Operations Manager

Orange Cat Recruitment

Operations Manager (Events) Part-time (3 days)

Location: Teddington

Salary: £55,000 FTE (pro-rata £33,000)

Reports to: Managing Director Team: 10 (+ temps)

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly successful, growing, conference and events agency, in an essential operational leadership role as a Operations Manager. You will work directly with the MD and will be the anchor at the centre of the organisation. You will lead a small driven core team of 10 plus occasional temp support to help prepare the company for future growth.

What you ll do as a Operations Manager:

• Run day-to-day event operations: planning, budgets, suppliers, on-site delivery
• Build/improve processes across CRM, finance ops, workflows, data/MI & compliance
• HR/People ops: recruitment coordination, onboarding, policies, training, payroll liaison, first-line ER
• Procurement: source and negotiate with venues/suppliers; manage contracts, SLAs and cost control
• Track commercials: forecasting, margins, contracts, and risk logs
• Engage senior stakeholders (clients/partners/board) with clear plans, KPIs and post-event reviews

What you ll bring as a Operations Manager:

• Operations leadership in events/conferences (or similar)
• Proven process build and adoption; calm with senior stakeholders under pressure
• Strong commercial acumen and confidence with data/MI
• Working knowledge of HR admin and procurement best practice
• Comfortable with modern CRMs, project tools and Excel/Sheets

Our values: Integrity • Team • Enthusiasm • Responsibility & Accountability • Communication

Contract: Permanent, 3 days/week (0.6 FTE), with scope to increase as we grow, if wanted

Apply: Send your CV plus a cover letter explaining what has motivated you to apply for this role and what you can bring.