am - 5:00pm or 8:00am - 4:00pm totalling a 37.5 hour week. Hybrid working, based in the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Paying a salary of £22,000p/a bonus.

They offer free parking on-site and are easily accessible via public transport.

If this Customer Service Advisor role is of interest, please Apply or contact Lucy @ ASC Connections for more information.

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.

Are you an experienced service engineer, looking to join a more organized machine tool service provider? Do you want to be paid door to door for all the hours you work? Do you need to earn over £55K a year OTE?

A huge player in the industry, their CNC machine tools are globally recognized. They have a strong network of service engineers, along with additional technical support staff who are office-based. They have a head office here in the UK for operations and storage.

This role will involve a lot of product training and investment from the company to bring you up to date with their full machine tool range. Once fully trained, this role would require someone to support on both installations and breakdowns.

Benefits include an excellent base salary of circa £42K depending on experience, salary review after successful probation, plus an OTE of over £55K with overtime weekday / weekends, company vehicle with a choice of car or van, mobile phone & laptop, 33 days holiday, death in service insurance, and a private pension

Responsibilities for the service engineer include -

• Worldwide travel to carry out breakdown repairs and maintenance of CNC Machines including multi axis Mills and Lathes
• Routine service and inspections, as well as fault finding
• Carrying out both mechanical and minor electrical repairs to the machinery
• Machine levelling and alignments
• Installation and commissioning of machinery on site
• Ordering of parts from the office, replacing and retrofitting
• Providing end user training and customer support both remotely and on site

We would love to hear from suitable candidates with the following skills and experience

- Previous experience as a CNC service engineer, or service technician
- Confidence with either electrical or mechanical breakdowns of machinery
- Good knowledge of fault-finding, diagnostics checking, and equipment inspections
- Willingness to travel in UK when needed, with overnight stays

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.

Are you an apprentice trained engineer, looking to join a well established OEM of machine tools? Want to earn a market leading salary, and be paid door to door? How about a company that really do promote from within?

The business specialise in the supply, installation, breakdown repair and servicing of fully automated CNC machine tools for the woodworking industry. It's a global brand with a presence in every continent, as well as a UK HQ for customers to see machine tools for demonstrations. They have a close knit team of service engineers who all in strategic areas of the UK to provide maximum coverage.

On offer is a generous package including a basic of up to £35K, travel time door to door, a 10% guaranteed bonus every year, overtime at x1.33 during the week, x1.5 for Saturday, x2 for Sunday, brand new company van fully expensed, overnight stay allowances and meals during the day, 25 days holiday plus bank hols, a healthy pension scheme and much more.

Responsibilities for the service engineer include -

• Routine servicing and inspection of all machinery within the range
• Planned preventative maintenance on the equipment
• Liaising with the Service Manager to ensure the availability on site of all ancillary equipment needed to complete the servicing.
• Following a Health & Safety procedures, and all additional Health & Safety procedures relating to the specific site.
• Reporting to the Service Manager and to customers' staff as appropriate.
• Promote the range of servicing and warranty products to customers whilst on site
• Identifying all replacement parts required and ensuring that these are promptly ordered.
• Return back to customers to fit replacement parts
• Timely completion of all service documentation which is stored electronically

All PPM work is planned at least 2 months in advance, so the engineer will have an exact plan of where they are required to be the following week.

We would love to hear from you've previously worked in any of the following roles -

- Service Engineer, Service Technician, Maintenance Engineer, Field Technician, CNC Engineer
- Mechanically bias, ideally holding an NVQ level 3 or equivalent in mechanical engineering
- Good knowledge of fault finding, inspection and general machine tool maintenance
- Willingness to travel nationally, and to Ireland and be prepared to stay overnight if required
- Clean driving license

Standard working hours are 40 per week, general expectancy to arrive on site by 8:30am.

The business are prepared to be as flexible and supportive as possible, overnight stays and extensive travel is ideally kept to a minimum, but the business requires an individual who is prepared to do both when necessary. In return the company can be equally flexible when needing time off or working around other engagements

ROLE DEVELOPMENT

• Full product and servicing training will be given over an extended period.
• Opportunities to develop and grow within the role to take on more challenges, breakdowns, installations and commissioning as you self develop

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.

Are you an experienced spare parts coordinator, looking to join a more corporate company? Do you need more flexible working hours? Perhaps you need to earn more money due to increases in bills?

With a reputation for exceptional quality and reliability, the business are regarded as one of the biggest suppliers of CNC machine tools in the world. They have a HQ in Leicestershire with state of the art technology installed inside and out, and a culture that promotes from within!

Benefits include an excellent base salary of up to £32K depending on experience, 36 days holiday, private pension, healthcare, life assurance and yearly pay reviews.

Responsibilities for the spare parts coordinator include -

• Direct liaison with customers regarding spare parts requirements
• Communicating effectively with various divisions internally, as well as suppliers externally in the UK & parts of Europe
• Inventory control and maintenance
• Authorizing and raising orders through the in house system
• Ensuring timely delivery of parts to either engineers or directly to customers
• Support the after sales engineering manager and hot desk to other areas when required

This role will provide challenges to understand the product line, the number of spares kept in stock and on order with European suppliers, so this role would suit someone from an engineering or manufacturing industry background

We would love to hear from suitable candidates with the following skills and experience

- Previous experience as a spare part coordinator or inventory controller
- Excellent communication skills to liaise with departments internally and externally
- Confidence with managing a spares list of over 1000 parts
- Excellent numeracy and PC literacy skills, using Microsoft packages and email
- Flexibility towards supporting other areas of the after sales team as required

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.

A rapidly growing, internationally serving digital agency are looking for a web developer to join an expanding development team, in order to help maintain existing products and work on new client requirements, providing a number of digital marketing and website solutions. The role offers remote working, flexible hours, private health care, and a tailored pension plan.

In this web developer role, you will be responsible for:

• Maintaining and enhancing bespoke web products
• Working and coordinating with the development team
• Liaising with clients to deliver web-based requirements according to deadlines

I would like to speak to any web developer with previous experience with working with digital agencies, and team working environments.

To be successful within the role you will have:

• Several years of commercial development experience working with PHP and SQL
• Comfortable working with modern JavaScript technologies, specifically React
• Experience with MVC, particularly Laravel
• Knowledge of APIs

The position offers benefits including:

• Remote working
• Flexible hours
• Private Health care
• Tailored Pension

If this web developer opportunity is of interest, then please respond to this advert with your details and we will review them as soon as possible.

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.

£20 P/H Salary Company Car Laptop Fuel Card Full Expenses

A world-renowned market leader in packaging machinery has an opportunity for an experienced Service Engineer to join their team.

Across England and Wales, you will attend Planned & Preventative Maintenance schedules as well as respond to breakdowns. Assisted by an office-based team, you will take a lead on prioritising and managing your diary to ensure all jobs are arranged and covered.

No Weekends!!!

You work Monday to Friday and if all jobs are covered, you get to dictate your working hours and are granted full autonomy.

An overview of the duties of the Service Engineer:

• Managing your own diary to prioritise client site visits.
• Day-to-day operations and maintenance including attending breakdowns, fault finding & repairs
• Travelling across the UK for assignments including overnight stays

The ideal Service Engineer will hold the following skills:

• Experience working as a Service Engineer for an electro-mechanical equipment manufacturer
• Good communicator with customer service experience
• Able to read & work from drawings
• Full clean UK Driving License
• Happy travelling across the UK!

Apply now to be considered for this role...

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.

A Sales Engineer opportunity has just become available, working for the UK's number OEM of specialist cutting machinery. Working remotely, this key client is offering a competitive salary, monthly commission, and choice of various vehicles for the right professional. Do you want to work with a forward-thinking and dynamic team? Would you like to work for a company that already has a large customer footprint globally? Then this could be your next big career move!

Overview -

• Develop and drive new sales strategies, whilst maximizing opportunities within existing, or lapsed accounts.

Sales Engineer responsibilities include -

• To map out and engage with existing and lapsed clients and ensure that sales plans have been implemented across all areas.
• Identify prospect customers and make contact with key decision-makers, booking meetings and visiting customers all over the UK
• Be able to solution sell capital equipment that has a product value ranging from £50K - £1Mil
• Liaise with the internal sales/customer services team with leads and day to day project updates
• Retain the current customer base and expand footprint through cross/up-sell opportunities.

Sales Engineer desirable skills and experience -

• Experience driving large scale technical sales of capital equipment, ideally CNC or automated machinery
• Able to showcase examples of successful strategies implemented and maintained accounts.
• Able to manage multiple high-value business introductions within a dynamic environment.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Proactive work ethic, self-driven, and flexible with travel requirements.

Sales Engineer position benefits -

• Competitive salary and very competitive bonus scheme.
• Flexible working hours and the option to work from home.
• Company vehicle (choose from various options).
• Great annual leave and pension offering.
• Friendly and innovative working environment.
• Clear progression into middle management for the right person

ASC Connections Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity.